#sumerian diy

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Do you know of any artist which bakes tablets with texts of our choosing? Like the name of the Fire God Gibil, for example 𒀭𒉈𒄀 (dgibil₆)

Thank you!

Hello! The only person I know who makes custom cuneiform tablets is @ancienttextmoderntablet, who you can find on Etsy here. But you can also make your own clay tablet using these instructions from the CDLI - all it takes is moldable clay and a chopstick! And for other techniques and info on how to make your own cuneiform in different media, check out my Sumerian DIY tag.

[sumerianlanguage]

Writing in Cuneiform

Silim! I think I’ve mentioned it before, but I cannot recommend enough the article on writing your own cuneiform from the CDLI. It explains the process of cuneiform writing and how to write using clay and either a reed stylus or a chopstick (my preferred method). If anybody uses this method to write in Sumerian cuneiform (or another cuneiform language), definitely @ me or submit a photo!

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Here’s a picture from a while back of some writing I did. It’s the beginning of Law 9 from Hammurabi. This is harder than it looks but still much easier than writing signs with pencil and paper. I did it with a chopstick.

This is awesome! For those wanting to do something similar, here’s my previous post on writing your own cuneiform. And if you try it out, make sure to submit the results!