Heidelberg University has been awarded funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for a database project to index and decipher documents from ancient Egypt. Demotic language texts originating between the 7th century BC and the 5th century AD are to be made available for research via open access publication. The texts, some of which are still unpublished, range from legal and administrative documents to academic and religious records. The "Demotic Palaeographical Database Project" directed by Joachim Quack will be funded for a period of up to seven years. DFG funding of nearly one million euros has been earmarked for the first three years. ...
