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𒆭

Reading: ku₄
Meaning: to enter

#Sumerian #sumerology #language #Mesopotamia #study

𒆭

Reading: ku₄
Meaning: to enter

#Sumerian #sumerology #language #Mesopotamia #study

Gaur ikasi dut babiloniar ordua zer den. Babiloniarrek eguna 24 ordu berdinetan banatzen zuten, baina egunaren hasiera eguzkiarekin bat izaten zen. Eguzkia agertzen zenean 00:00 ordua zen eta orduan hasten zen eguneko lehen ordua. Gaur egungo neurketa batzuetan erabiltzen da oraindik. https://alcazaren.com/node/748 https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistema_horario_babil%C3%B3nico?wprov=sfla1 #denbora #eguzkierlojua #Mesopotamia #Babilonia #clock #solarclock #relojsolar #solar #time #tiempo #hora

Gaur ikasi dut babiloniar ordua zer den. Babiloniarrek eguna 24 ordu berdinetan banatzen zuten, baina egunaren hasiera eguzkiarekin bat izaten zen. Eguzkia agertzen zenean 00:00 ordua zen eta orduan hasten zen eguneko lehen ordua. Gaur egungo neurketa batzuetan erabiltzen da oraindik. https://alcazaren.com/node/748 https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistema_horario_babil%C3%B3nico?wprov=sfla1 #denbora #eguzkierlojua #Mesopotamia #Babilonia #clock #solarclock #relojsolar #solar #time #tiempo #hora

?? INCREDIBLE FIND: Enki: The Epic Mesopotamian Water God Who Saved Humanity
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https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-asia/powerful-enki-epic-sumerian-babylonian-and-akkadian-deity-008141
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #Sumerians #Mesopotamia #Legends #Mythology #HumanOrigins #Evolution #Amazing

?? INCREDIBLE FIND: Enki: The Epic Mesopotamian Water God Who Saved Humanity
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https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-asia/powerful-enki-epic-sumerian-babylonian-and-akkadian-deity-008141
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #Sumerians #Mesopotamia #Legends #Mythology #HumanOrigins #Evolution #Amazing

Copa y cuenco de la tumba real de Ur (c. 2600 a.C.) fabricados con huevos de avestruz decorados con nácar, conchas y piedras en betún. 🏛️Museo Británico #mesopotamia

Copa y cuenco de la tumba real de Ur (c. 2600 a.C.) fabricados con huevos de avestruz decorados con nácar, conchas y piedras en betún. 🏛️Museo Británico #mesopotamia

𒆤

Reading: lil₂
Meaning: wind, air

#cuneiform #assyriology #deadLanguage #Mesopotamia #education

𒆤

Reading: lil₂
Meaning: wind, air

#cuneiform #assyriology #deadLanguage #Mesopotamia #education

?? AMAZING REVELATION: What Was Life Like in Sumer, History's First Civilization?
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https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-important-events/life-sumer-sumerian-history-civilization-0010079
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #Sumerians #Mesopotamia #LostCivilizations #AncientCultures #HumanOrigins #Evolution #Heritage

?? AMAZING REVELATION: What Was Life Like in Sumer, History's First Civilization?
?? Trending with 100K+ readers! The past holds incredible secrets! ??
https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-important-events/life-sumer-sumerian-history-civilization-0010079
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #Sumerians #Mesopotamia #LostCivilizations #AncientCultures #HumanOrigins #Evolution #Heritage

?? VIRAL STORY: Sumerian Vampires Inspired Tales of Bloodsucking Baobhan Sith, Satan, and Dracula
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https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/sumerian-vampires-0010716
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #Sumerians #Mesopotamia #HumanOrigins #Evolution #Civilization #DidYouKnow #Ancient

?? VIRAL STORY: Sumerian Vampires Inspired Tales of Bloodsucking Baobhan Sith, Satan, and Dracula
?? Trending with 100K+ readers! Ancient wisdom meets modern discovery! ??
https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/sumerian-vampires-0010716
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #Sumerians #Mesopotamia #HumanOrigins #Evolution #Civilization #DidYouKnow #Ancient

𒆳

Reading: kur
Meaning: mountain, enemy land

#cuneiforms #sumerology #archeology #Mesopotamia #learning

𒆳

Reading: kur
Meaning: mountain, enemy land

#cuneiforms #sumerology #archeology #Mesopotamia #learning

AO THROWBACK: Iraqi Transport Minister Announces that Sumerians Launched Spaceships 7,000 Years Ago
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https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-mysterious-phenomena/iraqi-transport-minister-announces-sumerians-launched-spaceships-7000-021011
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #Sumerians #Mesopotamia #HumanOrigins #Evolution #Amazing #Heritage #Culture

AO THROWBACK: Iraqi Transport Minister Announces that Sumerians Launched Spaceships 7,000 Years Ago
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https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-mysterious-phenomena/iraqi-transport-minister-announces-sumerians-launched-spaceships-7000-021011
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #Sumerians #Mesopotamia #HumanOrigins #Evolution #Amazing #Heritage #Culture

