Akkadicat

Assyriologist @GhentUniversity cuneiform, cats & cocktails

[AssyrUGent @assyr_u]

Scholars of ancient societies interested in Digital and Computational Humanities, join us in Ghent, September 15-18, for the Bytes and Bygones conference (https://t.co/lIf4K0NwV3). Abstract deadline: March 21.

[Mirko Surdi @MirkoSurdi]

Everyone has a long-lost cousin in the States. Well, Dub just got a surprise visit from Tuppi at @ugent and broke into a smile!They've got 4000 years of gossip and family history to catch up on! Thanks to @akkadicat and @ISAC_UChicago for orchestrating this amazing #FamilyReunion

[Mirko Surdi @MirkoSurdi]

Ever wondered how 4-millennia-old cuneiform tablets and a third-gen particle accelerator might come together? We're in France at the Synchrotron SOLEIL, analyzing four cuneiform tablets from the collection of @ugent. More details to come – keep an eye out! @FWOVlaanderen @assyr_u

[AssyrUGent @assyr_u]

Check out the scribal talent of the @History_UGent students! The results of a workshop in cuneiform writing. @AnneGoddeeris @MirkoSurdi @RybergSmidt @akkadicat

[Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures @ISAC_UChicago]

“Back to School in Babylonia” is officially open to the public and we would like to introduce you to a special friend of ours, Tuppi (pronounced toop-ee)!

[Elisa Rossberger @elisarossberger]

It's a wrap...(or rather a roll?). With 24 speakers in person, 6 remote, 40-50 people in the audience and almost 100 joining online from all over the world, the last 3 days on ancient West Asian Seals & Sealings were a great success & showed how vibrant our field continues to be!

[Akkadicat @akkadicat]

@elisarossberger It was amazing! Thank you @elisarossberger and @acawai_cs team for organising such a great conference! I’m already looking forward to the next one!

[Elisa Rossberger @elisarossberger]

Second day of Ancient West Asian seals & sealings @FU_Berlin. Today: Current research from the Proto-Elamite to the Neo-Babylonian period (4th-1st millennium BCE).
Join us online via webex, information & program 👇 https://t.co/7Bb4PZSfuH
#cylinderSeal #ACAWAI #conference

[Akkadicat @akkadicat]

@ShGordin @luissaenzs @GaiGutherz @JonathanBerant @omerlevy_ Kol hakavod!! 🎉

[AssyrUGent @assyr_u]

The importance of learning cuneiform at an early age! With ⁦@MirkoSurdi⁩ and ⁦@akkadicat⁩ ⁦@ugent⁩’s children’s university #alumnidag

[AssyrUGent @assyr_u]

Geometrical Feature Identification of Cuneiform Signs on Micro-Survey Reconstruction! Featuring Mirko Surdi @MirkoSurdi and a cuneiform tablet from AssyrUGent! https://t.co/mvKD9gTbT7

[AssyrUGent @assyr_u]

Revival of Akkadian at World Record Attempt Reading Aloud in Multiple Languages @ Sophia Bib Schaarbeek! ⁦@MirkoSurdi⁩ ⁦@akkadicat⁩ ⁦@LeoTimmers⁩ #BibSophia #GWR2023

[Hubert Mara @HubertMara]

What started in the @_mainzed office and @dfg_public funded Haft Tappeh 3D Edition project now spans several institutions and a great team of colleagues including (not limited to) @akkadicat, @RybergSmidt, @AnneGoddeeris, @situxxx. @assyr_u @MainzIdcs @UniHalle @nfdi4objects

[AssyrUGent @assyr_u]

Mirko’s study on Sargonic Susa is out! Check the latest volume of Akkadica! Congrats @MirkoSurdi

[AssyrUGent @assyr_u]

Proudly present the prototype of our interactive educational app Appurapi @RMAH @AnneGoddeeris @RybergSmidt @MirkoSurdi @akkadicat

[AssyrUGent @assyr_u]

Congrats to the winners of the UGent championship Game of Ur!!!

[Akkadicat @akkadicat]

@assyr_u Training young scribes with @AnneGoddeeris and @MirkoSurdi

[AssyrUGent @assyr_u]

Universiteit Gent - Wie schrijft die blijft! - Op Locatie - https://t.co/D6uIl8n3Bw

[AssyrUGent @assyr_u]

AssyrUGent and ACGD present Belgian première of ‘Thus Speaks Taram-Kubi - Assyrian Correspondence’!

[AssyrUGent @assyr_u]

Mesopotamians going Indian! @GentIndia @MirkoSurdi @akkadicat @DDeSiPardesi https://t.co/YKaN3WhQXp