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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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Using Data Mining Algorithms to Discover Regular Sound Changes among Languages [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2019 This paper presents a method of using association rule data mining algorithms to discover regular sound changes among languages. The method presented has a great potential to facilitate linguistic studies aimed at identifying distantly related cognate ...
Revesz Peter Z.
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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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Sumerian me and Babylonian table of destiny as a source of dub-sar skills [PDF]
Zeszyty Teoretyczne Rachunkowości, 2016 In the third millennium BC in the Mesopotamia a civilization developed very quickly, with a wellfunctioning economy stimulated by employing a multitude of diverse specialists.
Mieczysław Dobija
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CuneiML: A Cuneiform Dataset for Machine Learning
Journal of Open Humanities Data, 2023 The cuneiform writing system holds a vast reservoir of ancient literature, encompassing over 3000 years of history. Originating around the mid-fourth millennium BCE and enduring until the late first millennium BCE, cuneiform writing spans various genres ...
Danlu Chen +3 more
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Sumerian Character Extraction by Using Discrete Wavelet Transform and Split Region Methods
Kurdistan Journal of Applied Research, 2017 this paper proposed a new method to extract characters from Sumerian Texts in Sumerian cuneiform tablets from the Ur III period. The work was confronted by the challenges posed by the fact that Sumerian is not a well understood language and it is not ...
Moahaimen Talib, Jamila Harbi S
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Features of civilizational and cultural conflict in the Arabian Gulf [PDF]
آداب الرافدين, 1988 The Arabian Gulf forms the eastern wing in the Arab world, and it is the great maritime extension that exits from the Pacific Ocean in the southeast to the northwest, where it flows into the Shatt al-Arab, which consists of the Tigris and Euphrates ...
Tawfeek AlUzbaky
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Allium-Derived Compounds Against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria: Antibacterial Activity and Synergistic Effects. [PDF]
ChemMedChemThis study evaluates four compounds derived from the genus Allium against 330 multidrug‐resistant bacteria. Propyl‐propane‐thiosulfonate (PTSO) exhibits the highest activity, particularly against Gram‐positive strains, while Gram‐negative bacteria are less affected.
Sorlózano-Puerto A +5 more
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Snake in the World Myhts / Dünya Mitlerinde Yılan [PDF]
Folklor/Edebiyat, 2018 In this study, the snake will be analysied in the Sumerian, Egyptian, Indian and Turkish myths. Archetypal analysis method will be used. Sumerian, Egyptian and Indian myths, known as arising and being regarded as the oldest myths ever, will be studied.
Medine Sivri*, Canan Akbaba**
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