A 6,000-year-old infant’s broken ribs may be the oldest known case of child abuse in the Middle East. Found at Tell Brak, one of the world’s first cities, the case raises hard questions about urbanization and family stress. #Archaeology #Bioarchaeology #Mesopotamia https://www.anthropology.net/p/a-dead-infants-ribs-and-the-cost

A 6,000-year-old infant’s broken ribs may be the oldest known case of child abuse in the Middle East. Found at Tell Brak, one of the world’s first cities, the case raises hard questions about urbanization and family stress. #Archaeology #Bioarchaeology #Mesopotamia https://www.anthropology.net/p/a-dead-infants-ribs-and-the-cost

Revisiting √2 as written on Babylonian clay tablet YBC 7289.
(The first half of the Second Millennium: between 1800 and 1600 BC).

I took the sexagesimal digits from the Wikipedia page (see below) and checked that _all_ of them are correct, in other words, that the value is accurate to the full extent of its precision.
The program I wrote for this is below.

(Note that there is nothing else on this side of the tablet (besides a sketch of a square with its diagonal), while usually Mesopotamian clay tablets are completely filled with text, with no or very narrow margins.)

[Edited, adding comments.]

Reference:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YBC_7289>

Program (Common Lisp):

(defconstant sqrt-2-ybc-7289 '(1 24 51 10)
"Sexagesimal digits of √2 in tablet YBC 7289.")

(defun rational-to-sexagesimal (x)
"Return a list with the sexagesimal digits of X's fractional part in the cdr.
The prime factors of X’s denominator must be a subset of those of 60,
which is good enough for the purpose."
;; Naive, but easy to review.
(if (zerop x) '(0)
(multiple-value-bind (w f) (floor x)
(cons w (rational-to-sexagesimal (* f 60))))))

;; Assert that all digits on the tablet are correct:
(assert (= (length sqrt-2-ybc-7289)
(mismatch sqrt-2-ybc-7289 (rational-to-sexagesimal (rational (sqrt 2.0d0))))))

;;; Additional.

(defun sexagesimal-to-rational (ds)
"Return the rational value of a sexagesimal fraction.
DS is the list of its digits, the first element being the whole part."
(loop for d in ds
for w from 0
sum (/ d (expt 60 w))))

;; The approximate absolute error (decimal), about 5.99e-7:
(format t "~E" (abs (- (sexagesimal-to-rational sqrt-2-ybc-7289) (rational (sqrt 2.0d0)))))

;; A unit test:
(let ((x 123456/3600))
(assert (eql x (sexagesimal-to-rational (rational-to-sexagesimal x)))))

#CommonLisp
#MathematicsInAncientMesopotamia
#Mesopotamia

Revisiting √2 as written on Babylonian clay tablet YBC 7289.
(The first half of the Second Millennium: between 1800 and 1600 BC).

I took the sexagesimal digits from the Wikipedia page (see below) and checked that _all_ of them are correct, in other words, that the value is accurate to the full extent of its precision.
The program I wrote for this is below.

(Note that there is nothing else on this side of the tablet (besides a sketch of a square with its diagonal), while usually Mesopotamian clay tablets are completely filled with text, with no or very narrow margins.)

[Edited, adding comments.]

Reference:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YBC_7289>

Program (Common Lisp):

(defconstant sqrt-2-ybc-7289 '(1 24 51 10)
"Sexagesimal digits of √2 in tablet YBC 7289.")

(defun rational-to-sexagesimal (x)
"Return a list with the sexagesimal digits of X's fractional part in the cdr.
The prime factors of X’s denominator must be a subset of those of 60,
which is good enough for the purpose."
;; Naive, but easy to review.
(if (zerop x) '(0)
(multiple-value-bind (w f) (floor x)
(cons w (rational-to-sexagesimal (* f 60))))))

;; Assert that all digits on the tablet are correct:
(assert (= (length sqrt-2-ybc-7289)
(mismatch sqrt-2-ybc-7289 (rational-to-sexagesimal (rational (sqrt 2.0d0))))))

;;; Additional.

