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Welcome back to Cuneiform corner part 14! Today we're looking at the Sumerian sign for beer! #sumerian #mesopotamia #cuneiform #ancienthistory #language
Welcome back to Cuneiform corner part 14! Today we're looking at the Sumerian sign for beer! #sumerian #mesopotamia #cuneiform #ancienthistory #language
Have you ever wondered how cuneiform works? #cuneiform #ancienthistory #caligraphyart #academia #mesopotamia
Have you ever wondered how cuneiform works? #cuneiform #ancienthistory #caligraphyart #academia #mesopotamia
Ea-Nasir's response (Part 2) #ancienthistory #cuneiform #mesopotamia #lostart #babylonian
Ea-Nasir's response (Part 2) #ancienthistory #cuneiform #mesopotamia #lostart #babylonian
Cuneiform memes and explaining more about the Complaint Tablet to Ea Nasir for his low grade copper. #linguistics #language #cuneiform #eanasir
Cuneiform memes and explaining more about the Complaint Tablet to Ea Nasir for his low grade copper. #linguistics #language #cuneiform #eanasir
The fantastic Dr Irving Finkel is back on #TheAncients talking all things CUNEIFORM, the oldest known writing system in the world. Here we show him a 5,000 year old early cuneiform administrative tablet, recording quantites of items like beer and barley (more on that in the ep!). How to Write Cuneiform 🎙 Dr Irving Finkel Listen wherever you get your podcasts! Watch on our brand new Ancients YouTube channel! The tablet is today at the British Museum. #cuneiform #mesopotamia #irvingfinkel
The fantastic Dr Irving Finkel is back on #TheAncients talking all things CUNEIFORM, the oldest known writing system in the world. Here we show him a 5,000 year old early cuneiform administrative tablet, recording quantites of items like beer and barley (more on that in the ep!). How to Write Cuneiform 🎙 Dr Irving Finkel Listen wherever you get your podcasts! Watch on our brand new Ancients YouTube channel! The tablet is today at the British Museum. #cuneiform #mesopotamia #irvingfinkel
What did Ea-Nasir's language sound like? #cuneiform #ancienthistory #mesopotamia #babylonian #eanasir
What did Ea-Nasir's language sound like? #cuneiform #ancienthistory #mesopotamia #babylonian #eanasir
Originating in what is now Iraq before 3200 BC, cuneiform script is, as far as we know, the oldest form of writing in the world. The recording of a spoken language, emerged from earlier recording systems at the end of the 4th Millennium BC. The first written language in Mesopotamia is called Sumerian. Most of early tablets come from the site of Uruk, in southern Mesopotamia, and it may have been here that this form of writing was invented. Cuneiform is one of the oldest forms of writing known. It means "wedge-shaped," because people wrote it using a reed stylus cut to make a wedge-shaped mark on a clay tablet. Letters enclosed in clay envelopes, as well as works of literature, such as the Epic of Gilgamesh have been found. Historical accounts have also come to light, as have huge libraries such as that belonging to Assyrian king, Ashurbanipal. Cuneiform writing was used to record a variety of information such as temple activities, business and trade. Cuneiform was also used to write stories, myths, and personal letters. The latest known example of cuneiform is an astronomical text from 75 CE. During its 3000-year history, cuneiform was used to write around 15 different languages including Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Elamite, Hittite, Urartian, and Old Persian. First developed by scribes as a book-keeping tool to keep track of bread and beer rations in ancient cities like Uruk (in south east of modern-day Iraq), system soon spread across Middle East and was used continuously for more than 3000 years, up until 1st Century AD. Cuneiform is not a language but a proper way of writing distinct from the alphabet. It doesn't have 'letters' – instead it uses between 600-1000 characters impressed on clay to spell words by dividing them up into syllables, like 'ca-at' for cat, or 'mu-zi-um' for museum. Other signs stood for whole words, like our '£' standing for pound sterling. 🎥 : Credit to the Owner © British Museum #archaeohistories #cuneiform #claytablets #reels #mesopotamia #history #facts #reel #ancienthistory #writing #britishmuseum
