39. Saana Svärd: Digital Assyriology in Helsinki

Thin End of the Wedge

Saana introduces us to the Centre of Excellence in Helsinki. She explains the new tools her team is developing to help us understand the meaning of Akkadian words. How can they help cuneiform specialists? And how can they make cuneiform resources more accessible to other specialists?
3:45 The Centre of Excellence
6:38 team goals
11:44 what digital Akkadian tools can do
19:50 why two tools?
23:23 sources and consequences
26:29 what might the future hold?
ANEE: https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/projects/centre-of-excellence-in-ancient-near-eastern-empires
Saana's university page
Fear in Akkadian pdf
Music by Ruba Hillawi
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1. 39. Saana Svärd: Digital Assyriology in Helsinki (00:00:00)

2. The Centre of Excellence (00:03:45)

3. team goals (00:06:38)

4. what digital Akkadian tools can do (00:11:44)

5. why two tools? (00:19:50)

6. sources and consequences (00:23:23)

7. what might the future hold? (00:26:29)