alt Hacker Newshow many scrolls have been scanned so far? what's the main limitation on scan amount?
have any attempts (or just ideas) been made to recreate such charring on known texts?
how many scrolls have been scanned so far? what's the main limitation on scan amount?
have any attempts (or just ideas) been made to recreate such charring on known texts?
30 scrolls, maybe? Something like that. I scanned Pherc Paris 4 and Pherc Paris 3 at Beam line 18 at ESRF back in March.
The team did "the campfire scroll" experiment a few years ago to replicate carbonization, unrolling, and ink detection. That is the only case I am aware of. It proved the method could work but it's not a source of say training data; it varies too much from the real scrolls.
The main limitation is time and cost. We have to scan on what is AFAIK the most powerful x-ray beam line in the world. It is not cheap