Extremely common Mesopotamian W. It’s always a fun detail that our extant Akkadian corpus is almost as big as the extant Classical Latin corpus, largely for this reason.
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October 11, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Extremely common Mesopotamian W. It’s always a fun detail that our extant Akkadian corpus is almost as big as the extant Classical Latin corpus, largely for this reason.
My Akkadian is really bad. "Yes, we call it Warahsamnu?"
October 12, 2026 at 7:32 AM
My Akkadian is really bad. "Yes, we call it Warahsamnu?"
Up at 2am reading about the Akkadian Empire
October 11, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Up at 2am reading about the Akkadian Empire
Well done. You are all set to learn Akkadian now!
October 13, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Well done. You are all set to learn Akkadian now!
This made my day
October 13, 2026 at 8:07 AM
This made my day
I don't think I've seen an exclamation mark in Akkadian before...
October 12, 2026 at 7:41 AM
I don't think I've seen an exclamation mark in Akkadian before...
Well, then set your mind to it! At the Hebrew U, apparently, they make people learn Arabic if they do not already know it, if they study Akkadian! I didn't, but then my Akkadian is not great either.
October 13, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Well, then set your mind to it! At the Hebrew U, apparently, they make people learn Arabic if they do not already know it, if they study Akkadian! I didn't, but then my Akkadian is not great either.
Akkadian and Egyptian call.
October 11, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Akkadian and Egyptian call.
I wonder how many oneeloli relationships have happened throughout history… are there any historical metions of this? like some Han dynasty lady who is very into little girls or like a Hanseatic league girl who may or may not be into the local merchants wife. Akkadian onee-loli?
October 14, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I wonder how many oneeloli relationships have happened throughout history… are there any historical metions of this? like some Han dynasty lady who is very into little girls or like a Hanseatic league girl who may or may not be into the local merchants wife. Akkadian onee-loli?
Just spent an hour and a half trying to figure out if the cuneiform used in an episode of "Haunted Hotel" was actually Akkadian. I am fairly sure it was just Akkadian-adjacent, but I love having a library that I can look stuff up in.
Best monday night in a while.
Best monday night in a while.
October 13, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Just spent an hour and a half trying to figure out if the cuneiform used in an episode of "Haunted Hotel" was actually Akkadian. I am fairly sure it was just Akkadian-adjacent, but I love having a library that I can look stuff up in.
Best monday night in a while.
Best monday night in a while.
I studied at the Ecole Biblique for a couple of years. I was taught Akkadian (in transcription, not Cuneiform) by someone from the Hebrew U.
October 13, 2026 at 10:33 PM
I studied at the Ecole Biblique for a couple of years. I was taught Akkadian (in transcription, not Cuneiform) by someone from the Hebrew U.
No I’m pretty sure it’s ancient Persian, Akkadian still used Sumerian logography and loanwords which is are not present in the post
October 12, 2026 at 3:55 PM
No I’m pretty sure it’s ancient Persian, Akkadian still used Sumerian logography and loanwords which is are not present in the post
October 12, 2026 at 7:18 AM
More on these and related forms in:
Orin D. Gensler, "Reconstructing Quadr. Verb Inflection: Ethiopic, Akkadian, Proto-Semitic," JSS 42 (1997): 229-258
Aaron Michael Butts, "Reduplicated Nominal Patterns in Semitic," JAOS 131 (2011): 83-108
Orin D. Gensler, "Reconstructing Quadr. Verb Inflection: Ethiopic, Akkadian, Proto-Semitic," JSS 42 (1997): 229-258
Aaron Michael Butts, "Reduplicated Nominal Patterns in Semitic," JAOS 131 (2011): 83-108
October 13, 2026 at 12:11 PM
More on these and related forms in:
Orin D. Gensler, "Reconstructing Quadr. Verb Inflection: Ethiopic, Akkadian, Proto-Semitic," JSS 42 (1997): 229-258
Aaron Michael Butts, "Reduplicated Nominal Patterns in Semitic," JAOS 131 (2011): 83-108
Orin D. Gensler, "Reconstructing Quadr. Verb Inflection: Ethiopic, Akkadian, Proto-Semitic," JSS 42 (1997): 229-258
Aaron Michael Butts, "Reduplicated Nominal Patterns in Semitic," JAOS 131 (2011): 83-108
🟡 Sukhurmashu — α¹ Cap Yellow supergiant in Capricornus, preserving the ancient Akkadian name for the benevolent goat-fish daemon associated with health and longevity. 🌡️ 5,119 K | 11.2 M☉ | 686 ly 🔬 G3 Ib supergiant. #Sukhurmashu #IAUStarNames #MesopotamianAstronomy ✨
October 12, 2026 at 4:43 AM
🟡 Sukhurmashu — α¹ Cap Yellow supergiant in Capricornus, preserving the ancient Akkadian name for the benevolent goat-fish daemon associated with health and longevity. 🌡️ 5,119 K | 11.2 M☉ | 686 ly 🔬 G3 Ib supergiant. #Sukhurmashu #IAUStarNames #MesopotamianAstronomy ✨
🟡 Sukhurmashu — α¹ Cap Yellow supergiant in Capricornus, preserving the ancient Akkadian name for the benevolent goat-fish daemon associated with health and longevity. 🌡️ 5,119 K | 11.2 M☉ | 686 ly 🔬 G3 Ib supergiant. #Sukhurmashu #IAUStarNames #MesopotamianAstronomy ✨
October 12, 2026 at 4:48 AM
🟡 Sukhurmashu — α¹ Cap Yellow supergiant in Capricornus, preserving the ancient Akkadian name for the benevolent goat-fish daemon associated with health and longevity. 🌡️ 5,119 K | 11.2 M☉ | 686 ly 🔬 G3 Ib supergiant. #Sukhurmashu #IAUStarNames #MesopotamianAstronomy ✨
It may be broken and look unremarkable, but this is a rather unique cuneiform tablet, one of a handful written in the Akkadian language, but using the Ugaritic (consonantal) script, instead of logosyllabic signs. The tablets, from Ugarit, were produced around 1250 BCE, likely by the same scribe.
