Digital Editions Ancient Texts / Inscriptions

Ancient texts and inscriptions are often preserved only in fragments and on a wide variety of materials such as stone, papyrus or ostraca. Digital editions make it possible to catalogue, interlink and provide long-term access to these diverse sources. Heidelberg University Library develops and manages such projects in close collaboration with researchers, thereby making key sources from the ancient world available via Open Access.

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Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)

Project Overview heiEDITIONS

In collaboration with national and international partners, Heidelberg University Library makes digital editions of various text corpora available online.

Infrastructure for Digital Editions

Technical Documentation

heiEDITIONS provides a conceptual framework, guidelines for data formats, and other supporting specifications.

Heidelberger Digitale Editionen

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Epigraphic Database of Roman Inscriptions The Epigraphic Database Heidelberg contains the texts of Latin and bilingual (primarily Latin-Greek) inscriptions from the Roman Empire.	Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities	completed
Heidelberger Papyrussammlung Digital edition of the Heidelberger Papyrussammlung, comprising approximately 10,500 ancient documents (papyri, ostraca) from Egypt in Greek, Arabic and Coptic.	Institue for Papyrology (University of Heidelberg)	under construction
Römische Inschriften aus Augsburg (RIA) This digital collection brings together all published inscriptions from Roman Augsburg.	Andreas Hartmann (University of Augsburg)	under construction