I love reading ancient cuneiform tablets. Classics such as "Fuck you, this copper sucks." (Ea Nasir), "I should get more new clothes, my dad's employee gets new clothes twice a month and it's embarrassing.", and of course "The sesame harvest will die — let nobody say I did not warn you!", which is absolutely a set up for "Per my last clay tablet.".
Social media & email may be part of the problem. But if we're still like this when we have to carve our petty bullshit into clay then it's clear that we're the problem. It's us.
@tilde That historical consistency is part of why I treasure this Ea Nasir tablet reproduction a friend made me. Four millennia of people being people! I find it comforting. "It is not up to you to finish the work, but neither are you free to desist from it."
@williampietri @tilde that’s awesome. is this 1:1 size reproduction or has it been scaled down? would love to acquire something like this
@sabbatical That is actual size. The British Museum published scans, so you can 3D print one. https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1bclxi2/did_yall_know_you_can_just_download_a_3d_scan_of/
@williampietri @tilde oh sick! though i'd much rather it not be made of plastic. hah, still... i suppose i could invert, print a mold, and then use it with actual clay!
@sabbatical It's rounder than you might think, so you might have to experiment a bit go the the mold right. But it'll totally be fun to try!
If you're not familiar with the work of Irving Finkel, you might enjoy it as part of the project. E.g.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVmsfL5LG90
@williampietri ahh yes, havent seen this video but do know finkel via that talk/doc about their recreation of noah's ark based on cuneiform tablet description and so on. that was super interesting! (so much so that i incorporated elements of the story into a book i'm working on)
