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Hello, thank you for your kind note! I don't know of any examples of clay seals from Mesopotamia, but it is possible that they existed as a more affordable alternative to stone ones, but did not survive in the archaeological record. I think making clay ones would be perfectly acceptable for an elementary school activity! I just ordered some 3D printed scans of seals to do a follow up video on how you would make an envelope and seal it!

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And Old Akkadian th bekame sh in Old Babylonian afaik?

I always do this with my undergraduate students, and they always love it!

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Unfortunately not! Phonologically, the g in Akkadian is related to Arabic ج which in some dialects can be that soft j, so maybe in Akkadian it was not pronounced exactly like the hard g in English. So you could do that, or maybe even the š (sh) might sound a little closer?

Arad-u-an!

@wedgie_bce the servant of the Sky god 😁 It means a lot to me that foreign people are interested in my ancestors' heritage. BTW, I am a Mandaean from Di Qar, the capital city of ancient Sumer, my hometown was near the Ur ziggurat.

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Thank you for watching, and all the amazing work you are doing! Can't wait for your book!

Can't wait to hear about how it goes!!

@@wedgie_bce I know the Alexandria example wasn't for me but we're gonna pretend lol

Oh I was thinking of you when I used that as an example! I snuck some other friend names in there too, it's hard to come up with names out of the blue to show different phonemic situations lol

@ I’m so honored!!!

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The next vid on Maqlû will be much much more text focused!

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Thanks for watching! There are some texts that mention the person involved didn't have a seal, so instead they used their fingernail or borrowed a seal so that they could mark their acknowledgment of a legal decision on a tablet somehow!

Dude you're so right

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Thanks so much for watching! Next up is a video on countering harmful magic, with the text series Maqlû!

I was surprised the first time I saw a clay envelope too, but it makes so much sense!

I realized that as I was writing the script, and figured I should acknowledge that was not the point lolol

They are so cool! And so tiny and so detailed! I love looking at all of the different designs!

Thanks so much! I actually just recently watched The Librarian: Quest for the Spear, and thought it was really fun! Need to check out the show and the other movies!

@@wedgie_bce Haha i could basically sense in my soul you would love this franchise lol you'll love the show. There's actually a second sequel show coming out this year called The Librarians: The Next Chapter. But yeah, I'm always asking my fellow history nerds this cause its basically made for us.

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Thanks for watching! Esoterica and Religion for Breakfast are def a source of inspiration!

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Maybe! Or maybe the owner of the seal was just a goofy dude lol!

@@wedgie_bce Piggy is my nickname of Trump LOL!!!

Thank you so so much for your very kind comment! I just started on here after doing TikTok for a while, more videos coming soon!!!

Oh interesting! I am working on a conference presentation now on Lamaštu as an embodiment of all the anxieties that come along with motherhood, I will have to add this!

@wedgie_bce omg! That sounds amazing! I hope you will share some of your ideas and findings with us 🙏

Thanks for watching! The consonantal root system of semitic languages like Akkadian allows for all sorts of word play and poetic language, the vid I'm working on next will be on some incantations against harmful magic, and they have some really cool stuff going on!

Thanks for watching! I think that there should always be MORE cuneiform content lolol

That's Tuppi! They were designed for the Institute for the Study of Ancient Culture's exhibit on Old Babylonian scribal education. I just looked, and I guess they are sold out now, but you could get them online at one point: isac.uchicago.edu/visit/museum-shop-suq

@@wedgie_bce Ahw! What a perfect name <3

Thanks for watching! I'm just starting over here now, did TikTok regularly for a couple years, then took a break to work on PhD program stuff, now back to making videos!

Going to get into some really obscure, magical science stuff next, I can't wait!

oh that's amazing!! I also want to design my own cylinder seal and maybe 3D print it, that is an upcoming project...

@ I meant my email signature is my modern day seal, not a physical seal.

Ah gotcha, but my misunderstanding gave me the idea to make a cylinder seal image for my emails lol!

Akkadian is related to other semitic languages, so cognates and knowing the development of phonemes helps! There is also a “Rosetta Stone” sort of trilingual inscription, the Behistun inscription, which helped with the deciphering of Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform! Will make more videos of deciphering eventually, in the process of transferring over from TikTok!