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== Interoperability ==
== Interoperability ==


The epigraphical database and the search platform are interoperable with the EAGLE epigraphic database, the EDR (Epigraphic Database Roma) and EAGLE Europeana.
The epigraphical database and the search platform are interoperable with the [[Electronic Archive of Greek and Latin Epigraphy (EAGLE)|EAGLE]] epigraphic database, the EDR ([[Epigraphic Database Roma]]) and [[Electronic Archive of Greek and Latin Epigraphy (EAGLE)|EAGLE]] Europeana.


== External resources ==
== External resources ==

Revision as of 17:06, 4 November 2014

Aims and scope

The project website defines graffiti as "inscriptions that have been incised or scratched into wall-plaster".

The project digitizes ancient graffiti from the ancient cities of Herculanum and Pompeii. It aims to provide scholars with a flexible digital tool to search the inscriptions in their spatial context. Thus, the project spans between epigraphy and archaeology.

The goal of the project is to include graffiti grom both Herculanum and Pompeii, but at the moment most inscriptions come from the former, while only one block from Pompeei is currently included (Regio I, Insula 8).

Search platform

The project website provides a sophisticated search engine that allows for searches based on the location of the graffiti ("Search by Map"), as well as on its properties, drawing type and content.

Interoperability

The epigraphical database and the search platform are interoperable with the EAGLE epigraphic database, the EDR (Epigraphic Database Roma) and EAGLE Europeana.

External resources