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Toward an Ontology of the Sumerian Language

Toward an Ontology of the Sumerian Language. F. D’Agostino – S. Alivernini – C.M. Scalzo. Sumer at the End of the IIIrd Mill. BC. Core and Periphery of Sumer. Uruk IV (3200 BC ca). Uruk III (3100 BC ca). Early Dynastic I-II (2900-2650 BC ca). Early Dynastic I-II (2900-2650 BC ca).

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Toward an Ontology of the Sumerian Language

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  1. Toward an Ontology of theSumerian Language F. D’Agostino – S. Alivernini – C.M. Scalzo

  2. Sumer at the End of the IIIrd Mill. BC

  3. Core and Periphery of Sumer

  4. Uruk IV (3200 BC ca)

  5. Uruk III (3100 BC ca)

  6. Early Dynastic I-II (2900-2650 BC ca)

  7. Early Dynastic I-II (2900-2650 BC ca)

  8. Early Dynastic III (2650-2350 BC ca)

  9. Ur III (2112-2004 BC)

  10. Ur III (2112-2004 BC)

  11. Old Babylonian Period (2000-1500 BC ca)

  12. Agglutination Latin: filiis; *fili-is *-is = 1) plur.; 2) dat.; 3) masc. *dumu-(3)nita2-(1)ene-(2)ra

  13. Ergativity lugal-e e2-Ø in(= i+n)-du3-Ø The king built a temple lugal-Ø i3-gin-Ø The king went rex templum exstruxit The king built a temple rex ivit The king went

  14. Verbal Incorporation The king drank beer in the garden with the general lugal-e1 kaš-Ø2 šagina-da3giškiri6-a4 *i-n+da3-b+a4-n1-nag-Ø2 (FINITE VERB)-him+with-it+in-he(past, cl. A)-drink-(it)

  15. Ontology T-Box  Concepts Hierarchy among the concepts Properties of concepts A-Box  Facts

  16. Ontology of Sumerian Grammar T-Box  Grammatical Rules A-Box  All the Sumerian texts

  17. Our Ontology of Sumerian Grammar T-Box  The grammar of one text A-Box  The brick foundation of Ur-Namma king of Ur

  18. Our Ontology of Sumerian Grammar T-Box  Nominal_Chain Possessive Case_Marker Verbal_Chain Prefix Dimensional_Infix Pronominal_Infix A-Box  a-ni : Possessive mu : Prefix

  19. BrickfoundationofUr-Namma (2112-2095 BC)

  20. Transliteration and Translation

  21. Grammar of the Text

  22. Ontology of Sumerian Grammar Final report (in pdf format): “Progetto ME. L’ontologia di una grammatica sumerica” (http://dx.doi.org/10.1683/ab0002) Ontology in OWL format: Ur_Namma.owl (http://dx.doi.org/10.1683/me0004)

  23. Dhi Qar project

  24. Project purposes The Dhi Qar project aims at proposing a new way to manage archaeological and epigraphic finds by developing a knowledge-based cataloguing system

  25. Knowledge base Knowledge about archaeological and epigraphic finds is represented in a knowledge base. The knowledge base describes finds in a logical way by representing their characteristics. Knowledge is represented as a set of concepts and their relationships (i.e., an ontology)

  26. Knowledge base Find Tablet Stamp Envelop

  27. Knowledge base Find is made of has has Shape Material Size Height Width Altitude

  28. Knowledge base • More information about finds: • Epigraphic characteristics • Visual characteristics • Dating and origin • …

  29. Knowledge base • The use of a knowledge base provides the opportunity to systematically integrate the points of view from different disciplines. • Both categories specification and observational criteria are defined by scientists of all contemplated disciplines (archeology, epigraphy, ...) • This knowledge is represented by using a formal system (Description Logics), which provides reasoning capabilities to follow the relations across the information structures, thus deriving more knowledge

  30. Accessing the knowledge base • The presence of a knowledge base makes possible to ask queries in order to facilitate the access to the catalogue • As an example, it will be possible to ask for all the scholastic tablets from a given period having circular shape. • In the same way, it will be possible to ask for all the stamps having cylindrical shape and representing human figures

  31. Input forms change dynamically with respect to the features of the find

  32. For each find in the catalogue, the user can also see a (logic-based) graphical representation of its features

  33. Contact: c.m.scalzo@epistematica.com

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