Crossing Experiences in Digital Epigraphy: From Practice to Discipline

book: Crossing Experiences in Digital Epigraphy

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Open Poland 2018

Crossing Experiences in Digital Epigraphy

From Practice to Discipline

Edited by: Annamaria De Santis and Irene Rossi

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110607208

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Contents

About this book

Although a relevant number of projects digitizing inscriptions are under development or have been recently accomplished, Digital Epigraphy is not yet considered to be a proper discipline and there are still no regular occasions to meet and discuss. By collecting contributions on nineteen projects – very diversified for geographic and chronological context, for script and language, and for typology of digital output – this volume intends to point out the methodological issues which are specific to the application of information technologies to epigraphy.
The first part of the volume is focused on data modelling and encoding, which are conditioned by the specific features of different scripts and languages, and deeply influence the possibility to perform searches on texts and the approach to the lexicographic study of such under-resourced languages. The second part of the volume is dedicated to the initiatives aimed at fostering aggregation, dissemination and the reuse of epigraphic materials, and to discuss issues of interoperability.
The common theme of the volume is the relationship between the compliance with the theoretic tools and the methodologies developed by each different tradition of studies, and, on the other side, the necessity of adopting a common framework in order to produce commensurable and shareable results. The final question is whether the computational approach is changing the way epigraphy is studied, to the extent of renovating the discipline on the basis of new, unexplored questions.

Author information

Irene Rossi, Italian National Research Council (CNR – Rome), Italy, Annamaria De Santis, University of Pisa, Italy

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Introduction Annamaria De Santis and Irene Rossi Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
1 Encoding, Interoperability, Lexicography: Digital Epigraphy Through the Lens of DASI Experience Alessandra Avanzini, Annamaria De Santis and Irene Rossi Open Access Download PDF	1
Part I: Data Modelling and Encoding for Curated Editions and Linguistic Study
2 Methodological, Structural and Technical Challenges of a German-English Runic/RuneS Database Christiane Zimmermann, Kerstin Kazzazi and Jens-Uwe Bahr Open Access Download PDF	21
3 Hesperia, a Database for Palaeohispanic Languages; and AELAW, a Database for the Ancient European Languages and Writings. Challenges, Solutions, Prospects María José Estarán, Francisco Beltrán, Eduardo Orduña and Joaquín Gorrochategui Open Access Download PDF	36
4 Sinleqiunnini: Designing an Annotated Text Collection for Logo-Syllabic Writing Systems Francesco Di Filippo Open Access Download PDF	49
5 The Digital Exploration of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing and Language Christian Prager, Nikolai Grube, Maximilian Brodhun, Katja Diederichs, Franziska Diehr, Sven Gronemeyer and Elisabeth Wagner Open Access Download PDF	65
6 Inscriptions from Ethiopia. Encoding Inscriptions in Beta Maṣāḥǝft Alessandro Bausi and Pietro M. Liuzzo Open Access Download PDF	84
7 Phoenician Digital Epigraphy: CIP Project, the State of the Art Paolo Xella and José Á. Zamora Open Access Download PDF	93
8 The Online Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient North Arabia Daniel Burt, Ahmad Al-Jallad and Michael C. A. Macdonald Open Access Download PDF	102
9 A Methodological Framework for the Epigraphic South Arabian Lexicography. The Case of the Sabaic Online Dictionary Anne Multhoff Open Access Download PDF	118
10 KALAM: A Word Analyzer for Sabaic Ronald Ruzicka Open Access Download PDF	133
11 Official Inscriptions of the Middle East in Antiquity: Online Text Corpora and Map Interface Jamie Novotny and Karen Radner Open Access Download PDF	141
12 The Karnak Project: A Comprehensive Edition of the Largest Ancient Egyptian Temple Sébastien Biston-Moulin and Christophe Thiers Open Access Download PDF	155
Part II: Providing Access: Portals, Interoperability and Aggregators
13 Hethitologie-Portal Mainz (HPM). A Digital Infrastructure for Hittitology and Related Fields in Ancient Near Eastern Studies Gerfrid G. W. Müller and Daniel Schwemer Open Access Download PDF	167
14 EDV – Italian Medieval Epigraphy in the Vernacular Some Editorial Problems Discussed Nadia Cannata Open Access Download PDF	180
15 Trismegistos: Optimizing Interoperability for Texts from the Ancient World Mark Depauw Open Access Download PDF	193
16 Making up for Lost Time: Digital Epigraphy, Chronology, and the PeriodO Project Adam Rabinowitz, Ryan Shaw and Patrick Golden Open Access Download PDF	202
17 EAGLE Continued: IDEA. The International Digital Epigraphy Association Pietro M. Liuzzo Open Access Download PDF	216
18 EPIDAT – Research Platform for Jewish Epigraphy Thomas Kollatz Open Access Download PDF	231
19 I. Sicily: Building a Digital Corpus of the Inscriptions of Ancient Sicily Jonathan R. W. Prag and James Chartrand Open Access Download PDF	240
Conclusions Annamaria De Santis and Irene Rossi Open Access Download PDF	253
Appendix A Open Access Download PDF	258
Appendix B Open Access Download PDF	289
List of Figures and Tables Open Access Download PDF	293
Index Open Access Download PDF	296

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Open Poland
Audience: researcher and students in epigraphy, history and linguistics, professionals dealing with cultural heritage management
Pages
- Main content: 240
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 10
- Coloured Illustrations: 53
Keywords: Ancient languages; data modelling; digital humanities; epigraphy; grapheme analysis; interoperability; lexicography; palaeography; scripts; text encoding; translation; writing systems

eBook

Published: July 8, 2019
ISBN: 9783110607208

Hardcover

Published: December 31, 2018
ISBN: 9783110607192