Sorry, my finger hit the send button before I copied the instructions! Here
they are.
Jean SW
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ATTISCHE GRABRELIEFS DES SPÄTEN 5. UND DES 4. JHS. V. CHR.
This database analyzes a collection of 2700 Attic grave reliefs of
the late 5th and the 4th centuries B.C. A variety of data providing careful
analyses for each monument includes: epigraphical information, analytical
descriptions, where it was discovered, its current location and inventory
number, the type of material used in its construction and its dimensions,
images (3200 in total) and bibliography.
www.dyabola.de or click on the UCLID link under its title. Click on
"IP-Zugang / Access" and "Start." Contact the Classics Library at
513-556-1315 if prompted for a password. Select database: Griechische
Grabreliefs and language: German (only choice at this time).
There are four ways to search the database:
Search Predefined
Tree of Subject Headings
String in Title and Comment
Subject Unspecified
These choices appear in the square boxes on the left side of the screen.
Simply click on the desired search method to begin. Predefined search is
the default search that opens automatically.
Searches are easily performed with the PREDEFINED SEARCH and yield much
information
-In the drop down menu box the categories include a search by:
Rubriken der Datenbanken - Database headings/Subject headings
Grabstelen nach Inv.Nr. - Funerary stele by
inventory number Grabstelen nach Spitznamen -
Funerary stele by "nickname"
(i.e.it's most recognizable name
which could be the name of the
person honored by the stele, it's
museum inventory number, or
even it's IG inscription number)
Bildtypen:Figuren - Type of picture: figures Bildtypen:Komposition - Picture
type: composition
Inscriftentext- Inscriptions
Fundorte (lateinische shrift) - Place of discovery (Latin form)
Fundorte (neugriechisch) - Place of discovery (Modern Greek
form)
Grabbezirke: Bezeichnung- Funerary district or region: name of burial
plot
Grabbezirke: laufende Nummer - -Funerary district or region:
Burial plot number: current number
Literatur: Corpora und Referenzwerke -
Literature: Corpora and reference works
Photos (Negative) -
The following example demonstrates the pattern for searching the database.
Although this search is representative of the database's capabilities, it is
in no way its limit.
1. To begin simply select a category in the drop down menu box on the
left.
2. Enter a word to search in the small box on the right and
click on "start."
For example, if you want to find information and a picture of the stele
cited by its standard CAT (Classical Attic Tombstones) number: CAT 1.855
1. Select "Literatur: Corpora und Referenzwerke" and type in "CAT" and
click "start"
N.B. This database is extremely case sensitive; typing cat will not work!
2. A list of possibilities appears; click on either "CAT" or
"Clairmont, CAT"
3. In the top window is the bibliographic description of that work and
the lower window breaks that data info fields. Click on the down arrow
("Hierarchy") to reach the further breakdown you need.
4. In the lower Window appears a list of the individual entries. You
can scroll down to 1.855 or simply type in "1.855" in the "Go to" box and
"Enter."
5. Double-click on CAT 1.855 in the lower window.
6. In the lower window of the next screen you will see what the
database uses as a key entry point, the stele's "Spitznamen": Aristion von
Ephesos.
7. Click on that link in the lower window and the full information will
open.
(Note: If you had known the stele's Spitzname (its common or "nickname") you
could have just chosen to search for that in step 1 by choosing "Grabstelen
nach Spitznamen" as your search in step 1.)
The information that appears in the top window is as follows:
Naiskos: Aristion von Ephesos
[i.e. Naiskos-the type of stele]
(Athen, Nat.Mus. Inv.Nr. 4487)
[i.e. Current location and Inventory No.]
