How to Make a Cuneiform Stylus

Instructional video on how to make a bamboo stylus for cuneiform writing according to Messerschmidt's experiments. This is theoretically one of the earliest forms of making a stylus in ancient Sumer. Later forms of the stylus differ, of course.

[@yousef5alaf]

You are amazing brother !!!! You are honoring our ancenstors !! Greetings from the middle east !!

[@yasminturner2605]

yousef5alaf Thank you so much for your kind words, my friend! I'm so happy it honors you!

[@appidydafoo]

Thank you for the demonstration.

[@aetheralmeowstic2392]

That bamboo's diameter is also good for flutes.

[@zaclaplant3001]

I'm moving to Türkiye next week and thought it might be a cool idea to learn Hittite, Sumerian, Akkadian, and other Anatolian and Neo-Assyrian forms of Cuneiform as to write original Anatolian stories into clay tablets to sell on eBay 🤷

[@yasminturner2605]

Thats a wonderful idea! All the best luck to you, my friend! 🫶☺️

[@edwardjski]

No clamp AND using your left hand to cut?
show-off!
;-)
Thanks for posting; my wife has tasked me with making stylii for her classroom and your video has been very helpful.

[@yasminturner2605]

Haha, well, I'm far from a carpenter (I know NOTHING about it haha), and left handed. No doubt it's all wrong 😆. But I'm so glad it helps! Good luck with your project!

[@edwardjski]

@@yasminturner2605 Thanks!
I just found a piece of bamboo, hopefully going to give it a try.

[@mnoyanz4758]

This is what I need. Thanks 🙏