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Down a Rabbit Hole I Went

I screwed up. I didn't think that using an ancient language on a piece of tumblr merch was necessary but I forgot what site I was on :) . This is tumblr, of course it has to be in linguistically accurate cuneiform. I went and hired an expert on Ancient Semitic Languages and Cultures. There aren't as many as you'd think that are willing to translate text for an internet gag so I'm so happy I found Paul.

Notes on the translation from the translator:

I used the ventive suffix on the imperative "give (rib+am)" which is a special feature of Akkadian that indicates the motion of direction. It makes it a little bit more authentic. The longer version actually includes the words "to me (ana iasim)", but a typical Akkadian speaker probably wouldn't have needed to say that.

An Odin stimboard!

- Mod Primarina.

𒌓𒄿𒉡𒈠𒅎𒋾𒀀𒁍𒌝𒅇𒉌𒅁𒉛𒌍𒈨𒆠𒊭𒄿𒈪𒀉𒌈𒄿𒄫𒊑𒀭𒉌𒈠𒅅𒆠𒅋𒁍𒊭𒁄𒀯𒎌𒀀𒄷𒋾

𒌓𒄿𒉡𒈠𒈪𒉡𒌓𒍣𒅔𒉌𒄿𒋡𒁕𒌋𒌋𒀀𒈾𒆠𒁴𒅎𒋫𒀝𒋡𒀜𒄿𒈾𒄑𒈠𒉿𒅎𒌉𒆸𒌑𒅆𒅁𒌋𒅗𒀀𒇉𒊭𒁀𒈝𒉡𒉿𒌨𒌓𒊭𒁄𒆠𒁴𒀀𒁺𒂊𒋾𒅅𒀀𒈾𒆧𒊭𒉡𒁴𒆧𒁀𒊏𒊑𒁴𒋫𒆠𒅋𒁴𒆧𒀭𒊨𒁇𒊒𒈬𒋾𒅇𒀀𒄯𒁷𒉌𒊭𒆷𒄿𒈬𒌅𒌑

𒅇𒌓𒀀𒌨𒄿𒈾𒉈𒊑𒁉𒅎𒆬𒄀𒊭𒌑𒊺𒊑𒁀𒀭𒉌𒄿𒈾𒄯𒁀𒈾𒋾𒄩𒁕𒊏𒋾𒈠𒂊𒋾𒅅𒀀𒈾𒂦𒆗𒉏𒈠𒌋𒅗𒅆𒋗𒉿𒅈𒆪𒌅𒈠𒁺𒌅𒆷𒁉𒊒𒌅𒆗𒌋𒌋𒆗𒌋𒌋𒅇𒄿𒈾𒄫𒊑𒅁𒋗𒄿𒁀𒀾𒅆𒆍𒍢𒄴𒊒𒌓𒅗𒁇

𒈠𒂍𒀜𒀀𒊑𒆷𒀝𒄿𒈾𒉈𒊑𒁉𒅎𒀭𒉌𒅎𒅇𒊭𒊍𒍣𒄑𒈠𒄯𒉡𒉿𒊑𒅎𒊭𒆷𒉡𒉿𒀸𒌨𒊑𒅅𒈠𒌨𒊑𒅅𒀀𒊬𒄑𒄭𒀀𒀉𒊑𒆷𒉿𒌑𒈠𒀀𒊬𒂊𒁁𒆸𒅆𒁉𒅎𒁉𒋗𒅖𒁲𒄿𒄑𒄭𒀀𒊍𒍪𒍝𒀀𒎎𒉆𒈠𒆪𒌓𒊭𒂍𒀭𒆠𒅁𒊑𒅎𒄿𒉿𒀉𒋼𒂊

𒉿𒅈𒄭𒉿𒍢𒌓𒈪𒌓𒈨𒋾𒆷𒈬𒌑𒊭𒈾𒄷𒉌𒅔𒉌𒆠𒈠𒀉𒌓𒊭𒇻𒌑𒊍𒍪𒍝𒀝𒂵𒀠𒁍𒌑𒉌𒅖𒅇𒄿𒈾𒁲𒈪𒅎𒄿𒈾𒉈𒊑𒁉𒅎𒅇𒄿𒈾𒄯𒁀𒈾𒋾𒄩𒁕𒊏𒋾𒅇𒄿𒈾𒃼𒅆𒅀𒀜𒁍𒌒𒀉𒋾𒊏𒈠𒉌𒅀𒆠𒄿𒈛𒄷𒊻𒋢𒉡𒋾𒀀𒈾𒋗𒌒𒋾𒅀𒁕𒌷𒀸𒋳𒆷𒈠𒋾𒈨𒇻𒌁𒀀𒈾𒆧𒊭𒁴𒆷𒍝𒁴𒊭𒁀𒈝𒋆𒋾𒄿𒅇𒄿𒈾𒈾𒁕𒇷𒅀𒆍𒅆𒌉𒊑𒅎𒊭𒅅𒆠𒁲𒅎𒂦𒆗𒉌𒅎𒊮𒈬𒄿𒁲𒆠𒈠𒈤𒊑𒋗𒆧𒋗𒈾𒋾𒅁𒅆𒅇𒌌𒆷𒉌𒋗𒋫𒀀𒊒𒌝𒆷𒈠𒈠𒀭𒅋𒋼𒄭𒋳𒈠𒅕𒊑𒁍𒌑

