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Perenti
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Library of Ashurbanipal
For those interested, there are several videos of Dr Irving Finkel from the British Museum talking about the Library of Asshurbanipal on Youtube.
Dr Finkel is a brilliant speaker and fluent in Sumerian, Akkadian and Assyrian writing systems.
cjs_ac
on Aug 31, 2023
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This lecture by Dr Finkel on how he discovered the original Babylonian version of the Noah's Ark story is equal parts fascinating and hilarious:
https://youtu.be/s_fkpZSnz2I
harel
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That was absolutely fascinating and hilarious, exactly as you described it. Thank you!
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Dr Finkel is a brilliant speaker and fluent in Sumerian, Akkadian and Assyrian writing systems.