Corpus Attic Vase Inscriptions

Avi attic vase inscriptions attische vaseninschriften is an extended and web based continuation and development of henry r.
Corpus attic vase inscriptions. Immerwahr s cavi corpus of attic vase inscriptions. Corpus of attic vase inscriptions. Documenting the american south. Corpus of attic vase inscriptions.
Eng chang bunker. Contains 8173 entries and is the result of more than sixty years of research. Henry immerwahr s corpus of attic vase inscriptions is an attempt to catalog these inscribed vases. Begun in 1999 with the conversion of henry immerwahr s data for a corpus of attic vase inscriptions the database has more than 8000 inscriptions and includes updates from rudolph wachter s attic vase inscriptions avi.
I am aware of the fact that a real corpus should be based mainly on direct examination of the documents but in the case of pottery scattered as it is over the globe this is not attainable. The corpus is not complete nor is it a finished product and the information has to be used with caution. Inscriptions on athenian pottery c. A projected corpus of attic vase inscriptions acta of the fifth international congress of greek and latin epigraphy.
It contains 8 173 entries and is the result of more than sixty years of research. Digital north carolina collection photographic archives. It has now been fully integrated within the main beazley archive pottery database bapd. This corpus is simply a collection of notes taken over the years from publications and illustrations with some autopsy where possible.
Avi s main part is the interactive database which is now available in a more developed version. Cambridge 18th to 23rd september 1967. Lexicon iconographicum mythologiae classicae limc. Emeritus university of north carolina at chapel hill march 12 2009 the idea of a corpus of attic vase inscriptions arose from a conversation i had in the 1940s with my friend henry hoenigswald later professor of linguistics at the university of pennsylvania when i told him i was looking for a dissertation topic.
The entries then have four parts. Ancient greek pottery due to its relative durability comprises a large part of the archaeological record of ancient greece and since there is so much of it over 100 000 painted vases are recorded in the corpus vasorum antiquorum it has exerted a disproportionately large influence on our understanding of greek society the shards of pots discarded or buried in the 1st millennium bc are. In a preface to this version immerwahr states. This corpus is based on notes taken over the years from publications and illustrations with some autopsy where possible.
Each entry is given a local identifier and indicates which collection the vase belongs to and the inventory number where possible. Digital southern historical collection. Diane mckenzie hospital postcard collection. Digital southern folklife collection.