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A Large-Scale Dataset of Annotated Cuneiform Sign Images for Digital Palaeography Cover

A Large-Scale Dataset of Annotated Cuneiform Sign Images for Digital Palaeography

Open Access
|Mar 2026

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Neo- and Late Babylonian dated instances of the sign az in the dataset, as displayed on the eBL platform (last accessed: 3 March 2026).

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BM.34110 obv. 11YBC.4111 obv. 7BM.33541 l. 11
(12 January 553 BCE)(13 June 528 BCE)(16 September 287 BCE)
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BM.33491 obv. 11BM.33013 l. 6BM.33014 l. 9
(ca. 125 BCE)(18 May 93 BCE)(19 June 93 BCE)
Figure 1

Excerpt from section on the sign az in Fossey’s sign list (Fossey, 1926).

Figure 2

Distribution of the cuneiform sign dataset across historical periods.

Figure 3

eBL sign annotation tool (https://www.ebl.lmu.de/library/BM.33013/annotate) (last accessed: 3 March 2026).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.503 | Journal eISSN: 2059-481X
Language: English
Submitted on: Dec 19, 2025
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Accepted on: Feb 20, 2026
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Published on: Mar 25, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2026 Or Lewenstein, Daniel López, Cyrill Dankwardt, Mays Fadhil Alrawi, Louisa Grill, Brian Mak, Albert Setälä, Fiammetta Gori, Aino Hätinen, Felix Rauchhaus, Zsombor Földi, Enrique Jiménez, published by Ubiquity Press
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