The ''Inscriptiones Graecae'' (IG),

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for ''Greek inscriptions'', is an academic project originally begun by the

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, and today continued by its successor organisation, the . Its aim is to collect and publish all known

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inscriptions from the mainland and islands of

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. The project was designed as a continuation of the ''Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum'' (''Corpus of Greek Inscriptions'', abbreviated CIG) published by August Böckh between 1825 and 1860, and as a parallel to the '' Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum'' (''Corpus of Latin Inscriptions'') founded by Theodor Mommsen in 1847. From 1860 to 1902, it was directed by

Adolf Kirchhoff Johann Wilhelm Adolf Kirchhoff (6 January 1826 – 26 February 1908) was a German classical scholar and epigraphist. Biography The son of historical painter Johann Jakob Kirchhoff, he was born in Berlin, and educated there. He then taught in va ...

. From 1902 to 1931, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff was in control of the project; he reorganised and re-energised the IG, turning it into one of the most important series for the publication of source material in Classical studies. After the

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, the project suffered from a lack of financial and public support. It came to a temporary halt in 1972, but was revived by the newly reformed Berlin-Brandenburg Academy in 1994. So far, 49 fascicles have been published, some of them in several editions. The preparation of each individual volume is entrusted to external scholars, though the Berlin Academy retains the final editing rights. The Academy also maintains a collection of "squeezes" (paper copies) of Greek inscriptions. The project is currently directed by Peter Funke. Editors of previous volumes include

Wilhelm Dittenberger Wilhelm (William) Dittenberger (August 31, 1840 in Heidelberg – December 29, 1906 in Halle (Saale)) was a German philologist in classical epigraphy. Life Wilhelm Dittenberger was the son of the Protestant theologian Wilhelm Theophor Dittenberge ...

Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen __NOTOC__ Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen (3 August 1864 – 25 October 1947) was a German archeologist and philologist, a specialist in Greek epigraphy. Life Hiller von Gaertringen was the son of the Prussian army officer Rudolf Hiller von G ...

, Johannes Kirchner and

Günther Klaffenbach Günther Klaffenbach (20 June 1890 – 3 March 1972) was a German epigraphist. He was an editor of ''Inscriptiones Graecae The ''Inscriptiones Graecae'' (IG), Latin for ''Greek inscriptions'', is an academic project originally begun by the Prussia ...

. All editorial texts are published in

, a fact that is occasionally criticised due to limited use of Latin and hence the extra effort required for both writers and editors. The inscriptions were published without translation, but German translations for all volumes since 2012 are available on the IG website.

List of Volumes and Parts

*IG I² ''Inscriptiones Graecae I: Inscriptiones Atticae Euclidis anno (403/2) anteriores'' ( Attic Inscriptions before the year of

Eucleides Eucleides ( grc-gre, Εὐκλείδης) was archon of Athens towards the end of the fifth century BC. He contributed towards the re-establishment of democracy during his years in office (403–402 BC). He is also believed to have contributed to ...

03/2, 2nd edn., ed.

. Berlin 1924. *IG I³ ''Inscriptiones Graecae I: Inscriptiones Atticae Euclidis anno anteriores'' (Attic Inscriptions before the year of Eucleides). 3rd edn. Berlin 1981, 1994. Fasc. 1, ed. David Lewis, ''Decreta et tabulae magistratuum'' (Decrees and Lists of Magistrates; nos. 1-500); fasc. 2, ed. David Lewis and Lilian Jeffery, ''Dedicationes. Catalogi. Termini. Tituli sepulcrales. Varia. Tituli Attici extra Atticam reperti. Addenda'' (Dedications, Catalogues, Boundary Stones, Tombstones, Miscellaneous, Attic inscriptions found outside Attica; nos. 501-1517). *IG II ''Inscriptiones Atticae aetatis quae est inter Euclidis annum et Augusti tempora'' (Attic Inscriptions from the period between the year of Eucleides and the time of

Augustus Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He is known for being the founder of the Roman Pr ...

