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The Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative : A Primer

Rattenborg, Rune LU orcid and Pagé-Perron, Émilie (2025)
Abstract
This guide will give you an introduction to the history of the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI) and a basic overview of the CDLI research platform and data collections. It will enable you to conduct simple and advanced searches of the hundreds of thousands of artifacts in the database, filter and download your search results, register a user account with CDLI in order to edit and contribute data through our crowdsourcing system, understand how you can get the most out of our copious bibliography, and how to cite and reference the CDLI in your work. Finally, we provide some directions on current and future projects of the CDLI.
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26 pages
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International Association of Assyriology
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Echoes of History: Analysis and Decipherment of Historical Writings
Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative
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English
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