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© Professor Michael Lecker The Hebrew University, Jerusalem

The Jerusalem Prosopography Project

Professor Michael Lecker The Hebrew University, Jerusalem

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>Prosopography and computers

You don’t have to be over 50 to appreciate

the possibility of retrieving effortlessly every

record you have ever written down.

You don’t have to be over 50 to appreciate

the possibility of retrieving effortlessly every

record you have ever written down.

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>Prosopography and the Web

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A web-based prosopography can

involve many partners working in a

variety of surroundings.

A web-based prosopography can

involve many partners working in a

variety of surroundings.

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>1984 born digital

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Back in 1984 a PC was a

luxury item. I was so

scatterbrained that I needed

a computer even in those

days to keep my notes

straight. For me it wasn't a

luxury, it was a necessity.

Back in 1984 a PC was a

luxury item. I was so

scatterbrained that I needed

a computer even in those

days to keep my notes

straight. For me it wasn't a

luxury, it was a necessity.

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>Login

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>JPP Demo Home Page

PEIA already has 1650 persons

5841 keywords

982 tribes

280 sources

2508 places

163 authors

PEIA already has 1650 persons

5841 keywords

982 tribes

280 sources

2508 places

163 authors

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>What’s in the name?

In category: Persons, go to the letter Z and

click on Ziyad ibn Abihi. His id card includes

fields for alternative names, nisbas, kunyas,

nicknames, descriptions, periods, tribes and

projects.

In category: Persons, go to the letter Z and

click on Ziyad ibn Abihi. His id card includes

fields for alternative names, nisbas, kunyas,

nicknames, descriptions, periods, tribes and

projects.

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Ziyad Ibn Abihi –1/3

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Ziyad Ibn Abihi – Continue – 2/3

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Ziyad Ibn Abihi – Continue – 3/3

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>Beyond the id card

Ziyad Ibn Abihi – Continue – 2/3The linked persons, tribes, places and

keywords belong to the reports that follow

The linked persons, tribes, places and

keywords belong to the reports that follow

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Ziyad Ibn Abihi – Continue – 2/3

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Ziyad Ibn Abihi – Continue – 3/3

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Ziyad Ibn Abihi – Continue – 3/3

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> keywords

Keywords allow you to retrieve information

according to many parameters

Keywords allow you to retrieve information

according to many parameters

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> Harvesting data

• At the homepage, look for a word in a

specific category or in all categories

• Or look for a number of words as you

would do in Google

• There is no need for diacritics

• At the homepage, look for a word in a

specific category or in all categories

• Or look for a number of words as you

would do in Google

• There is no need for diacritics

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> Harvesting data

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> Look for shurta in category keywords

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> Look for shurta in category keywords

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> Look for abd al-aziz in category persons

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> Look for shurta sijistan in category all

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> Look for governor sind in category all

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> Add a report, a person, a keyword etc.

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> New Report

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> Edit an existing report

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>The End

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Thank you

for your time!

Thank you

for your time!

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