), ed. Ulrich Koehler. Parts I-V. Berlin 1877-1895. *IG II² ''Inscriptiones Graecae II et III: Inscriptiones Atticae Euclidis anno posteriores'' (Attic Inscriptions after the year of Eucleides), 2nd edn., Parts I-III, ed. Johannes Kirchner. Berlin 1913-1940. — Part I, 1-2 (1913-1916) = ''Decrees and Sacred Laws'' (Nos. 1-1369); Part II, 1-2 (1927-1931) = ''Records of Magistrates and Catalogues'' (Nos. 1370-2788); Part III, 1 (1935) = ''Dedications and Honorary Inscriptions'' (Nos. 2789-5219); Part III, 2 (1940) = ''Funerary Inscriptions'' (Nos. 5220-13247). — Part V, ''Inscriptiones Atticae aetatis quae est inter Herulorum incursionem et Imp. Mauricii tempora'' (Attic Inscriptions from the period between the invasion of the Heruls and the time of Emperor

Maurice Maurice may refer to: People * Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr * Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor *Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and ...

, ed. Ericus Sironen. Berlin 2008. (Nos. 13248-13690) exts in part V adapted from an electronic copy provided by Klaus Hallof, director of the Inscriptiones Graecae program.] *IG II³ ''Inscriptiones Graecae II et III: Inscriptiones Atticae Euclidis anno posteriores'' (Attic Inscriptions after the year of Eucleides), 3rd edn. Berlin 2012-. Part I, ''Leges et decreta'' (Laws and Decrees). Fasc. 2, ''Leges et decreta annorum 352/1-322/1'' (Laws and Decrees of the years 352/1-322/1), ed. Stephen D. Lambert. Berlin 2012. (Nos. 292-386); fasc. 5, ''Leges et decreta annorum 229/8-168/7'' (Laws and Decrees of the Years 229/8-168/7), ed. Voula N. Bardani and Stephen V. Tracy. Berlin 2012. (Nos. 1135-1461). *IG III ''Inscriptiones Atticae aetatis romanae'' (Attic Inscriptions of the Roman Period), ed. Wilhelm Dittenberger. Parts I-II. Berlin 1878-1882. *IG III App. ''Inscriptiones Graecae III, Appendix: Defixionum Tabellae'' (Appendix:

Curse tablets A curse tablet ( la, tabella defixionis, defixio; el, κατάδεσμος, katadesmos) is a small tablet with a curse written on it from the Greco-Roman world. Its name originated from the Greek and Latin words for "pierce" and "bind". The table ...

), ed. Richard Wuensch. Berlin 1897. *IG IV ''Inscriptiones Graecae IV = Inscriptiones graecae Aeginae, Pityonesi, Cecryphaliae, Argolidis'' (Greek Inscriptions of Aegina, Pityonesus, Cecryphalia, the Argolid), ed. Max Fraenkel. «Corpus inscriptionum graecarum Peloponnesi et insularum vicinarum», 1. Berlin 1902. *IG IV²,1 ''Inscriptiones Graecae, IV. Inscriptiones Argolidis'' (Inscriptions of the Argolid). 2nd edn. Fasc. 1, ''Inscriptiones Epidauri'', ed. Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen. Berlin 1929. *IG V,1 ''Inscriptiones Graecae, V,1. Inscriptiones Laconiae et Messeniae'' (Inscriptions of Laconia and

Messenia Messenia or Messinia ( ; el, Μεσσηνία ) is a regional unit (''perifereiaki enotita'') in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece. Until the implementation of the Kallikratis plan on 1 January 2011, Messenia was a ...

, ed. Walther Kolbe. Berlin 1913. *IG V,2 ''Inscriptiones Graecae, V,2. Inscriptiones Arcadiae'' (Inscriptions of Arcadia), ed. Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen. Berlin 1913. *IG IX,1 ''Inscriptiones Graecae IX,1. Inscriptiones Phocidis, Locridis, Aetoliae, Acarnaniae, insularum maris Ionii'' (Inscriptions of

Phocis Phocis ( el, Φωκίδα ; grc, Φωκίς) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. It stretches from the western mountainsides of Parnassus on the east to the mountain range of Var ...

