Digital preservation of ancient cuneiform tablets using 3D-scanning

• Published in: Proceedings, fourth International Conference on 3-D Digital Imaging and Modeling : 3DIM 2003 : 6-10 October, 2003, Banff, Alberta, Canada pp. 326 - 333
• Main Authors: Kumar, S., Snyder, D., Duncan, D., Cohen, J., Cooper, J.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2003
• Subjects: Cities and towns; Degradation; History; Mathematics; Petroleum; Publishing; Shape; Software libraries; Visualization; Writing

Cuneiform is the world's oldest known writing system. Ancient scribes impressed reed styluses onto damp clay to write the approximately 900 different logographic, syllabic and taxographic signs. These clay tablets were preserved in the ruins of ancient Near Eastern cities for millennia, and tod...