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woozle-taffy.bsky.social
I see that some names have been redacted out; must be the Akkadian version of an Epstein file
January 27, 2026 at 4:08 PM
elliottcassel.com
Ugh, forgot bsky turns transparent to black. Here are the examples again, sorry!
A magic, summoning kind of circle based around the phases of the moon, using ancient Akkadian script. A magic, summoning kind of circle based around hexagons and three main circles, using ancient Akkadian script and some made-up sigils.
January 26, 2026 at 11:46 PM
elliottcassel.com
We're not moots, so feel free to delete this, but when I was recovering from my years-long burnout, it helped me to make things that were inconsequential, but that I could finish. Magic circles were my thing, they are very cool but basically just fun shapes, not any kind of expectation.
A magic, summoning kind of circle based around the phases of the moon, using ancient Akkadian script. A magic, summoning kind of circle based around hexagons and three main circles, using ancient Akkadian script and some made-up sigils.
January 26, 2026 at 11:43 PM
okaydrawboy.bsky.social
an "Akkadian" bronze mace

#art #drawing #history
January 26, 2026 at 11:34 PM
patcat13.bsky.social
#USA disputed as fallen #empire. Math don’t math. Massive gov. services cuts & debt rises. Debt higher than WWII. No investments in education, basic research & infrastructure which grows economy. Oligarchs kill innovation. Brain drain. Devalued currency. And more..
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Empire + Start year + End yeai Achaemenid Empirel 550 BC 330 BC Afsharid Iran 2] 1736 1796 Akkadian Empire[3] 2334 BC 2154 BC Akwamu[4] 1629 1867 United States of America(51 (disputed) [6] 1776 present Angevin Empire 7] 1154 1242 Aq Qoyunlu(8] 1467(8] 1508(8] Armenian Empire of 89 BC|10] 55 BC(10]
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM
sparrowgg.bsky.social
#WIPSnips
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Akkadian is amazing and I have one of the little bone tools for making the symbols and class was doing ink on paper so I just asked Dr. Perrin and of course he had a wax tablet obviously that he was happy to lend because apparently he has a little stack of them, so I’ve been ...
January 24, 2026 at 9:07 PM
junsoftdev.bsky.social
A few ideas I considered:

-Bine (Fake Akkadian demon whose lore mistakenly referred to Christianity)

-Sky Fish (Supposed cryptids found in photos that move at lightspeed)

‐Okiku (Japanese doll said to grow human hair)

-Ostanes (Persian pen-name used by various ancient alchemists and magi)
January 24, 2026 at 2:03 PM
acbm.bsky.social
Syr (& other Aram) /mallåḥå/ (> Arb /mallāḥ/) is not a derivative of the "salt" root √mlḥ, but a Sumerian > Akkadian loanword, i.e. Sum /malah/ (/ma/ "ship", /lah/ "bring") > Akk /malāḫu/.
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(j=ŋ sz=š s,=ṣ t,=ṭ 0-9=₀-₉; '=alef)
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January 23, 2026 at 3:21 PM
lbrzn.bsky.social
But "Lambdacism" is not the correct word to refer a type of variation involving /l/ & /r/ in the Akkadian dialect.
January 23, 2026 at 1:02 PM
aandeloucas.com
Yep! Even though Enheduanna was an Akkadian princess, the works attributed to her were written in Sumerian. I recommend reading through @sophushelle.bsky.social's essays in his 2023 translation for more information:

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Enheduana
The complete poems of the priestess Enheduana, the world’s first known author, newly translated from the original Sumerian   “Helle’s translation feel...
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January 22, 2026 at 10:00 PM
aandeloucas.com
For folks who are keen to learn it beyond cursory exploration, most start with John Huehnergard's Grammar of Akkadian but there are an increasing number of Sumerian grammars out now, like @digital-hammurabi.bsky.social's Sumerian books:

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Learn to Read Ancient Sumerian: An Introduction for Complete Beginners.
Learn to Read Ancient Sumerian: An Introduction for Complete Beginners. [Bowen, Joshua Aaron, Lewis, Megan Hollie Caroline] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Learn to Read Ancient Sumerian: An Introduction for Complete Beginners.
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January 22, 2026 at 8:40 PM
flewoutof.bsky.social
I love this semi-dissolved ancient Akkadian poem of hungry desire, translated so beautifully by Samantha Reilly
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AXSlippage: Flirtations: a translation of 7478 — Exchanges
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January 22, 2026 at 8:07 PM
historybriefly.bsky.social
The Early Dynastic period (c. 2900–2350 BCE) saw Sumerian city-states develop writing, urbanization, and independent governments before Akkadian conquest.
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January 22, 2026 at 5:29 PM
proserpina.bsky.social
professor says that siouan languages often have a stative-active distinction and SOV word order so i'm starting a conspiracy theory that akkadian is a siouan language
January 22, 2026 at 5:06 PM
nabalkattu.bsky.social
Oof, this isn't quite an accurate description of how Gaza is written in Amarna Akkadian, and the name--which is probably West Semitic-- appears in Egyptian before it shows up in Amarna.
January 21, 2026 at 8:21 PM
demagdeburg.bsky.social
Slower tempo to the painting at present, but have managed another unit for my Akkadian/Sumerian army - another unit of the militia spearmen.

