Transliterated Fragments from eBL
Code to fetch and parse Data from Paper:
Transliterated Cuneiform Tablets of the Electronic Babylonian Library Platform
Zenodo: 
For a details and overview of contributors please refer to paper. To cite see below.
This repository contains code to download all publicly available transliterations using our public api (specified in example.py) and parse it using our atf-parser. The atf parser has been manually extracted from our api. It has to be kept up to date manually, please open an issue in case there are any problems. You can always use the JSON provided in Zenodo. This JSON contains all fragments from the 1st of September 2023 and has been created using this code therefore should be compatible with the parser.
The atf-parser that is used in production verifies all signs using our sign database. The parser in this repository is not checking against a sign list. It is just validating the syntax and parsing the atf-string.
python >= 3.9.0
pip install poetry
poetry install
Run example.py file
get_first_batch_fragments function does download 1000 Fragments from Api and saves them as json.
get_all_fragments function does download all > 25000 Fragments from Api and saves them as json. May Take 20 -30 minutes.
get_some_fragments_and_parse function does download 1000 Fragments from Api and parses the atf and saves them as json.
ATF is a string in our flavor of ASCII-Transliteration Format (uses unicode is a legacy name)
ATF can be parsed using parse_atf_lark see in example.py.
Our ATF Parser details in https://github.com/ElectronicBabylonianLiterature/ebl-api/blob/master/docs/ebl-atf.md
Run tests (with pytest) in ebl/test folder
https://www.ebl.lmu.de/fragmentarium/1868%2C0523.2
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"museum": "The British Museum",
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"note": ""
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"text": "BabMed Team, 2013–2018.",
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"atf": "1'. [x x x x x x x x x x (x) {šim}{d}]nin#-urta [ina] KUŠ\n#note: Ln. 1' // BAM 470 ln. 21'.\n#tr.en: If DITTO, @i{mūṣu}-stone, @i{parzillu} ('iron') . . . (and) @i{nikiptu}-aromatic ('spurge') in a leather bag.\n$ single ruling\n2'. [x x x x x u₂?-r]a?-na {u₂}LAL KA A.AB.BA {šim}{d}MAŠ NITA₂ u MUNUS\n#note: Ln. 2'-4' // KAR 56 ln. 5-11 // BAM 9 47-50.\n3'. [x x x {u₂}]ak?#-tam?# {na₄}mu-ṣa UH₂.{d}ID₂ {u₂}LU₂.U₁₈.LU NUMUN {giš}bi-ni\n4'. [x x x x] HI.HI PIŠ₁₀.{d}ID₂ SUHUŠ {giš}MA.NU DIŠ-niš SUD₂ ina MUD₂ {giš}EREN HI.HI EŠ-MEŠ-su-ma TI\n#tr.en: If a man has been seized by a ghost: you parch (and) mix @i{urânu} ('anise'), @i{ašqulālu}-plant, @i{imbûʾ tâmti} ('sea algae'), male and female @i{nikiptu}-aromatic ('spurge'), @i{qan šalāli} (a kind of reed), @i{aktam}-plant, @i{mūṣu}-stone, @i{ruʾtītu} (a kind of sulphur), @i{amīlānu}-plant ('man-like' plant), seed from @i{bīnu}-tree ('tamarisk') (and) ox horn, (then) you pound @i{kibrītu} (a kind of sulphur) (and) root from @i{ēru}-tree together, you mix them in blood from @i{erēnu}-tree ('cedar'), you keep anointing him (with the mixture), and then he will recover.\n$ single ruling\n5'. [x x x x G]IDIM DAB-su SUHUŠ {u₂}KU₆ {na₄}mu-ṣa AN.BAR {na₄}ZALAG₂ ni-kip-ta₅ ina KUŠ\n#note: Ln. 5' // BAM 470 ln. 22' // K.2492 ln. 2'-3'.\n#tr.en: Poultice for (the case when) a man has been seized by a ghost: root from @i{urânu}-plant ('anise'), @i{mūṣu}-stone, @i{parzillu} ('iron'), @i{zalāqu}-stone ('shiny' stone) (and) @i{nikiptu} ('spurge') in a leather bag.\n$ single ruling\n6'. [DIŠ KIMIN A.RI].A# LU₂ ina {sig₂}AKA₃ NIGIN u# ina GU₂-šu₂ GAR-an\n#note: Ln. 6' // BAM 470 ln. 23' // K.2492 ln. 4'.\n#tr.en: If DITTO, you wrap human seed in tuft of wool and you put it on his neck.