GRAVITATE Project and ResearchSpace Search

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Toumba

Background

Slide reused from Karageorghis, Kiely, Hermon et al. ‘Towards an integrated cross-disciplinary approach to the study of Salamis Terracotta Statues’

Collections

ca.12

ca.160

ca.20

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Slide reused from Karageorghis, Kiely, Hermon et al. ‘Towards an integrated cross-disciplinary approach to the study of Salamis Terracotta Statues’

Basic Search for GRAVITATE objects

• Objects can be found using places, actors (people and groups) and terminologies– Currently terminologies direct from Merlin

Type of Salamis statuary

• Many shards of terracotta figures with some recognisable features (morphology)

Description of statuary

From text:• Material: terracotta (known)• Object type: statue (known)

– Modifier: over-lifesized

• Morphology: hand & wrist– Modifiers:

• Right hand• + Clenched

Morphology analysis

Morphology model

• ResearchSpace must also:– link individual parts to

(annotations over) 3D model– link these to an overall

(complete) body morphology

• but also allow assertions over sets of parts:– “these are all similar beards”– “these are all parts of the

same statue”

Description of statuary

• Further modifiers:– Fragment of left ear– Pierced lobe

• etc.

Description of statuary

From text:• Material: terracotta (known) &

paint (?)– Modifier: black paint

• Technique: painted• Object type: statue (known)• Morphology: head, hair &

eyebrow

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A new color, previously un-observed - yellow - has been identified inside the earrings decoration.

Materials analysis

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Techniques analysis

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Vertical marks

Superimposition of incisions

C2412, front side

Various styles and coincidences of incision not currently recorded, but provide clues to families / re-assembly.

Challenges

• How to attach scientific/geometric analysis to individual shards (BM to document model for GRAVITATE)

• How to enrich search using these richer descriptions

• How to assert over sets:– families– re-assemblies (possibly cross-collection)

• How to enrich search over these sets