Written Culture and Economic Life in Late Antique Ephesus: New Ostraka and Inscriptions on Utility Pottery
Project lead and contact person: Prof. Dr. Patrick Sänger
Faculty and Department: Faculty 08 History/Philosophy – Seminar für Alte Geschichte
Project duration and funding agency:
January 2019 to March 2022 – German Research Foundation (DFG)
Research question:
The aim of the project is the edition and historical analysis of 94 clay sherds with carved inscriptions, which are of essential importance for the understanding of the written culture and economic life in late antique Ephesus.
Project Abstract:
- Creation of an open-access online corpus of the newly found ostraca and inscriptions on utilitarian pottery
- Historical analysis of the newly found ostraca and inscriptions on utilitarian pottery in the context of a comprehensive monographic print edition
Digital methods to be used:
- Transcription EpiDoc-XML
- Image database easydb
- IIIF, Image Viewer
- Web annotation
- machine learning
- web meshup
- elasticsearch
- Website
Role of SCDH in this project:
- Consulting during the set-up and further technical support of the online edition