How to write cuneiform with Irving Finkel and @preservethings I Curator's Corner S4 Ep9

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Jun8 · 2025-11 · Strong recommendation

If you are interesting anything related to cuneiform writing or ancient Mesopotamian culture , Irving Finkel, a British Museum curator, is a treasure. Here he is teaching how to write cuneiform: [VIDEO] Here is a hilarious talk he gave at Chicago's Oriental Institute on Noah's Ark: [LINK]

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shagie · 2023-06 · Strong recommendation

If this is interesting... Irving Finkel is the person to look up for cuneiform on Youtube. From the British Museum: Irving Finkel teaches how to write cuneiform [VIDEO] There are many other videos by him, but that's a place to start.

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nosianu · 2023-06 · Strong recommendation

There are many similar ones, but I like this one from The British Museum the most, because of the teacher: "Irving Finkel teaches how to write cuneiform I Curator's Corner Season 4 Episode 8 #CuratorsCorner" Who is he: > Irving Leonard Finkel is a British philologist and Assyriologist. He is the Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian script, languages and cultures in the Department of the Middle East in the British Museum, where he specialises in cuneiform inscriptions on tablets of clay from ancient Mesopotamia. It's short enough for an introduction, funny and entertaining, and broad enough, with some sprinkling of information that gives an idea of the complexities of the language too, not just the cuneiform itself. [VIDEO]

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