Bone Rules Catalogue

The dataset contains a typological catalogue of archaeological small finds of an ancient device known as a \"bone rule\" or \"bone ruler\" or “bone spatula,” together with scaled drawing and full metadata for each item in the catalogue. The ancient device has been identified as some type of scribal tool [8, 9, 13, 28, 45]. The dataset is assembled from publications; from online resources; and from individual scholars. The PDF Bone_Rules_Catalogue file records all pertinent available information, including find spots, inventory number, measurements, scaled thumbnails, and notes including inventory numbers, bibliographical references, and citations for plates and drawings. The PDF Bone_Rules_Catalogue file is best for a conspectus of known specimens. The PDF Bone_Rules_Catalogue file also records other bone objects improperly claimed as bone rules, and a full bibliography, both of which are included also as separate PDF files (PDF Other_Bone_Objects, PDF Bibliography) as a convenience. The CSV Catalogue_Proper file contains all fields in the PDF catalogue in csv format, but also breaks spatial and measurement data into separate fields and regularizes field contents. The CSV Catalogue_Proper file is therefore best for data processing. The full-scale drawings with metadata form the remainder of the core dataset. The catalogue and full dataset are meant to accompany the analysis and discussion in William A. Johnson, “Scribal Tools of the Trade: Bone Rules, Dividers, and Lamps as Writing Aids,” Segno e Testo 2023 [41].

本数据集收录了被称为骨尺（bone rule）、骨直尺（bone ruler）与骨刮刀（bone spatula）的古代器具的考古小型出土物类型学目录，同时附带目录中每件器物的比例绘图与完整元数据（metadata）。经鉴定，这类古代器具属于某种抄写工具[8, 9, 13, 28, 45]。本数据集整合自已出版文献、在线资源与个体学者的研究资料。《Bone_Rules_Catalogue》（骨尺目录）PDF文件收录了所有可获取的相关信息，包括出土地点、登记编号、尺寸参数、比例缩略图，以及包含登记号、参考文献、图版与绘图引用在内的注释内容。该PDF文件最适合用于梳理已知出土器物的总览资料，同时还收录了被误归为骨尺的其他骨质器物与完整参考文献列表。为方便使用，这两部分内容分别以独立PDF文件《Other_Bone_Objects》（其他骨质器物）与《Bibliography》（参考文献）的形式提供。《Catalogue_Proper》（标准目录）CSV文件以CSV格式保留了PDF目录中的所有字段，同时将空间信息与尺寸数据拆分为独立字段，并对字段内容进行了规范化处理，因此该文件最适合用于数据处理工作。附带元数据的全尺寸绘图构成了本核心数据集的剩余组成部分。本目录与完整数据集旨在作为William A. Johnson发表于《Segno e Testo》2023年刊的论文"Scribal Tools of the Trade: Bone Rules, Dividers, and Lamps as Writing Aids"[41]中相关分析与讨论的配套资料。