Comment by krapp
13 hours ago
As far as I know the vast majority of cuneiform we have is essentially administrative records, tax record and receipts. And homework.
That's the stuff that tells us how societies and cultures really worked.
13 hours ago
As far as I know the vast majority of cuneiform we have is essentially administrative records, tax record and receipts. And homework.
That's the stuff that tells us how societies and cultures really worked.
I don't discount the scholarly value of these works as you note. They provide a very important insight into these early and semi-documented societies but they don't have a visceral impact for the public like "The Hidden Mysteries of Things Previously Unknown" we accord to the Library of Alexandria in popular acclaim
True, but sometimes something like the complaint tablet to Ea-Nasir[0] reaches meme status.
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-n%C4%81...