Dat.: 360/30 (Feinchronologie)
[i.e. Datum or date: 360-330BC]
FO: Athen: Kerameikos (Grabungsareal) Bereich zwischen Heiliger Straße und
Südlicher Gräberstraße
[i.e.= Fundorte = place of discovery: Athens in the Kerameikos, (excavation
site), Area between the Sacred Way and the Southern Grave Road]
Bez.: Aristion
[i.e. Bezeichnung = Subject description:
Aristion]
Lit.: Conze, Nr. 1035
[i.e. Literatur = Bibliography: A. Conze's Die
attischen
Grabreliefs, (1922), Nr. 1035]
Conze, Taf. 207
[i.e Tafel=Plate #207 in Conze's Attischen
Grabreliefs]
CAT 1.855
[i.e. C. W. Clairmont's Classical Attic Tombstones
(1993),
vol. 1 #855]
Demos und Thanatos, Naiskos Nr. 337
[i.e. J. Bergemann's Demos und Thanatos, (1997), #
337]
IG II³ 8507
[i.e. Inscriptiones Graecae Vol. 2, 3rd ed, # 8507]
In the drop down menu box, which is titled "Data Sheet/s," there are several
menu options:
Images = the default. Cf. special image instructions later in this guide.
Naiskos = a type of tombstone
Inschrift = Inscription
Abbildungen vom Monument = Pictures of the monument
Literatur zum Monument = Bibliography on the monument
Bestimmungen = Description
Hierarchy Parents = higher levels of the analysis of the item
Hierarchy Children = lower levels of the analysis of the item
N.B. Menu choices do not appear if there is no pertinent data for a
particular
monument. On some Macs these choices only display as a dash.
-Click on "Naiskos"
In the lower window appears some of the same information as above, but there
are also some additional information and/or links:
AO: Athens, Nat. Mus.
[i.e. current location: Athens, National
Museum]
Ivr.Nr.: 4487
[i.e. Inventory number: 4487]
Bezeichnung: Aristion von Ephesos
[i.e. subject description: Aristion von
Ephesos]
FO: Athen, Kerameikos (Grabungsareal), Berich zwischen
Heiliger Strasse ...
[i.e. Fund Orte = location found: Athens, Kerameikos (excavation area), area
between Sacred Way ...]
Grabbezirk: A22: Aristion
[i.e. Funerary district or family plot: A22:
Aristion.
Numbering from J. Bergemann's Demos und
Thanatos
(1997) as set up by R. Garland in The
Annual of the British
School at Athens 77(1982) pp.125-76
which has maps.]
Nekropole: Athen, Heilige Strasse
[i.e. Cemetery: Athens. Sacred Way]
Stelen-Typ: Naiskoi über 1,5 m ursprüngliche Höhe
[i.e. Stele type: The naiskos was originally about 1.5 meters high]
Architektur: Horizontale Sima als Abschluß
Anten mit Profilkapitellen
[i.e. Architectural description of the monument: Horizontal sima; antae with
profile capitals]
Fig. Beiwerk: Sirene Haar raufend, Brust schlagend
[i.e. Figure Details: Siren pulling Hair, hand on
chest]
Material: Pentelisch
[i.e. Material: Pentelic marble]
Höhe: 1,50
[i.e. Height: 1.50 meters]
Breite: 0,49-0,47
[i.e Width: .49-.47 meters]
Figurenzahl: Zwei Figuren
[i.e. Number of Figures: Two Figures]
Komposition: Mann Stehend, Diener (pais) stehend
[i.e. Composition: A standing male and a standing
servant/slave]
Generationen: Eine Generation
[i.e. How many family generations are
included: One
Generation]
-Next, click on Inschrift (Inscription) in the drop down menu box.
Information regarding the inscription is listed.
Text: A?I?TI?N <???>?T?NO? E?E?IO?
[i.e. Aristion from Ephesos son of
(Ari)ston]
Anbringung: Epistyl
[i.e. Location of inscription: on the
Epistyle (architrave)]
Abfolge: Einzige Nameninscrift
[i.e. Sequence: A single name inscription]
Generationen: Eine Generation
[i.e. Generations: One generation]
Soziales: Metoken
Ephesos
[i.e. Social Group, ethnicity, class of citizenship: Metoi, Sklaven,
Ephesos, etc.]
