squeezes

The Institute’s Krateros Project is launching a new, exploratory effort to further unlock the text of ancient Greek inscriptions by applying optical character recognition technology to its 30,000-strong collection of epigraphic squeezes.

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded the Institute for Advanced Study a three-year grant of $350,000 to complete digitization of one of the world’s largest squeeze collections. The project will establish worldwide open access...

The exhibition SPOLIA – 22 Transcripts is on view at the Institute for Advanced Study’s Historical Studies – Social Science Library from May 4 to December 10.

“Spolia” are recycled stones—building blocks, reliefs, tombstones, etc.—removed from their...