#Cuneiform

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

It is said that Solomon taught his vizier and scribe, Asif wisdom. And on account of his knowledge of God’s Names and the Secret Letters and mastery of the djinn,

Z.

qrt_hdsty

Punic was a variety of Phoenician spoken in North Africa btw 8th C BC & 6th C AD. It’s attested mainly in inscriptions most of which are repetitive, giving limited

Michael Press

MichaelDPress

University of Helsinki's ‘Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions’ celebrates a new book publishing al-Yahudu tablets -- ignoring that they were likely looted & smuggled out of wartime Iraq (in

Paul 🌹📚 Cooper

PaulMMCooper

A thread on the great library of King Ashurbanipal, discovered in the ruins of Nineveh: The first universal library, the source of our first story, and a lost wonder of

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

But in another tradition Solomon learned the names of the djinn from one of their kings, Fqts. With the use of a divinely-granted ring, the Seal of Solomon, he ruled

Dr. Moudhy Al-Rashid

Moudhy

Beautiful sculptures of two leaders from ancient Iraq.Gudea ruled a city called Lagash and its surrounds, and Ur-Nammu founded the short-lived but epically documented Third Dynasty of Ur. Their effigies

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

In Islam, King Solomon is a prophet granted dominion over man, beast, & djinn/jinn.But Islamic folklore expand on the legends of Solomon and his djinn. He becomes the archetype for

Krish Ashok

krishashok

What connects ancient Mesopotamia, Rosetta Stone, your liver, mayonnaise, the last letter of the Greek alphabet, dark chocolate, fake meat and heart disease? The answer is sesame. A thread Rather

ninaNinaBonita

ninaninabonita

FUN FACT THREAD: Aramaic was the first language of Christ. It is also the oldest language in the world, derived from cuneiform. Commonly referred to as the fertile crescent and

Dr April Pudsey

AprilPudsey

Teachers! Students! Pupils! Bored kids at home! Lend Us Your Ears! At @Classical_Assoc Teaching Board we've curated a list of some wonderful resources the #Classics community has been putting together

The History of Handmade Book Covers

BerinoJulia

A fun! interesting! informative! thread on the history and evolution of handmade book covers But first! A brief background and history of how exactly books came to be in the

mesopotamian speech and debate club

bellahadith

Okay here goes! As promised, a thread to show you how to translate, from the original Babylonian cuneiform, a law from the Code of Hammurabi We’re going to translate together

eyshe איישע

protosemite

Lots of people were sending me this, so I decided to break down the translation of this tablet, and show you one very famous complaint tablet from the Old Babylonian

esraa♡

noceur___

thread about the inventions created by Iraq/is Hydraulic Engineering: the Sumerian’s figured out how to and channel the overflowing of the Euphrates & Tigris rivers & the rich stilt

Erin L. Thompson

artcrimeprof

"Scott Carroll may have claimed that Obbink had “no agenda whatsoever,” but in fact Obbink had several. He was acting as a scholar, an adviser, and a seller: The first

Christopher W. Jones

cwjones89

Dear Twitter, I have spent a lot of time in the past two years working on this thing called my 'dissertation.'What is Christopher doing, you may wonder? In this thread