Guides: Greek and Latin Research Guide: Papyri/Inscriptions Online Resources

Inscriptions

Searchable Greek Inscriptions
The database, Searchable Greek Inscriptions, organizes the Greek inscriptions by region and then by categories such as Main Corpora, Regional and Site Corpora, Miscellaneous Collections, Miscellaneous Books, and Journals. It is also possible to perform a search by typing in the search box found at the bottom of the page.
Hispania Epigraphica Online Database Roman Inscriptions from the Iberian Peninsula
This database allows you to perform a simple, advanced search, or quick search as well as to browse the records for Roman Inscriptions which can be sorted by Record No., Title, Object Type, Inscription Type, Place of Finding, and Place of Custody (found under "Table View"). In order to see a larger image of the inscription click on the image in the record.
Vindolanda Tablets Online
Vindolanda Tablets Online contains the texts, English translations, commentaries, and images of each tablet. The images can be zoomed in for details. You can choose to view all tablets, search, or browse by highlights, number, subject, category, type, people, places, military terms, archaeological context, and TVI number. Chapters from the print version of Vindolanda tablets Volume I and Volume II are online as well.
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At the top of the page are links to the Exhibition and Reference Sections of the website which provide the context and content of the Vindolanda Tablets.
The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania
The online version of Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania provides the same material available in the out of print publication as well as more ways to search and browse Roman inscriptions than was possible in the print. The inscriptions are available through Table of Contents (locations, date, text categories, monument types, and texts by number) and Indicies (words, fragments, names, and other characters and features) under Inscriptions or Text Search and Category Search under Search.
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The Introductions provides information regarding the geographical regions while images are found in the record for the inscription.
Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg (EDH)
Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg (EDH), available in English and German, contains three inscription databases (epigraphic text database, epigraphic bibliography, and photographic database).
Imaging Inscriptions
Imaging Inscriptions organizes the images of inscriptions by region: Athens and Attica, Peloponnese, Central Greece, Aegean Islands, Asia Minor, and Egypt and the Near East. The Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents maintains Imaging Inscriptions
Poinikastas: Epigraphic Sources for Early Greek Writing
The Anne Jeffery Archive at Oxford University contains drawings and photographs of inscriptions which have been digitalized.
U.S. Epigraphy Project
The U.S. Epigraphy Project has over 2,000 Greek and Latin inscriptions and over 1,000 images of the inscriptions in its database. These inscriptions are found in collections located in the United States.
Abbbreviations in Latin Inscriptions
Tom Elliott created a web page listing the abbreviations found in Latin inscriptions.

Primary Texts Online (via Subscribed Databases)

Packard Humanities Institute - Greek Documentary Texts
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Contains over 80,000 Greek inscriptions and over 32,000 papyri. This CD-ROM is version #7.
Archive of Celtic-Latin Literature: ACLL-1: Royal Irish Academy Dictionary of Medieval Latin from Celtic Sources
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A full-text database containing the corpus of Latin literature produced in Celtic-speaking Europe and the Latin works of the "peregrini" on mainland Europe during the period 400 to 1200 AD. These texts span a variety of fields including theology, liturgy, grammar, hagiography, poetry, and historiography. Document types include legal texts, charters, and inscriptions. The texts are available from the Library of Latin Texts. database.

e-books

Greek Papyri [electronic resource]: An Introduction
Click "Click here to access the book" to access the e-book. The book, as an introduction to the science of papyrology, undertakes the task of demonstrating the development of discovery and interpretation as parts of the process of identifying and defining the papyri, with emphasis on the nature and history of papyrology, and a set of guidelines for research. Plates and notes are included, along with a general index, index of Greek words, and a map of Egypt. A print version is available in the Greek and Latin Reading Room (PA3341 .T94 G7).

Papyri

APIS Papyrological Tools and Resources
APIS Papyrological Tools and Resources includes numerous links to databases and online collections of papyri.
Base de Données MP³
Base de Données MP³ is a searchable database of Greek and Latin literary papyri in French. The explanation of the database is available in English.
GPBC: Gazetteer of Papyri in British Collections
The GPBC provides the source, content, and location of papyrus collections in Britain.
The Hawara Papyri
The Hawara Papyri provides images and information regarding the papyri in the collection. The images can be enlarged. The papyri contain mostly documents such as accounts and letters while the literary papyri includes Iliad 2.219-223 (Homer), De Virtute 376 b-c (Plato), Aenid 2.601 (Vergil), and Cyropaedia 4.5.41-44 (Xenophon).
Institut de Papyrologie Les Collections de Papyrus
The Institut de Papyrologie Les Collections de Papyrus provides images of papyri which are organized by language (Demotique, Grec, Latin, Copte, and Arabe). This website is in French.
Institut für Papyrologie
The Institut für Papyrologie has papyri organized in three categories: "Griechisch", "Demotisch", and "Koptisch". After selecting a category, you will see a list of papyri. By selecting a number, you will see the information and an image of the papyrus. The website is in German but it is easy to tell the name of the papyrus.
Nag Hammadi Archive
Claremont Colleges Digital Library maintains the Nag Hammadi Archive which contains image of the Nag Hammadi codices. These Coptic codices include Gnostic texts such as Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Philip, and the Gospel of Truth.
The Papyrus and Ostraca Project Halle-Jena-Leipzig
The Papyrus and Ostraca Project Halle-Jena-Leipzig provides images and information of the papyri and ostraca in their collections. You can do a simple search or a full-text search.
The 'Papyrus Portal'
The 'Papyrus Portal' provides the ability to search the digital and electric collections of cataloged papyri in Germany. Information regarding particular papyri is offered as well.
Papyri.Info
Papyri has a search engine and resources for ancient papyri; you can also browse the DDbDP, HGV, and APIS.
P.Herc.
P.Herc. is an image database of the Herculaneum Papyri. You can search for a particular word or sort the papyri by authors, titles, dates, genres, and papyrus numbers. The images are available in high and low resolution.
Photographic Archive of Papyri in the Cairo Museum
The Photographic Archive of Papyri in the Cairo Museum provides numerous images of papyri from its collection, organized by published collections. The papyri include the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha (P.Cairo 10759), BGU, P.Cair.Isid, P.Hib., and SB.
POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online
POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online provides the ability to search the papyri by publication numbers, author, title, genre, and date. The records do not contain images.
The Rylands Collection
The Rylands Collection includes images of manuscripts, letters, and papyri (Arabic, Greek, and Egyptian). Images are regularly added and are accompanied by numerous details. The Introduction page to The Rylands Collection contains a direct link to the images of papyri.
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The "Copyright and obtaining copies" section (the bottom of the page) states "You may use the images for private study without seeking permission. You may also use the images for strictly educational purposes (e.g. in MSPowerPoint presentations or in student handouts) without the need to obtain permission."
Schoyen Collection: Papyri and Ostraca
The Schoyen Collection has a section on papyri and ostraca which is is divided into hieroglyphic papyri, hieratic papyri, demotic papyri, Greek papyri, Coptic papyri, and Syriac papyri.
University of Copenhagen, Institute of Greek and Latin
The University of Copenhagen, Institute of Greek and Latin provides several images of their papyri collection and a link to the index of the collection of negatives of the AIP.