\n$ single ruling\n7'. DIŠ# NA# ŠU#.GIDIM#.MA DAB-su {na₄}mu-ṣa {šim}{d}MAŠ PIŠ₁₀.{d}ID₂ KA A.AB.BA {u₂}LAL\n#note: Ln. 7'-9' // K.2492 ln. 5'-7'.\n8'. I₃# SUMUN ZAG.DU₈ E₂ {d}AMAR.UTU ša₂ ZAG u GUB₃ 6 U₂-HI.A an-nu-ti₃ TI-qe₂\n9'. DIŠ-niš SUD₂ ina I₃.GIŠ ŠEŠ₂-MEŠ-su-ma DIN-uṭ lat-kut\n#tr.en: If a man has been seized by 'hand-of-ghost': @i{mūṣu}-stone, @i{nikiptu}-aromatic ('spurge'), @i{kibrītu} (a kind of sulphur), @i{imbûʾ tâmti} ('sea algae'), @i{urânu}-plant ('anise') (and) old grease from the right and left doorjambs of the Marduk temple - you take these six drugs, you pound them together, you keep anointing him with them in oil, and then he will recover. Tested (remedy).\n$ single ruling\n10'. DIŠ NA GIDIM DAB-su ana DIN-šu₂ ŠE₁₀ ŠAH ŠE₁₀ UR.GI₇ ŠE₁₀ UR.BAR.RA ŠE₁₀ KA₅.A A.GAR.GAR MAŠ.DA₃\n#note: Ln. 10'-12' // K.2492 ln. 8'-10'.\n11'. {u₂}KUR.RA NAGA.SI SI DARA₃.MAŠ PIŠ₁₀.{d}ID₂ ku-up-ra\n12'. GIR₃.PAD.DU NAM.LU₂.U₁₈.LU {tug₂}NIG₂.DARA₂.ŠU.LAL₂ ina NE tu-qat-tar-šu₂\n#tr.en: If a man has been seized by a ghost: in order to heal him, you fumigate him with pig dung, dog dung, wolf dung, fox dung, gazelle droppings, @i{nīnû}-plant ('mint'), @i{uḫūlu qarnānû} ('horned alkali'), stag horn, @i{kibrītu} (a kind of sulphur), @i{kupru} ('bitumen'), human bone (and) soiled rag over fire.\n$ single ruling\n13'. DIŠ NA ŠU.GIDIM.MA DAB-su {šim}LI PIŠ₁₀.{d}ID₂ DIŠ-niš GAZ SIM ina I₃.UDU ELLAG₂ MAŠ₂.NITA₂! HI.HI\n#note: Ln. 13'-14' // K.2492 ln. 11'-13'.\n14'. ina KUŠ SUR MUD₂ {giš}EREN IGI ŠEŠ₂ lu SAG.DU-su lu GU₂-su LAL-ma TI-uṭ\n#tr.en: If a man has been seized by 'hand-of-ghost': you crush (and) sift @i{burāšu}-aromatic (a kind of juniper) (and) @i{kibrītu} (a kind of sulphur) together, you mix them in fat from the kidney of a male goat, you smear (the mixture) on a piece of leather, you rub blood from @i{erēnu}-tree ('cedar') on it, you bandage either his head or his neck, and then he will recover.\n$ single ruling\n15'. {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ {šim}LI GAZI{sar} PIŠ₁₀.{d}ID₂ ZI₃ GIB₃ KA A.AB.BA PAP 6 U₂-HI.A\n#note: Ln. 15'-16' // K.2492 ln. 14'-15' // BAM 9 ln. 64-65.\n16'. GAZ SIM ina A GAZI{sar} tara-muk ina TUG₂-HI.A SUR-ri SAG.DU-su LAL-id\n#tr.en: @i{kukru}-aromatic, @i{burāšu}-aromatic (a kind of juniper), @i{kasû}-herb ('tamarind'), @i{kibrītu} (a kind of sulphur), flour from @i{kibtu} ('wheat') (and) @i{imbûʾ tâmti} ('sea algae') - altogether six drugs, you crush (and) sift them, you soak them in juice from @i{kasû}-herb ('tamarind'), you smear (the mixture) on a piece of fabric (and) you bandage his head with it.\n$ single ruling\n17'. [x] {šim#}x x (x) ŠIM-HI.A x x [...]\n#tr.en: . . . aromatics . . ."
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}@article{Cobanoglu-2024,
abstract = {This work presents a corpus of transliterated cuneiform tablets from the Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) platform, including a public API endpoint to download the latest version of the data, and a Python library to parse the transliterations in ATF format. As of the time of writing, the constantly growing dataset contains around 25,000 tablets with over 350,000 lines of transliterated text. This dataset is a sizeable addition to open-source cuneiform data and a major milestone for research within the fields of cuneiform studies and NLP.},
author = {Cobanoglu, Yunus and Laasonen, Jussi and Simonjetz, Fabian and Khait, Ilya and Cohen, Sophie and Földi, Zsombor and Hätinen, Aino and Heinrich, Adrian and Mitto, Tonio and Rozzi, Geraldina and Sáenz, Luis and Jiménez, Enrique},
doi = {10.5334/johd.148},
journal = {Journal of Open Humanities Data},
keyword = {en_US},
month = {Feb},
title = {Transliterated Cuneiform Tablets of the Electronic Babylonian Library Platform},
year = {2024}
}