Alden Library at a Glance
Call Numbers
Below is a simplified outline of the main call number ranges for ancient history, art, and archaeology. Archaeological site reports will usually be in the History and Archaeology call number ranges, which are mostly in the Fine Arts Library, although it is worth looking on the 6th floor, too.
Fine Arts (3rd floor)
N5315-N5900: Ancient Art in General
- N5350-N5351: Egypt
- N5370-N5380: Mesopotamia
- N5390: Persia
- N5410-N5440: Phoenicia
- N5460: Judea and Syria
- N548-N5560: Asia Minor
- N5603-N5720: Greece
- N5740-N5790: Italy and Rome
- N589: Other areas
NA210-NA349: Ancient Architecture
- NA215-216: Egypt
- NA220-NA221: Mesopotamia
- NA225-NA226: Persia
- NA230-NA231: Phoenicia
- NA240-NA245: Asia Minor
- NA260-NA290: Greece
- NA295-NA340: Italy and Rome
NB69-NB169: Ancient Sculpture
- NB75: Egypt
- NB80: Mesopotamia and Persia
- NB90-NB105: Greece
- NB108-NB120: Italy and Rome
- NB130: Other areas
- NB133: Greek and Roman Relief Sculpture
- NB134-NB143: Bronze
- NB145-NB159: Terra Cotta
- NB160-NB165: Sculptural Topics, e.g., mythological figures, people
NC55-NC65: Drawing
ND49-ND136: Painting
- ND75: Egypt
- ND110-ND115: Greece
- ND120-ND127: Italy and Rome
- ND130: Other areas
Ancient History (3rd and 6th floors; a few reference books on 2nd floor)
- DE: Ancient Mediterranean
- DF1-DF289: Greece
- DG1-DG365: Rome
- DS56: Ancient Near East
- DS68-DS75: Mesopotamia
- DS80-DS111: Lebanon, Syria, Judea
- DS156: Asia Minor
- DT57-DT73: Egypt