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| title: Cuneiform Translator
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| emoji: "⚡"
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| colorFrom: indigo
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| colorTo: yellow
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| sdk: gradio
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| sdk_version: "5.34.2"
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| app_file: app.py
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| pinned: false
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| license: mit
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| tags:
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| - build-small-hackathon
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| - track:backyard
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| - achievement:offbrand
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| - achievement:fieldnotes
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| - achievement:sharing
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| - gradio
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| ---
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| # Cuneiform Translator
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| Translate between English and the oldest writing systems on Earth.
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| Supports Akkadian, Sumerian, Hittite, and Linear B — with transliteration and Unicode cuneiform script output.
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| ## What It Does
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| - **English → Ancient**: Translate modern text into cuneiform transliteration + Unicode script
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| - **Ancient → English**: Translate cuneiform transliteration back to English
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| - **Script Conversion**: Convert between transliteration and cuneiform signs
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| ## The Stack
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| - **Model:** Thalesian/cuneiformBase-400m (umt5, 396M parameters)
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| - **Backup:** praeclarum/cuneiform (T5, 220M parameters)
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| - **Framework:** Gradio
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| ## Why
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| 4,000 years ago someone pressed a reed into wet clay to record a beer recipe. Now you can read it.
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| Part of [The Treehouse](https://huggingface.co/spaces/Wayfinder6/treehouse) — Build Small Hackathon 2026.
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| Free dev tools at [Hometree](https://heuremenforprofit.online): code analysis, AI agent monitoring, token-saving agreement scoring.
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| **Heuremen LLC** — Builder: Wayfinder6
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| ## Demo
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| - [Demo Video](https://youtu.be/781wkipbQok)
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