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The Design And Implementation Of Aida: Ancient Inscription Database And Analytics System, M Parvez Rashid
The Design And Implementation Of Aida: Ancient Inscription Database And Analytics System, M Parvez Rashid
Department of Computer Science and Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
AIDA, the Ancient Inscription Database and Analytic system can be used to translate and analyze ancient Minoan language. The AIDA system currently stores three types of ancient Minoan inscriptions: Linear A, Cretan Hieroglyph and Phaistos Disk inscriptions. In addition, AIDA provides candidate syllabic values and translations of Minoan words and inscriptions into English. The AIDA system allows the users to change these candidate phonetic assignments to the Linear A, Cretan Hieroglyph and Phaistos symbols. Hence the AIDA system provides for various scholars not only a convenient online resource to browse Minoan inscriptions but also provides an analysis tool to explore …