Robin Leroy
@eggrobin.bsky.social
𒉭𒄿𒈾𒀀𒀊𒁀𒊭𒁾𒎌𒉈𒁍𒌑𒌝
An egg drowning in a sea of papers
𒉭𒀀𒀊𒁀𒁾𒁀𒅗𒁀𒀭𒋢𒋢
一颗在论文海中的蛋
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An egg drowning in a sea of papers
𒉭𒀀𒀊𒁀𒁾𒁀𒅗𒁀𒀭𒋢𒋢
一颗在论文海中的蛋
𒄠𒋛𒆠 https://mastodon.social/@eggrobin
That one is oracc.org/dccmt/P347488 = cdli.earth/P347488, which doesn’t quite look right.
I think your photo is instead oracc.org/dccmt/P347486 = cdli.earth/P347486 (also the 24 times table, written by the same student four days earlier, if I am reading this right?)
I think your photo is instead oracc.org/dccmt/P347486 = cdli.earth/P347486 (also the 24 times table, written by the same student four days earlier, if I am reading this right?)
November 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
That one is oracc.org/dccmt/P347488 = cdli.earth/P347488, which doesn’t quite look right.
I think your photo is instead oracc.org/dccmt/P347486 = cdli.earth/P347486 (also the 24 times table, written by the same student four days earlier, if I am reading this right?)
I think your photo is instead oracc.org/dccmt/P347486 = cdli.earth/P347486 (also the 24 times table, written by the same student four days earlier, if I am reading this right?)
I mostly don’t talk at conferences (being a software engineer, I can get away with not doing any of that), but last time I did so a couple of years ago I ended up not being able to decipher my own handwritten notes while presenting, so it ended up being unscripted anyway…
November 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I mostly don’t talk at conferences (being a software engineer, I can get away with not doing any of that), but last time I did so a couple of years ago I ended up not being able to decipher my own handwritten notes while presenting, so it ended up being unscripted anyway…
That reminds me, it’s been a while since I’ve sent you pictures of brioches…
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
That reminds me, it’s been a while since I’ve sent you pictures of brioches…
The pictographs were provisionally assigned (185-C2), I guess they will be in Unicode 19 (September 2027).
(Of course cuneiform has been in Unicode since 2006, so people have long been able to post their third millennium or later receipts on social media…)
(Of course cuneiform has been in Unicode since 2006, so people have long been able to post their third millennium or later receipts on social media…)
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The pictographs were provisionally assigned (185-C2), I guess they will be in Unicode 19 (September 2027).
(Of course cuneiform has been in Unicode since 2006, so people have long been able to post their third millennium or later receipts on social media…)
(Of course cuneiform has been in Unicode since 2006, so people have long been able to post their third millennium or later receipts on social media…)
By the way, the characters proposed in that document have been approved for inclusion in Unicode 18 at the latest UTC meeting (decision 185-C39), so in September next year you should be able to post the numbers from that tablet as plain text on BlueSky.
www.unicode.org/L2/L2025/252...
www.unicode.org/L2/L2025/252...
UTC 185 Minutes
Total full members in good standing = 9 (Adobe, Airbnb, Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Salesforce, Translated)
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November 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
By the way, the characters proposed in that document have been approved for inclusion in Unicode 18 at the latest UTC meeting (decision 185-C39), so in September next year you should be able to post the numbers from that tablet as plain text on BlueSky.
www.unicode.org/L2/L2025/252...
www.unicode.org/L2/L2025/252...
See system Š* in www.unicode.org/L2/L2024/242... p. 42 and the various works by Englund referenced there (and of course see zenodo.org/records/3739... = [Eng98]).
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
See system Š* in www.unicode.org/L2/L2024/242... p. 42 and the various works by Englund referenced there (and of course see zenodo.org/records/3739... = [Eng98]).
I think here the kinds of numerals (N20, as well as N47 in the total on the reverse, with those little ticks scattered over the numbers) tell us what it is (barley groats), so the pictograms must be something other than the things being counted.
November 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I think here the kinds of numerals (N20, as well as N47 in the total on the reverse, with those little ticks scattered over the numbers) tell us what it is (barley groats), so the pictograms must be something other than the things being counted.
But it is in DUR₂ KU₆~a, so it is a butt-fish! (cf. Archaic Fish oracc.org/dcclt/Q00001...; apparently the ED reflex is 𒇥𒄩? oracc.org/epsd2/o0077738).
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
But it is in DUR₂ KU₆~a, so it is a butt-fish! (cf. Archaic Fish oracc.org/dcclt/Q00001...; apparently the ED reflex is 𒇥𒄩? oracc.org/epsd2/o0077738).
Et objets volés inclus, comme cette tabatière volée l’an dernier collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/5335... pendant une exposition au musée Cognacq-Jay…
Tabatière
Tabatière chantournée, montée à cage en or de dix plaques d'agate (calcédoine). Entre les plaques extérieures et intérieures se trouvent de fines toiles de soie pongée de couleur rose pâle. Sur les 4 ...
collections.louvre.fr
October 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Et objets volés inclus, comme cette tabatière volée l’an dernier collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/5335... pendant une exposition au musée Cognacq-Jay…
Tous je ne pense pas, mais il y a beaucoup de photos sur collections.louvre.fr, objets non exposés inclus (j’y vais souvent pour regarder des tablettes cunéiformes dont les photos ne sont pas sur cdli.earth).
Louvre site des collections
La base de données Collections présente plus de 480 000 œuvres du musée du Louvre et du musée national Eugène-Delacroix.
collections.louvre.fr
October 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Tous je ne pense pas, mais il y a beaucoup de photos sur collections.louvre.fr, objets non exposés inclus (j’y vais souvent pour regarder des tablettes cunéiformes dont les photos ne sont pas sur cdli.earth).
20th century german sumerologists are pretty good at this too
September 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
20th century german sumerologists are pretty good at this too
Reposted by Robin Leroy
Reposted by Robin Leroy
The catt was lockt in the chamber, and kept a great mewing, and leapt upon the bed, which made me I could not sleep a great while.
August 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The catt was lockt in the chamber, and kept a great mewing, and leapt upon the bed, which made me I could not sleep a great while.
The UTC extends its deepest condolences to Andrew’s family, friends, and his many colleagues around the world.
July 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The UTC extends its deepest condolences to Andrew’s family, friends, and his many colleagues around the world.
The UTC notes with great sadness the tragic loss of @babelstone.co.uk, who passed away peacefully on July 10, 2025. UTC acknowledges Andrew’s many valuable contributions over 20+ years to the encoding of East Asian scripts.
July 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The UTC notes with great sadness the tragic loss of @babelstone.co.uk, who passed away peacefully on July 10, 2025. UTC acknowledges Andrew’s many valuable contributions over 20+ years to the encoding of East Asian scripts.
That reminds me of a slide in a talk at the Rencontre in Helsinki last year which mentioned dead oxen; the slide was titled GUD BAD.
July 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
That reminds me of a slide in a talk at the Rencontre in Helsinki last year which mentioned dead oxen; the slide was titled GUD BAD.
I think you want 𒌀 (TIL), rather than 𒁁 (BAD). They merge in later styles of cuneiform but are distinct in ED.
July 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I think you want 𒌀 (TIL), rather than 𒁁 (BAD). They merge in later styles of cuneiform but are distinct in ED.