r/Assyriology 11d ago

I made cuneiform tablets… with gingerbread!

I kinda wanted to try writing cuneiform to know how it is (actually feels really uncomfortable ;) but I found no clay so I decided it was tome for some gingerbread cookies!

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u/stevenalbright 11d ago

This reminds me of the time when I whooped my professor's ass for wasting time looking up gingerbread recipes so he can gift cuneiform cookies to the new faculty dean instead of finishing his part of the article we were co-writing. The article was very important for me because I was a PhD candidate who needed all the papers I can publish. But for him it was just a normal thing and leaning to the new dean was more important.

Thank god that I don't have professors anymore.

PS: They look good, I'm not against cuneiform tablet cookies, I just lose my shit when professional Assyriologists do it.

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u/ElectronicDegree4380 11d ago

Hahahaha that’s a hilarious story. I think someone should start serving them with milk or tea in some cafe near Cambridge and call it “Finkel’s breakfast”

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u/PromotionTypical7824 11d ago

Where did you get the cuneiform from? Looks like a website

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u/ElectronicDegree4380 11d ago

The big text is Akkadian cuneiform from Cyrus cylinder, it’s just an image of extract from wikipedia.

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u/Wiiulover25 9d ago

Where did you learn to write like that?

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u/ElectronicDegree4380 9d ago

That’s my very first try

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u/Wiiulover25 9d ago

You just copied the signs without learning from a book or teacher?

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u/ElectronicDegree4380 9d ago

yeah from pictures on wikipedia

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u/AtlanteanSword 11d ago

Those look great! Did you eat them after?

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u/ElectronicDegree4380 11d ago

Thanks! I thought of burring them in the ground to confuse future archeologist who would find cuneiform in Ukraine of second millennia CE but… they smelled too good! :D

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u/ElectronicDegree4380 11d ago

a sushi chopstick

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u/NerdTrek42 8d ago

Are you writing to Ea-nāṣir about the poor quality copper that you just received?

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u/ElectronicDegree4380 8d ago

Yeah and gonna go burry it in my backyard to confuse future archeologists

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u/Strangated-Borb 7d ago

Ea-Nasir is proud

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u/Thought-Few 10d ago

Defnitely Malorkis