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As far as I know the vast majority of cuneiform we have is essentially administrative records, tax record and receipts. And homework. That's the stuff that tel
by krapp 6mo ago
As far as I know the vast majority of cuneiform we have is essentially administrative records, tax record and receipts. And homework.
That's the stuff that tells us how societies and cultures really worked.
- wavefunction 6mo agoI don't discount the scholarly value of these works as you note. They provide a very important insight into these early and semi-documented societies but they don't have a visceral impact for the public like "The Hidden Mysteries of Things Previously Unknown" we accord to the Library of Alexandria in popular acclaim
- krapp 6mo agoTrue, but sometimes something like the complaint tablet to Ea-Nasir[0] reaches meme status. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-n%C4%81%E1%B9%A3ir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-n%C4%81...