Sources

22 source projects, federated into one corpus.

Each source has its own access model, identifier scheme, and inscription modality. They're unified through a canonical schema with cross-references that bridge museum accessions, Trismegistos IDs, Pleiades places, and Wikidata Q-numbers.

Source	Type	Modality	License	Objects	Inscriptions	Images
Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text DDbDP-text	text_database	mdc	CC-BY-3.0	45,000	40,347	—
Papyri.info — HGV (Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis) — metadata HGV-meta	text_database	mdc	CC-BY-3.0	40,000	1,397	1,132
Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri APIS-papyrus	text_database	mdc	CC-BY-3.0	34,992	207	237
Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) MET	museum_collection	none	CC0 (Open Access objects); restricted for non-PD	27,972	—	33,019
ORAEC (Online Resource for Ancient Egyptian Corpus) ORAEC	text_db	mdc	CC-BY-SA-4.0	13,026	13,026	—
Harvard/MFA Giza Archives GIZA-MFA	excavation_archive	none	academic-noncommercial	11,031	—	10,701
Tell el-Amarna Project (Cambridge/EES) — Object Database AMARNA-EES	excavation_archive	sign_name_vocab	Project-published academic dataset (CC-BY-NC presumed; verify with Cambridge/EES)	7,386	1,132	—
Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, SMB Berlin SMB-AEMP	museum	mixed	varies-see-record	3,336	—	3,336
Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art BKM	museum_collection	none	Mixed (BKM site terms; Wikidata gateway data is CC0)	2,786	—	13,739
British Museum — Department of Egypt and Sudan BM-EgSu	museum_collection	english_prose	Mixed (BM site terms; Wikidata gateway data is CC0)	1,658	90	613
Cleveland Museum of Art (Egyptian) CMA-EG	museum	mixed	CC0	1,328	52	1,320
Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian) ARTIC-EG	museum	mixed	CC0	1,244	99	1,236
Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) WALTERS-EG	museum	mixed	CC0	1,070	351	3,384
Fitzwilliam Museum — Department of Antiquities (Egyptian) FITZ-AntE	museum_collection	mdc	CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 (metadata); per-image rights vary	729	42	1,934
Smithsonian — National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) NMAA	museum_collection	none	CC0	575	—	596
ISAC Chicago — Integrated Database (Egyptian) ISAC-MC	museum_collection	english_prose	Public domain metadata; per-image rights per record	500	147	—
Smithsonian — NMNH - Anthropology Dept. (NMNHANTHRO) NMNHANTHRO	museum_collection	none	CC0	500	—	—
Manchester Museum — Egypt and Sudan collection MANCHESTER	museum_collection	none	Mixed (collection-side not reachable; Europeana fallback is CC-BY-NC-ND per item)	320	—	128
Smithsonian — National Museum of American History (NMAH) NMAH	museum_collection	none	CC0	200	—	—
Smithsonian — Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) SAAM	museum_collection	none	CC0	169	—	169
Leiden RMO — Egyptian collection LEIDEN	museum_collection	none	Unknown (collection-side API not reachable; site terms unclear)	44	—	59
Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae (TLA) TLA	text_db	mdc	CC-BY-SA 4.0	1	4,023	—