a note and a kiss discovered in my thrifted mary oliver poetry collection
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~ Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion.
Artist/Culture: German or Netherlandish
Date: late 13th or early 14th century
Period: Late Medieval
Medium: Brass
▪︎This unusual example bears a Hebrew inscription on one side that reads: (On the side and rear hip of the lion): ברוך אתה ה אלהינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצוותיו וצוונו על נטילת ידים ; [Translation] Blessed be God, King of the Universe, who blessed us and instructed us to wash our hands (Baruch ata adonai alokhenu meleh Ha-olam asher Ridshanu bemitsvotsar vetsivanu al netilas yadayim).
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One of the oldest written sentences on record blasts hair and beard lice
One of the oldest known sentences ever written was a plea against contracting lice, a new study has found.
Archaeologists made the hair-raising discovery several years after unearthing a hair comb, which they found in 2016 at an Israeli archaeological site called Tel Lachish, located south of Tel Aviv. The site was once a city inhabited by the Canaanites, who lived in what is now Syria between 3500 B.C. and 1150 B.C., during the Bronze Age.
Made of ivory, the pocket-sized comb measures less than 1.5 inches long (3.8 centimeters) and 1 inch (2.5 cm) tall. One side contained six teeth, which were likely used for untangling hair, while the other had 14 finer teeth for removing lice and their eggs, the researchers said. All of the comb's teeth have broken off over time, but researchers did find the partial remains of head lice on its second tooth, according to the study. Read more.
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Nestor's cup, Pithekoussai (Naples, Italy). 700 - 750 BCE. Famous for featuring a written reference to King Nestor of Homer's Iliad, the inscription is one of the earliest surviving examples of the Greek alphabet.
Learn more / Daha fazlası
https://www.archaeologs.com/w/nestors-cup/
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Statue of Aramean King Hadad-Adyisi of Gozana
Sikan (Tell Fakhariyeh, Syria)
c. 850 CE
Current location: National Museum of Damascus
Source: Syrie. Mémoire et Civilisation. Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, Flammarion, 1993, p. 260, n o 225.
"In northeastern Syria in 1979, a farmer discovered a life-size basalt statue while he was plowing his field near Tell Fakhariyeh, ancient Sikan, on the shores of the Habur River. It was identified as a statue of the governor of Gozan named Had-Yith’i. There is a bilingual inscription in Akkadian and Aramaic. On the front of his skirt are 38 lines of Assyrian cuneiform, and on his back are 23 lines of alphabetic Aramaic. The Aramaic script has a surprisingly archaic appearance, but the artistic style and the appearance of the cuneiform signs, date to about mid-ninth century BCE. The writing presents the oldest known Aramaic inscription of substantial length. It also shows the Assyrian domination of the Habur Valley in this period. The text commemorates the installation of the statue of Had-Yith’i in the temple of the god Hadad of Sikan.
The dedication is presented twice, in both the Akkadian and Aramaic versions. In the Aramaic text, the first dedication reads:
The statue which Had-Yith’i set up before Hadad of Sikan, the canal-supervisor of heaven and earth, who showers abundance, and who gives pasture and watering places to all the lands, and who gives portions and offerings ‘to all the gods, his brothers; the supervisor of all the rivers, who provides for all the lands; the compassionate god whose prayer is good, [and] who dwells in Sikan, the great lord, the lord of Had-Yith’i, king of Gozan of Sassnuri, king of Gozan for the preservation of his life, for the lengthening of his days, for the abundance of his years, for the well-being of his house, for the well being of his offspring, for the well-being of his people, and for removing sickness from him, hearing his prayer and accepting of the utterance of his mouth, [Had-of Sikan]." - Source
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PO3. Insryption.
guys, I recently finished watching insryption let's play. WELL, I WANT TO SAY that the game is excellent. I loved the characters. I loved the plot. Gameplay, graphics, idea. Everything. (although I can’t deny that a lot of things are still unclear to me......)
PO3 caused the most emotions. I can congratulate him on the successful implementation of the plan AHHAHAHA. Okay, Leshy, Grimora and Magnificus (PO3 too) exude the vibe of old friends who haven’t shared an apple among themselves(I think so)
By the way, this was my first time drawing a robot...I have a crush on him. are these normal consequences?
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