The ATG database is meant to provide scholars with a tool for the study of the textual records of the late Uruk period (roughly 3300 - 3000 BCE). This digital tool focuses on textual variations, which may help in the difficult task of understanding archaic sources. Due to their great antiquity, such texts are in fact still poorly understood. Such corpus is however historically very relevant, as it shed light on the developments of early urban economy and intellectual history. The database provide well structured, quantitative data relative to sign frequencies, selected palaeographical variations, as well as variations in sign combinations that are crucial to achieve a better understanding of the texts.
Archaic Text Graphemics
Massimo Maiocchi
2022-01-01
Abstract
The ATG database is meant to provide scholars with a tool for the study of the textual records of the late Uruk period (roughly 3300 - 3000 BCE). This digital tool focuses on textual variations, which may help in the difficult task of understanding archaic sources. Due to their great antiquity, such texts are in fact still poorly understood. Such corpus is however historically very relevant, as it shed light on the developments of early urban economy and intellectual history. The database provide well structured, quantitative data relative to sign frequencies, selected palaeographical variations, as well as variations in sign combinations that are crucial to achieve a better understanding of the texts.
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