Corpus

This section contains an overview of the corpora offered by the eDiAna project and our acknowledgments of the scholars who contributed to their preparation beyond their call of duty.

For the corpus of Luwian cuneiform texts, Starke 1985 and Melchert 2001a were used as starting points. The initial corpus annotation is based on ACLT1. Newly published fragments and recent joins were added within the framework of the project. The periodical transliteration updates of Luwian cuneiform texts came from the workshop of the Luwili partner project.

The Palaic corpus was digitalized and annotated entirely by our team. While most texts and transliterations are taken from Carruba 1970, newly discovered fragments were transliterated by the project members. Our preparation of the cuneiform corpora (Luwian and Palaic) was facilitated by the materials and information available at the HPM website.

In the instance of the Luwian hieroglyphic texts, Hawkins 1995 and Hawkins 2000 were used as the basic corpora of the Empire and Post-Empire periods respectively. The inscriptions that were not included in either of these publications were added within the framework of the eDiAna project. The hieroglyphic transliterations were adjusted according to modern conventions and more recent findings. The initial corpus annotation of the Post-Empire corpus is based on ACLT1. David J. Hawkins was kind enough to provide us with his new readings, especially those of the Empire period inscriptions.

Our Lycian corpus represents an adaptation of Melchert 2001b, which is in turn mostly based on the readings of Kalinka 1901, Friedrich 1932, and Neumann 1979. The recently published inscriptions not included in Melchert’s corpus were added by our project members, who are also responsible for corpus annotation. Birgit Christiansen kindly shared with us a number of her new readings prior to their publication (see now Christiansen 2019, 2020a, 2020b) and helped us with the new numbering of the recent inscriptions.

The Carian corpus was digitalized and annotated by our team. The corpus, the numbering of the inscriptions, and the transliteration system are based on the edition of Adiego 2007. Additionally, inscriptions discovered or identified in publications after Adiego 2007 have also been added in the framework of the eDiAna project.

Our Lydian corpus represents an adaptation of Melchert 2001c, which is in turn mostly based on Gusmani 1964 and Gusmani 1980–1986. Its transliteration was adjusted according to modern conventions by our team, who is also responsible for corpus annotation. The inscriptions not included in Melchert’s corpus were assigned numbers in collaboration with Annick Payne and added to the corpus by our project members.

The Sidetic corpus was digitalized and annotated by our team. The corpus and the numbering of the inscriptions follow the edition of Nollé 2001: 625-646 (but also referring to the Zinko numbering system, as in e.g., Zinko & Zinko 2019: 418). The transliteration system is based on Pérez Orozco 2007, but the reader should consult the “Graphic Features” section of each entries for a detailed discussion. Additionally, an inscription discovered after Nollé 2001 has also been added in the framework of the eDiAna project. Further newly discovered inscriptions could not have been included lacking publication (as of 2021) or authenticity.

The Pisidian corpus is based entirely on Brixhe 2016, but it was digitalized and annotated by our team.

Specific information regarding the choice of individual readings and of word interpretations is found in the relevant dictionary lemmata. The corpus will be regularly improved and updated until the completion of the eDiAna project.