, Locris, Aetolia, Acarnania, the Ionian islands, ed. Wilhelm Dittenberger. Berlin 1897. *IG VII ''Inscriptiones Graecae, VII. Inscriptiones Megaridis, Oropiae, Boeotiae'' (Inscriptions of the Megarid,

Oropus Oropus or Oropos ( grc, ὁ Ὠρωπός, or rarely ἡ Ὠρωπός) was a town on the borders of ancient Attica and Boeotia, and the capital of a district, called after it Oropia (ἡ Ὠρωπία.) This district is a maritime plain, through ...

Boeotia Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia ( el, Βοιωτία; modern: ; ancient: ), formerly known as Cadmeis, is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Greece. Its capital is Livadeia, and its ...

), ed. Wilhelm Dittenberger. Berlin 1892. *IG IX,1² ''Inscriptiones Graecae IX,1''. 2nd edn., ed.

. Berlin 1932-1968. — Fasc. 1, ''Inscriptiones Aetoliae'' (Inscriptions of Aetolia; 1932); fasc. 2, ''Inscriptiones Acarnaniae'' (Inscriptions of Acarnania; 1957); fasc. 3, ''Inscriptiones Locridis occidentalis'' (Inscriptions of West Locris; 1968). *IG IX,2 ''Inscriptiones Graecae, IX,2. Inscriptiones Thessaliae'' (Inscriptions of Thessaly), ed.

Otto Kern Otto Ferdinand Georg Kern (14 February 1863 in Schulpforte (now part of Bad Kösen) – 31 January 1942 in Halle an der Saale) was a German classical philologist, archaeologist and epigraphist. He specialized in the field of ancient Greek reli ...

. Berlin 1908. *IG X,2 1 ''Inscriptiones Graecae, X: Inscriptiones Epiri, Macedoniae, Thraciae, Scythiae'' (Inscriptions of

Epirus sq, Epiri rup, Epiru , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = Historical region , image_map = Epirus antiquus tabula.jpg , map_alt = , map_caption = Map of ancient Epirus by Heinri ...

, Macedonia,

Thrace Thrace (; el, Θράκη, Thráki; bg, Тракия, Trakiya; tr, Trakya) or Thrake is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe, now split among Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, which is bounded by the Balkan Mountains to ...

, Scythia). ''Pars II, fasc. 1: Inscriptiones Thessalonicae et viciniae'' (Inscriptions of Thessalonica and nearby), ed. Charles Edson. Berlin 1972. *IG X,2 2 ''Inscriptiones Graecae, X: Inscriptiones Epiri, Macedoniae, Thraciae, Scythiae. Pars II, fasc. 2: Inscriptiones Macedoniae septentrionalis. Sectio prima: Inscriptiones Lyncestidis, Heracleae, Pelagoniae, Derriopi, Lychnidi'' (Inscriptions of Northern Macedonia. Section 1: Inscriptions of

Lyncestis Lynkestis, Lyncestis, Lyngistis, Lynkos or Lyncus ( grc, Λυγκηστίς or Λύγκος la, Lyncestis or ''Lyncus'') was a region and principality traditionally located in Upper Macedonia. It was the northernmost mountainous region of Upper ...

, Heraclea, Pelagonia, Derriopus,

Lychnidus Ohrid ( mk, Охрид ) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the eighth-largest city in the country, with the municipality recording a population of over 42,000 inha ...

), ed. Fanula Papazoglu, Milena Milin, Marijana Ricl, adiuvante Klaus Hallof. Berlin 1999. *IG XI,2 ''Inscriptiones Graecae XI. Inscriptiones Deli'' (Inscriptions of Delos), fasc. 2, ed. Félix Durrbach. Berlin 1912. Nos. 105-289. *IG XI,4 ''Inscriptiones Graecae XI. Inscriptiones Deli'', fasc. 4, ed. Pierre Roussel. Berlin 1914. Nos. 510-1349. *IG XII Suppl. ''Inscriptiones Graecae, XII. Supplementum'', ed. F. Hiller von Gaertringen. Berlin 1939. Addenda to IG XII,2-3, 5, and 7-9. *IG XII,1 ''Inscriptiones Graecae, XII. Inscriptiones insularum maris Aegaei praeter Delum'' (inscriptions of the Aegean islands aside from Delos), 1. ''Inscriptiones Rhodi, Chalces, Carpathi cum Saro, Casi'' (Inscriptions of Rhodes, Chalke, Carpathus with Saria, Kasos), ed. Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen. Berlin 1895. *IG XII,2 ''Inscriptiones Graecae, XII. Inscriptiones insularum maris Aegaei praeter Delum, 2. Inscriptiones Lesbi, Nesi, Tenedi'' (Inscriptions of

Lesbos Lesbos or Lesvos ( el, Λέσβος, Lésvos ) is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It has an area of with approximately of coastline, making it the third largest island in Greece. It is separated from Asia Minor by the nar ...

, Nesos, Tenedos), ed. Ashley R. Paton. Berlin 1899. *IG XII,3 ''Inscriptiones Graecae, XII. Inscriptiones insularum maris Aegaei praeter Delum, 3. Inscriptiones Symes, Teutlussae, Teli, Nisyri, Astypalaeae, Anaphes, Therae et Therasiae, Pholegandri, Meli, Cimoli'' (Inscriptions of Syme, Teutlyssa, Telos, Nisyros,

Astypalaea In Greek mythology, Astypalaea (Ancient Greek: Ἀστυπάλαια ) or Astypale was a Phoenician princess as the daughter of King Phoenix and Perimede, daughter of Oeneus; thus she was the sister of Europa. In some accounts, her mother was c ...

, Anaphe,

Thera Santorini ( el, Σαντορίνη, ), officially Thira (Greek: Θήρα ) and classical Greek Thera (English pronunciation ), is an island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast from the Greek mainland. It is the ...

and

Therasia Therasia, also known as Thirasía ( el, Θηρασία), is an island in the volcanic island group of Santorini in the Greek Cyclades. It lies north-west of Nea Kameni, a small island formed in recent centuries by volcanic activity and thus mark ...

, Pholegandros, Melos, Kimolos), ed. Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen. Berlin 1898. — With: ''Inscriptiones Graecae, XII,3. Supplementum'' (Supplement), ed. Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen. Berlin 1904. *IG XII,5 ''Inscriptiones Graecae XII,5. Inscriptiones Cycladum'' (Inscriptions of the

Cyclades The Cyclades (; el, Κυκλάδες, ) are an island group in the Aegean Sea, southeast of mainland Greece and a former administrative prefecture of Greece. They are one of the island groups which constitute the Aegean archipelago. The name ...

), ed. Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen. 2 vols. Berlin 1903-1909. —

Ios iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system created and developed by Apple Inc. exclusively for its hardware. It is the operating system that powers many of the company's mobile devices, including the iPhone; the term also include ...

, Sikinos,

Naxos Naxos (; el, Νάξος, ) is a Greek island and the largest of the Cyclades. It was the centre of archaic Cycladic culture. The island is famous as a source of emery, a rock rich in corundum, which until modern times was one of the best ab ...

Paros Paros (; el, Πάρος; Venetian: ''Paro'') is a Greek island in the central Aegean Sea. One of the Cyclades island group, it lies to the west of Naxos, from which it is separated by a channel about wide. It lies approximately south-east of ...

, Oliaros, Siphnos, Seriphos, Kythnos, Keos, Gyaros,

Syros Syros ( el, Σύρος ), also known as Siros or Syra, is a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea. It is south-east of Athens. The area of the island is and it has 21,507 inhabitants (2011 census). The largest towns are Ermoupoli, An ...

Andros Andros ( el, Άνδρος, ) is the northernmost island of the Greek Cyclades archipelago, about southeast of Euboea, and about north of Tinos. It is nearly long, and its greatest breadth is . It is for the most part mountainous, with many ...

and

Tenos Tinos ( el, Τήνος ) is a Greek island situated in the Aegean Sea. It is located in the Cyclades archipelago. The closest islands are Andros, Delos, and Mykonos. It has a land area of and a 2011 census population of 8,636 inhabitants. Tinos ...

. *IG XII,6 ''Inscriptiones Graecae, XII, 6. Inscriptiones Chii et Sami cum Corassiis Icariaque'' (Inscriptions of Chios and

Samos Samos (, also ; el, Σάμος ) is a Greece, Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, south of Chios, north of Patmos and the Dodecanese, and off the coast of western Turkey, from which it is separated by the -wide Mycale Strait. It is also a se ...

with the Korassioi, and

Ikaria Icaria, also spelled Ikaria ( el, Ικαρία), is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, 10 nautical miles (19 km) southwest of Samos. According to tradition, it derives its name from Icarus, the son of Daedalus in Greek mythology, who was be ...

). — ''Pars I. Inscriptiones Sami Insulae. Decreta. Epistulae, sententiae, edicta imperatoria. Leges. Catalogi. Tituli Atheniensium. Tituli honorarii. Tituli operum publicorum. Inscriptiones ararum'' (Inscriptions of the Island of Samos. Decrees, letters, judgments, imperial edicts, laws, catalogues, Athenian inscriptions, honorific inscriptions, inscriptions of public buildings, inscriptions of altars; nos. 1-536), ed. Klaus Hallof. — ''Pars II. Inscriptiones Sami insulae. Dedicationes. Tituli sepulcrales. Tituli Christiani, Byzantini, Iudaei. Varia. Tituli graphio incisi. Incerta. Tituli Alieni. Inscriptiones Corassiarum'' (Inscriptions of the Island of Samos. Dedications, tombstones, Christian, Byzantine, and Jewish inscriptions, inscriptions carved with a sharp object. Inscriptions of the Corassian islands; nos. 537-1216), ed. Klaus Hallof. ''Inscriptiones Icariae insulae'' (Inscriptions of the island of Ikaria; nos. 1217-1292), ed. Angelos P. Matthaiou. Berlin and New York 2000, 2003. *IG XII,7 ''Inscriptiones Graecae XII,7. Inscriptiones Amorgi et insularum vicinarum'' (Inscriptions of

Amorgos Amorgos ( el, Αμοργός, ; ) is the easternmost island of the Cyclades island group and the nearest island to the neighboring Dodecanese island group in Greece. Along with 16 neighboring islets, the largest of which (by land area) is Nik ...

and neighbouring islands), ed. Jules Delamarre. Berlin 1908. *IG XII,8 ''Inscriptiones Graecae XII,8. Inscriptiones insularum maris Thracici'' (Inscriptions of the islands off Thrace), ed. Carl Friedrich. Berlin 1909. — Lemnos, Imbros, Samothrace, Thasos, Skiathos (etc.) and Skyros. *IG XII,9 ''Inscriptiones Graecae XII,9. Inscriptiones Euboeae insulae'' (Inscriptions of the island of

Euboea Evia (, ; el, Εύβοια ; grc, Εὔβοια ) or Euboia (, ) is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete. It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by the narrow Euripus Strait (only at its narrowest poin ...

, ed. Erich Ziebarth. Berlin 1915. *IG XIV ''Inscriptiones Graecae, XIV. Inscriptiones Siciliae et Italiae, additis Galliae, Hispaniae, Britanniae, Germaniae inscriptionibus'' (Inscriptions of

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and

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

, as well as inscriptions in

Gaul Gaul ( la, Gallia) was a region of Western Europe first described by the Romans. It was inhabited by Celtic and Aquitani tribes, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, most of Switzerland, parts of Northern Italy (only during ...

Hispania Hispania ( la, Hispānia , ; nearly identically pronounced in Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, and Italian) was the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula and its provinces. Under the Roman Republic, Hispania was divided into two provinces: Hisp ...

, Britannia, Germania), ed. Georg Kaibel. Berlin 1890.

Bibliography

* Reinhold Merkelbach, "Überlegungen zur Fortführung der Inscriptiones Graecae", '' Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik'', 117 (1997), pp. 297–30
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* Reinhold Merkelbach, "Nochmals Inscriptiones Graecae", ''Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik'', 122 (1998), pp. 293–29
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br />(Both articles express criticism of the continuation of ''IG'' in its traditional shape)

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