The ''Inscriptiones Graecae'' (''IG''),
Latin
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for ''Greek inscriptions'', is an academic project originally begun by the
Prussian Academy of Science
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, and today continued by its successor organisation, the
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
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. Its aim is to collect and publish all known
ancient
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inscriptions from the mainland and islands of
Greece
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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
August Böckh or Boeckh (; ; 24 November 1785 – 3 August 1867) was a German classical scholar and antiquarian.
Life
He was born in Karlsruhe, and educated at the local gymnasium; in 1803 he left for the University of Halle, where he studied t ...
between 1825 and 1860, and as a parallel to the ''
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum
The ''Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum'' (''CIL'') is a comprehensive collection of ancient Latin inscriptions. It forms an authoritative source for documenting the surviving epigraphy of classical antiquity. Public and personal inscriptions throw ...
'' (''Corpus of Latin Inscriptions'') founded by
Theodor Mommsen
Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (; ; 30 November 1817 – 1 November 1903) was a German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician and archaeologist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest classicists of the 19th ce ...
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 ...
. From 1902 to 1931,
Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff
Enno Friedrich Wichard Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (22 December 1848 – 25 September 1931) was a German classical philologist. Wilamowitz, as he is known in scholarly circles, was a renowned authority on Ancient Greece and its literatur ...
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
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.
After the
Second World War
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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
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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 Dittenberg ...
,
Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen,
Johannes Kirchner and
Günther Klaffenbach.
All editorial texts are published in
Latin
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, 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
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* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
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translations for all volumes since 2012 are available on the IG website.
List of Volumes and Parts
*IG I
2 ''Inscriptiones Graecae I: Inscriptiones Atticae Euclidis anno (403/2) anteriores'' (
Attic
An attic (sometimes referred to as a '' loft'') is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building. It is also known as a ''sky parlor'' or a garret. Because they fill the space between the ceiling of a building's t ...
Inscriptions before the year of
Eucleides
Eucleides () was eponymous archon of Athens for the year running from July/August 403 BC until June/July 402 BC. His year in office was marked by Athens' official adoption of the Ionic alphabet. There is some evidence that he may have been perso ...
03/2, 2nd edn., ed.
Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen. Berlin 1924.
*IG I
3 ''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
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (), was the founder of the Roman Empire, who reigned as the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in A ...
), ed.
Ulrich Koehler. Parts I-V. Berlin 1877-1895.
*IG II
2 ''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
The Heruli (also Eluri, Eruli, Herules, Herulians) were one of the smaller Germanic peoples of Late Antiquity, known from records in the third to sixth centuries AD.
The best recorded group of Heruli established a kingdom north of the Middle Danu ...
and the time of Emperor
Maurice, 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 II
3 ''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 (; ) 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 tablets were used to ask the gods, place spirits, or the deceased to perfo ...
), ed.
Richard Wuensch. Berlin 1897.
*IG IV ''Inscriptiones Graecae IV = Inscriptiones graecae Aeginae, Pityonesi, Cecryphaliae, Argolidis'' (Greek Inscriptions of
Aegina
Aegina (; ; ) is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, from Athens. Tradition derives the name from Aegina (mythology), Aegina, the mother of the mythological hero Aeacus, who was born on the island and became its king.
...
,
Pityonesus, Cecryphalia, the
Argolid
The regions of ancient Greece were sub-divisions of the Hellenic world as conceived by the ancient Greeks, shown by their presence in the works of ancient historians and geographers or in surviving legends and myths.
Conceptually, there is no cl ...
), ed.
Max Fraenkel. «Corpus inscriptionum graecarum Peloponnesi et insularum vicinarum», 1. Berlin 1902.
*IG IV
2,1 ''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
Laconia or Lakonia (, , ) is a historical and Administrative regions of Greece, administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparti (municipality), Sparta. The word ...
and
Messenia
Messenia or Messinia ( ; ) 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 prefecture (''nomos' ...
, 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 VII ''Inscriptiones Graecae, VII. Inscriptiones Megaridis, Oropiae, Boeotiae'' (Inscriptions of the
Megarid,
Oropus,
Boeotia
Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinisation of names, Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia (; modern Greek, modern: ; ancient Greek, ancient: ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Central Greece (adm ...
), ed. Wilhelm Dittenberger. Berlin 1892.