-In the drop down box click on "Abildungen vom Monument"
In the lower window appears a list of the type of pictures available and
their sources. As you mouse over each entry the picture appears in a pop-up
window.
Gesamtansicht: Fittsch.-B. 1991 Film 58, 2
[i.e. Complete view: photographed by G.
Fittschen-Badura in
1991, Film #58, frame 2]
Kopf, Profil: Fittsch.-B. 1991 Film 3, 2
[i.e. Profile view of the head: photographed
by G. Fittschen-
Badura in 1991, Film #3, frame 2]
Inschrift, gesamt: Fittsch.-B. 1991 Film 3, 5
[i.e. Complete view of the inscription:
photographed by G.
Fittschen-Badura in 1991, Film #3, frame
5]
- Click on "Literatur zum Monument"
In the lower window appears the bibliography for the monument as explained
previously, but now broken down into Arch. Lit. (i.e. archaeological
citations) and Epigr. Lit. (epigraphical citations).
- Click on "Bestimmungen"
In the lower window appears miscellaneous information about the
monument.
- Click on "Hierarchy Parents"
In the lower window appear the levels in the hierarchical
structure of the database "above" this entry,
i.e. The entire Datenbank der attischen Grabreliefs...
and then: The types of grave stele
and then: The specific type of stele, a naiskos
N.B. You can also reach this place in the database outline by clicking on
the up arrow next to the word "Hierarchy" to the right of the drop down
selection box.
- Click on "Hierarchy Children"
In the lower window appear the levels in the hierarchical
structure of the database "below" this entry,
i.e. the figures on this particular Naiskos, in this case
the figure of Aristion and a figure of a Diener (i.e. a servant)
N.B. You can also reach this place in the database outline by clicking on
the down arrow next to the word "Hierarchy" to the right of the drop down
selection box.
There are also clickable links available in the entries that appear in the
lower window.
Go back to the drop down menu box and select "Naiskos" again.
-In the lower window, go to Nekropole, and click on "Athen, Heilige Strasse"
(note that it is in blue, which indicates that it is a clickable link.
This brings up a list of the other stele in the database that were found
near the Sacred Way.
To return to the other possible clickable links in the Naiskos window, you
will need to click on the phrase "Zuruk zu Aristion von Ephesus" to the
right of the drop-down box, and then again choose "Naiskos." For example
another clickable link is under "Komposition: Mann stehend, Diener (pais)
stehend" which then leads you to a clickable list of other stele in the
databases which depict a standing man and a servant/slave."
N.B. Unfortunately in this database there is usually no "back button;" its
presence depends on your viewer and its version. Mac users may be able to
force a back and forward browser button by clicking on "View" on the upper
tool bar and then "Buttons." (Kathleen: please check this out!) Usually you
have to click on the "Zuruck zu ..." phrase or click on the appropriate
heading that appears in the "Navigation (History)" window to the center
right of the screen.
IMAGES
This database has a wealth of images. There are two places images appear:
in the lower data sheet window and in pop up boxes that appear as your
cursor moves over appropriate entries. You can click on and enlarge the
images in the lower data sheet windows, but not in the pop up boxes.
For most images, there is a 'store' button located below the image. One can
store images
in the "Personal area" (window at the lower right of the screen) for
comparison or to print at a later time.
-Click "store" under the picture
-In the box that pops up, enter any file name to name your personal
area and
"Start." (You only need to do this step once for each
session)
[i.e. Name des privaten Verzeichnisses = name of the private file]
-A prompt appears:
[Ist der Verzeichnisname korrekt? (bitte notieren) = Is the name correct?
(please note)]
-If OK, click "start."
There is now an option to "only store" or "place in
viewer." Place in "only
store" if you want to print the images at full size. You
can also compare the
stored images from here.
