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Classical Studies: Print and Online Resources at Penn: Subject Headings and Call Numbers

Guide to finding resources in the area of literature and languages of Ancient Greece and Rome

History

Numismatics and inscriptions

  • CJ 301-CJ 1291: Numismatics: Greek, Roman, Byzantine
  • CN 340-CN 730:Inscriptions: Classical languages

History

  • DE 1-DE 100: Greco-Roman World, Mediterranean. Classical Antiquities
  • DE 46-DE 70: History of the Greco-Roman world--Antiquities. Civilization. Culture, archaeology
  • DF 10-DF 289: Ancient Greece
  • DF 75-DF 134: History of Greece--Ancient Greece--Antiquities. Civilization. Culture
  • DF 221.5: Troy
  • DF 501-DF 649: Medieval Greece. Byzantine Empire
  • DF 895-DF 95: Greece: Local history
  • DG 11-DG 365: Ancient Italy
  • DG 11-DG 9802: History of Italy--Ancient Italy. Rome to 476
  • DS 155-DS 156l: History of Asia--Asia Minor [before 1453, including Greek city-state and colonies]
  • DG 401-DG 537: Medieval Italy. Renaissance Italy
  • DG 600-DG 999: Italy: Local history (inc. Malta)
  • DS 41-DS 66: Middle East, Ancient Orient, Near East, Soutwestern Asia, Arab east, antiquities, archaeology
  • DS 69-DS 80: Iraq Antiquities
  • DS 80-DS 90: Lebanon
  • DS 92-DS 99: Syria
  • DS 101-DS 111: Jerusalem, Antiquities
  • DS 155-DS 156: Asia Minor
  • DS 201-DS 248: Arabian Peninsula
  • DS 260-DS 262: Iran, Antiquities
  • DT 56-DT 70: Egypt, Antiquities
  • DT 154: Sudan, Antiquities
  • DT 168-DT 170: North Africa, Carthaginian period

Social History

  • HQ 1127: Women in the ancient world
  • HQ 1134: Women in ancient greece
  • HQ 1136: Women in ancient rome 
  • HT 863: Slavery--History--Ancient, Slavery--Greece, Slavery--Rome, Slaves--Greece, Slaves--Rome
  • HT 979: Slave Trade--Greece, Slave Trade--Roman

Economy

Books on ancient economy will be in the Hs -- but there is no one range of call numbers. It might start with HC, HF, HG, HT, HQ and others. Important to note that the books on the ancient economy will show Lippincott as a location. Lippincott is in Van Pelt-Dietrich Library and the books are in call number order as if the record gave Van Pelt Library as the location. Here are some sample subject headings.

  • Mediterranean Region--Commerce--History--To 1500.
  • Commerce--History--To 500.
  • Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects--Mediterranean Region.
  • Greece--Economic conditions--To 146 B.C.
  • Egypt--Economic conditions--332 B.C.-640 A.D.

Even if a subject heading doesn't imply time period, for instance: Women--Greece--Social conditions--in many, many cases "ancient" is in the title or some part of the description or chapter heading. So a keyword search:-- women AND gree* AND  econom* AND ancient-- will likely get you into the right time period. 

Military and War

  • U 33-U 35: Military Science: Greece & Rome
  • U 805: Weapons: Ancient
  • V 37-V 39: Naval Science: Greek & Roman
  • VM 16: Naval Architecture: Ancient, Greek, Roman, Egyptian

Art and Architecture

  • HT 114: Archaeology of Ancient Cities, Cities and towns, ancient, City and townlife, Rome, Greece, Extinct Cities

Music

  • ML 164-ML 169: Ancient music, Music, Greek and Roman, music--to 500, Music, Egypt--to 500, Music in the Bible, Jews--Israel, Music--to 500

Art

  • N 5300-N 5896: Classical art; Art, Greek--Greece, Art, Roman
  • N 5350-N 5351: Art, antiquities, monuments, Egyptian
  • N 7582: Portraits, Egyptian
  • N 7832-N 7840:  Visual arts: Early Christian
  • N 7585-N 7589: Portra, Greek & Roman
  • N 7760-N 7763: Visual arts--Mythology
  • NA 260-NA 373: Architecture: Greek, Roman, Early Christian, Byzantine
  • NA 3340-NA 3370   Architectural decoration: Greek, Roman
  • NA 3760-NA 3780: Mosaic. Tesselated work. Terrazzo work--Ancient, Early Christian, Byzantine
  • NA 215-NA 216: Architecture: Egypt
  • NA 3335: Architectural decoration: Egyptian
  • NA 9092: City planning and beautifying--History--Ancient
  • NB 75: Sculpture: Egyptian
  • NB 85-NB 169: Sculpture, Ancient; Sculpture, GreeK; Sculpture, Roman; Sculpture, Egyptian; Sculpture, Minoan
  • ND 75: Painting: Egyptian
  • ND 100-ND 135: Painting: Greek, Roman, Early Christian, classical, Hellenistic       
  • ND 2560-ND 2575: Mural painting: Ancient
  • ND 2752-ND 2754: Mural painting: Greece; Mural painting: Rome
  • NK 4640-NK 4654: Vases: Greek & RomaN;  Vase painting

Philology, Literature, and Philosophy

Philosophy and religion

  • BL 700-BL 820: Classical religion & mythology
  • BL 2441-BL 2455: Egyption religion and mythology

Philology

  • PA 1-PA 199: Classical Philology
  • PA 201-P 899: Greek philology and language
  • PA 1000-PA 1044: Medieval Greek language
  • PA 2001-PA 2915: Latin philology and language

Literature

  • PA 3000-PA 3049: Classical literature
  • PA 3050-PA 4449: Greek literature, ancient
  • PA 6000-PA 6971: Roman literature, ancient
  • PA 8001-PA 8595: Medieval Latin literature, individual Medieval authors,
  •      Medieval Christian literature, romances
  • PJ 1001-PJ 1989: Egyptology
  • PJ 1091-PJ 1109: Egyptian Writing
  • PJ 1111-PJ 1439: Egyptian language
  • PJ 1481-PJ 1989: Egyptian literature
  • PJ 2401-PJ 2594: Cushitic languages
  • PJ 3001-PJ 3097: Semitic philology and literature
  • PJ 3101-PJ 3971: Language, literature, and inscriptions: Assyriology, Akkadian,
  • PJ 4001-PJ 4091: Sumerian
  • PJ 4101-PJ 4197: West and North Semitic languages
  • PJ 4171-PJ 4197: Phenician-Punic
  • PJ 4501-PJ 5192: Hebrew
  • PJ 4543-PJ 4937: Hebrew Language (Biblical and modern)
  • PJ 4951-PJ 5000: Medieval Hebrew
  • PJ 5001-PJ 5060: Hebrew Literature
  • PJ 5201-PJ 5329: Aramaic
  • PJ 5401-PJ 5909: Syriac
  • PJ 6690-PJ 6697: Ancient Arabic      
  • PJ 6950-PJ 6981: ancient South Arabian
  • PJ 9001-PJ 9101: Ethiopic (Geez)
  • PJ 9201-PJ 9269: Amharic
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