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The Cuneiform Digital Palaeography Project

Contact:
The Cuneiform Digital Palaeography Project (CDP)
Institute of Archaeology & Antiquity
The University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham
B15 2TT, United Kingdom

People: Dr Alasdair Livingstone and Dr Jon Taylor (Archaeology & Antiquity), Mr Tom Davis (English), Dr Sandra Woolley and Theodoros Arvanitis (Electronic, Electrical & Computer Engineering)

Email Enquiries: cdp_project[at]bham.ac.uk
Email Enquiries: informatics-crn-enquiries[at]cs.bham.ac.uk
Website: http://www.cuneiform.net and http://www.cdp.bham.ac.uk

The CDP charts for the first time the history of the cuneiform script from origins around 3000 BC down to the time of Christ. The Project’s inception was made possible by seed corn funding from the University for interdisciplinary research (Assyriology, handwriting analysis, computer engineering) and it now enjoys major funding from The Leverhulme Trust as well as official partnership with The British Museum.
 
At the heart of the Project is an electronic corpus of images of the signs or characters that make up the cuneiform script. Almost one thousand in number, the signs’ precise appearance varies over space and time, and the CDP charts these variations and publishes them on the worldwide web. Our work will make a very significant contribution to the study of the history and culture of the Ancient Near East.