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... The Papyri.info site includes some 52,000 transcribed texts, of which about 2,000 in Latin, very few translated into English or any other modern language. The collaborative editing tool SoSOL (deployed at papyri.info/editor) allows users to add to or improve existing editions of papyrological texts, for example by adding new translations.Read the rest!
If you think you might like to take part in this exercise, take a look for instance at O. Bu Njem, a corpus of 150 ostraka from the Roman military base at Golas in Libya. The Latin texts (often fragmentary) are already transcribed; do you think you could produce an English translation of a few of these texts, which will be credited to you? Would you like a brief introduction to the SoSOL interface to enable you to add the translations yourself (pending approval by the editorial board)? ...
I am pleased to announce, after the recent implementation of a new search and aggregation tool keyed to cylinder seal occurrences in CDLI text transliterations, a second, similar utility for searching and displaying composite and witness entries that document the occasionally quite rich Mesopotamian tradition of text copying and transmission. Supported by the programming skills of UCLA CS graduate students Eunice Yuh-Jie Chen and Henry Li, we have begun entering to CDLI catalogue all “Q” identifiers of such texts, following the numbering system of Oracc’s Qcat, and, in line with the system implemented for seals management, have made these Q numbers searchable at our slightly revamped search page. Thus now a search for the Gudea text (RIME 3/1.1.7.41 =) Q000911 results in, currently but ever growing, 399 hits, led by Dan Foxvog’s transliteration and translation of the composite version and followed by entries documenting 398 physical artifacts. While the Q numbers will be less familiar to users, this system, like its cousin seals ID field, allows a casual viewing of some random witness text, for instance a recently tagged cone fragment in the University of Durham collection, to expand, by clicking on its corresponding catalogue composite ID Q000915, to a full view of the 96 CDLI entries that are associated with that text, led again by Foxvog’s treatment of an idealized composite version. Indeed, we limit all translations of such texts to these composite entries.
The corresponding tagging of composite text transliterations in CDLI for the purpose of generating score versions of each text, that we delighted in producing as ambitious students of Assyriology, will follow along at a slower pace. <http://cdli.ucla.edu/tools/scores/partitur-index.html> contains the first several dozen such completed score (“Partitur”) versions, primarily now of the easier to tag RIME inscriptions, but in time the much more involved scores of scholarly texts will be added. Given the great numbers of exemplars of royal inscriptions catalogued by the RIM project, we have decided to limit Q-tagging of transliterations to those that are better documented than by their simple entry in RIM witness catalogues, usually with existing image files, with the exception of texts with no such documentation. In these cases, the first otherwise minimally registered transliteration will serve as a single witness until further documentation is available to us. Thus while the score of Gudea 37 seems imposing, it comprises just 250 of the 1365 registered witnesses to this inscription. These seals-and-composites tools are, for us, primarily technical means to improve the standardization and reliability of our existing transliterations, but should also be of general interest to colleagues who seek to check the fidelity of the various published or circulated forms of Partitur apparatus that represent some of our most treasured research tools.
Bob Englund
UCLA
Timişoara, 7 decembrie 2013 (editori Andrei STAVILĂ, Dorel MICLE, Adrian CÎNTAR, Cristian FLOCA și Sorin FORŢIU), JATEPress Kiadó, Szeged, 2013, ISBN 978-963-315-152-5 (összes/general) ISBN 978-963-315-153-2 (Vol. I), ISBN 978-963-315-154-9 (Vol. II)
Coperta Cuprins In Memoriam Liviu MĂRUIA Opera Omnia ~ ARHEOLOGIE ~~ METODE INTERDISCIPLINARE ~~ ISTORIE ~
The Digital Pompeii Project is a joint venture of the Classical Studies Program, the Humanities Program, and the Center for Advanced Spatial Technology at the University of Arkansas. Its goal is the creation of a comprehensive database for visual art and material culture at Pompeii; the database will be linked with 3D models of the city that can be explored in real time. Currently, the project is focused on modeling the houses found in the Hauser in Pompeji series, as well as the Villa Arianna at Castellammare di Stabia, in conjunction with the Restoring Ancient Stabia foundation. The Project relies on a combination of traditional and CAD plans, and laser scanning data (for Villa Arianna). Primary software packages are Cinema 4D, ZBrush, and the game engine Unity.
At Visible Past researchers, students or regular web visitors can use cell phones, desktop computers, laptops, or full immersion 3d virtual reality models to collaborate on any historical project. Visible Past allows them to write and give each other feedback on their paper, to share passions and ideas as they contribute, edit, or enjoy the knowledge created and made available at Visible Past.
- An interactive historical atlas enhanced with narratives, pictures, video clips, and audio files.
- A site where researchers can collaboratively organize documents and artifacts and write papers or books.
- A location aware service that delivers through an iPhone App or 2d codes historical information about any place on the earth, while you are there.
- A CAVE (lab) at Purdue University where we can project life size 3D virtual models of famous places such as Omaha Beach or Ancient Rome.
Visible Past is a seamless system of information storage and retrieval that turns the idea of information searching on its head: spatially aware, read/write, and multi-user, Visible Past makes information search for you.
The Visible Past team
Visible Past is a web-based knowledge creation and storage environment produced at Purdue University by Sorin A. Matei and his collaborators, Nick Rauh and Chris Miller that is aware of a user’s spatial location. The site delivers information on the fly, to that location, based on the user needs connected to that location. If you are, for example, in France, in front of the Tour Eiffel, Visible Past can send you information about the Tour Eiffel, to your mobile phone. Further, the cell phone can be used to rate the information or to add your own content to the site.
However, Visible Past is not just a site. It is a software solution that can be installed on any server, by anyone, at no cost. It uses open source, free software, that can be extended and adapted for any specific project.
Egyptological is a new concept in archaeological publishing, which is available free of charge to all readers. Egyptological was founded by Andrea Byrnes and Kate Phizackerley in 2011. Our idea was to provide the first free online-only Egyptology magazine which would provide our readers with:
Egyptological covers all areas and periods of ancient Egyptian prehistory up to and including the Coptic period. If you have an interest in Ancient Egypt we hope that you will find a lot of value-added content to keep you entertained and informed.
- A free-of-charge resource
- A diverse selection of high quality material to reflect varied levels of academic and popular interest, all subject to editorial review
- Research papers and popular articles
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- A platform for both new and existing writers to publish their material in a friendly and helpful environment
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