*IG IX,1 ''Inscriptiones Graecae IX,1. Inscriptiones Phocidis, Locridis, Aetoliae, Acarnaniae, insularum maris Ionii'' (Inscriptions of
Phocis
Phocis (; ; ) 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 Vardousia on the west, upon the Gu ...
,
Locris
Locris (; ; ) was a region of ancient Greece, the homeland of the Locrians, made up of three distinct districts.
Locrian tribe
The city of Locri in Calabria (Italy), also known in antiquity as "Epizephyrian Locris", was a colony founded by the ...
,
Aetolia
Aetolia () is a mountainous region of Greece on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, forming the eastern part of the modern regional unit of Aetolia-Acarnania.
Geography
The Achelous River separates Aetolia from Acarnania to the west; on ...
,
Acarnania
Acarnania () is a region of west-central Greece that lies along the Ionian Sea, west of Aetolia, with the Achelous River for a boundary, and north of the gulf of Calydon, which is the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth. Today it forms the western part ...
, the
Ionian islands
The Ionian Islands (Modern Greek: , ; Ancient Greek, Katharevousa: , ) are a archipelago, group of islands in the Ionian Sea, west of mainland Greece. They are traditionally called the Heptanese ("Seven Islands"; , ''Heptanēsa'' or , ''Heptanē ...
, ed. Wilhelm Dittenberger. Berlin 1897.
*IG IX,1
2 ''Inscriptiones Graecae IX,1''. 2nd edn., ed.
Günther Klaffenbach. 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
Thessaly ( ; ; ancient Aeolic Greek#Thessalian, Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic regions of Greece, geographic and modern administrative regions of Greece, administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient Thessaly, a ...
), 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 ...
. Berlin 1908.
*IG X,2 1 ''Inscriptiones Graecae, X: Inscriptiones Epiri, Macedoniae, Thraciae, Scythiae'' (Inscriptions of
Epirus
Epirus () is a Region#Geographical regions, geographical and historical region, historical region in southeastern Europe, now shared between Greece and Albania. It lies between the Pindus Mountains and the Ionian Sea, stretching from the Bay ...
,
Macedonia
Macedonia (, , , ), most commonly refers to:
* North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
* Macedonia (Greece), a former administr ...
,
Thrace
Thrace (, ; ; ; ) is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe roughly corresponding to the province of Thrace in the Roman Empire. Bounded by the Balkan Mountains to the north, the Aegean Sea to the south, and the Black Se ...
,
Scythia
Scythia (, ) or Scythica (, ) was a geographic region defined in the ancient Graeco-Roman world that encompassed the Pontic steppe. It was inhabited by Scythians, an ancient Eastern Iranian equestrian nomadic people.
Etymology
The names ...
). ''Pars II, fasc. 1: Inscriptiones Thessalonicae et viciniae'' (Inscriptions of
Thessalonica
Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area) and the capital city, capital of the geographic reg ...
and nearby), ed.
Charles Edson
Charles Farwell Edson (April 3, 1863 – August 7, 1936) was an American composer. His work was part of the music event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was the nephew of prominent Chicago businessman John V. Farwell ...
. 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 ( or Λύγκος or ''Lyncus'') was a region and principality traditionally located in Upper Macedonia. It was the northernmost mountainous region of Upper Macedonia, located east of the Prespa ...
,
Heraclea,
Pelagonia
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,
Derriopus,
Lychnidus), ed.
Fanula Papazoglu,
Milena Milin,
Marijana Ricl, adiuvante Klaus Hallof. Berlin 1999.
*IG XI,2 ''Inscriptiones Graecae XI. Inscriptiones Deli'' (Inscriptions of
Delos
Delos (; ; ''Dêlos'', ''Dâlos''), is a small Greek island near Mykonos, close to the centre of the Cyclades archipelago. Though only in area, it is one of the most important mythological, historical, and archaeological sites in Greece. ...
), 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
Rhodes (; ) is the largest of the Dodecanese islands of Greece and is their historical capital; it is the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, ninth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Administratively, the island forms a separ ...
,
Chalke
The Chalke Gate (), was the main ceremonial entrance ( vestibule) to the Great Palace of Constantinople in the Byzantine period. The name, which means "the Bronze Gate", was given to it either because of the bronze portals or from the gilded bro ...
