This collection is located on-site.
The Latin inscriptions, which predominate in the collection, are sepulchral. Items worthy of p;ublication have been published in CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM LATINARUM, volumes VI and XV, and in the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAELOGY, 1899 and 1906. There are 11 inscibed pipes (lead) and 15 stamped bricks among the Latin inscriptions. There are only 3 Greek inscriptions (again, sepulchral) in the collection. Squeezes of published Greek inscriptions, ca. 500, are also available for study in conjunction with the published inscriptions
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This collection is located on-site.
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Bequest of the estate of Professor George N. Olcott.
One stone was: presented by Professor A. W. Van Buren.
159 Latin and Greek inscriptions: Source of acquisition--Olcott, George N and A. W. Van Buren. Method of acquisition--Bequest and gift.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
159 Latin and Greek inscriptions Entered in AMC 09/28/90.
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