A Generative Model for the Mycenaean Linear B Script and Its Application in Infilling Text from Ancient Tablets
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Published:2023-08-09
Issue:3
Volume:16
Page:1-25
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ISSN:1556-4673
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Container-title:Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage
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language:en
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Short-container-title:J. Comput. Cult. Herit.
Author:
Papavassileiou Katerina1ORCID,
Kosmopoulos Dimitrios I.1ORCID,
Owens Gareth2
Affiliation:
1. University of Patras
2. Hellenic Mediterranean University
Abstract
We present a generative neural language model for the most ancient proven stage of the Greek language, the Mycenaean Greek attributed by the Linear B script. To capture the statistical structure of the Mycenaean documents, we present a Bidirectional Recurrent Neural Network and compare it to the traditionally used
n
-grams. The model is used to supplement the damaged parts of the Mycenaean texts, namely the incomplete, to a greater or lesser extent, words, which are typically discovered on partially damaged clay tablets. We verify our method experimentally using ground-truth, then we demonstrate our results on real cases and compare with experts’ opinions. We also present a methodology to augment our dataset, which turns out to improve our results.
Funder
Greek Secretariat for Research and Innovation
EU, Project SignGuide: Automated Museum Guidance using Sign Language
Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation (EPAnEK) Operational Programme
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Subject
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design,Computer Science Applications,Information Systems,Conservation
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