,
Carpathus
Karpathos (, ), also Carpathos, is the second largest of the Greek Dodecanese islands, in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Together with the neighboring smaller Saria Island it forms the municipality of Karpathos, which is part of the regional unit ...
with
Saria Saria may refer to:
* SARIA, a food company
* Saria, Burkina Faso
* Saria (mountain), an international mountain in the Anti-Lebanon mountain range
* Saria, a heroine protagonist of Twinkle Tale
* Saria (The Legend of Zelda), Saria (''The Legend of ...
,
Kasos
Kasos (; , ), also Casos, is a Greek island municipality in the Dodecanese. It is the southernmost island in the Aegean Sea, and is part of the regional unit Karpathos-Kasos. The capital of the island is Fri. , its population was 1,223.
...
), 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 ( ) 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 and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, eighth largest ...
,
Nesos,
Tenedos
Tenedos (, ''Tenedhos''; ), or Bozcaada in Turkish language, Turkish, is an island of Turkey in the northeastern part of the Aegean Sea. Administratively, the island constitutes the Bozcaada, Çanakkale, Bozcaada district of Çanakkale Provinc ...
), 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
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,
Nisyros
Nisyros, also spelled Nisiros (; ), is a volcanic Greek island and municipality located in the Aegean Sea. It is part of the Dodecanese group of islands, situated between the islands of Kos and Tilos.
Its shape is approximately round, with a ...
,
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 ...
,
Anaphe,
Thera
Santorini (, ), officially Thira (, ) or Thera, is a Greek island in the southern Aegean Sea, about southeast from the mainland. It is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago formed by the Santorini caldera. It is the southernmos ...
and
Therasia,
Pholegandros,
Melos
Milos or Melos (; , ; ) is a volcanic Greek island in the Aegean Sea, just north of the Sea of Crete. It is the southwestern-most island of the Cyclades group.
The ''Venus de Milo'' (now in the Louvre), the '' Poseidon of Melos'' (now in the ...
,
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 computer network () was a French research network created in the early 1970s. It was one of the pioneering networks experimenting with the concept of packet switching and, unlike the ARPANET, was explicitly designed to facilitate i ...
), ed. Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen. 2 vols. Berlin 1903-1909. —
Ios
Ios, Io or Nio (, ; ; locally Nios, Νιός) is a Greek island in the Cyclades group in the Aegean Sea. Ios is a hilly island with cliffs down to the sea on most sides. It is situated halfway between Naxos and Santorini. It is about long an ...
,
Sikinos
Sikinos () is a Greek island and municipality in the Cyclades. It is located midway between the islands of Ios and Folegandros. Sikinos is part of the Thira regional unit.
It was known as Oenoe or Oinoe (, Island of Wine) in Ancient Greece. It ...
,
Naxos
Naxos (; , ) is a Greek island belonging to the Cyclades island group. It is the largest island in the group. It was an important centre during the Bronze Age Cycladic Culture and in the Ancient Greek Archaic Period. The island is famous as ...
,
Paros
Paros (; ; ) is a Greek island in the central Aegean Sea. Part of the Cyclades island group, it lies to the west of Naxos (island), Naxos, from which it is separated by a channel about wide. It lies approximately south-east of Piraeus. The Co ...
,
Oliaros,
Siphnos,
Seriphos,
Kythnos
Kythnos (, ), commonly called Thermia (), is a Greek island and Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality in the Western Cyclades between Kea (island), Kea and Serifos. It is from the Athenian harbor of Piraeus. The municipality Kythn ...
,
Keos
Kea (), also known as Tzia () and in antiquity Keos (, ), is a Greek island in the Cyclades archipelago in the Aegean Sea. Kea is part of the Kea-Kythnos regional unit.
Geography
It is the island of the Cyclades complex that is closest to Atti ...
,
Gyaros
Gyaros ( ), also locally known as Gioura (), is an arid, unpopulated, and uninhabited Greek island in the northern Cyclades near the islands of Andros and Tinos, with an area of . It is a part of the municipality of Ano Syros, which lies primari ...
,
Syros
Syros ( ), also known as Siros or Syra, is a Greece, Greek island in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea. It is south-east of Athens. The area of the island is and at the 2021 census it had 21,124 inhabitants.
The largest towns are Ermoupoli, Ano S ...
,
Andros
Andros (, ) is the northernmost island of the Greece, 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 fruitful and ...
and
Tenos
Tinos ( ) is a Greek island situated in the Aegean Sea. It forms part of the Cyclades archipelago. The closest islands are Andros, Delos, and Mykonos. It has a land area of and a 2021 census population of 8,934 inhabitants.
