The CREWS inscription advent calendar 2018

Following the success of last year’s Inscription Advent Calendar, which we ran on Twitter, we have decided to do it all over again, but with a set of new inscriptions (well, very old inscriptions, but you know what I mean).

A clay and copper cuneiform tablet, with a lion to guard them, collectively a foundation deposit of the city of Urkish (mod. Syria), c.2000 BC (Louvre) – the oldest surviving text(s) in the Hurrian language. #inscriptionadventcalendar#AdventCalendarhttps://t.co/X2N2Hu4FOepic.twitter.com/QMk2LjsQwi

— CREWS Project (@crewsproject) December 6, 2018

You can follow the advent calendar by following us on Twitter, or by checking the blog regularly – our Twitter feed appears down the right-hand side of the page.

Piece of limestone with Egyptian hieroglyphs carved in relief, 20th C BC, from Tomb of Meketre, Thebes. The artist never finished them (I wonder why) but he started, showing which details he would paint first. https://t.co/DxfIXjOyU2#inscriptionadventcalendar#AdventCalendarpic.twitter.com/mNb2aKfBT9

— CREWS Project (@crewsproject) December 3, 2018

So far we have featured Egyptian hieroglyphs, Eteocretan written in the Cretan alphabet, Mayan, Linear A and three different types of cuneiform. Keep coming back for more!

For the first day, a famous one – the cuneiform flood tablet from the Gilgamesh epic, found in the library of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurbanipal. https://t.co/03ZSZ4AFRhhttps://t.co/g4aOWWoizg#inscriptionadventcalendar (Do keep coming back each day for more inscriptions!) pic.twitter.com/FMRsxOldXV

— CREWS Project (@crewsproject) December 1, 2018

You will also find that we are retweeting posts from others who love ancient writing, including @cooleiform’s cuneiform advent calendar.