Quality evaluation of facsimiles of Hebrew first temple period inscriptions

Arie Shaus*, Eli Turkel, Eli Piasetzky

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The discipline of First Temple Period epigraphy (the study of writing) relies heavily on manually-drawn facsimiles (black and white images) of ancient inscriptions. This practice may unintentionally mix up documentation and interpretation. The article proposes a new method for evaluating the quality of the facsimile. It is based on a measure, comparing the image of the inscription to the registered facsimile. Some empirical results, supporting the methodology, are presented. The technique is also relevant to quality evaluation of other types of facsimiles and binarization in general.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 10th IAPR International Workshop on Document Analysis Systems, DAS 2012
Pages170-174
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event10th IAPR International Workshop on Document Analysis Systems, DAS 2012 - Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
Duration: 27 Mar 201229 Mar 2012

Publication series

NameProceedings - 10th IAPR International Workshop on Document Analysis Systems, DAS 2012

Conference

Conference10th IAPR International Workshop on Document Analysis Systems, DAS 2012
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityGold Coast, QLD
Period27/03/1229/03/12

Keywords

  • CMI
  • First Temple Period
  • Iron Age
  • epigraphy
  • facsimile
  • ostracon
  • quality evaluation
  • registration

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