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Michel, Cécile; Schroer, Christian; Olbrich, Stephan; Ehteram, Samaneh; Beckert, Andreas; Schropp, Andreas; Pätzold, Philipp; Wiljes, Patrik; Bohn, Matthias; Döhrmann, Ralph; Pataï, Véronique
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<identifier identifierType="DOI">10.25592/uhhfdm.14776</identifier>
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<creatorName>Michel, Cécile</creatorName>
<affiliation>CSMC</affiliation>
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<creatorName>Schroer, Christian</creatorName>
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<creatorName>Olbrich, Stephan</creatorName>
<affiliation>CSMC</affiliation>
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<creatorName>Ehteram, Samaneh</creatorName>
<affiliation>CSMC</affiliation>
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<creatorName>Beckert, Andreas</creatorName>
<affiliation>CSMC</affiliation>
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<creatorName>Schropp, Andreas</creatorName>
<affiliation>DESY</affiliation>
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<creatorName>Pätzold, Philipp</creatorName>
<affiliation>DESY</affiliation>
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<creatorName>Wiljes, Patrik</creatorName>
<affiliation>DESY</affiliation>
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<creatorName>Bohn, Matthias</creatorName>
<affiliation>DESY</affiliation>
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<creatorName>Döhrmann, Ralph</creatorName>
<affiliation>DESY</affiliation>
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<creator>
<creatorName>Pataï, Véronique</creatorName>
<affiliation>Louvre Museum</affiliation>
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<titles>
<title>AO 8295 (X-Ray Tomography 3D data of an Enveloped Clay Tablet, Louvre Museum, Paris)</title>
</titles>
<publisher>Universität Hamburg</publisher>
<publicationYear>2024</publicationYear>
<subjects>
<subject>Written Artefact</subject>
<subject>UWA</subject>
<subject>Cluster of Excellence</subject>
<subject>CSMC</subject>
<subject>DESY</subject>
<subject>RFA09</subject>
<subject>Artefact Profiling</subject>
<subject>3D</subject>
<subject>X-Ray</subject>
<subject>Tomography</subject>
<subject>ENCI</subject>
<subject>Cuneiform</subject>
<subject>Clay tablet</subject>
<subject>Assyriology</subject>
<subject>Informatics</subject>
<subject>Physics</subject>
<subject>Louvre</subject>
<subject>Museum</subject>
<subject>Paris</subject>
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<dates>
<date dateType="Issued">2024-08-06</date>
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<rights rightsURI="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International</rights>
<rights rightsURI="info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess">Open Access</rights>
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<description descriptionType="Abstract"><p><strong>Written Artefact Metadata</strong></p>
<p>Object type: Enveloped clay tablet<br>
Material: Clay<br>
Writing: Cuneiform writing<br>
Language: Old Assyrian<br>
Nature of the text: Loan contract<br>
Provenience: Kanesh (mod. K&uuml;ltepe)<br>
Period/Date: Old Assyrian (ca. 1920-1850 BC) (1st half of 2nd millennium)<br>
Country of discovery: T&uuml;rkiye<br>
Dimensions: Height: 6.1 cm; Width: 5.9 cm; Depth: 2.1 cm<br>
Museum/Collection: Louvre Museum, Paris, France,&nbsp; Department of Oriental Antiquities<br>
Museum number: AO 8295<br>
Publication reference: TC 3,229<br>
CDLI: <a href="https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/357795">TCL 21, 229 (P357795)</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Translation of the tablet in the envelope</strong></p>
