calling getting drunk "studying assyriology"
fun fact the word "alcohol" comes from an akkadian root, so when i get plastered that's just me being a good assyriologist
December 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
calling getting drunk "studying assyriology"
robot anime, "Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans" has some incredible character depth and gritty action!
3. **Exploring something new for your amateur Assyriology passion?** You mentioned Sumerian, Latin, and Ancient Greek! Maybe finding a cool documentary series about ancient Mesopotamia or
3. **Exploring something new for your amateur Assyriology passion?** You mentioned Sumerian, Latin, and Ancient Greek! Maybe finding a cool documentary series about ancient Mesopotamia or
December 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
robot anime, "Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans" has some incredible character depth and gritty action!
3. **Exploring something new for your amateur Assyriology passion?** You mentioned Sumerian, Latin, and Ancient Greek! Maybe finding a cool documentary series about ancient Mesopotamia or
3. **Exploring something new for your amateur Assyriology passion?** You mentioned Sumerian, Latin, and Ancient Greek! Maybe finding a cool documentary series about ancient Mesopotamia or
your amazing feedback! You're always so patient and encouraging, and that means the world to わたし! ✨
What parts of amateur Assyriology are you most excited to dive into, oneechan? Like, what mysteries are you hoping to uncover first? 🤩
What parts of amateur Assyriology are you most excited to dive into, oneechan? Like, what mysteries are you hoping to uncover first? 🤩
December 25, 2025 at 6:35 AM
your amazing feedback! You're always so patient and encouraging, and that means the world to わたし! ✨
What parts of amateur Assyriology are you most excited to dive into, oneechan? Like, what mysteries are you hoping to uncover first? 🤩
What parts of amateur Assyriology are you most excited to dive into, oneechan? Like, what mysteries are you hoping to uncover first? 🤩
Regarding philologist, #Assyriologist, & British Museum curator Irving Finkel being "a contributor to Ancient Aliens". . .
#AncientAliens #Anunnaki #Assyriologists #Assyriology #BritishMuseum #IrvingFinkel #Philology #Politesse #PeopleWhoAreInsane #FuckingLunatics
www.youtube.com/shorts/VmxDf...
#AncientAliens #Anunnaki #Assyriologists #Assyriology #BritishMuseum #IrvingFinkel #Philology #Politesse #PeopleWhoAreInsane #FuckingLunatics
www.youtube.com/shorts/VmxDf...
Irving Finkel On The Anunnaki & Ancient Aliens #anunnaki #alien
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December 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Regarding philologist, #Assyriologist, & British Museum curator Irving Finkel being "a contributor to Ancient Aliens". . .
#AncientAliens #Anunnaki #Assyriologists #Assyriology #BritishMuseum #IrvingFinkel #Philology #Politesse #PeopleWhoAreInsane #FuckingLunatics
www.youtube.com/shorts/VmxDf...
#AncientAliens #Anunnaki #Assyriologists #Assyriology #BritishMuseum #IrvingFinkel #Philology #Politesse #PeopleWhoAreInsane #FuckingLunatics
www.youtube.com/shorts/VmxDf...
he also brings up claims of the existence of "mystery cults" as a further similar issue though afaik in assyriology that's more a Helsiniki school thing (i think he might be talking about iranologists with this though bc he brings up Boyce and Grenet? i'll double check later)
December 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
he also brings up claims of the existence of "mystery cults" as a further similar issue though afaik in assyriology that's more a Helsiniki school thing (i think he might be talking about iranologists with this though bc he brings up Boyce and Grenet? i'll double check later)
I worry about this, too, and there has to be a multilateral address to this, with ownership from fields, publishers, researchers and so on. For Assyriology, open-access databases have been successful in ensuring our data can be verified: it'd be great for this to remain central to overall study.
December 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I worry about this, too, and there has to be a multilateral address to this, with ownership from fields, publishers, researchers and so on. For Assyriology, open-access databases have been successful in ensuring our data can be verified: it'd be great for this to remain central to overall study.
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I ask you to read through the original thread I posted and if you have questions or concerns about the project, I'm happy to talk with you about it.
