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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her)

@moudhy.bsky.social

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Assyriologist at Wolfson College (Oxford), writer plagued by self-doubt, lover of dead languages. I think we should all be doing what we can to save the planet. My book is now out! 😎 https://lnk.to/BetweenTwoRivers

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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · Feb 20

Happy Publication Day to me! 🎉😱🥹🧿

Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History is officially out!

It’s a history of the region through objects found in an ancient museum in Princess Ennigaldi-Nanna’s palace, and I hope you all like it 💛 lnk.to/BetweenTwoRi...

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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · May 31

He’s the best

Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · May 31

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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · May 31

Thank you so much! I hope she feels better soon and heals well 🙏🏽

Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · May 31

🧡🙏🏽

Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · May 31

I’ve missed you all too

Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · May 31

He is master for sure

Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · May 31

He truly is

Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · May 30

almost certainly

Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · May 30

Well this has been the busiest month of my life so far (waking up at 4am to work before work and then working after hours almost daily). Sorry to have left you all without cuneiform for so long.

Here is a canine Sith Lord to tide you over until I’ve recovered and can properly return…

Photo of a black Labrador sitting on a dark green tile floor. He is wearing a Halloween costume of Darth Vader which is black with some fake buttons on it with a black hat. He looks eager and sweet

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Apr 21

The conservative movement has turned against reality on every scientific issue of our time, from gun violence to climate change to epidemiology.

If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.

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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · Apr 26

I wish I had coherent, informed thoughts on it! There is evidence for literate women (physicians, scholarly professions, Enheduanna), but I just don’t know enough. I bet Dr Saana Svärd does. This interview may have some answers! bsky.app/profile/digi...

Megan Lewis @digital-hammurabi.bsky.social · Feb 17

Just finalizing my questions for Wednesday's interview with Dr. Saana Svärd! I get asked about women in Mesopotamia a lot, so I'm really excited to be able to get some of those questions answered :D

Join us at 11am EST, or watch after!
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Understanding Women in Mesopotamia: Interview with Dr. Saana Svärd

YouTube video by Digital Hammurabi

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · Apr 26

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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · Apr 26

This tiny fragment of an ancient stone bowl preserves a moment in the life of someone who helped bring babies into the world.

The bowl is broken, the name is broken, but the profession is not.

This bowl was dedicated to a deity by a sha-zu, a “midwife” sometime around 2500 BCE.

Fragment of a light-coloured stone bowl with some dark spots speckled throughout. Three lines of cuneiform, enclosed in messily lined rectangular boxes of text, appear in the top left of the fragment.

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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · Apr 26

Source: cdli.earth/artifacts/22...

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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · Apr 26

You might love @jennycromwell.bsky.social who works on gaming and the ancient world!

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · Apr 21

10. Someone I've followed forever on twitter (& now here) - I was super excited to have @moudhy.bsky.social on to talk all things ancient near east, particularly kingship

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THE FIRST KINGS with Moudhy Al-Rashid

Moudhy Al-Rashid on the first kings in history - The origins of the institution, royal ideology & propaganda, & their use of violence & terror

www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com

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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · Apr 25

Thank you so much for mentioning my book! 🙏🏽📚🥰

Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · Apr 25

Thank you so much for listening 🙏🏽

Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · Apr 25

Thank you so much for coming, and I’m glad you enjoyed it 😊

Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · Apr 25

I haven’t had a chance yet! It’s on the list

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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · Apr 25

Oooh interesting! Maybe another reason it was used for bandaging, who knows

Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · Apr 25

My pleasure 😊

Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · Apr 25

That’s so nice to hear that the tablets were getting attention! 🥹

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Jon Taylor @jonjtaylor.bsky.social · Apr 25

the one on the right is a copy of part of a list of Akkadian synonyms called Malku=sharru. Words that are difficult for some reason (like being old, or from another language) are explained using a more straightforward word. Very helpful list

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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · Apr 25

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