Cuneiform Tablet From Turkey Records Furniture Sale

Archaeology Magazine ^ | July 25, 2024 | unattributed / editors

[SunkenCiv]

Tablet inscribed with the extinct Akkadian language, Eski Alalah or Aççana Mound, Alalah, Turkey

Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Culture and Tourism |

[ConservativeMind]

You wouldn’t leave that in your pockets, by accident.

[SunkenCiv]

Won't they need that for the warranty?

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[ComputerGuy]

Somewhere there’s a corresponding tablet that records when she sent the stuff back.

[silent majority rising]

What was a good wooden chair going for back then?

[HYPOCRACY]

They’re gonna change their name again to Tirkea.

[gundog]

Or “Unpainted Ankara.”

[exPBRrat]

‘Nothing new under the sun.’

[SunkenCiv]

(there were no photos with this one, and it's from a much later ancient era, but from similar geography, so...)

A second, northern port has been discovered underwater at the 2,700-year-old site of the city of Parion, which is located on the coast of northwestern Anatolia, according to a Hürriyet Daily News report. "This port is a little smaller in size than the southern port, that is, the trade port, and its inner part is filled with alluvium accumulated by the stream passing through the city," said archaeologist Vedat Keleş of Ondokuz Mayis University. "Parion is a legion colony. Therefore, there may be a possibility that this place is a military port," he explained. Keleş and his colleagues plan to continue the investigation of the newly found port, in addition to the excavation of the city's agora and theater.

Second Port Discovered in Ancient Roman City | July 19, 2024

[SunkenCiv]

Here are some links to articles which are likely topics in the coming week.

• Ancient Roman Medical Tools Studied
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• Artifacts Recovered From Ancient Tombs in Northern Egypt
• Medieval Palace of the Popes Unearthed in Rome
• Opulent Roman Floor Uncovered in the Gulf of Naples
• Prehistoric Amazonian Rock Art Analyzed
• Roman Ring Recovered in Northern Israel
• Stela and Carving Discovered in Kazakhstan

[SunkenCiv]

LOL

[SunkenCiv]

Instead of Adirondack, they called them Akkadaroundtheback.

[SunkenCiv]

Or, when her husband the king found out how much she spent on it, he had her buried with it.

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

Thanks, SunkenCiv.

[The Louiswu]

[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure.

[bgill]

Link that doesn’t freak over firewalls.

https://www.gbnews.com/science/archaeologists-discover-sales-receipt-turkey

[Monkey Face]

By the time I got here today, all the good lines were taken. I’m going back to bed. Hmpf.

Thanks fer nuthin’.

‘Face

;o]

[outofsalt]

It was a recliner. Some of those go way back.

[j.havenfarm]

Another find says “Lost our lease!
Everything must go!”