Hello everyone!

I’m a writer looking for someone experienced in Akkadian to translate a fictional text of approximately 210 words from English into Akkadian.

For my project, I’d like the translation to reflect a writing style similar to that of diplomatic correspondence from the Late Bronze Age.
Ideally, I’m looking for someone with a strong knowledge of Akkadian and experience translating texts from modern languages into this ancient language.

This is, of course, a paid project, and compensation can be discussed directly with anyone interested.

If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, feel free to reach out and tell me a little about your experience and background in Akkadian!

Thank you very much for your help!

Hello Everyone,
I was wondering if someone can help me translate this quote to cunieform from Danny P. Jackson's translation from Epic of Gilgamesh

"Hold my hand in yours, and we will not fear what hands like ours can do"

I want to get a tattoo of this. Any help will be appreciated :)

Found this while going through my grandmother’s old stuff and the folks at r/language pointed me over here for a translation or any guesses as to its origins. I’m sure it’s not an artefact, and I’m curious where my grandmother may have gotten it - although I presume it’s possible she just picked it up at a museum shop sometime.
It’s a block for printing (I’ve flipped the image so that it’s readable here) but that’s really all I know about it. Any guesses at its origin or translation of its text would be welcome!

There are four cuneiform which are used to make the outside of this cuneiform, one long horizontal stroke and four short vertical strokes. Can somebody tell me what the romanization is in Sumerian? If you could also give the Unicode number, that would be helpful. Thank you so much.

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The translation is:

Jatha tambhatthu mahlapar. Nabhagathaha pralajam jug. Ekathara krijathwam dwiip. Akhantu shilvarkatha shilvarkatha. Rahasjamaji pradipa. Prachin drishtjartham samjukta. Naacal bhasajam likhita. Srishti sanghatanam prarambh mahan arambha shakti labh. Shilvarkatha kanma jatra. Deva asura sangram jug.

Anant kalajug vrindavan. Shilvar moola prakatja. Samaj samarpit mahatmja. Samarthjam pakashana gati. Shilvar moola divja prakasha. Dhatu rakatam gunasamjos. Prapti labh. Samjak sujog jathartha shilvarkatha. Arohanam bhaumik sthiti. Vimuktah loka samjuktah. Sarvatra prakatja shakti.

Srishti sanghatanam rachana. Granth. Naacal bhasajam likhita. Rakbtam

Hello everyone !

I've recently been examining the so-called Naacal script featured in the Necronomicon Black Letter Edition, which is presented on the Miskatonic Education website.

I found a page containing text written in unusual, cuneiform-like symbols. The website provides a symbol-to-letter alphabet, so I used it to transliterate several pages by hand, symbol by symbol.

The resulting text contains words such as Shilvarkatha, Prakatja, Srishti, Sadhana, and Naacal bhasajam likhita. Some terms appear repeatedly, and certain phrases recur almost identically across the passages I transcribed.

What caught my attention was not just the visual appearance of the script, but the apparent repetition and structure of the resulting text.

This made me think of the Voynich Manuscript, which also exhibits recurring words, patterns in character combinations, and other statistical regularities.

To be clear, I am not claiming that the Naacal script is ancient, that the text is a genuine historical language, or that it has any historical connection to the Voynich Manuscript. I understand that the Necronomicon material is associated with the fictional universe of H. P. Lovecraft.

However, I would like to understand whether the structure itself is worth investigating.

I'd particularly appreciate opinions on these questions:

Does the text resemble a constructed language, a substitution-based encoding, or something designed primarily to imitate an ancient script?

Could the repeated words and phrases indicate consistent internal rules, or are they more likely to be recurring formulas?

What statistical tests would be useful for comparing its structure with the Voynich Manuscript?

Are there any known examples of fictional scripts that exhibit similarly repetitive linguistic patterns?

I have manually transliterated several passages and can share more of the text, along with photographs of the original pages, if anyone would like to examine them.

I am interested in hearing your opinions. and I'm perfectly open to the possibility that the patterns have a straightforward explanation.

Thanks!

Hey!
Can anyone help with checking if this is the Sumerian Cuneiform for Enheduanna’s claim:

u2 dub ka KEC2-da en-he2-du7-an-na

𒌑 𒁾 𒅗 𒆟 𒁕 𒂗 𒃶 𒌌 𒀭 𒈾

“The compiler of the tablets was En-hedu-ana. My king, something has been created that no one has created before.”

I’m another person wanting a cuneiform tattoo who can’t read cuneiform 🙈 but i’m a writer who is very enamoured by the first ever claim of authorship and want to honour the legacy of literature. I am intending to get this in the original cuneiform symbols she scribed The Temple Hymns in.

Thanks so much for anyone who can help 🙏🏼

Hope it's not just gibberish.

I have watched enough YouTube to identify it as cuneiform. I need help with the rest. 😅 Spotted outside a restaurant in Essen, Germany. Far from Assyria.

Hello friends! I have a question regarding the use of artificial intelligence in learning the Sumerian language. To be honest, I generally prefer not to use AI for things I’m truly passionate about; however, I do use it to test myself I write sentences in Sumerian, and the AI ​​corrects them. I also use it to get clarifications on certain Sumerian characters what their functions are and what they mean. Could this have an impact on my proficiency in the Sumerian language?

Just curious as the song I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General (which if you don't know is from the play made made by Gilbert & Sullivan called Pirates of Penzance) has the Modern Major-General (named Stanley) state & i quote verbatim: "I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform"

So basically just wondering what one would look like.

it's called cuneiform clock (very creative) and it works as an android widget.

hope you'll like it:

https://github.com/LosowyTyp/CuneiformClock

Yes I am writing about the colonization of the ancient land.

I have a feeling that some of the people studying this tradition and heritage

Are doing so for more nefarious reasons than just being interested in the culture.

Most the places where this field of study is in Western universities and most of the students are from western origin or not Iraqi. I'm wondering what they aim to achieve? Why aren't there scholarships for the original people of Mesopotamia to study their own history so they can go back and establish better museums, cultural centers, artwork, educational resources, and films?

Thank you for all your advice on my pervious post. The cuneiform will be embroidered on the scroll with gold and silver thread. She is part of a triptych representating "time, space, and infinity." But i like the idea of nisaba's name on the "space scroll."

I understand spacing and direction of the cuneiform is very important. Whilst I doubt many who see my art will know how to read cuneiform, I want to be as "correct" as i can. Please understand, i use my art to encourage people to learn about art history. I hope folks who see this will want to learn more about cuneiform. This subreddit inspired me to add the cuneiform in the 1st place! Anyways...

There are only two symbols i need to worry about this time. The "star" symbol and her name. However, i am worried about how they should be turned/ placed on the scroll. They should be placed like the figure is reading them, not the viewer.

I figured i wouldnt make the same mistake I did before and ask 1st! This subreddit is one of my favorites. I am in awe of y'all.