Collections

Antiquities

New York University’s collection includes Near Eastern, Egyptian, Cypriot, Greek, Etruscan, South Italian, and Roman objects including art, papyri, and inscriptions. These are variously housed in the Classics Department, the Institute of Fine Arts, and the Fales Library (the Special Collections department of Bobst Library). Most of these art objects have been published in the catalogue Classical Antiquities at New York University, edited by Larissa Bonfante and Blair Fowlkes. For a partial online inventory (with texts) of NYU’s papyri, see the Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri. Also, the inscriptions, while not yet fully published, can be accessed via the internet through the US Epigraphy Project.

Library Resources

Together, Bobst Library and the Institute of Fine Art have extensive holdings of books, journals, and online resources covering all aspects of antiquity. The libraries offer access to standard journal collections such as JSTOR, and participate in cooperative digitizing projects such as the Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS). The holdings of NYU’s libraries are particularly strong in archaeology, papyrology, and primary sources. In addition, the Special Collections Department of Bobst Library has a large number of early printed editions of the classics.  NYU’s library resources are supplemented by the outstanding collections of the New York Public Library, as well as neighborhood universities, museums, and learned societies.