October 7, 2026 at 8:08 AM
It may be broken and look unremarkable, but this is a rather unique cuneiform tablet, one of a handful written in the Akkadian language, but using the Ugaritic (consonantal) script, instead of logosyllabic signs. The tablets, from Ugarit, were produced around 1250 BCE, likely by the same scribe.
A course I took years ago on the history of ANE mythology did involve some handouts in transliterated Akkadian and English translation and I was very pleased that I could fumble my way through the former via Arabic
October 13, 2026 at 2:09 AM
A course I took years ago on the history of ANE mythology did involve some handouts in transliterated Akkadian and English translation and I was very pleased that I could fumble my way through the former via Arabic
It's been awhile since I did this silly post but I'm pretty sure it was Akkadian x3
October 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
It's been awhile since I did this silly post but I'm pretty sure it was Akkadian x3
Wait, that doesn't quite add up... Redistribution of flint late mesopotamian Akkadian origin?
October 13, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Wait, that doesn't quite add up... Redistribution of flint late mesopotamian Akkadian origin?
Additionally, the word Hebrew is thought to have evolved from the Akkadian etymon Habiru, a generic class term that refers to nomads, outsiders, outcasts, and mercenaries that didn’t have their own land.
Hebrew, as a distinct Semitic language, doesn’t actually emerge until about 1250BCE.
Hebrew, as a distinct Semitic language, doesn’t actually emerge until about 1250BCE.
October 11, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Additionally, the word Hebrew is thought to have evolved from the Akkadian etymon Habiru, a generic class term that refers to nomads, outsiders, outcasts, and mercenaries that didn’t have their own land.
Hebrew, as a distinct Semitic language, doesn’t actually emerge until about 1250BCE.
Hebrew, as a distinct Semitic language, doesn’t actually emerge until about 1250BCE.
at my alma mater the akkadian instructor was an elderly adjunct who was a big fan of the school football team, and it was an open secret she would basically give any football player an A just for showing up; as a result, we had the only college football team in the US that knew what cuneiform was
October 13, 2026 at 10:47 PM
at my alma mater the akkadian instructor was an elderly adjunct who was a big fan of the school football team, and it was an open secret she would basically give any football player an A just for showing up; as a result, we had the only college football team in the US that knew what cuneiform was
it's all such late stage capitalism bullshit. bigger institution -> people at the top want more money, more assets -> leverage more debt, next the capitalist imperative -> cut "unprofitable" courses and now nobody can study Akkadian or Finite Geometry or whatever because you're the only game in town
www.watoday.com.au/national/wes...
I agree with Curtin University. There are natural size and geographical parameters that make this decision extremely risky. Mergers aren't easy in this climate even between universities sharing the same street.
I agree with Curtin University. There are natural size and geographical parameters that make this decision extremely risky. Mergers aren't easy in this climate even between universities sharing the same street.
Battle lines drawn as Curtin opposes WA’s mega-university plan
Curtin University vice chancellor Professor Harlene Hayne expressed deep concern about the merger and said the institution is planning to oppose the proposal.
www.watoday.com.au
October 11, 2026 at 10:14 AM
it's all such late stage capitalism bullshit. bigger institution -> people at the top want more money, more assets -> leverage more debt, next the capitalist imperative -> cut "unprofitable" courses and now nobody can study Akkadian or Finite Geometry or whatever because you're the only game in town
Monster of the week - Lamashtu, akkadian demon. More on my insta
October 8, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Monster of the week - Lamashtu, akkadian demon. More on my insta
🧠🟰Marḥeshvan is called that because it’s bitter [mar] that there are no holidays in it
🧠🧠 Tammuz has no holidays in it either but it’s not Martammuz now is it
🧠🧠🧠🟰Sigd is in Marḥeshvan and that’s a holiday
🧠🧠🧠🧠🟰It comes from a metathesis of the Akkadian “waraḫ samnu” 𒌚𒀳 meaning “eighth month”
🧠🧠 Tammuz has no holidays in it either but it’s not Martammuz now is it
🧠🧠🧠🟰Sigd is in Marḥeshvan and that’s a holiday
🧠🧠🧠🧠🟰It comes from a metathesis of the Akkadian “waraḫ samnu” 𒌚𒀳 meaning “eighth month”
October 10, 2026 at 5:17 PM
🧠🟰Marḥeshvan is called that because it’s bitter [mar] that there are no holidays in it
🧠🧠 Tammuz has no holidays in it either but it’s not Martammuz now is it
🧠🧠🧠🟰Sigd is in Marḥeshvan and that’s a holiday
🧠🧠🧠🧠🟰It comes from a metathesis of the Akkadian “waraḫ samnu” 𒌚𒀳 meaning “eighth month”
🧠🧠 Tammuz has no holidays in it either but it’s not Martammuz now is it
🧠🧠🧠🟰Sigd is in Marḥeshvan and that’s a holiday
🧠🧠🧠🧠🟰It comes from a metathesis of the Akkadian “waraḫ samnu” 𒌚𒀳 meaning “eighth month”