You won't find blanket support for AI from me, but I do believe that Assyriology needs more tools to sustain itself as a field:
You won't find blanket support for AI from me, but I do believe that Assyriology needs more tools to sustain itself as a field:
The field of Assyriology has been moving toward automatic translation of Akkadian for over a decade because, when it does happen, it will be a game changer.
Historians are now putting money on the line to test current capabilities of machine learning. Can automatic translation finally be possible?
Historians are now putting money on the line to test current capabilities of machine learning. Can automatic translation finally be possible?
📣 Competition Launch Alert! Deep Past Challenge: Translate Akkadian to English hosted by Deep Past AI
🎯 Build an AI model that translates 4,000-year-old Old Assyrian business records into English
💰 $50,000 Prize Pool
⏰ Entry Deadline: March 23, 2026
www.kaggle.com/competitions...
🎯 Build an AI model that translates 4,000-year-old Old Assyrian business records into English
💰 $50,000 Prize Pool
⏰ Entry Deadline: March 23, 2026
www.kaggle.com/competitions...
December 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I ask you to read through the original thread I posted and if you have questions or concerns about the project, I'm happy to talk with you about it.
You won't find blanket support for AI from me, but I do believe that Assyriology needs more tools to sustain itself as a field:
You won't find blanket support for AI from me, but I do believe that Assyriology needs more tools to sustain itself as a field:
People are willing to admit that AI has niche uses (Assyriology &c). So I wonder if Stone Soup would be the smart strategy.
“I agree: AI is useless except for a few niche tasks, like coding.”
“Glad you came to yr senses.”
“And apparently doctors find it useful for paperwork.”
“Sure.”
“Oh, and …”
“I agree: AI is useless except for a few niche tasks, like coding.”
“Glad you came to yr senses.”
“And apparently doctors find it useful for paperwork.”
“Sure.”
“Oh, and …”
December 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
People are willing to admit that AI has niche uses (Assyriology &c). So I wonder if Stone Soup would be the smart strategy.
“I agree: AI is useless except for a few niche tasks, like coding.”
“Glad you came to yr senses.”
“And apparently doctors find it useful for paperwork.”
“Sure.”
“Oh, and …”
“I agree: AI is useless except for a few niche tasks, like coding.”
“Glad you came to yr senses.”
“And apparently doctors find it useful for paperwork.”
“Sure.”
“Oh, and …”
Assyriology fundamentally needs funding and labor to bring its data to a larger audience.
There are projects and companies interested in developing tools to support and foster this through public humanities and scholarship alike. We owe it to ourselves to acknowledge when good work is being done.
There are projects and companies interested in developing tools to support and foster this through public humanities and scholarship alike. We owe it to ourselves to acknowledge when good work is being done.
December 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Assyriology fundamentally needs funding and labor to bring its data to a larger audience.
There are projects and companies interested in developing tools to support and foster this through public humanities and scholarship alike. We owe it to ourselves to acknowledge when good work is being done.
There are projects and companies interested in developing tools to support and foster this through public humanities and scholarship alike. We owe it to ourselves to acknowledge when good work is being done.
I am AI adverse and I think, by and large, it is not a tool necessary for everyday life and especially dangerous toward education and labor rights.
There is also a place where its technology can act as a boon for my field: Assyriology survives because it has leveraged technological innovations.
There is also a place where its technology can act as a boon for my field: Assyriology survives because it has leveraged technological innovations.
December 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I am AI adverse and I think, by and large, it is not a tool necessary for everyday life and especially dangerous toward education and labor rights.
There is also a place where its technology can act as a boon for my field: Assyriology survives because it has leveraged technological innovations.
There is also a place where its technology can act as a boon for my field: Assyriology survives because it has leveraged technological innovations.
All the same, computer-aided analyses have been a part of the field of Assyriology since the 1960s.
There's all sorts of ongoing work, e.g. to automatically identify and read cuneiform signs from photograph copies:
dl.gi.de/items/d192dd...
There's all sorts of ongoing work, e.g. to automatically identify and read cuneiform signs from photograph copies:
dl.gi.de/items/d192dd...
