SPQR has been working on converting epigraphic data – data about inscriptions in the ancient world – to linked data. We have now converted data from the following epigraphic data sources:
- Inscriptions of Aphrodisias (InsAph). Originating from Turkey, 200BC-700AD, a collection of over 1,500 Greek inscriptions.
- Inscriptions of Tripolitania (IRT). Originating from Libya, 100BC-700AD, a collection of over 1,000 Greek inscriptions.
- Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Aegyptens (HGV). Originating from Egypt, 300BC-700AD, a collection of 56,000 Greek and Latin papyri.
Our linked data is hosted in a Virtuoso linked data server and you can browse, query and search it.
- Keyword search. For example:
- Enter “Aphrodisias” or “Marsa Zawaghah” or “Oasis Magna”
- Click Search
- SPARQL endpoint:
- e.g. triples with “WHITE MARBLE”:
SELECT * WHERE {?s ?p ?o . ?o bif:contains '(WHITE AND MARBLE)'} - e.g. number of triples with “WHITE MARBLE”:
SELECT COUNT(*) WHERE {?s ?p ?o . ?o bif:contains '(WHITE AND MARBLE)'} - e.g. Number of subjects:
SELECT COUNT(?s) WHERE {?s ?p ?o} - e.g. Number of distinct subjects:
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT ?s) WHERE {?s ?p ?o}
- e.g. triples with “WHITE MARBLE”:
Please note that this server is for demonstration purposes only.