15/18mm 3d prints from files by Uppsala Miniatures.

One more unit and generals and I'll be able to actually get them on table 😀

#wargaming
9 bases of Akkadian or Sumerian spearmen. All bases have 4 figures on them. The front rank bases also have 3 shield bearers in front of the spear men. There are 2 standard bearers in the middle of the second row. 9 bases of Akkadian or Sumerian spearmen. All bases have 4 figures on them. The front rank bases also have 3 shield bearers in front of the spear men. There are 2 standard bearers in the middle of the second row. 9 bases of Akkadian or Sumerian spearmen. All bases have 4 figures on them. The front rank bases also have 3 shield bearers in front of the spear men. There are 2 standard bearers in the middle of the second row. 9 bases of Akkadian or Sumerian spearmen. All bases have 4 figures on them. The front rank bases also have 3 shield bearers in front of the spear men. There are 2 standard bearers in the middle of the second row.
January 21, 2026 at 3:29 PM
djinnandtonic.bsky.social
>"give us your employment records"

ok here they are, clay tablets, akkadian cuneiform, have fun
January 21, 2026 at 3:09 PM
propellergallery.bsky.social
Love Your Shadow | Daniel Etigson | Now on at Propeller Art Gallery, one of the oldest artist-run galleries in Toronto, Canada | propellerartgallery.com/exhibitions/...
January 21 – February 8, 2026 | Saturday, January 24: Opening | Reception 2 – 5 pm & Artist Talks 3 pm | Through a collection of prints and hand-bound books, and scrolls, Daniel Etigson’s Love Your Shadow exhibition explores the shadow as a source of beauty, protection, and love. The exhibition contains original essays, books, poems, and graphic works that draw upon a range of visual and literary traditions, including ancient Sumerian, Akkadian, Hebrew, Syriac, Pali, Sanskrit, Buddhist, and Japanese texts. Viewers of the exhibition will experience Daniel’s original books and graphic works inspired by these traditions, and they will leave with a broadened understanding of the visual and literary history of the shadow’s beauty and power. For example, viewers will learn about the “sweet shadow” (gissu-du), “Buddha’s shadow” (foying), and the faithful shadow that “does not leave” (chāyā na jahāti).
January 21, 2026 at 3:08 PM
butwhytho73.bsky.social
The Akkadian conquest of Sumeria is, like, obviously the clear historical analogy here. I mean, duh.
January 21, 2026 at 3:27 AM
maitri-earth.bsky.social
“In one Akkadian hymn, Ishtar is described as transforming men into women.”
January 21, 2026 at 3:14 AM
piersrobinson1.bsky.social
Dr Matt Alford and Dr Uliana Artamonova discuss propaganda, in @PropagandaFocus. "Deconstructing Propaganda: From Akkadian Kings to the Digital Age" propagandainfocus.com/deconstructi...
Deconstructing Propaganda: From Akkadian Kings to the Digital Age
An interview with Dr. Matthew Alford, conducted by Dr Uliana Artamonova As a propaganda studies expert, Matthew Alford authored the books Reel Power: Hollywood Cinema and American Supremacy (2010, 202...
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January 20, 2026 at 6:43 AM
feliciadavin.com
and then people start deciphering Akkadian and every inscription is like "and here is how the king starved and flayed his enemies and murdered their children"
January 20, 2026 at 2:17 AM
diazcarrete.bsky.social
Buluqiya as a Typical Apocalyptic Hero These are characteristics of much apocalyptic writing: the hero lacks the emotions and appetites of mortals for whom we might feel sympathy. In the Akkadian epic Enkidu drinks huge quantities of beer; Gilgamesh is lustful and headstrong; but he is also filled with fears and doubts, and when he is exhausted, he cannot stay awake even though he earnestly intends to do so. He cares about his clothes until he becomes depressed at his friend's death. Buluqiya, on the other hand, suffers from none of the frailties and vanities of real people. He might as well be any great hero from early antiquity as portrayed in the writing of late antiquity: Enoch, Solomon, Daniel or Noah. His visionary journeys to the remotest corners of the cosmos, his interviews with the angels, might have happened to anyone with no change in the manner of their description. His character does not alter or develop as a result of his experiences. The angels who are named by Thaʻlabi and in Burton's versions can be found in many apocalyptic works as well as in the Aramaic magical texts inscribed on incantation bowls. Only Mardrus's story attempts to make up for the lack of human interest: Yamlika peels a banana for Hasib and eats a fig herself during an interlude in the main narrative; we are told that Buluqiya was so fond of crystallized fruits and all sweet things, that he stayed on the island where the trees bore sweets for eleven days in order to indulge his craving, and only left when he got a bellyache; on an island of terrible monsters he cannot sleep for fear; Sakhr the demon king offers the information that each jinn eats ten camels, twenty sheep, and drinks forty cauldron-sized ladles full of soup each day. Not only in matters of human character does the Buluqiya story show signs of influence from apocalyptic literature; in numerous details of cosmology, in the central motif of divine revelation, and in referring to the coming of a new world leader and to an impending Day of Judgement or Day of Resurrection all three Arabic versions bear strong traces of Judaic apocalyptic literature, particularly of the Book of Enoch. In that work, best known in its Ethiopic version, the hero like Burton's Buluqiya tours the farthest recesses of the universe, hears about the Day of Judgement and has a series of interviews with different angels.
