PRIN project based in University of Verona, led by Prof. Dr. Alfredo Rizza
This 2-year project investigated the textualization and historical significance of different languages in the cuneiform archives of Hattusa, with particular attention to phonetic and phonematic representation and the transmission of texts in multilingual contexts.
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Outputs
SELVI, E. & RIZZA, A. (2026) Computational approaches to orthographic variability in cuneiform bilinguals: The case of scriptio plena in Hattian. In Rizza, A., E. Selvi, M. Giorgieri (eds.) Texts and Textualizations in the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean: from Hatti to Crete through Mesopotamia. Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag.
Our study integrates traditional philology and history with computational approaches, applying automated data collection and machine learning to Hattian documents. First, using the syllabogram as the unit of analysis, we examine patterns such as scriptio plena and scriptio geminata through digital parsing and quantitative modeling. Building on this foundation, we are now exploring the transmission of texts in the multicultural archives of Hattusa through innovative applications of n-gram and clustering analysis.
RIZZA, A., E. SELVI, M. GIORGIERI (eds.) (2026)Texts and Textualizations in the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean: from Hatti to Crete through Mesopotamia. Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag.
SELVI, E. & RIZZA, A. (2025) Variability in Hattic texts: computational tools and approaches. 5-6/06/2025. Studies on translations and tradition of plurilingual texts in Hittite Anatolia Workshop - Università di Pavia.
SELVI, E. (2025) From conquest to cohesion: Linguistic data for understanding conflict dynamics in Hittite Anatolia. 24-29/03/2025, Kiel Conference - Scales of Social, Environmental & Cultural Change in Past Societies, University of Kiel.
BASTICI, F., A. ROSSI, E. SELVI (2024) Le basi aggettivali in hurrita: verso una prospettiva tipologica. 4-5/11/2024. Cantieri d'Autunno 2024 - Sezione di Orientalistica, Università degli Studi di Pavia.
BASTICI, F., A. ROSSI, E. SELVI (2024) Prospettive tipologiche nell’analisi delle radici aggettivali in hurrita. 24-26/10/2024. LVIII Convegno della Società Italiana di Glottologia: La storia, le storie e la linguistica - Sapienza Università di Roma.