Enlil-šum-iddin

Tablet scribe of Nippur. If you want to sublease a bow estate, we can hook you up. Pronouns: NI = šu

[Bethel McGrew @BMcGrewvy]

Happy 100th anniversary of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien's first meeting, and this entry from Lewis's journal.

“He is a smooth, pale, fluent little chap … No harm in him: only needs a smack or so.��

[Enlil-šum-iddin @Lil2En]

@cwjones89 @jonkentcomrade So was {ki}Ai-ir{ki} fpr 60 years after they rebelled against the king of the Tin Isles, but most of the people of the land thought that was better than being his slaves with no voice in his assembly

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Haunted by this passage from Fahrenheit 451 in which a retired professor describes how the abolition of reading began with the shuttering of newspapers and the closing of college humanities departments.

[Enlil-šum-iddin @Lil2En]

In the city of birds I talk about the affairs of Babylon and the Ionians. But I have read the 22 points of Alex Karp and Palantir, and they are fascist words. And when the black tunics take control of the city, the wise flee to the marshes or the mountains and do not wait.

[ゆかり @yukaricacid]

端午の節句なので甲冑武者呼んだ

[Enlil-šum-iddin @Lil2En]

@GabrielSaidR Ahiqar had important lessons for the city of birds, saying thus: "do not utter everything which comes into your mind, for there are eyes and ears everywhere. But keep watch over your mouth, lest it bring you to grief!"

[GabrielSaidR @GabrielSaidR]

Amazing stuff in Ibn Ishaq's biography of Muhammad. The chapter on Luqman (31) in the Qur'an includes a few sayings close to those from the ancient book "Wisdom of Ahiqar" & here a pagan poet in Mecca hands to Muhammad a scroll named "Wisdom of Luqman."

[Raleigh Heth @RaleighHeth]

On day one of class, I did a writing exercise. I asked my students (~120 engineers) to write down answers to four questions, two of which were "What are your first thoughts when you hear terms like religion, theology, and god(s)?" and "Is it important to study these subjects?"

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Those who think they don't love classics just haven't read The Count of Monte Cristo yet. This book has everything you could want in a story: danger, disguises, betrayal, pirates, chases, riches, revenge... It is propulsive and relentless. The greatest adventure ever written.

[Maria Bazhatarnik @yarami_sh]

Navigating Neo-Assyrian corporate communication is not easy.
Here is a helpful guide I put together.

[Enlil-šum-iddin @Lil2En]

@Augusta_McMahon I recommend making the King of All Lands spend his silver in Akkad not Elam! Then all the ziggurats will be properly maintained.

[Dr Augusta McMahon @Augusta_McMahon]

#Tuppi was still hard at work today at #Nippur recording an unusual chunk of fossiliferous limestone and helping to develop our ziggurat conservation plan.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

As bots begin to outnumber real people online, more and more of us are simply going to log out. You see it already in the hunger for retro tech in the young: typewriters, vinyl, dumb phones. There is so much good in this world, this tangible world, that screens can never capture.

[Enlil-šum-iddin @Lil2En]

Eclipse of the moon in the land of the Amerikaja! Bringing back kings means that the celestial omens in Enûma Anu Enlil apply, the scribes don't make the rules they just interpret the signs.

[Ancient Iran @antiquapersia]

Major: Possible-likely Sasanian helmet & at least 3 Partho-Sasanian iron swords discovered

Piboz Tapa necropolis, Gurdasar village, Lerik District, southern Azerbaijan ⤵️

[Historic England @HistoricEngland]

Stokesay Castle in Shropshire is one of the finest fortified manor houses in the country. 🤩

It was built at the end of the 13th century by Laurence of Ludlow, one of the richest men in England at the time.

[Kate Sheehan-Finn🇮🇪🇪🇺✍️📖🏛🏺 @KatesfWriter]

Bronze pennanular brooch with inlaid terminals, circa AD 450-550, was the latest object deposited in the Spring at Bath.
Late Roman, probably made in Ireland; birds and fish on the terminals might be associated with the goddess Sulis Minerva.
#FindsFriday #RomanBritain
📸 mine

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Reading is crucial when we're young because it connects us with the wisdom and experience of those who have gone before, and seeing our own struggles mirrored back to us relieves loneliness. I don't know where men who don't read are going to find that.

[Ancient Warfare @ancientwarfare]

Good news for fans of Ancient Warfare: the 100th issue is out now! In it, we explore single combat in Antiquity: one-on-one duels, most often to the death. We also look back at 100 issues of the magazine, from 2007 to 2025. Get your copy here: https://t.co/noFnPpQlk6

[Neil Burridge @neil_burridge]

This was a miss cast blade, i sold way back, it passed through many hands and acquired a rubbish handle with huge iron rivets. While staying with a friend who was the current owner i decided to fit a better handle recover the edge and finish the blade turned out gorgeous sword