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For lovers of the ancient world, this sort of thing is more news worthy than a visit from Vatican City's Holiest. Sola lingua bona mortua est... huskyr above c

For lovers of the ancient world, this sort of thing is more news worthy than a visit from Vatican City's Holiest. Sola lingua bona mortua est... huskyr above called out the use of ancient.eu's social buttons as being a distraction. But to be honest I've rarely seen a web or native digital library of ancient sources experience that was acceptable to non-scholastic audiences. Take a look at UCLA's CDLI - Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative: http://cdli.ucla.edu/ http://cdli.ucla.edu/ A search for "Gilgamesh" yields a trip back to an ancient page layout Endukugga himself might have been more comfortable browsing. I realize these are digital humanities projects funded with scarce grant resources. But I can't help thinking they would appeal to a much wider audience, that would be enriched tremendously by the wisdom of the ancients, if only presented in a more user-friendly manner.

gilgoomesh 11y ago
It would be more news worthy if the news were newer. The tablet's discovery was announced in 2014. From the exact same website: http://www.ancient.eu/image/3061/ http://www.ancient.eu/image/3061/
thaumasiotes 11y ago
> Sola lingua bona mortua est... It's hard for me not to understand this as "the only good language [ever?] has died".
- masklinn 11y ago
  "The only good language is a dead language" as a callback to "the only good indian is a dead indian"?
  - ableal 11y ago
    Sheesh, people, masklinn is just quoting old "westerns" that used to be mainstream fifty years ago. And providing useful info. Calm down, please. (P.S. Nowadays all that is being remade with "zombies", probably because it's much easier to beat up on the dead. So far.)
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  - thaumasiotes 11y ago
    Oh, I recognize it as a reference to English. But I don't think Latin can work the same way.
    - ableal 11y ago
      The "sola lingua bona est lingua mortua" version is listed as "Dog Latin" (or mock Latin) in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_(S) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_(S) (Perhaps "unum bonum lingua mortua" would work, as translate.google.com's advises ;-)

gilgoomesh 11y ago

It would be more news worthy if the news were newer. The tablet's discovery was announced in 2014. From the exact same website: http://www.ancient.eu/image/3061/ http://www.ancient.eu/image/3061/

thaumasiotes 11y ago

> Sola lingua bona mortua est... It's hard for me not to understand this as "the only good language [ever?] has died".

masklinn 11y ago
"The only good language is a dead language" as a callback to "the only good indian is a dead indian"?
- ableal 11y ago
  Sheesh, people, masklinn is just quoting old "westerns" that used to be mainstream fifty years ago. And providing useful info. Calm down, please. (P.S. Nowadays all that is being remade with "zombies", probably because it's much easier to beat up on the dead. So far.)
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- thaumasiotes 11y ago
  Oh, I recognize it as a reference to English. But I don't think Latin can work the same way.
  - ableal 11y ago
    The "sola lingua bona est lingua mortua" version is listed as "Dog Latin" (or mock Latin) in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_(S) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_(S) (Perhaps "unum bonum lingua mortua" would work, as translate.google.com's advises ;-)