Canadian Center for Epigraphic Documents

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The Canadian Center for epigraphic documents ( Canadian Center for Epigraphic Documents , CCED ) is a research center in the field of epigraphy . It is dedicated to the documentation of inscriptions without a fixed spatial boundary. The center is located in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations of the University of Toronto .

The center was founded in February 2010 as a non-profit organization . The stated aim is to archive, catalog and digitize epigraphic material. This also includes making the inscriptions available on the Internet and thus making them easily accessible for research. The CCED therefore offers a multilingual website, currently in English, French, Arabic and Mandarin.

The focus of the Canadian Center for Epigraphic Documents is on inscriptions in the Syrian language as well as in other languages ​​of the Near and Middle East . In addition, the CCED owned by more than 3,000 high five , some of which are the only surviving representations of damaged or missing inscriptions. The imitations come mainly from Greek inscriptions from the 7th century BC. BC to the 4th century AD. The center is one of the largest collections of epigraphic documents in North America.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Canadian Center for Epigraphic Documents website , accessed September 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ Presentation of the project on the website of the Canadian Center for Epigraphic Documents , accessed on September 21, 2018.
  3. ^ Ephraim Lytle: Center for Epigraphic Documents. In: University of Toronto Classics Newsletter. Volume 17, summer 2011, p. 4.