# Lee 2010: The use of information theory to determine the language character type of Pictish symbols

> Rob Lee, 2010. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the corpus construction and the names conclusion.

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# The use of information theory to determine the language character type of Pictish symbols

Rob Lee, 2010. _Scottish Archaeological Journal 32(2), 137-176_.

Builds a pictorial corpus of all Pictish symbols on stones, caves and portable objects, a catalogue of symbol types, and applies the information-theory test, concluding the symbols are words, mostly names, with some basic syntax.

**Pictish symbol stones** Articledoi: **[10.3366/saj.2010.0014](https://doi.org/10.3366/saj.2010.0014)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Source for the corpus construction and the names conclusion.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[Lee, Jonathan and Ziman's Pictish symbol corpus and symbol-type catalogue](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CQHAQW6165V/lee-jonathan-and-zimans-pictish-symbol-corpus-and-symbol)

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[The Pictish symbol stones](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/pictish-symbols)

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## Cite it

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Lee, R. (2010). The use of information theory to determine the language character type of Pictish symbols. Scottish Archaeological Journal 32(2), 137-176. https://doi.org/10.3366/saj.2010.0014
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.3366/saj.2010.0014)

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