The Excavation of Antioch-on-the-Orontes Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου

Digital Resources 1932-1939

Clarence Fisher, William A. Campbell, Jean Lassus, and George W. Elderkin

Excavation Records

Fieldbooks

Detailed daily notes of excavation and lists of objects found. More specific than the excavation diaries and field reports.

1932-33 1934 1935 1936 1937 Vol 1 1937 Vol 2 1938 1939

Daily diary of the excavation. Less descriptive than the fieldbooks but more detailed than the field reports.

1932 1933 1934 Vol 1: Text 1934 Vol 2: Figures 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

Yearly overviews of excavation progress written by the director. More general descriptions than the fieldbooks and excavation diaries.

Mapping and GIS

Drawings: gallery / table

Maps, sketches, and area plans housed in flat files in the Princeton Visual Resources Collection.

Field Drawings

Hand-drawn top plans created in 1939. Few have survived.

Excavation Area

Overview of the different areas excavated at Antioch-on-the-Onrontes.

Object Records

Object Find Cards

Individual find cards of excavated items. A drawing or print is often attached.

Architecture Bone and Ivory Coins Frescos and Stucco Glass Inscriptions Jewelry Lamps Mosaics Pottery Sculptures Terracotta Utensils

Tabular view of the different objects collected and their properties.

Coin Lists

Lists of the 20,000+ coins discovered at Antioch-on-the-Orontes which are part of Princeton's larger Numismatic Collection.

Photographs

Object Photographs: list / table

Photographs catalogued by the Princeton Department of Art and Archaeology.

General Photographs: gallery / table

A wide variety of photographs from the excavation and nearby modern village.

Aerial Photos: gallery / table Album Photography: gallery / table Artifact Images (Red Numbers): gallery / table Artifact Images (Unnumbered): gallery / table Color Slides and Transparencies: gallery / table Kidder Smith Color Photos: gallery / table Staff, Topography, and Regional Intests: gallery / table

Several groupings of photographs taken at different times. Most notable are the color images by renowned architectural photographer G.E. Kidder Smith taken in 1938.

Additional Sources

Antioch I — Excavations of 1932 Antioch II — Excavations of 1933-1936 Antioch III — Excavations of 1937-1939 Antioch IV, Part One — Ceramics and Islamic Coins Antioch IV, Part Two — Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and Crusaders' Coins Antioch V — Les Portiques d'Antioche Complete Publication

Publications of the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch and its Vicinity, volumes I-V (Princeton University Press, made available by the Princeton University Library).

Archival Documents

A variety of additional papers relating to the excavation.

Committee Meeting Minutes (1931-1940)

Minutes of the meetings of the Committee for the Investigation of Antioch-on-the-Orontes.

Correspondence (1927-1939)

Letters regarding the excavation.

Pictoral Report Roman Mosaic Floor Raising the Mosaic Failed Pumping Operations Payday Uncut Antioch Film

Seventeen minutes worth of silent black and white footage of the excavation taken in 1935.