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sumer (version 1.3.0)

Sumerian Cuneiform Text Analysis

Description

Provides functions for converting transliterated Sumerian texts to sign names and cuneiform characters, creating and querying dictionaries, analyzing the structure of Sumerian words, and creating translations. Includes a built-in dictionary and supports both forward lookup (Sumerian to English) and reverse lookup (English to Sumerian).

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Install

install.packages('sumer')

Monthly Downloads

459

Version

1.3.0

License

GPL-3

Maintainer

Robin Wellmann

Last Published

March 11th, 2026

Functions in sumer (1.3.0)

Mark N-gram Combinations in Cuneiform Text

make_dictionary

Create a Sumerian Dictionary from Annotated Text Files

Prior Probabilities of Grammatical Types

guess_substr_info

Look Up Translations for All Substrings of a Sumerian Text

save_dictionary

Save a Sumerian Dictionary to File

read_translated_text

Read Annotated Sumerian Translations from Text Files

init_substr_info

Initialize a Data Frame of All Substrings

plot_sign_grammar

Stacked Bar Chart of Grammatical Type Frequencies

Grammatical Type Frequencies for Each Sign in a Sumerian Sentence

substr_position

Compute Row Index of a Substring in a Substring Data Frame

mark_skeleton_entries

Normalize Brackets for Skeleton Generation

read_dictionary

Read a Sumerian Dictionary from File

Retrieve Information About Sumerian Signs

Create a Translation Template for Sumerian Text

ngram_frequencies

Frequency Analysis of Cuneiform Sign Combinations (N-grams)

Look Up Sumerian Signs or Search for Translations

Interactive Translation Tool for Sumerian Text

Split a String into Sumerian Signs and Separators

Add Brackets to a Structure String

apply_translation_rules

Apply Translation Rules to a Bracketed Structure String

compose_skeleton_entry

Compose a Skeleton Entry from its Children

extract_skeleton_entries

Extract Hierarchical Skeleton Entries from Bracketed Text

Evaluate an Operator or Composition

convert_to_dictionary

Convert Translation Data to a Sumerian Dictionary

grammatical_structure

Grammatical Structure of a Sumerian Expression

Convert Transliterated Sumerian Text to Sign Names

Convert Transliterated Sumerian Text to Cuneiform

Posterior Probabilities of Grammatical Types for Each Sign