Tinos is famous amo ...
.
*IG XII,6 ''Inscriptiones Graecae, XII, 6. Inscriptiones Chii et Sami cum Corassiis Icariaque'' (Inscriptions of
Chios
Chios (; , traditionally known as Scio in English) is the fifth largest Greece, Greek list of islands of Greece, island, situated in the northern Aegean Sea, and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, tenth largest island in the Medi ...
and
Samos
Samos (, also ; , ) is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, south of Chios, north of Patmos and the Dodecanese archipelago, and off the coast of western Turkey, from which it is separated by the Mycale Strait. It is also a separate reg ...
with the Korassioi, and
Ikaria
Ikaria, also spelled Icaria (; ), is a Greece, Greek island in the Aegean Sea, 10 nautical miles (19 km) southwest of Samos.
Administratively, Ikaria forms a separate municipality within the Ikaria (regional unit), Ikaria regional unit, ...
). — ''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 (, ; ) is the easternmost island of the Cyclades island group and the nearest island to the neighboring Dodecanese island group in Greece. Along with 16 neighbouring islets, the largest of which (by land area) is Nikouria Island, it compr ...
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
Euboea ( ; , ), also known by its modern spelling Evia ( ; , ), is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete, and the sixth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by ...
, ed.
Erich Ziebarth. Berlin 1915.
*IG XIV ''Inscriptiones Graecae, XIV. Inscriptiones Siciliae et Italiae, additis Galliae, Hispaniae, Britanniae, Germaniae inscriptionibus'' (Inscriptions of
Sicily
Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...
and
Italy
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, as well as inscriptions in
Gaul
Gaul () was a region of Western Europe first clearly described by the Roman people, Romans, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Italy. It covered an area of . Ac ...
,
Hispania
Hispania was the Ancient Rome, Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula. Under the Roman Republic, Hispania was divided into two Roman province, provinces: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior. During the Principate, Hispania Ulterior was divide ...
,
Britannia
The image of Britannia () is the national personification of United Kingdom, Britain as a helmeted female warrior holding a trident and shield. An image first used by the Romans in classical antiquity, the Latin was the name variously appli ...
,
Germania
Germania ( ; ), also more specifically called Magna Germania (English: ''Great Germania''), Germania Libera (English: ''Free Germania''), or Germanic Barbaricum to distinguish it from the Roman provinces of Germania Inferior and Germania Superio ...
), ed.
Georg Kaibel
Georg Kaibel (30 October 1849 – 12 October 1901) was a German classical philologist born in Lübeck. He was a leading authority of Greek epigraphy and epigrammatics.
Biography
Kaibel studied classical philology at the universities of Göttinge ...
. Berlin 1890.
See also
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Epigraphy
Epigraphy () is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the wr ...
§
Greek Inscriptions
The Greek-language inscriptions and epigraphy are a major source for understanding of the society, language and history of ancient Greece and other Greek-speaking or Greek-controlled areas. Greek inscriptions may occur on stone slabs, pottery ostr ...
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Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum
''Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum'' (''SEG'') (Latin for ''Greek Epigraphical Supplement'') is an annual survey (published by J. C. Gieben, Amsterdam, Netherlands until his death in 2006, now published by Brill) collecting the content of and st ...
Bibliography
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Reinhold Merkelbach, "Überlegungen zur Fortführung der Inscriptiones Graecae", ''
Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik
The (commonly abbreviated ZPE; "Journal of Papyrology and Epigraphy") is a peer-reviewed academic journal which contains articles that pertain to papyrology and epigraphy. It has been described as "the world's leading and certainly most prolific ...
'', 117 (1997), pp. 297–30
PDF* Reinhold Merkelbach, "Nochmals Inscriptiones Graecae", ''Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik'', 122 (1998), pp. 293–29
PDFbr />(Both articles express criticism of the continuation of ''IG'' in its traditional shape)
External links
Searchable Greek Inscriptions (Packard Humanities Institute) including the complete ''Inscriptiones Graecae'' corpora
Inscriptiones Graecae homepage (in English)Inscriptiones Graecae homepage (in German)All volumes and parts of CIG the forerunner to IG, available to download as .pdf files
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Archaeological corpora
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