Institute For Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger And Mrs. Felix Fuld Fdn (Princeton, NJ 08540-4907)
Angelos Chaniotis (Project Director: July 2019 to present)
PW-269459-20
Humanities Collections and Reference Resources
Preservation and Access
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[Grant products]
Totals:
$350,000 (approved)
$350,000 (awarded)
Grant period:
6/1/2020 – 5/31/2023
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Reconstructing Ancient History through Squeeze Digitization at the Institute for Advanced Study
The cataloging and digitization of 30,000 paper squeezes
that preserve ancient Greek and Latin inscriptions, including treaties, laws,
decrees, honorific inscriptions, accounts of building projects, dedications,
and literary texts from Ancient Greece.
The Institute for Advanced
Study seeks support to complete its project to digitize the Institute’s
collection of approximately 30,000 paper squeezes of Greek inscriptions, the
second largest such collection in the world. The squeezes, which are
three-dimensional, mirror image impressions of inscriptions, were created and
donated to the Institute by the Epigraphical Museum in Athens, the American
excavation of the ancient Athenian agora, and some of the greatest epigraphers
of the twentieth century. Squeezes often preserve inscriptions which have been
destroyed or lost, and they increase accessibility since the original stones
are often heavy and located in out-of-the-way museum storerooms. The
digitization of the squeezes and the addition of metadata will preserve these
delicate prized resources; make them accessible online for free and unlimited
use by researchers, teachers, and students worldwide; and enhance the study of
primary sources for every aspect of Classical culture.
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