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[dreamer_easy]

I should probably cut the rest of the week's Sumerian classes. It's stinking hot, my vision is blurred, I'm knackered, I have PMS, and I'm sick of the sight of cuneiform. But this morning, while struggling with the latest building inscription, my eye hit a transliterated phrase, and I just read it. Didn't have to go through it syllable by syllable, grammatical component by component, I just read: "When the goddess Nanshe gave him kingship of the city of Lagash". ZOMFG!!11!!!

Saw the doc this afternoon. She reckons the Questran, or rather the lack of it, is not likely to be the culprit. Anywho, more meds, more blood tests, and if I'm still doing badly in a couple of weeks we'll bring my endocrinologist appointment forward. *tests* 15.7 ffs

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[lemon-cupcake.livejournal.com]

But this morning, while struggling with the latest building inscription, my eye hit a transliterated phrase, and I just read it. Didn't have to go through it syllable by syllable, grammatical component by component, I just read

Congratulations! Always a moment to savor in the study of any language, especially one as challenging as Sumerian. I've never so much as dipped my toe into any cuneiform language. And then I guess with Sumerian one doesn't have the Semitic languages for reinforcement, making it more difficult than, e.g., Akkadian, right?

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

Akkadian has been helpful, because it gets you used to the weirdness of cuneiform - eg the way one sign can have multiple sounds, and the use of logograms and determinatives. There's a bit of overlap in the vocabulary, but not a whole lot!