(defun sexagesimal-to-rational (ds)
"Return the rational value of a sexagesimal fraction.
DS is the list of its digits, the first element being the whole part."
(loop for d in ds
for w from 0
sum (/ d (expt 60 w))))

;; The approximate absolute error (decimal), about 5.99e-7:
(format t "~E" (abs (- (sexagesimal-to-rational sqrt-2-ybc-7289) (rational (sqrt 2.0d0)))))

;; A unit test:
(let ((x 123456/3600))
(assert (eql x (sexagesimal-to-rational (rational-to-sexagesimal x)))))

#CommonLisp
#MathematicsInAncientMesopotamia
#Mesopotamia

?? EXPLOSIVE DISCOVERY: Sumer: Where Written Language, Arithmetic and Civilization Were Born
?? Trending with 100K+ readers! Ancient wisdom meets modern discovery! ??
https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/sumerian-civilization-0011932
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #Sumerians #Mesopotamia #LostCivilizations #AncientCultures #HumanOrigins #Evolution #MustRead

?? EXPLOSIVE DISCOVERY: Sumer: Where Written Language, Arithmetic and Civilization Were Born
?? Trending with 100K+ readers! Ancient wisdom meets modern discovery! ??
https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/sumerian-civilization-0011932
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #Sumerians #Mesopotamia #LostCivilizations #AncientCultures #HumanOrigins #Evolution #MustRead

A conceptual atlas-style map of a proposed future Kurdistan, redrawing borders from historical Kurdish-majority regions across Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. Not an official claim, but a visual way to discuss history, identity, self-determination and disputed borders.

#Kurdistan #Kurds #Kurdish #MiddleEast #History #Geography #Maps #Cartography #Geopolitics #Turkey #Syria #Iraq #Iran #Armenia #Azerbaijan #Anatolia #Mesopotamia #Zagros #Diaspora #Minorities #SelfDetermination #Borders

A conceptual atlas-style map of a proposed future Kurdistan, redrawing borders from historical Kurdish-majority regions across Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. Not an official claim, but a visual way to discuss history, identity, self-determination and disputed borders.

#Kurdistan #Kurds #Kurdish #MiddleEast #History #Geography #Maps #Cartography #Geopolitics #Turkey #Syria #Iraq #Iran #Armenia #Azerbaijan #Anatolia #Mesopotamia #Zagros #Diaspora #Minorities #SelfDetermination #Borders

?? TRENDING NOW: The Great City of Uruk Became Sumerian Powerhouse of Technology, Architecture and Culture
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https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/uruk-sumerian-003653
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #Sumerians #Mesopotamia #HumanOrigins #Evolution #DidYouKnow #HistoryFacts #Heritage

?? TRENDING NOW: The Great City of Uruk Became Sumerian Powerhouse of Technology, Architecture and Culture
?? Trending with 100K+ readers! Share your thoughts below! ??
https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/uruk-sumerian-003653
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #Sumerians #Mesopotamia #HumanOrigins #Evolution #DidYouKnow #HistoryFacts #Heritage

Introducing the Royal Game of Ur - a timeless classic that traces its roots back to 2600–2400 BCE in the Royal Tombs of Ur, Mesopotamia. Transport yourself to the ancient world with this meticulously crafted reproduction brought to you by Ancient Origins, now featuring a unique wooden box. https://shop.ancient-origins.net/collections/ancient-games/products/the-royal-game-of-ur
#AncientGames #HistoryRevived #RoyalGame #BoardGames #Mesopotamia #AncientHistory

Introducing the Royal Game of Ur - a timeless classic that traces its roots back to 2600–2400 BCE in the Royal Tombs of Ur, Mesopotamia. Transport yourself to the ancient world with this meticulously crafted reproduction brought to you by Ancient Origins, now featuring a unique wooden box. https://shop.ancient-origins.net/collections/ancient-games/products/the-royal-game-of-ur
#AncientGames #HistoryRevived #RoyalGame #BoardGames #Mesopotamia #AncientHistory

A 4,000-year-old clay tablet captures a kid whining that his mom’s homemade clothes aren’t cool enough

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/pn-iddin-sin-zinu-ancient-complaint-letter/

A 4,000-year-old clay tablet captures a kid whining that his mom’s homemade clothes aren’t cool enough

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/pn-iddin-sin-zinu-ancient-complaint-letter/

Bronze Age biotech: The story behind the world's first hybrid animal
https://buymeacoffee.com/newscafe/bronze-age-biotech-the-story-behind-world-first-hybrid-animal
#history #biology #biotech #ancienthistory #mesopotamia #bronzeage

Bronze Age biotech: The story behind the world's first hybrid animal
https://buymeacoffee.com/newscafe/bronze-age-biotech-the-story-behind-world-first-hybrid-animal
#history #biology #biotech #ancienthistory #mesopotamia #bronzeage

𒋻

Reading: tar

#cuneiform #sumerology #civilisation #Mesopotamia #study

𒋻

Reading: tar

#cuneiform #sumerology #civilisation #Mesopotamia #study

𒋻

Reading: tar

#cuneiform #sumerology #civilisation #Mesopotamia #study

𒋻

Reading: tar

#cuneiform #sumerology #civilisation #Mesopotamia #study

Neo-Assyrian glass game pieces, Iraq, 911-604 BCE

https://piefed.social/c/historyartifacts/p/2175793/neo-assyrian-glass-game-pieces-iraq-911-604-bce

Neo-Assyrian glass game pieces, Iraq, 911-604 BCE

https://piefed.social/c/historyartifacts/p/2175793/neo-assyrian-glass-game-pieces-iraq-911-604-bce