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
diazcarrete.bsky.social
Gilgamesh in the Arabian Nights—Stephanie Dalley (2009)
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"a quest for immortality [...] as a means by which the famous hero of extreme antiquity can survive to witness the coming of Muhammad [...] the story becomes a pseudoprophecy"
The remarkable persistence of Gilgamesh through not only the Dead Sea scrolls and a tradition of Manichaean storytelling but into the Arabian Nights illustrates the tenacity of important stories and motifs in very different ages and cultures. Dalley's careful examination of the evidence for Gilgamesh and Enkidu in "The Tale of Buluqiya" is matched by her meticulous care in comparing and contrasting Akkadian and much later Arabic stories. In Gilgamesh and "The Tale of Buluqiya," a king/hero travels with a faithful companion on a journey that takes him to cosmic regions, where, after the loss of his companion, the hero encounters a sage-like human who has been changed into an immortal. A plant of rejuvenation is offered to the hero as an alternative to immortality, but the plant is lost. Buluqiya is a "typical apocalyptic hero" like Enoch, Solomon, Daniel, or Noah; and Dalley points out how the name Gilgamesh appears in the Book of Enoch. In addition to The Akkadian and Arabic Stories Compared The Akkadian and Arabic stories can be compared in outline for similarities as follows. A king leaves his country and travels far abroad with one faithful companion, searching for immortality. As a result of bravery in a heroic but sacrilegious feat, the faithful companion dies, leaving the king to travel on alone, and to visit cosmic regions peopled by immortal individuals. A plant that confers rejuvenation is unsuccessfully proffered as an alternative to immortality. The hero finds that he cannot attain immortality, although he meets a sage-like figure who has made the transition from mortal to immortal. Individual episodes and minor themes can also be compared. The episode of obtaining Solomon's ring has replaced the slaying of Humbaba as the heroic centerpiece, although a large vestige of Humbaba is still recognizable in the giant who guards the apple trees; in the Mardrus version he is still in the vicinity of the main heroic episode, whereas in the Burton version he has shifted to a later episode, is named Sharakhiya, and lives in the kingdom of King Sakhr. The replacement of the main heroic episode is undoubtedly the main reason why Buluqiya has so long remained unrecognized as Gilgamesh. A brief episode found in Mardrus's version but not in Burton offers a very close and specific comparison with the Akkadian version. After the heroes set out on their adventures, 'Affan drew a magic circle around Buluqiya. Yamlika is speaking: Followed by the learned 'Affan he (Buluqiya) left the city and journeyed into the desert. Only when they had gone some way did Affan say to him: "Here is the propitious place for those conjurations which will show us our way." They halted; Affan drew a magic circle about him in the sand, and, after performing certain rituals, brought to light the spot which was the entrance, on that side, to my subterranean kingdom. This curious incident can be compared with one in Gilgamesh tablet IV, where the heroes have traveled 50 leagues into the desert on their way to find Humbaba: "Gilgamesh went up on to the mountain / And made his flour-offering to [], (saying), /'O mountain, bring me a dream, a favorable one. / Enkidu arranged it for him, for Gilgamesh. A dust-devil passed by, and fixed []./ He made him lie down inside the circle." The comparison shows, I think, that Mardrus cannot have invented his version from his own imagination. This part of the Gilgamesh epic was not yet known when he published his translations. There are, of course, many very important differences between the Akkadian and the Arabic stories. Most striking, perhaps, is that the theme of a quest for immortality, to win fame and to escape death in the Epic of Gilgamesh, is reused as a means by which the famous hero of extreme antiquity can survive to witness the coming of Muhammad. In this way the story becomes a pseudo-prophecy for the prophet's coming. Other major differences are: the Arabic story has no dreams, no gods and goddesses, 'Affan is a wise sage, not a wild man with savage origins, and the heroes do not actually kill anyone or anything. The story of the Flood, which is thought to have been included in the Epic of Gilgamesh only at a late stage, does not feature in the Arabic story. The quest for immortality begins at a later stage in the Epic of Gilgamesh than in the tale of Buluqiya. From a literary point of view, the Buluqiya story lacks the development of character and the tensions which make the Gilgamesh Epic an appealing work to the modern reader. Buluqiya is, by contrast with Gilgamesh, a static character who serves only to
January 19, 2026 at 10:57 PM
rachelneedsanap.bsky.social
….Is this a job opportunity for Akkadian scholars?
January 19, 2026 at 6:54 PM