Dr Selena Wisnom
@lswisnom.bsky.social
Lecturer in the Heritage of the Middle East at the University of Leicester. Researching ancient Mesopotamia. Playwright, poet, and Babylonian liver diviner.
https://www.selenawisnom.com
https://leicester.academia.edu/SelenaWisnom
https://www.selenawisnom.com
https://leicester.academia.edu/SelenaWisnom
You can read more of these human connections with the ancient past in my book ‘The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History’
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The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History : Wisnom, Selena: Amazon.co.uk: Books
The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History : Wisnom, Selena: Amazon.co.uk: Books
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November 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
You can read more of these human connections with the ancient past in my book ‘The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History’
amzn.eu/d/dlp6sxf
amzn.eu/d/dlp6sxf
I’ve just discovered that @cwjones.bsky.social first posted this in 2019 - thanks and all credit to him!
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I’ve just discovered that @cwjones.bsky.social first posted this in 2019 - thanks and all credit to him!
Yes it is! The moon is the manifestation of the god Sîn
November 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Yes it is! The moon is the manifestation of the god Sîn
Thanks for digging that out - I didn’t know who first spotted it!
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Thanks for digging that out - I didn’t know who first spotted it!
That’s right the language is Akkadian. Many people were already speaking Aramaic in Mesopotamia at the turn of the first millennium BC but Akkadian is still the language of the Assyrian court
November 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
That’s right the language is Akkadian. Many people were already speaking Aramaic in Mesopotamia at the turn of the first millennium BC but Akkadian is still the language of the Assyrian court
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PERFORMANCE | A Mesopotamian Evening
The evening comprises three performances - one in Arabic, one in English and one in Arabic and English.
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September 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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By responsibly I mean in such a way that does not outsource thinking
September 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
By responsibly I mean in such a way that does not outsource thinking
Has anything been said about what it means to use AI ‘responsibly’ and how tutors are meant to engage?
September 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Has anything been said about what it means to use AI ‘responsibly’ and how tutors are meant to engage?
Yes Sophus‘ Enheduanna book is great, I also highly recommend that!
September 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Yes Sophus‘ Enheduanna book is great, I also highly recommend that!
Thanks Michael - it is a wonderful world and there is so much of it! I also loved There Are Rivers in the Sky. Did you know you can read most of the classics of Babylonian poetry online here: www.ebl.lmu.de/corpus ?
electronic Babylonian Library
The electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) Project brings together ancient Near Eastern specialists and data scientists to revolutionize the way in which the literature of Iraq in the first millennium BC...
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September 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Thanks Michael - it is a wonderful world and there is so much of it! I also loved There Are Rivers in the Sky. Did you know you can read most of the classics of Babylonian poetry online here: www.ebl.lmu.de/corpus ?
Thank you, and yes I have! It is fantastic and so much rings so true
August 23, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Thank you, and yes I have! It is fantastic and so much rings so true