Adam Bremer-McCollum
@acbm.bsky.social
Aramaics, Coptic, Gəʕəz, Arabic, Iran. langs, Turk. langs, Old Georgian, Old Armenian 🎸🌱🍄☕️
Research Assoc., CSWR/HDS
Texts & Translations of Transcendence & Transformation (4T) https://tinyurl.com/494v9n59
The Pearlsong https://tinyurl.com/msajp4ut
Research Assoc., CSWR/HDS
Texts & Translations of Transcendence & Transformation (4T) https://tinyurl.com/494v9n59
The Pearlsong https://tinyurl.com/msajp4ut
A try at the first verse of Franklin's Tower in Syriac:
(meter: 5+4 5+5 5+4 5+6)
ܒܪܘܚܬܐ ܛܥܝ̣ܬܐ
ܕܙܒܢܐ ܐ̄ܚܪܢܐ
ܚ̇ܝܪܢ ܗ̄ܘܝ̈ ܥܝ̈ܢܝܟ
ܡܢ ܐܦ̈ܝܗ̇ ܕܐܡܟ
ܥܠ ܚܠܐ ܘܟܐܦ̈ܐ
ܙܪܥ ܗ̈ܒܒܐ
ܢ̣ܫܒܢ ܢܛܥܢܢܟ
ܐܪܒܐ ܪ̈ܘܚܝܢ ܠܒܝܬܐ܀
www.dead.net/song/frankli...
(transcription ⬇️)
(meter: 5+4 5+5 5+4 5+6)
ܒܪܘܚܬܐ ܛܥܝ̣ܬܐ
ܕܙܒܢܐ ܐ̄ܚܪܢܐ
ܚ̇ܝܪܢ ܗ̄ܘܝ̈ ܥܝ̈ܢܝܟ
ܡܢ ܐܦ̈ܝܗ̇ ܕܐܡܟ
ܥܠ ܚܠܐ ܘܟܐܦ̈ܐ
ܙܪܥ ܗ̈ܒܒܐ
ܢ̣ܫܒܢ ܢܛܥܢܢܟ
ܐܪܒܐ ܪ̈ܘܚܝܢ ܠܒܝܬܐ܀
www.dead.net/song/frankli...
(transcription ⬇️)
December 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A try at the first verse of Franklin's Tower in Syriac:
(meter: 5+4 5+5 5+4 5+6)
ܒܪܘܚܬܐ ܛܥܝ̣ܬܐ
ܕܙܒܢܐ ܐ̄ܚܪܢܐ
ܚ̇ܝܪܢ ܗ̄ܘܝ̈ ܥܝ̈ܢܝܟ
ܡܢ ܐܦ̈ܝܗ̇ ܕܐܡܟ
ܥܠ ܚܠܐ ܘܟܐܦ̈ܐ
ܙܪܥ ܗ̈ܒܒܐ
ܢ̣ܫܒܢ ܢܛܥܢܢܟ
ܐܪܒܐ ܪ̈ܘܚܝܢ ܠܒܝܬܐ܀
www.dead.net/song/frankli...
(transcription ⬇️)
(meter: 5+4 5+5 5+4 5+6)
ܒܪܘܚܬܐ ܛܥܝ̣ܬܐ
ܕܙܒܢܐ ܐ̄ܚܪܢܐ
ܚ̇ܝܪܢ ܗ̄ܘܝ̈ ܥܝ̈ܢܝܟ
ܡܢ ܐܦ̈ܝܗ̇ ܕܐܡܟ
ܥܠ ܚܠܐ ܘܟܐܦ̈ܐ
ܙܪܥ ܗ̈ܒܒܐ
ܢ̣ܫܒܢ ܢܛܥܢܢܟ
ܐܪܒܐ ܪ̈ܘܚܝܢ ܠܒܝܬܐ܀
www.dead.net/song/frankli...