Originating in what is now Iraq before 3200 BC, cuneiform script is, as far as we know, the oldest form of writing in the world. The recording of a spoken language, emerged from earlier recording systems at the end of the 4th Millennium BC. The first written language in Mesopotamia is called Sumerian. Most of early tablets come from the site of Uruk, in southern Mesopotamia, and it may have been here that this form of writing was invented. Cuneiform is one of the oldest forms of writing known. It means "wedge-shaped," because people wrote it using a reed stylus cut to make a wedge-shaped mark on a clay tablet. Letters enclosed in clay envelopes, as well as works of literature, such as the Epic of Gilgamesh have been found. Historical accounts have also come to light, as have huge libraries such as that belonging to Assyrian king, Ashurbanipal. Cuneiform writing was used to record a variety of information such as temple activities, business and trade. Cuneiform was also used to write stories, myths, and personal letters. The latest known example of cuneiform is an astronomical text from 75 CE. During its 3000-year history, cuneiform was used to write around 15 different languages including Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Elamite, Hittite, Urartian, and Old Persian. First developed by scribes as a book-keeping tool to keep track of bread and beer rations in ancient cities like Uruk (in south east of modern-day Iraq), system soon spread across Middle East and was used continuously for more than 3000 years, up until 1st Century AD. Cuneiform is not a language but a proper way of writing distinct from the alphabet. It doesn't have 'letters' – instead it uses between 600-1000 characters impressed on clay to spell words by dividing them up into syllables, like 'ca-at' for cat, or 'mu-zi-um' for museum. Other signs stood for whole words, like our '£' standing for pound sterling. 🎥 : Credit to the Owner © British Museum #archaeohistories #cuneiform #claytablets #reels #mesopotamia #history #facts #reel #ancienthistory #writing #britishmuseum
Clay was the bedrock of ancient Mesopotamia! Clip from our newest #TheAncients episode! How to Write Cuneiform 🎙 Dr Irving Finkel 🎙 Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 🖥 Watch on our new Ancients YouTube channel. #cuneiform #mesopotamia #ancienthistory #archaeology
Clay was the bedrock of ancient Mesopotamia! Clip from our newest #TheAncients episode! How to Write Cuneiform 🎙 Dr Irving Finkel 🎙 Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 🖥 Watch on our new Ancients YouTube channel. #cuneiform #mesopotamia #ancienthistory #archaeology
Decoded from the Dust of Time... What you see is not just a stone — it's one of the oldest star maps known to humankind, dating back over 5,500 years, created by the ancient Sumerians. Engraved in cuneiform script, this clay tablet reveals their deep understanding of celestial movements, constellations, and perhaps… something more. 🌌 Were the ancients simply stargazers — or cosmic messengers? 🔍 Some researchers claim this map even records a mysterious object in the sky, possibly a meteor impact or an unknown celestial body. Still unsolved… still echoing across time. 🕰️ The stars have stories. And this tablet might just be whispering secrets from a forgotten cosmic age... — Follow @AmazeXIndia for more lost truths from the ancient skies. #SumerianStarMap #AncientAliens #ForbiddenHistory #MysteriousArtifacts #AncientTechnology #StarMap #Cuneiform #AncientKnowledge #AmazeXIndia #LostCivilizations #SkyWatchers #AncientAstronomy #UnsolvedMysteries #HistoryHiddenInStone
Decoded from the Dust of Time... What you see is not just a stone — it's one of the oldest star maps known to humankind, dating back over 5,500 years, created by the ancient Sumerians. Engraved in cuneiform script, this clay tablet reveals their deep understanding of celestial movements, constellations, and perhaps… something more. 🌌 Were the ancients simply stargazers — or cosmic messengers? 🔍 Some researchers claim this map even records a mysterious object in the sky, possibly a meteor impact or an unknown celestial body. Still unsolved… still echoing across time. 🕰️ The stars have stories. And this tablet might just be whispering secrets from a forgotten cosmic age... — Follow @AmazeXIndia for more lost truths from the ancient skies. #SumerianStarMap #AncientAliens #ForbiddenHistory #MysteriousArtifacts #AncientTechnology #StarMap #Cuneiform #AncientKnowledge #AmazeXIndia #LostCivilizations #SkyWatchers #AncientAstronomy #UnsolvedMysteries #HistoryHiddenInStone
Reciting a hymn of istanuwa, one of the oldest poems in the world. #linguistics #language #cuneiform #luwian #history
Reciting a hymn of istanuwa, one of the oldest poems in the world. #linguistics #language #cuneiform #luwian #history
Imagina o trabalho que deu para traduzir isso 😳 #historia #curiosidades #mesopotamia #cuneiform #escrita
Imagina o trabalho que deu para traduzir isso 😳 #historia #curiosidades #mesopotamia #cuneiform #escrita
Watch the writing process of the Sumerians, the inventors of writing. This is cuneiform writing. #cuneiform #ancientwriting #archeology #sumerians #linguistics #viralvídeos #viralreelsシ #fypシ゚viralシfypシ゚
Watch the writing process of the Sumerians, the inventors of writing. This is cuneiform writing. #cuneiform #ancientwriting #archeology #sumerians #linguistics #viralvídeos #viralreelsシ #fypシ゚viralシfypシ゚
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