-Click "only store"
-A new box pops up with a drop down menu that says "Neues Ergebnis"
[i.e new result name]
N.B. If you are still logged on and have not exited out of the
IP address
recognition page, then your area will stay open
and it will be an option
in that drop down menu.
-Click "only store"
-Choose a name for your image, such as AristionHead in the box that appears.
-Click "ok"
N.B. This feature does not always seem to work. If you cannot store
because this feature is not working, you can Ctrl - P to get a print, but
the images in the pop up box will print in small size.
or
- Choose "Place in viewer" to compare images.
N.B. You cannot right click and print from this area, instead you must
Ctrl + P, but only the small image as appears will print.
- Click on a space in the Personal area to insert the image. That image
will remain open for viewing during your session.
To view stored images you can access them by clicking on the name of your
collection of images in the Personal area - or - by selecting "Viewer for
Image Databases" from the search method boxes on the far left side. Once
you have stored an image, if you click on the search title in the "lightbox"
or "personal area" (as it is sometimes called) the image appears or you can
click on "Viewer" and then click on the search title.
TREE OF SUBJECT HEADINGS
A complete listing of these subject headings is attached. This method
provides one with the ability to find all monuments depicting particular
iconography, or of a particular style, or type of material, and many other
characteristics. (N.B. It appears that some of the classifications have not
yet been assigned to any monuments, so you may end up with zero results.)
Go down the subject tree by clicking on the Black Crosses.
To move backwards up the subject tree, click on the minus symbol before the
heading.
To choose all the entries for all the subheadings of a subject, click on
[all sub].
Some subject terms offer a pre-determined list of appropriate sub-terms in a
pull down box, which you reach by beginning to type an appropriate term.
For example, to find all the monuments that have a small dog depicted on
them:
From the first tier of subjects, click on "Ikonographie: Figuren und
Attribute"
- then "Gegenstande und Tiere"
- then "Hund"
Since "Spitz" is the most likely classification click on "all subs" after
that word, and you
will get 95 results.
In this case the entries are almost useless, often saying only "Figur."
To examine those monuments, you will need to click on each of these entries
to yield a
top window that will identify the monument.
To get to the full information about it and the possibility of getting an
image, now click
on the upward "hierarchy" arrow in the bar separating the top and bottom
windows or
select the appropriate category you wish to view from the drop down box
(as
described in the section above about Predefined searches.)
For other searches the list may be more helpful. For example, a search for
monuments that are not of marble (Grabstelen: allgemeine Angaben / Material
/ Stein / Kalkstein) provides a list of 22 entries with their "Spitznamen"
identification and the images of those are displayed in the lower window.)
STRING SEARCHING (= precise string)
Choose "Exact string," "Ignore capitals" or "Ignore capitals & accent"
(note: you can disregard case sensitivity) and then type in your string.
Anything related to the search word will come up.
For example, you could have begun your search for Aristion here by just
typing in Aristion.
UNSPECIFIED SUBJECT SEARCHING
Words from all parts of the database that includes: subject, places,
inventory numbers, authors, collection names, monuments, etc. can be entered
in the box, taking care to capitalize correctly
Again, you easily could have begun your search here by typing in "
Aristion", but you would have had to carefully typed capital A because this
search is case sensitive!
"RESULT, EXPORT PRINT"
COMBINE SETS
Select the result sets and the operator to combine from the pull down menu
boxes.
Type in a name for the new result set and then click on "combine".
E.g. You could do a Subject Tree Search for dogs and another for birds and
find those monuments, which have depictions of both.
PRINT / EXPORT
Select your result set from the pull down menu and click on "Export/print."
At the top of the next window that appears choose either Print or E-Mail to
send or print the entire list.
(N.B. This function does not yet appear to be operational.)
You can also print one record at a time by typing Control-P. (Click first on
the window you want to print!)
Marnie Leist and Jean Susorney Wellington
University of Cincinnati, Classics Library
July 2003
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