𒆠𒄠𒀸𒋳𒆪𒌌𒈬𒋆𒀀𒈾𒁍𒄷𒆸𒈤𒊒𒊻𒆍𒊍𒊑𒅎𒄿𒈾𒂦𒆷𒁉𒊑𒅎𒊭𒌋𒅗𒁉𒉿𒅈𒆪𒌅𒈠𒁺𒌅𒁕𒀭𒉌𒅖𒈠𒄩𒈪𒀉𒀀𒈾𒉺𒀝𒊑𒅀𒀝𒁉𒆠𒈠𒆧𒋗𒀀𒋾𒀀𒊑𒅅𒈠𒁕𒈪𒅅𒈠𒁀𒊑𒄑

𒉿𒅈𒅗𒈝𒈠𒈬𒊭𒄠𒄿𒈾𒌷𒋗𒈾𒁴𒍝𒅗𒊑𒀀𒀭𒆠𒆠𒅕𒄰𒊭𒄿𒉿𒊑𒅅𒌑𒋫𒈠𒀀𒉿𒋼𒊮𒇽𒍪𒉏𒊏𒄫𒁴𒊭𒌌𒆷𒉌𒅖𒍑𒁍𒄿𒈾𒌷𒅆𒋗𒀀𒋾𒅎𒈠𒇷𒂊𒋳𒍪𒋗𒉡𒊏𒀊𒊭𒌅𒌋𒅗𒈪𒅎𒈠𒊭𒅅𒆠𒊑𒅁𒆧𒌨𒊑𒅎𒅋𒇷𒁉𒋗𒁲𒈬𒈠𒁺𒌅𒀸𒋳𒆧𒋗𒈾𒁴𒋗𒌓𒊒𒈠𒄿𒈾𒁉𒊑𒀉𒋢𒉡𒈬𒉈𒊑𒁉𒅎𒆬𒄀𒈠𒄯𒁀𒈾𒁴𒆪𒍑𒋗𒁺𒀉𒋾𒂍𒀭𒃲𒎌𒅇𒂦𒅋𒅆𒉺𒋼𒄴𒆍𒍢𒄴𒆸𒌓𒅗𒁇𒄿𒉡𒈠𒈬𒈠𒄠𒀭𒉌𒂊𒅎𒀀𒄯𒄿𒁲𒆠𒈠𒋗𒀸𒋳𒊭𒀜𒌋𒌆𒆠𒄠𒀸𒋳𒄿𒈾𒆷𒁉𒊕𒀾𒊍𒍣𒊭𒆠𒅕𒆠𒅎𒉿𒅈𒆠𒅎

𒀀𒀀𒌝𒈠𒉣𒈨𒇷𒈨𒇴𒈪𒅖𒀸𒋳𒁮𒆪𒋾𒂊𒁇𒆍𒆷𒂊𒁁𒊑𒅎𒅖𒌅𒊒𒀀𒀀𒌝𒈠𒀸𒋳𒇷𒅎𒉡𒁴𒅇𒈠𒊍𒆪𒁴𒌌𒄿𒁲𒄿𒈾𒈠𒀭𒉏𒌅𒆪𒌌𒋾𒅀𒇻𒍑𒆲𒈠𒋻𒄭𒅀𒊭𒀀𒈾𒁯𒁕𒊑𒀀𒁴𒂊𒋼𒆠𒅎𒄿𒈾𒆳𒊭𒆷𒄿𒁲𒅕𒋫𒀭𒈾𒀊𒁉𒆠𒄠𒁍𒈛𒌈𒅇𒁉𒊕𒌈𒄑𒉿𒅕𒄑𒉿𒅕𒊑𒄿𒅇𒈪𒅎𒈠𒂊𒁲𒋳𒌋𒅗𒋢𒊒𒌒𒅗𒌓𒌓𒊏𒀾𒅗𒆷𒀾𒋗𒆠𒄠𒀸𒋳𒄿𒉡𒈠𒀠𒈪𒀉𒀸𒋳𒌑𒉏𒊭𒆍𒄿𒉿𒋼𒈠𒌑𒊺𒁉𒊏𒀭𒉌𒄿𒈾𒊮𒈬𒆠𒈠𒋾𒄴𒊑𒀉𒈜𒆠𒋗𒀊𒊒𒊻

𒄿𒈾𒈬𒋆𒉺𒉏𒌑𒉆𒅋𒆠𒈠𒅅𒆠𒂖𒁍𒋗𒌓𒌓𒄿𒈾𒉈𒊑𒁉𒅎𒆬𒄀𒅇𒄯𒁀𒈾𒋾𒄩𒁕𒊏𒋾𒄿𒉡𒈠𒀀𒇷𒄰𒀀𒈾𒂦𒆷𒁉𒊑𒅎𒀀𒄯𒆠𒈠𒆍𒌓𒅗𒁇𒅁𒋼𒈠𒅖𒌅𒂊𒁇𒋗𒉡𒉿𒌑𒊒𒌝𒌑𒍢𒊭𒈾𒀝𒊏𒄠𒄑𒃲𒅇𒊕𒎌𒂍𒀭𒃲𒎌𒅁𒊒𒊻𒍮𒉘𒈠𒂊𒆠𒂖𒁍𒅇𒈨𒇴𒈪𒊭𒆳𒊭𒅖𒋾𒋗𒆷𒀀𒋻𒌋𒋫𒀝𒆠

The discovery of plant pollen in a Neanderthal burial site in northern Iraq gave even the most serious archaeologists something to smile about.

As they systematically identified the pollen's parent plants (mallows, grape hyacinth, ephedra, yarrow, groundsel and knapweed), they realised that they'd gained valuable insight into the practice of herbal medicine some 60,000 years ago.

Formal records came a little later. Discovered in Sumer (now southern Iraq), the most ancient written record of herbal medicine was etched onto clay tablets some 3000 to 5000 years ago. Cuneiform script carefully records the names of 250 plants along with 12 recipes for remedies (one even uses an aloe leaf as a laxative).

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In the 1850s, cuneiform was just a series of baffling scratches on clay, waiting to spill the secrets of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia