The Epigraphical Museum ( el, Επιγραφικόν μουσείον) of
Athens
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, is unique in Greece and the largest of its kind in the world. Its collection comprises 14,078, mostly Greek, inscriptions, which cover the period from early historical times to the Late Roman period, primarily in Greece. It is situated in the south wing of the
National Archaeological Museum of Athens. It comprises an internal and external courtyard (atrium), a lobby, eleven rooms, a large hypostyle Pi-shaped corridor, a gallery, offices, a laboratory for the conservation of inscribed stone monuments and lavatories. Only the courtyards, lobby and four rooms are open to the public, while the rest is reserved for researchers. A full photographic archive of the collection is being assembled for future visitors.
Gallery
File:EPMA-13262-AM66(1941)218-219-Halai honorific decree-2.JPG
File:EPMA-10401-CILIII459-Julian letter-3.JPG
File:EPMA-6577-IGI(3)46-Brea foundation decree-1.JPG
File:EPMA-10077-IGI(3)1128-Piraeus boundary stone-1.JPG
File:EPMA-IGI(3)273-280-Tribute list 2-2.JPG
File:EPMA-6794-IGI(3)48-Sacred law-2.JPG
File:EPMA-6794-IGI(3)48-Sacred law-3.JPG
File:EPMA-13330-Themistocle decree-2.JPG
File:EPMA-6339-IGI(2)609-Kallimachos dedication-1.JPG
External links
Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Archaeological museums in Athens
Museums of ancient Greece in Greece
Museums established in 1885
1885 establishments in Greece
Epigraphic museums
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