Not "coin"eiform, cuneiform

COOL! Absolutely check and mate. Sooooo jealous right now @TypeCoin971793! For just a second I thought you we're saying you acquired that at the auction I almost Indiana Jones'd you!
"That belongs in a...oh. Carry on."
Hope your taking lots of pictures like this gem!

 

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Welp. Looks like my Gilgamesh PowerPoint just got a new slide. Those poor students.

 

Excellent specimens.. i loved the fact that these specimens have one of the oldest if not the oldest forms of writing in history.. so much history..

Here are my only 2 cuneiform specimens


King Bur-Suen. Sumeria. 1st Isin Dynasty (1831-1811BC)


Cylinder seal of a servant (priest?) of Adad (Ancient Babylon (2000-1600BC).

 

Only about 500 pictures so far, and I go back for seconds tomorrow.

 

Was that $800 fir the one tablet, or the whole lot?

 

Well, I only know the story from what the text says. But I read it as $800 for that tablet.

 

Nice pieces guys. Can anyone read Demotic?

Demotic Inscription on reverse. Basket over shoulder on reverse. Farming tools in hands.

64mm; 10.91g

c. 600 BC

 

Saweeet Ushabti! My wife says sometimes I'm demonic, but that won't translate your inscription very well will it?

 

I can determine that the verb iret is among the first symbols. The gist of it is this

O (unknown name)....May you be one who lives forever and ever...

There are a few symbols that I can't quite discern. Keep in mind that I am not a demotic expert, nor have I studied Coptic extensively. Theorists think that literacy in Egypt actually improved by the late period, whereas in earlier times it was somewhat restricted to priests and scribes

 

Thanks! I knew the general formula for these but I was hoping to have a name.

 

Did it take the folks at Agora a bit to send you an invoice? The email said to expect one within 24 hours. When I didn't get one after a couple of days I emailed...but no response and no invoice

 

It just came in the mail! And, as always, looks even cooler in hand...or in case at it were (I was so excited I had to give it a home with some of my other ancients). With out further ado here is my new cuneiform tablet!

 

Well, I don't own any cuneiform inscriptions, but if you come to Baltimore you can see these on display at the Walters Art Museum: