Origin, Development and Decline of Monolithic Pillars and the Continuity of the Tradition in Polylithic, Non-Lithic and Structural Forms by S. Krishnamurthy, Sachin Kr. Tiwary

Restoring ancient text using deep learning: a case study on Greek epigraphy by Assael, Y, Sommerschield, T, Prag, J

“…However, these texts, “inscriptions”, are often damaged over the centuries, and illegible parts of the text must be restored by specialists, known as epigraphists. This work presents Pythia, the first ancient text restoration model that recovers missing characters from a damaged text input using deep neural networks. …”

Tracing the Identity and Ascertaining the Nature of Brahmi-derived Devanagari Script by Krishna Kumar PANDEY, Smita JHA

“…Earlier works on orthographic nature of Brahmi-derived scripts fail to create a consensus among epigraphists, historians or linguists, and thus have been identified by various names, like semi-syllabic, subsyllabic, semi-alphabetic, alphasyllabary or abugida. …”
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Stele of the 16th с. from Kumukh village — a highly artistic work of Islamic art by Mammaev, M.M.

“…Earlier this stele drew attention of art critics, historians, epigraphists, but as the monument of stone-cutting art and highly artistic work of Islamic art not studied in detail. …”
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Quelques aspects trop souvent négligés des comptes de Delphes : de l’amphictionique nouveau aux couronnes d’Olympias by Patrick Marchetti

“…Numismatists, led astray by bad habits, find it difficult to grasp its full measure; disorientated epigraphists weakly realize its impact, to the extent of failing to grasp the whole complexity of the cash dealings relating to the famous gold crowns of Olympias, to the making of which the Amphictiony had devoted a “capital” of 190 darics that were never smelted. …”
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Some inscriptions from and of the sanctuary of Dionysus Eleuthereus in Athens by Giulia Tozzi

“… Identifying the original place of publication of an ancient inscription represents often a hard task for epigraphists, which is made more challenging by its possible fragmentary state of preservation, the potential later reuse of the stone and the sometimes obscure or confuse circumstances of its discovery. …”
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Paleographie comparee des ecritures epigraphiques et manuscrites: une methodologie en evolution by Eva Caramello

“…<p>Les épigraphistes français depuis quelques décennies reconnaissent régulièrement l’importance de l’étude des caractères extérieurs d’une inscription ; cependant encore aujourd’hui ils ont du mal à leur donner la juste place au sein de l’analyse des textes épigraphiques médiévaux. …”
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