Statistical Analysis Data from Neo-Assyrian Cuneiform Texts

Research data was used for the article "Aššur and His Friends: A Statistical Analysis of Neo-Assyrian Texts" published in the Journal of Cuneiform Studies in 2019. The dataset was generated by Tero Alstola of the University of Helsinki. It likely contains statistical measures derived from ancient text corpora.

Use Cases

• Conduct statistical analysis of Neo-Assyrian language patterns based on the described text corpus.
• Train models for historical text classification or topic modeling based on cuneiform text features.
• Perform network analysis of deity or personal name co-occurrences as suggested by the article's title.

Strengths

• Data is directly linked to a peer-reviewed publication in the Journal of Cuneiform Studies (2019).
• The dataset originates from a specific research project at the University of Helsinki.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

University of Helsinki

Collection Method

Generated during research for a specific academic article.