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| language:
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| - egy
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| - en
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| - de
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| license: cc-by-sa-4.0
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| task_categories:
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| - translation
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| - text-generation
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| tags:
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| - ancient-egyptian
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| - hieroglyphics
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| - egyptology
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| - middle-egyptian
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| - demotic
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| - late-egyptian
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| - historical-linguistics
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| - multilingual
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| - dictionary
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| pretty_name: Ancient Egyptian Multilingual Corpus
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| size_categories:
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| - 100K<n<1M
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| formats:
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| - arrow
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| - json
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| - csv
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| ---
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| # ποΈ Ancient Egyptian Multilingual Corpus
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| ## Dataset Description
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| A comprehensive multilingual corpus of Ancient Egyptian texts combining multiple authoritative sources, including dictionaries and translated texts from German to English. Available in multiple formats for maximum accessibility.
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| ### π Dataset Summary
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| This dataset combines:
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| 1. **Dictionary Sources** (3 sources, ~15,000 entries):
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| - Vygus Egyptian Dictionary 2015 (Mark Vygus)
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| - Dickson Dictionary of Middle Egyptian
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| - Ancient Egypt Dictionary (10,000+ words from Gardiner, Faulkner, etc.)
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| 2. **Translated Corpora** (4 sources, ~65,000 entries):
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| - BBAW Egyptian Corpus (35,503 entries)
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| - TLA Demotic (13,383 entries)
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| - TLA Earlier Egyptian (12,773 entries)
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| - TLA Late Egyptian (3,606 entries)
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| **Total: ~80,000+ entries** covering 4,000 years of Egyptian language history.
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| ## π¦ Available Formats
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| This dataset is available in multiple formats for maximum compatibility:
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| | Format | Description | Best For | Size |
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| |--------|-------------|----------|------|
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| | **Arrow** | Native HuggingFace format | Fast loading, memory-efficient processing | Smallest |
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| | **JSON** | Human-readable, structured | Data exploration, custom processing | Medium |
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| | **CSV** | Tabular format | Spreadsheet software, basic analysis | Medium |
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| | **ZIP** | All formats compressed | Offline use, complete download | Compressed |
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| ### Loading Examples
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| #### Arrow Format (Recommended)
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| ```python
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| from datasets import load_dataset
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| dataset = load_dataset("AhmedElTaher/ancient-egyptian-multilingual")
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| ```
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| #### JSON Format
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| ```python
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| import json
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| with open('ancient-egyptian-multilingual_full.json', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
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| data = json.load(f)
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| ```
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| #### CSV Format
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| ```python
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| import pandas as pd
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| df = pd.read_csv('ancient-egyptian-multilingual_full.csv')
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| ```
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| ### π― Supported Tasks
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| - Ancient Egyptian to English translation
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| - Hieroglyphic text analysis
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| - Historical linguistics research
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| - Egyptological studies
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| - Language model training for ancient languages
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| - Comparative linguistics
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| - Digital humanities research
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| ### π Languages
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| - **egy**: Ancient Egyptian (hieroglyphic, hieratic, demotic scripts)
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| - **en**: English (translations)
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| - **de**: German (original translations in TLA/BBAW datasets)
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| ## Dataset Structure
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| ### π Data Fields
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| | Field | Type | Description |
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| |-------|------|-------------|
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| | `id` | string | Unique identifier for each entry |
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| | `transliteration_unicode` | string | Unicode transliteration (κ£, κ₯, αΈ₯, αΈ«, αΊ, Ε‘, αΉ―, αΈ, α») |
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| | `transliteration_mdc` | string | MDC ASCII-compatible transliteration |
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| | `translation_en` | string | English translation |
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| | `translation_de` | string | German translation (where available) |
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| | `hieroglyphs` | string | Hieroglyphic representation (Unicode/Gardiner codes) |
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| | `source` | string | Original dataset source |
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| | `pos` | string | Part of speech (where available) |
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| | `lemmatization` | string | Lemma information (where available) |
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| | `grammatical_info` | string | Additional grammatical information |
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| ### π Data Splits
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| | Split | Entries | Percentage |
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| |-------|---------|------------|
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| | Train | ~72,000 | 90% |
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| | Validation | ~8,000 | 10% |
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| ## Dataset Creation
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| ### π¨ Processing Pipeline
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| 1. **PDF Parsing**: Custom parsers for dictionary formats
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| 2. **Transliteration**: Bidirectional Unicode β MDC conversion
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| 3. **Translation**: NLLB-200 neural translation (DEβEN)
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| 4. **Standardization**: Unified column names and formats
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| 5. **Validation**: Manual checking of sample entries
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| 6. **Multi-format Export**: Arrow, JSON, CSV formats
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| ### π Source Data
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| #### Dictionary Sources
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| - **Vygus Dictionary 2018** - R.H. Barnhart
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| - **Dickson Dictionary** - Paul Dickson (2006)
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| - **Ancient Egypt Dictionary** - ancient-egypt.co.uk
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| #### Corpus Sources
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| - **BBAW** - Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
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| - **TLA** - Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae
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| ## Usage Guidelines
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| ### π Quick Start
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| ```python
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| from datasets import load_dataset
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| # Load the dataset
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| dataset = load_dataset("AhmedElTaher/ancient-egyptian-multilingual")
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| # Access a sample
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| sample = dataset['train'][0]
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| print(f"Egyptian (Unicode): {sample['transliteration_unicode']}")
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| print(f"Egyptian (MDC): {sample['transliteration_mdc']}")
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| print(f"English: {sample['translation_en']}")
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| print(f"Hieroglyphs: {sample['hieroglyphs']}")
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| ```
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| ### π Filtering Examples
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| ```python
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| # Find all entries with pharaoh
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| pharaoh_entries = dataset.filter(lambda x: 'pharaoh' in x['translation_en'].lower())
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| # Get only Demotic texts
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| demotic = dataset.filter(lambda x: 'demotic' in x['source'])
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| # Get entries with hieroglyphs
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| with_hieroglyphs = dataset.filter(lambda x: x['hieroglyphs'] != '')
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| ```
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| ## License & Attribution
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| ### π License
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| **CC BY-SA 4.0** (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International)
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| This requires:
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Attribution to original sources
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| - β
Indication of changes
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| - β
ShareAlike distribution
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| ### π Required Citations
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| ```bibtex
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| @dataset{egyptian_multilingual_corpus_2025,
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| author = {El Taher, Ahmed},
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| title = {Ancient Egyptian Multilingual Corpus},
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| year = {2025},
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| publisher = {HuggingFace},
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| url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/AhmedElTaher/ancient-egyptian-multilingual},
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| email = {ahmed.g.eltaher@gmail.com}
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| }
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| ```
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| [Additional citations for BBAW, TLA, etc...]
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| ## Additional Information
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| ### π€ Dataset Curator
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| **Ahmed El Taher**
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| π§ ahmed.g.eltaher@gmail.com
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| π€ [AhmedElTaher](https://huggingface.co/AhmedElTaher)
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| ### π€ Contributions
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| Contributions welcome! Please submit issues or pull requests.
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| ### β οΈ Limitations
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| - Machine translations may contain inaccuracies
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| - Some hieroglyphic representations incomplete
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| - Chronological periods mixed in combined dataset
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| - Reflects historical biases in sources
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| ### π Acknowledgments
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| Special thanks to all contributing institutions and researchers.
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| ---
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| *Dataset Version: 1.0.0 | Last Updated: 2025-08-14*
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