iClay: digitizing cuneiform

Authors:
Jonathan Cohen;Donald Duncan;Dean Snyder;Jerrold Cooper;Subodh Kumar;Daniel Hahn;Yuan Chen;Budirijanto Purnomo;John Graettinger
Affiliations:
Applied Physics Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland;Applied Physics Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland;Applied Physics Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland;Applied Physics Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland;Applied Physics Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland;Applied Physics Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland;Applied Physics Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland;Applied Physics Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland;Applied Physics Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Venue:
VAST'04 Proceedings of the 5th International conference on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Intelligent Cultural Heritage
Year:
2004

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Abstract

Advances in digital technology for the graphic and textual representation of manuscripts have not, until recently, been applied to the world's oldest manuscripts, cuneiform tablets. This is due in large part both to the three-dimensional nature of cuneiform tablets and to the complexity of the cuneiform script system. The Digital Hammurabi Project and the Initiative for Cuneiform Encoding announce success in encoding Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform in Unicode while also demonstrating advances in 3D scanning and visualization of cuneiform tablets, showcased by iClay, a cross-platform, Internet-deployable, Java applet that allows for the viewing and manipulation of 2D+ images of cuneiform tablets.