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Metaphors and the Invention of Writing. [PDF]
Top Cogn SciAbstract The foundation of ancient, invented writing systems lies in the predominant iconicity of their sign shapes. However, these shapes are often used not for their referential meaning but in a metaphorical way, whereby one entity stands for another.
Ottaviano L +3 more
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Development of a lip colour chart across four ethnicities. [PDF]
Int J Cosmet SciThe present study revealed a large lip colour diversity across four ethnic groups. The inter‐group overlaps demonstrate that lip colour is not solely defined by individual ethnic belonging. The 53 lip tones described here could be used as target shades to create more inclusive nude lipsticks in the near future. Abstract In the human face, the lips play
Charton Z +8 more
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Measuring Beyond the Standard: Informal Measurement Systems as Cognitive Technologies. [PDF]
Top Cogn SciAbstract This paper explores the role of measurement as a cognitive technology across human history, emphasizing the coexistence of formal and informal measurement systems. While standardized systems dominate contemporary culture and are well documented across large‐scale societies of the past, this manuscript highlights the less explored domain of ...
Kaaronen RO, Manninen MA, Eronen JT.
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Quaternary Research, 2022 The Sumerian culture flourished within the Tigris and Euphrates rivers floodplains and along their deltaic systems, which ca. 6000 yr were located ~250–260 km inland from the present Persian Gulf.
L. Forti +9 more
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Few-shot Learning for Sumerian Named Entity Recognition
Workshop on Deep Learning Approaches for Low-Resource Natural Language Processing, 2022 t
Guanghai Wang +1 more
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Archaeological Discovery, 2021 Copper was one of the first metals to be utilized since 8000 BC. Arsenic copper became popular due to its lower melting point and decreased metal porosity, allowing for the creation of longer metal blades.
L. Chen
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Archaeometry, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Organic residue analysis was conducted on various vessels from burials at Tel Yehud, Israel. The analyses led to new reliable evidence for the presence of opioid alkaloids and their decomposition products. This research revitalizes a decades‐old discussion on the presence and function of the opium trade across a cultural region of utmost ...
Vanessa Linares +5 more
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Towards the First Machine Translation System for Sumerian Transliterations
International Conference on Computational Linguistics, 2020 The Sumerian cuneiform script was invented more than 5,000 years ago and represents one of the oldest in history. We present the first attempt to translate Sumerian texts into English automatically.
Ravneet Punia +3 more
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Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of the Sumerian Language
LaTeCH@ACL, 2017 This paper presents a newly funded international project for machine translation and automated analysis of ancient cuneiform languages where NLP specialists and Assyriologists collaborate to create an information retrieval system for Sumerian.
Émilie Pagé-Perron +3 more
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Annotating a Low-Resource Language with LLOD Technology: Sumerian Morphology and Syntax
Inf., 2018 This paper describes work on the morphological and syntactic annotation of Sumerian cuneiform as a model for low resource languages in general. Cuneiform texts are invaluable sources for the study of history, languages, economy, and cultures of Ancient ...
C. Chiarcos +8 more
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