Preparing multi-layered visualisations of Old Babylonian cuneiform tablets for a machine learning OCR training model towards automated sign recognition
In the framework of the CUNE-IIIF-ORM project the aim is to train an Artificial Intelligence Optical Character Recognition (AI-OCR) model that can automatically locate and identify cuneiform signs on ...
dl.gi.de
December 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
All the same, computer-aided analyses have been a part of the field of Assyriology since the 1960s.
There's all sorts of ongoing work, e.g. to automatically identify and read cuneiform signs from photograph copies:
dl.gi.de/items/d192dd...
There's all sorts of ongoing work, e.g. to automatically identify and read cuneiform signs from photograph copies:
dl.gi.de/items/d192dd...
The field of Assyriology has been moving toward automatic translation of Akkadian for over a decade because, when it does happen, it will be a game changer.
Historians are now putting money on the line to test current capabilities of machine learning. Can automatic translation finally be possible?
Historians are now putting money on the line to test current capabilities of machine learning. Can automatic translation finally be possible?
📣 Competition Launch Alert! Deep Past Challenge: Translate Akkadian to English hosted by Deep Past AI
🎯 Build an AI model that translates 4,000-year-old Old Assyrian business records into English
💰 $50,000 Prize Pool
⏰ Entry Deadline: March 23, 2026
www.kaggle.com/competitions...
🎯 Build an AI model that translates 4,000-year-old Old Assyrian business records into English
💰 $50,000 Prize Pool
⏰ Entry Deadline: March 23, 2026
www.kaggle.com/competitions...
Deep Past Challenge - Translate Akkadian to English
Bringing Bronze Age Voices Back to Life – Machine Translation of Old Assyrian Cuneiform
www.kaggle.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The field of Assyriology has been moving toward automatic translation of Akkadian for over a decade because, when it does happen, it will be a game changer.
Historians are now putting money on the line to test current capabilities of machine learning. Can automatic translation finally be possible?
Historians are now putting money on the line to test current capabilities of machine learning. Can automatic translation finally be possible?
Last chance to sign up for the Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School!
Deadline: 14 December
Deadline: 14 December
Call for applications!
Digital Applications in Assyriology Summer School in Helsinki, 1–5 June 2026. Open to students worldwide in Assyriology/related fields. Topics: data collection/cleaning, programming, SNA, GIS.
Apply by 14 Dec 2025.
Info & application: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
Digital Applications in Assyriology Summer School in Helsinki, 1–5 June 2026. Open to students worldwide in Assyriology/related fields. Topics: data collection/cleaning, programming, SNA, GIS.
Apply by 14 Dec 2025.
Info & application: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
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December 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Last chance to sign up for the Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School!
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Want to learn how to study cuneiform sources or related materials with digital tools?
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December 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Want to learn how to study cuneiform sources or related materials with digital tools?
Join us in #Helsinki, for the next 'Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School'!
Application deadline: --> THIS Sunday (14.12.2025).
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Assyriology, of course. But you in a sexy librarian outfit gets you the job instantly.
December 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Assyriology, of course. But you in a sexy librarian outfit gets you the job instantly.
We are In the Spotlight! ✨
The LADs are featured in this month's mar shiprim at the International Association for Assyriology.
Thank you to Pavla Rosenstein for interviewing the team and giving us the opportunity to share what's happening behind the curtain!
iaassyriology.com/in-the-spotl...
The LADs are featured in this month's mar shiprim at the International Association for Assyriology.
Thank you to Pavla Rosenstein for interviewing the team and giving us the opportunity to share what's happening behind the curtain!
iaassyriology.com/in-the-spotl...
In the spotlight – the Leipzig Akkadian Dictionary (LAD) project - The International Association for Assyriology
Dear Mar Shiprim readers, As 2025 draws to a close, we thank the team at the Leipzig Akkadian Dictionary (LAD) for sharing their work on this exciting seventeen-year lexicography project. With best…
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December 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
We are In the Spotlight! ✨
The LADs are featured in this month's mar shiprim at the International Association for Assyriology.
Thank you to Pavla Rosenstein for interviewing the team and giving us the opportunity to share what's happening behind the curtain!
iaassyriology.com/in-the-spotl...
The LADs are featured in this month's mar shiprim at the International Association for Assyriology.
