Re: Babylonian text missing for 1,000 years deciphered with AI

Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:

On 2025-07-06 17:59:52 +0000, Sam Plusnet said:

On 05/07/2025 05:42, Tilde wrote:

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https://www.popsci.com/science/missing-babylon-text-ai/
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A team of ancient literature experts have
deciphered a Mesopotamain text that was missing
for over 1,000 years. Etched on clay tablets,

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If AI leads to the assumption that cuneform is somehow "etched", then I suspect its translation is as trustworthy as the average election manifesto.

 Enrique Jiménez seems to know how cuneiform tablers were produced, so it is probably Laura Baisas (the author of the aricle in Popular Science) that is confused. But is the problem that she doesn't know how cuneiform tablers were made, or she doesn't know what "etched" means? (Maybe both?)

That's why I provided the journal link
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/iraq/article/literary-texts-from-the-sippar-library-v-a-hymn-in-praise-of-babylon-and-the-babylonians/B477D54E6554CA35718880339B3736CD
LITERARY TEXTS FROM THE SIPPAR LIBRARY V: A
HYMN IN PRAISE OF BABYLON AND THE BABYLONIANS
The popular press article is just a quick light
heads up. Those interested can look at the journal
(which has translated bits). Don't rely solely on
the popsci article.