@jasminespirit.bsky.socialFurious over a bad copper trade in 1750 BC, a merchant carved his one-star review into clay.
Writing cuneiform took serious effort, making this ancient grievance legendary. It stands as the oldest recorded business dispute in human history.
@archaeology-rocks.bsky.socialThis is the oldest map of the world… in the world. 🗺️
Irving Finkel on a 6th-century BC Babylonian clay map, and the mountain where it says you'd find the wreck of the Ark.
Clip: The British Museum
#ArchaeologyRocks #Babylon #cuneiform
@timtfj.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyRE: https://archaeo.social/@sumerian/117270190970841302
I did not know of this account! I doubt I'll be posting in Sumerian at all soon though. Not even if there's a cuneiform font available.
@edgeofhumanity.bsky.social
@khurramsun.bsky.social@khurramsun.bsky.social@khurramsun.bsky.social
@luxoraia-achlabo.bsky.social🎨 New Post: Echoes of Ur: The Kish Tablet's Silent Chronicle
#aesthetic #cuneiform #history #AIArt #Gijinka
👇 View Full Illustration:
https://luxoraia.achlabo.com/en/echoes-of-ur-the-kish-tablets-silent-chronicle/
@gijinka-achlabo-pt.bsky.social🎨 Novo post: Fragmentos de Um Passado Escondido: As Tábuas de Nuzi Revelam Segredos
#archaeology #cuneiform #history #AIArt #Gijinka
👇 Veja mais aqui:
https://luxoraia.achlabo.com/pt/fragmentos-de-um-passado-escondido-as-tabuas-de-nuzi-revelam-segredos/
@historyfiles.bsky.socialSumerian King List: the highly important #Sumerian #kinglist was written in #cuneiform on clay tablets, with the first version appearing during the #UrIII period.
www.historyfiles.co.uk/FeaturesMidd...
#history #historyfiles #Sumer #Mesopotamian #Iraq #ancientneareast #NearEast
@pudukhepa.bsky.socialI am delighted to invite you to my upcoming lecture in the ToRS Ancient Studies Lecture Series at the University of Copenhagen: Script without Reading: The Social Life of Cuneiform in the Bronze Age Levant
📅 30 Sep 2026, 16:30
📍 South Campus, room 12.0.37 ccrs.ku.dk/calendar/202...
#cuneiform
@archaeology-rocks.bsky.social1780 BC clay tablet → Babylon’s recipe for the ark. Irving Finkel calls it an utter corker. Real writing of real language. 🧠📜
@nighttimetea.bsky.socialThe Kesh Temple Hymn tablets are HERE IN Baltimore and I’m going to go see them this week.
Will any other tablet ever be as cool as the tablet of Kesh?
@irishashyt.bsky.socialHandstamped cuneiform necklaces and earrings, on silver plated findings. Perfect for the archaeologist or historian who loves the ancient past 🩷
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@irishashyt.bsky.socialSo many cuneiform treats to choose from! If you think cuneiform is cool, check out these handmade and handpainted jewellery pieces including earrings, necklaces, brooches, cufflinks and bracelets.
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@syriacpress-en.bsky.socialScientists read 4,000-year-old Assyrian letter without opening its clay envelope
#Cuneiform #Archaeology #AncientAssyria #DigitalArchaeology #AncientLetters #BethNahrin #Mesopotamia #Suraya #Chaldean #Syriac…
@irishashyt.bsky.socialAre you impressed by impressed clay?
These handmade cuneiform pieces are created by stamping the surface with symbols in cuneiform writing.
Item link tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4346...
@javimosch.bsky.social🔌 cuneiform-ocr: Open-source OCR system with command-line interface 📦 https://github.com/OCR-cuneiform/cuneiform 🔗 https://github.com/javimosch/supercli #cuneiform-ocr #supercli
@javimosch.bsky.social🔌 cuneiform: Cuneiform OCR 🔗 https://github.com/javimosch/supercli #cuneiform #supercli