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Baeocystin | 4 months ago

Seems relevant to mention https://dumbcuneiform.com/ here. I haven't ordered from them, but was always amused by the idea.

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thaumasiotes|4 months ago

Dang. They lead by saying they'll translate your short message. And their marketing image shows the message "Girl, are you a beaver? Cuz daaaammmm!"

I was really looking forward to seeing how that got translated into something other than English.

But in the fine print, they say this instead:

> We take the letters from your message and transliterate by syllable, as nearly as we can, into [Old Persian] cuneiform.

samus|4 months ago

Old Persian cuneiform was designed from scratch and is essentially an alphabet. It has almost nothing in common with Sumerian Cuneiform, which is what most people think of if they refer to "cuneiform".

red-iron-pine|4 months ago

now see this is an online business.

all you need is essentially a basic website and billing + $0.30 of clay + basic kiln or oven + broken reed or bamboo stick.

chances are the orderer won't even know if you just made it up.