(transcription ⬇️)
Parthian word of the day
/ambōy-/
"kiss" (cf. ამბორი and համբոյր)
as in Sundermann, MKG 1065-1066
/ud ō ašmāh ambōyād karān/
"… and I'll kiss y'all"
(on Parthian infinitives in /-ād/., see Durkin-Meisterernst, Gramm., §513)
/ambōy-/
"kiss" (cf. ამბორი and համբոյր)
as in Sundermann, MKG 1065-1066
/ud ō ašmāh ambōyād karān/
"… and I'll kiss y'all"
(on Parthian infinitives in /-ād/., see Durkin-Meisterernst, Gramm., §513)
December 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Parthian word of the day
/ambōy-/
"kiss" (cf. ამბორი and համբոյր)
as in Sundermann, MKG 1065-1066
/ud ō ašmāh ambōyād karān/
"… and I'll kiss y'all"
(on Parthian infinitives in /-ād/., see Durkin-Meisterernst, Gramm., §513)
/ambōy-/
"kiss" (cf. ამბორი and համբոյր)
as in Sundermann, MKG 1065-1066
/ud ō ašmāh ambōyād karān/
"… and I'll kiss y'all"
(on Parthian infinitives in /-ād/., see Durkin-Meisterernst, Gramm., §513)
From a Dead Heads newsletter from the end of 1975, found inside my copy of /Blues for Allah/. (I'm sure @thebanderson.bsky.social recognizes that speaker layout)
December 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
From a Dead Heads newsletter from the end of 1975, found inside my copy of /Blues for Allah/. (I'm sure @thebanderson.bsky.social recognizes that speaker layout)
"On one occasion, I read the ancient text in Oshakan, where Mashtots‘ is buried. In my solitude under a tree, I felt I was there at his funeral, described briefly by Koriwn yet vividly and with deep emotion."
Abraham Terian, preface to his translation of Koriwn's Life of Mesrop Maštoc', viii
Abraham Terian, preface to his translation of Koriwn's Life of Mesrop Maštoc', viii
December 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"On one occasion, I read the ancient text in Oshakan, where Mashtots‘ is buried. In my solitude under a tree, I felt I was there at his funeral, described briefly by Koriwn yet vividly and with deep emotion."
Abraham Terian, preface to his translation of Koriwn's Life of Mesrop Maštoc', viii
Abraham Terian, preface to his translation of Koriwn's Life of Mesrop Maštoc', viii
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Now live on my Bandcamp page!
Have a listen and chuck a couple of quid my way if you like it. It's not every day you hear an electro-hammered dulcimer version of a 12th-century knight's lament as he goes off on crusade. Unless you live in my house.
katearnolduk.bandcamp.com/track/compla...
#music
Have a listen and chuck a couple of quid my way if you like it. It's not every day you hear an electro-hammered dulcimer version of a 12th-century knight's lament as he goes off on crusade. Unless you live in my house.
katearnolduk.bandcamp.com/track/compla...
#music
Complaint ('Research Mix'), by Kate Arnold
track by Kate Arnold
katearnolduk.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Now live on my Bandcamp page!
Have a listen and chuck a couple of quid my way if you like it. It's not every day you hear an electro-hammered dulcimer version of a 12th-century knight's lament as he goes off on crusade. Unless you live in my house.
katearnolduk.bandcamp.com/track/compla...
#music
Have a listen and chuck a couple of quid my way if you like it. It's not every day you hear an electro-hammered dulcimer version of a 12th-century knight's lament as he goes off on crusade. Unless you live in my house.
katearnolduk.bandcamp.com/track/compla...
#music
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I'm surprised that Rob Bowman's new Muscle Shoals book hasn't been getting more attention. Having previously written the definitive story of Stax Records, this is the perfect companion piece. Rob's one of our great music historians and a Canadian treasure.
From the 1960s through the 1980s, a tiny corner of northwest Alabama produced some of soul, rock and pop's most timeless sounds.
Read Henry Carrigan's latest READING ROOM to learn more about Land of a Thousand Sessions: The Complete Muscle Shoals Story.
nodepression.org/the-reading-...
Read Henry Carrigan's latest READING ROOM to learn more about Land of a Thousand Sessions: The Complete Muscle Shoals Story.
nodepression.org/the-reading-...
THE READING ROOM: Muscle Shoals’ Hey Day Shines in New Book, ‘Land of a Thousand Sessions: The Complete Muscle Shoals Story, 1951-1985’
From the 1960s through the 1980s, hip-shaking soul, funky rock, and soaring pop blared out of a tiny little corner in rural northwest Alabama. Muscle Shoals—part of the Quad Cities area that also…
nodepression.org
December 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I'm surprised that Rob Bowman's new Muscle Shoals book hasn't been getting more attention. Having previously written the definitive story of Stax Records, this is the perfect companion piece. Rob's one of our great music historians and a Canadian treasure.
