Raw dataset for Old Persian cuneiform

Dear contributors, please be aware that cuneiform are different. For instance, the most popular are Elamite, Babylonian and Old Persian; we are working on Old Persian in this project. Below you can see the differences:

(Photo is taken from national museum of Iran, the gold plate of king Darius, DPh)

Data structure:

/imagedata/

 /source/
        /king/
           source_king_001.jpg
        
  #example:
  
  /behistun/
       /darius_1/
           behistun_darius_1_001.jpg

/textdata/

  /eng_transcription_to_english/
       /metadata/
       eng_transcription_to_english_001.json
       
  /eng_transliteration_to_english/
       /metadata/
       eng_transliteration_to_english_001.json
       
  /single/
      /metadata/
      /eng_transliteration/
            eng_transliteration_001.json

              
   # "single" refers to text data that are just a text without translation 

Translating Old Persian language has some methods, for example, transliteration and transcription. Below you can see an example to know the difference between them:

Metadata

For each directory a "source.metadata.csv" file is provided to see the information of data.

Explanation about metadata columns:

imagedata:

source: The source that I have taken data from.

abbreviation: The name of inscription

location: The main discovered location of that inscription.

translation: 1: if I have the translation of that inscription, 0: if I have not.

collection: The palace of storing that inscription at this current time.

artifact_id : artifact_id from CDLI reference

asset_number: asset_number from british museum collection

museum_number: museum_number from british museum collection

---

textdata:

abbreviation: The name of inscription

reference: The reference that I have taken data from.

location: The main discovered location of that inscription

image: 1: if I have the image of that inscription, 0: if I have not.

artifact_id : artifact_id from CDLI reference

References

• Livius.org

• British Museum collection

• Wikipedia

• Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI)

• Book: The Inscriptions in Old Persian Cuneiform of the Achaemenian Emperors by Ralph Norman Sharp

• Personal photography from national museum of Iran and Takht-e-Jamshid (Persepolis)

Glossary

Behistun:بیستون

Susa:شوش

Persepolis:پرسپولیس(تخت جمشید)

Elamite:ایلامی

Babylonian:بابِلی

Cyrus:کوروش

Xerxes:خشایار

Artaxerxes:اردشیر

𐎠𐎢𐎼𐎶𐏀𐎡𐎠:اهورامزدا

LICENSE

This repository is under CC-BY-NC license and any commercial use is prohibited.