Cover Image
QR Code

New Eyeballs on Ancient Texts.

The author suggests that imaging technologies such as Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) can be used to study ancient texts. The author describes the development of RTI at Hewlett-Packard Labs and describes the process of RTI which creates an image of texts such as cuneiform tablets to be disp...

Full description

Published in:Biblical Archaeology Review Vol. 37; no. 6; pp. 28 - 30
Main Author: ZUCKERMAN, BRUCE
Format: Opinion
Published: Biblical Archaeology Society Nov/Dec2011
Subjects:
Imaging systems
Imaging systems in archaeology
Cuneiform tablets
Archaeology methodology
Archaeology education
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The author suggests that imaging technologies such as Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) can be used to study ancient texts. The author describes the development of RTI at Hewlett-Packard Labs and describes the process of RTI which creates an image of texts such as cuneiform tablets to be displayed on a computer screen. Also discussed is the importance of light in reading cuneiform tablets.