TODAY (Zoom) in one hour!
Giovanni DiRusso (Harvard)
"The Earliest Translation of Revelation into Arabic? Examining the Book of Revelation in the Arabic Apocalypse of Peter"
11am US ET / 5pm CET
Giovanni DiRusso (Harvard)
"The Earliest Translation of Revelation into Arabic? Examining the Book of Revelation in the Arabic Apocalypse of Peter"
11am US ET / 5pm CET
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December 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
TODAY (Zoom) in one hour!
Giovanni DiRusso (Harvard)
"The Earliest Translation of Revelation into Arabic? Examining the Book of Revelation in the Arabic Apocalypse of Peter"
11am US ET / 5pm CET
Giovanni DiRusso (Harvard)
"The Earliest Translation of Revelation into Arabic? Examining the Book of Revelation in the Arabic Apocalypse of Peter"
11am US ET / 5pm CET
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“The Arabic Dialect of Hama, Syria” by Maciej Klimiuk is now available in a two-volume edition!
www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/isbn_9783447...
www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/isbn_9783447...
December 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
“The Arabic Dialect of Hama, Syria” by Maciej Klimiuk is now available in a two-volume edition!
www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/isbn_9783447...
www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/isbn_9783447...
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Atlanta’s Carlos Museum presents ‘Continuum,’ a celebration of Muscogee art
Gallery wall featuring a map connecting Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and Ocmulgee, Georgia, alongside framed artworks and Harjo’s audio station. (Image by Mike Jensen) Atlanta has a bad habit of starting its history around the…
Gallery wall featuring a map connecting Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and Ocmulgee, Georgia, alongside framed artworks and Harjo’s audio station. (Image by Mike Jensen) Atlanta has a bad habit of starting its history around the…
Atlanta’s Carlos Museum presents ‘Continuum,’ a celebration of Muscogee art
Gallery wall featuring a map connecting Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and Ocmulgee, Georgia, alongside framed artworks and Harjo’s audio station. (Image by Mike Jensen) Atlanta has a bad habit of starting its history around the Civil War. That's not an accusation — it's an observation from Miranda Kyle, curator of Indigenous Arts of the Americas at Emory's Michael C. Carlos Museum. And it's the engine behind "Continuum," the museum's current exhibition featuring more than 20 works by Muscogee (Creek) Nation artists Johnnie Diacon and Hotvlkuce Harjo. Kyle is careful with her language.
roughdraftatlanta.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Atlanta’s Carlos Museum presents ‘Continuum,’ a celebration of Muscogee art
Gallery wall featuring a map connecting Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and Ocmulgee, Georgia, alongside framed artworks and Harjo’s audio station. (Image by Mike Jensen) Atlanta has a bad habit of starting its history around the…
Gallery wall featuring a map connecting Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and Ocmulgee, Georgia, alongside framed artworks and Harjo’s audio station. (Image by Mike Jensen) Atlanta has a bad habit of starting its history around the…
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Bird-Shaped Incense Burner
12th–13th century
Eastern Persia
(Met Museum)
12th–13th century
Eastern Persia
(Met Museum)
December 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Bird-Shaped Incense Burner
12th–13th century
Eastern Persia
(Met Museum)
12th–13th century
Eastern Persia
(Met Museum)
Enthusiasts of loanwords and language contact in Central Asia, take note!
"Like dust on the Silk Road"
Bernard, Chams Benoît. 2025. Like dust on the Silk Road: On the earliest Iranian and BMAC loanwords in Tocharian (Leiden Studies in Indo-European 27). Leiden: Brill.
This volume is open access.
www.biblioiranica.info/like-dust-on...
Bernard, Chams Benoît. 2025. Like dust on the Silk Road: On the earliest Iranian and BMAC loanwords in Tocharian (Leiden Studies in Indo-European 27). Leiden: Brill.
This volume is open access.
www.biblioiranica.info/like-dust-on...
