Restoring and attributing ancient texts using deep neural networks

Y Assael, T Sommerschield, B Shillingford, M Bordbar… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Ancient history relies on disciplines such as epigraphy—the study of inscribed texts known
as inscriptions—for evidence of the thought, language, society and history of past …

[PDF][PDF] Machine learning for ancient languages: A survey

T Sommerschield, Y Assael, J Pavlopoulos… - Computational …, 2023 - direct.mit.edu
Ancient languages preserve the cultures and histories of the past. However, their study is
fraught with difficulties, and experts must tackle a range of challenging text-based tasks, from …

[图书][B] Literaturgeschichte des Alten Testaments

K Schmid - 2021 - nomos-elibrary.de
Wie können wir das Alte Testament besser verstehen? Vor dem Hintergrund einer fast
unübersehbar gewordenen Forschungslage bietet Konrad Schmid hier eine …

Restoring ancient text using deep learning: a case study on Greek epigraphy

Y Assael, T Sommerschield, J Prag - arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.06262, 2019 - arxiv.org
Ancient history relies on disciplines such as epigraphy, the study of ancient inscribed texts,
for evidence of the recorded past. However, these texts," inscriptions", are often damaged …

[HTML][HTML] Interpol review of questioned documents 2016–2019

CM Deviterne-Lapeyre - Forensic Science International: Synergy, 2020 - Elsevier
This review paper covers the forensic-relevant literature in questioned documents from 2016
to 2019 as a part of the 19th Interpol International Forensic Science Managers Symposium …

[HTML][HTML] Artificial intelligence based writer identification generates new evidence for the unknown scribes of the Dead Sea Scrolls exemplified by the Great Isaiah …

M Popović, MA Dhali, L Schomaker - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The Dead Sea Scrolls are tangible evidence of the Bible's ancient scribal culture. This study
takes an innovative approach to palaeography—the study of ancient handwriting—as a new …

Forensic document examination and algorithmic handwriting analysis of Judahite biblical period inscriptions reveal significant literacy level

A Shaus, Y Gerber, S Faigenbaum-Golovin, B Sober… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Arad is a well preserved desert fort on the southern frontier of the biblical kingdom of Judah.
Excavation of the site yielded over 100 Hebrew ostraca (ink inscriptions on potsherds) dated …

[图书][B] Edom at the edge of empire: A social and political history

BL Crowell - 2021 - books.google.com
A comprehensive history of a state on Judah's border Edom at the Edge of Empire combines
biblical, epigraphic, archaeological, and comparative evidence to reconstruct the history of …

[图书][B] Lesen in Antike und frühem Christentum: Kulturgeschichtliche, philologische sowie kognitionswissenschaftliche Perspektiven und deren Bedeutung für die …

J Heilmann - 2021 - books.google.com
Die Studie zeichnet ein überraschend neues Bild der griechisch-römischen Lesekultur. Sie
untersucht anhand der Leseterminologie, wie Menschen in der Antike ihr eigenes" Lesen" …

Algorithmic handwriting analysis of the Samaria inscriptions illuminates bureaucratic apparatus in biblical Israel

S Faigenbaum-Golovin, A Shaus, B Sober, E Turkel… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Past excavations in Samaria, capital of biblical Israel, yielded a corpus of Hebrew ink on clay
inscriptions (ostraca) that documents wine and oil shipments to the palace from surrounding …