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Ben Fleuss
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Assyriologist at Johns Hopkins University. 🇪🇺🇺🇦
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One of my all-time favourite tablets is K 8520 - a Neo-Assyrian lexical list where the scribe seemingly tried to fancifully reconstruct proto-cuneiform sign forms ...
A super wonky cuneiform lexical list
February 20, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The previous day's final meeting had "Invasion of Great Britain" at item 4, followed by "Resignation of the Prime Minister" ...
Minutes of the War Cabinet meeting of 11 May 1940. The agenda items are 1) Situation Reports a) Removal of Holland's Gold, b) Dutch shipping, c) Operations in Norway, d) Royal Marine operation; 2) Netherlands - Asylum for the ex-Kaiser; 3) BEF - Proposed move of the first armoured division to France; 4) Invasion of Great Britain a) Arming of police, b) Interment of enemy aliens in the eastern counties; 5) The Netherlands - Protection of oil refineries at Aruba and Curacao; 6) Air Action - Anticipated bombing attacks on towns on the north and north-east coast; 7) Sweden; 8) Next Meeting
November 5, 2024 at 2:42 PM