Comments on: Calling All Egyptology Geeks: Help Decipher Ancient Papyri

By: monster beats headphone

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By: Valerie

Valerie — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 01:00:45 +0000

This is more of a jigsaw puzzle. Think of it that way. You do not need to know the language.

By: Subcomputer

Subcomputer — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 02:27:35 +0000

In the interface, when you hover your mouse over the “keyboard” it shows examples of script forms, you can see it doing “Π” in the article image. The tutorials could definitely be improved though, as they really could do a simple intro on reading cursive and script forms in general. I suppose they’re hoping for volunteers who already are familiar with the relative forms of the script.

They also need to vet their pieces a little better; I’ve already gotten three fragments with no visible text, and two images of rulers.

By: Brian Too

Brian Too — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 23:22:04 +0000

In the sample above, I start out with:

ΨΗΧσ

But then I get lost. I’m working with a Greek symbol set so that’s probably part of my problem, but I can’t make further matches on their software keyboard either. Also, since I don’t know ancient Egyptian, I cannot correct within a known wordspace.

Is it just me or does a substantial portion of the writing above look cursive? Especially on the second line.