Like dust on the Silk Road
Bernard, Chams Benoît. 2025. Like dust on the Silk Road: On the earliest Iranian and BMAC loanwords in Tocharian (Leiden Studies in Indo-European 27). Leiden: Brill. This volume is open access. Fol…
www.biblioiranica.info
December 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Enthusiasts of loanwords and language contact in Central Asia, take note!
Old Georgian word of the day
სიბნელჱ
"darkness" (< ბნელი "dark")
as in Autobio ps-Dion (Peeters/Abuladze), §8
დაადგრა სიბნელჱ იგი ექუს ჟამით გან ვიდრე მეცხრედ ჟამადმდე
"the darkness lasted from the sixth hour to the ninth"
სიბნელჱ
"darkness" (< ბნელი "dark")
as in Autobio ps-Dion (Peeters/Abuladze), §8
დაადგრა სიბნელჱ იგი ექუს ჟამით გან ვიდრე მეცხრედ ჟამადმდე
"the darkness lasted from the sixth hour to the ninth"
December 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Old Georgian word of the day
სიბნელჱ
"darkness" (< ბნელი "dark")
as in Autobio ps-Dion (Peeters/Abuladze), §8
დაადგრა სიბნელჱ იგი ექუს ჟამით გან ვიდრე მეცხრედ ჟამადმდე
"the darkness lasted from the sixth hour to the ninth"
სიბნელჱ
"darkness" (< ბნელი "dark")
as in Autobio ps-Dion (Peeters/Abuladze), §8
დაადგრა სიბნელჱ იგი ექუს ჟამით გან ვიდრე მეცხრედ ჟამადმდე
"the darkness lasted from the sixth hour to the ninth"
Kushan script 👀
Reposting due to faulty DOI
This issue has an open access article by Nicholas Sims-Williams on #Bactrian:
Sims-Williams, Nicholas. 2025. Bactrian in two scripts: Greek and Kushan. Indo-Iranian Journal. Brill 68(3). 185–214.
brill.com/view/journal...
This issue has an open access article by Nicholas Sims-Williams on #Bactrian:
Sims-Williams, Nicholas. 2025. Bactrian in two scripts: Greek and Kushan. Indo-Iranian Journal. Brill 68(3). 185–214.
brill.com/view/journal...
December 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Kushan script 👀
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The South Sierra Miwuk Nation was expelled from the lands 175 years ago.
Native American tribe reclaims 900 acres of Yosemite National Park in California
The South Sierra Miwuk Nation was expelled from the lands 175 years ago.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The South Sierra Miwuk Nation was expelled from the lands 175 years ago.
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mid-siðian, wk.v: to accompany. (MID-SITH-i-ahn / ˈmɪd-ˌsɪ-θɪ-an)
Image: The Morgan Picture Bible; France (Paris), 1240s; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.638, f. 32v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: The Morgan Picture Bible; France (Paris), 1240s; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.638, f. 32v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
mid-siðian, wk.v: to accompany. (MID-SITH-i-ahn / ˈmɪd-ˌsɪ-θɪ-an)
Image: The Morgan Picture Bible; France (Paris), 1240s; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.638, f. 32v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: The Morgan Picture Bible; France (Paris), 1240s; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.638, f. 32v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
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"Philology served a carceral purpose, helping the state to map, classify, and control populations."
Vipin Krishna on policing language in colonial India.
www.historyworkshop....
Image: A depiction of thuggee strangling a traveller, unknown artist, 1830s. British Library via Wikimedia Commons.
Vipin Krishna on policing language in colonial India.
www.historyworkshop....
Image: A depiction of thuggee strangling a traveller, unknown artist, 1830s. British Library via Wikimedia Commons.
Policing Language in Colonial India
Vipin Krishna explores how colonial officials in nineteenth-century India turned linguistics into a tool for classification, surveillance, and control.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"Philology served a carceral purpose, helping the state to map, classify, and control populations."
Vipin Krishna on policing language in colonial India.
www.historyworkshop....
Image: A depiction of thuggee strangling a traveller, unknown artist, 1830s. British Library via Wikimedia Commons.
Vipin Krishna on policing language in colonial India.
www.historyworkshop....
Image: A depiction of thuggee strangling a traveller, unknown artist, 1830s. British Library via Wikimedia Commons.
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Chicago suburban heads and other curious folk, I’ll be talking about the book at the Park Ridge Public Library (shoutout) next month.
