Alessandra Avanzini

Computational lexicography and digital epigraphy building digital lexica of fragmentary attested languages in the project DASI

The ERC project DASI is aimed at digitizing the overall epigraphic heritage of the ancient Arabian peninsula, in order to enhance knowledge of the pre-Islamic Arabian languages and cultures. This paper describes the challenges faced and the solutions proposed in the construction of a digital lexicon tool for under-resources languages such as those attested in the epigraphic documentation of pre-Islamic Arabia.

Digital collections, online exhibitions and virtual museums in the MEDINA project: Communicating the Ancient Near East Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean basin

MEDINA - Mediterranean network for the valorization and fruition of inscriptions preserved in museums is a two years lasting project, funded by the European Union with the ENPI-CBC Med programme, aimed at promoting the Ancient Near East Cultural Heritage, in particular of Lebanon and Jordan. In order to enhance awareness of this often unjustly neglected cultural heritage, both in the local and in the international community, MEDINA intends to increase knowledge exchanges among institutions of the Mediterranean basin and to encourage the use of innovative digital technologies for its communication to the young generations and the general public.