Tablet inscribed with the extinct Akkadian language, Eski Alalah or Aççana Mound, Alalah, TurkeyRepublic of Türkiye Ministry of Culture and Tourism |
Posted on 07/28/2024 7:44:37 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
IFL Science reports that a cuneiform tablet unearthed in southern Turkey at the site of Eski Alalah, which is also known as the Aççana Mound, records the purchase of a large quantity of wooden furniture. The text, written in Akkadian, has been dated to about 3,500 years ago. The scribe recorded information about the sellers and buyers, said Mehmet Ersoy, Turkey's Minister of Culture and Tourism, in addition to describing the purchase of chairs, tables, and stools. "We believe that this tablet will provide a new perspective in terms of understanding the economic structure and state system of the Late Bronze Age," Ersoy said.
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Tablet inscribed with the extinct Akkadian language, Eski Alalah or Aççana Mound, Alalah, TurkeyRepublic of Türkiye Ministry of Culture and Tourism |
You wouldn’t leave that in your pockets, by accident.
Won't they need that for the warranty?
The other GGG topics added since the previous digest ping, alpha:
Somewhere there’s a corresponding tablet that records when she sent the stuff back.
What was a good wooden chair going for back then?
They’re gonna change their name again to Tirkea.
Or “Unpainted Ankara.”
‘Nothing new under the sun.’
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
Here are some links to articles which are likely topics in the coming week.
LOL
Instead of Adirondack, they called them Akkadaroundtheback.
Or, when her husband the king found out how much she spent on it, he had her buried with it.
Thanks, SunkenCiv.
My pleasure.
Link that doesn’t freak over firewalls.
https://www.gbnews.com/science/archaeologists-discover-sales-receipt-turkey
By the time I got here today, all the good lines were taken. I’m going back to bed. Hmpf.
Thanks fer nuthin’.
‘Face
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It was a recliner. Some of those go way back.
Another find says “Lost our lease!
Everything must go!”
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