Thursday 1/29. 7 PM. Books for sale on-site. Come hang.
Free! Register here: parkridgelibrary.libcal.com/event/15227396
Thursday 1/29. 7 PM. Books for sale on-site. Come hang.
Free! Register here: parkridgelibrary.libcal.com/event/15227396
Author Talk: LOUD AND CLEAR with Brian Anderson
New author Brian Anderson will discuss his extensive research about the Grateful Dead’s wall of sound and their quest for audio perfection. Books will be available for sale from...
parkridgelibrary.libcal.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Chicago suburban heads and other curious folk, I’ll be talking about the book at the Park Ridge Public Library (shoutout) next month.
Thursday 1/29. 7 PM. Books for sale on-site. Come hang.
Free! Register here: parkridgelibrary.libcal.com/event/15227396
Thursday 1/29. 7 PM. Books for sale on-site. Come hang.
Free! Register here: parkridgelibrary.libcal.com/event/15227396
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'Tis the gifting season 🎁 With over 200 books (and counting!) in the 33 1/3 series, chances are their favorite albums are in there.
Shop 33 1/3 books (30% off until Sunday 7th): https://bit.ly/4pvBAxu
Shop 33 1/3 books (30% off until Sunday 7th): https://bit.ly/4pvBAxu
December 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
'Tis the gifting season 🎁 With over 200 books (and counting!) in the 33 1/3 series, chances are their favorite albums are in there.
Shop 33 1/3 books (30% off until Sunday 7th): https://bit.ly/4pvBAxu
Shop 33 1/3 books (30% off until Sunday 7th): https://bit.ly/4pvBAxu
Parthian word of the day
/frāgēn/
"early"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1105-1107
/awās azīhēd až parwān man ud frāgēn pad dōšambat ēd nazd bawēd/
"Leave from before me now, but be back here early on Monday"
/frāgēn/
"early"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1105-1107
/awās azīhēd až parwān man ud frāgēn pad dōšambat ēd nazd bawēd/
"Leave from before me now, but be back here early on Monday"
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Parthian word of the day
/frāgēn/
"early"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1105-1107
/awās azīhēd až parwān man ud frāgēn pad dōšambat ēd nazd bawēd/
"Leave from before me now, but be back here early on Monday"
/frāgēn/
"early"
as in Sundermann, MKG 1105-1107
/awās azīhēd až parwān man ud frāgēn pad dōšambat ēd nazd bawēd/
"Leave from before me now, but be back here early on Monday"
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[record scratch]
“So you’re probably wondering how I got here . . . “
“So you’re probably wondering how I got here . . . “
December 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
[record scratch]
“So you’re probably wondering how I got here . . . “
“So you’re probably wondering how I got here . . . “
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Candlestick, early 16thC Germany (V&A Museum, London)
December 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Candlestick, early 16thC Germany (V&A Museum, London)
A chance for grad students to win $500 of books from Gorgias Press.
I got this back in 2009. One of the books I got was George's Comparative Ed. of the Syriac Gospels (4 vols.), which I still regularly use.
I got this back in 2009. One of the books I got was George's Comparative Ed. of the Syriac Gospels (4 vols.), which I still regularly use.
Calling all #MastersDegree and #PhD students in subjects related to our press. Remember to submit your applications for our annual book grant before the end of the year. You could win $500-worth of our titles to help your studies. Full details here. www.gorgiaspress.com/gorgias-book... #grants
a cartoon of a boy reading a book surrounded by books .
ALT: a cartoon of a boy reading a book surrounded by books .
media.tenor.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A chance for grad students to win $500 of books from Gorgias Press.
I got this back in 2009. One of the books I got was George's Comparative Ed. of the Syriac Gospels (4 vols.), which I still regularly use.
I got this back in 2009. One of the books I got was George's Comparative Ed. of the Syriac Gospels (4 vols.), which I still regularly use.
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This is how they built the Library of Alexandria
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This is how they built the Library of Alexandria
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But we don’t know much. Henry probably died in 1873. His body was shipped back to the state pen in Richmond, where it was dumped in a mass grave that then went undiscovered for well over a century.
December 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
But we don’t know much. Henry probably died in 1873. His body was shipped back to the state pen in Richmond, where it was dumped in a mass grave that then went undiscovered for well over a century.