<p>Enlil-bani has loaned 2/3 minas 2 2/3 shekels and<br>
15 grains of refined silver&sup1; to Assur-malik, son of<br>
Uzua. From the week of Iddin-Abum, month v, year<br>
of Enna-Suen, son of Shu-Ishar&sup2;, within five weeks<br>
he will pay. If he has not paid, he will add as<br>
interest half a shekel per mina and per month.<br>
Witnesses: Shu-Belum, son of Kulumaya,<br>
and Amur-Assur, son of Assur-tab.</p>
<p>&sup1; 15 grains of refined silver: about 340 g<br>
&sup2; Weeks and years are named after people</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Structure and data</strong></p>
<p><strong>Individual files:</strong><br>
Previews and 3D files<strong> </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>000_AO8295_anim5b_small: Short animated GIF preview</li>
<li>001_AO8295_anim5b: Longer animated GIF file, higher quality</li>
<li>002_AO8295_2_4_0.5_2_crossBilateralTukey_auto_1_3_mean_0.0625_auto_1_3_auto_1.25_0.015_32_8_-0.5_i2 Envelope: .glb file of the envelope</li>
<li>003_AO8295_2_4_0.5_2_crossBilateralTukey_auto_1_3_mean_0.0625_auto_1_3_auto_1.25_0.015_32_8_-0.5_i4 Letter: .glb file of the letter</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>00_Photos.zip:</strong><br>
Photos of enveloped Tablet front and back.</p>
<ul>
<li>AO 8295_Louvre_Tablets_150</li>
<li>AO 8295-O_Louvre_Tablets_091</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>01_VolumeData.zip:</strong><br>
3D tomographic reconstruction of Tablet AO8295 volume data and example cross section visualisation.</p>
<ul>
<li>reconstruction.nxs</li>
<li>reconstruction.h5</li>
<li>cross_section.jpg</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>02_Visualisations.zip</strong>:<br>
Contains geometry files, internal format files (.exa) and visualisations as tif files.</p>
<ul>
<li>AO8295_2_4_0.5_2_crossBilateralTukey_auto_1_3_mean_0.0625_auto_1_3_auto_1.25.exa</li>
<li>AO8295_2_4_0.5_2_crossBilateralTukey_auto_1_3_mean_0.0625_auto_1_3_auto_1.25_0.015_32_8_-0.5.exa</li>
<li>AO8295_2_4_0.5_2_crossBilateralTukey_auto_1_3_mean_0.0625_auto_1_3_auto_1.25_0.015_32_8_-0.5_a64.exa</li>
<li>AO8295_2_4_0.5_2_crossBilateralTukey_auto_1_3_mean_0.0625_auto_1_3_auto_1.25_0.015_32_8_-0.5_a64_p2.ply</li>
<li>AO8295_2_4_0.5_2_crossBilateralTukey_auto_1_3_mean_0.0625_auto_1_3_auto_1.25_0.015_32_8_-0.5_a64_p4.ply</li>
<li>AO8295_2_4_0.5_2_crossBilateralTukey_auto_1_3_mean_0.0625_auto_1_3_auto_1.25_0.015_32_8_-0.5_i2.ply</li>
<li>AO8295_2_4_0.5_2_crossBilateralTukey_auto_1_3_mean_0.0625_auto_1_3_auto_1.25_0.015_32_8_-0.5_i4.ply</li>
<li>AO8295_anim5b.gif</li>
<li>AO8295_anim5b.mp4</li>
<li>AO8295_envelope_bottom.tif</li>
<li>AO8295_envelope_front.tif</li>
<li>AO8295_envelope_left.tif</li>
<li>AO8295_envelope_right.tif</li>
<li>AO8295_envelope_top.tif</li>
<li>AO8295_tablet_back.tif</li>
<li>AO8295_tablet_bottom.tif</li>
<li>AO8295_tablet_front.tif</li>
<li>AO8295_tablet_left.tif</li>
<li>AO8295_tablet_right.tif</li>
<li>AO8295_tablet_top.tif</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>03_Scripts.zip</strong>:<br>
Scripts to run the extraction and visualisation software Exavis42.</p>
<ul>
<li>AO8295_anim5.bat</li>
<li>AO8295_anim5.sh</li>
<li>AO8295_anim5b.txt</li>
<li>AO8295_h5.sh</li>
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<description descriptionType="Other">The research for this data set was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC 2176 'Understanding Written Artefacts: Material, Interaction and Transmission in Manuscript Cultures', project no. 390893796. The research was conducted within the scope of the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at Universität Hamburg.</description>
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