Gemte Skatte: Nationalmuseets kileskriftsamling
Name of applicant
Nicole Brisch
Institution
University of Copenhagen
Amount
DKK 1,519,301
Year
2019
Type of grant
Research Infrastructure
Summary
Our project seeks to study and digitize the collection of cuneiform tablets at the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen. Cuneiform tablets are among the world's oldest written documents from ancient Iraq and Syria, and some of these written documents stem from Danish excavations in the Near East (in Tell Shemshara, Iraq, and Tell Hama, Syria, supported by the Carlsberg Foundation). The project contributes to the preservation and publication of the cultural heritage of the ancient Near East. We collaborate with the international Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative to make this heritage accessible to a worldwide audience of specialists and non-specialists alike.