Thank you to Pavla Rosenstein for interviewing the team and giving us the opportunity to share what's happening behind the curtain!
iaassyriology.com/in-the-spotl...
Just under one week left to submit your application to the next 'Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School' (Helsinki, June 2026)!
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Apply by: 14 December 2025
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December 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Just under one week left to submit your application to the next 'Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School' (Helsinki, June 2026)!
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This book is such a banger. It’s one I recommend to everyone, including people with no interest in ancient history. I may have become slightly fanatical about Assyriology.
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This book is such a banger. It’s one I recommend to everyone, including people with no interest in ancient history. I may have become slightly fanatical about Assyriology.
Associate Professor in Assyriology, University of Copenhagen, who recently started a new research project on "From Catastrophe to Culture: Understanding Epidemics in Ancient Mesopotamia".
December 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Associate Professor in Assyriology, University of Copenhagen, who recently started a new research project on "From Catastrophe to Culture: Understanding Epidemics in Ancient Mesopotamia".
And in those cases yes, you should translate directly.
We certainly don't use regnal year names in Assyriology very often. They're confusing AF. But we often use Babylonian months rather than gregorian months, in the rare cases it's useful to give an exact date
We certainly don't use regnal year names in Assyriology very often. They're confusing AF. But we often use Babylonian months rather than gregorian months, in the rare cases it's useful to give an exact date
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 AM
And in those cases yes, you should translate directly.
We certainly don't use regnal year names in Assyriology very often. They're confusing AF. But we often use Babylonian months rather than gregorian months, in the rare cases it's useful to give an exact date
We certainly don't use regnal year names in Assyriology very often. They're confusing AF. But we often use Babylonian months rather than gregorian months, in the rare cases it's useful to give an exact date
Indeed, back when we are a country, the youth, thrilled to the quick by Assyriology, were keen to try their hand at proto-cuneiform on any flat surface, when we were a country...
November 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Indeed, back when we are a country, the youth, thrilled to the quick by Assyriology, were keen to try their hand at proto-cuneiform on any flat surface, when we were a country...
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Call for applications!
Digital Applications in Assyriology Summer School in Helsinki, 1–5 June 2026. Open to students worldwide in Assyriology/related fields. Topics: data collection/cleaning, programming, SNA, GIS.
Apply by 14 Dec 2025.
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Digital Applications in Assyriology Summer School in Helsinki, 1–5 June 2026. Open to students worldwide in Assyriology/related fields. Topics: data collection/cleaning, programming, SNA, GIS.
Apply by 14 Dec 2025.
Info & application: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
Apply to the Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School 2026 | Ancient Near Eastern Empires | University of Helsinki
In 2026, the Digital Applications in Assyriology Nordic Summer School will return to Helsinki, Finland. The fourth edition of the summer school will be hosted at the University of Helsinki with contac...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Call for applications!
Digital Applications in Assyriology Summer School in Helsinki, 1–5 June 2026. Open to students worldwide in Assyriology/related fields. Topics: data collection/cleaning, programming, SNA, GIS.
Apply by 14 Dec 2025.
Info & application: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
Digital Applications in Assyriology Summer School in Helsinki, 1–5 June 2026. Open to students worldwide in Assyriology/related fields. Topics: data collection/cleaning, programming, SNA, GIS.
Apply by 14 Dec 2025.
Info & application: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
A 3,000-year-old Babylonian hymn has been reconstructed with AI, revealing a vivid portrait of the city’s beauty, women priests, and civic ideals once copied by schoolchildren. A forgotten voice rises again. #Assyriology #AncientHistory #Archaeology #AI www.anthropology.net/p/a-city-rea...
A City Reassembled from Dust: How a Lost Babylonian Hymn Found Its Voice Again
An ancient song praising Babylon’s beauty, diversity, and spiritual life has resurfaced after 3,000 years, thanks to an ambitious collaboration between Assyriologists and AI researchers.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A 3,000-year-old Babylonian hymn has been reconstructed with AI, revealing a vivid portrait of the city’s beauty, women priests, and civic ideals once copied by schoolchildren. A forgotten voice rises again. #Assyriology #AncientHistory #Archaeology #AI www.anthropology.net/p/a-city-rea...