Assyrian Dictionary

ethan · Post by **ethan** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:42 pm

http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/ ... liest-days

It only took 90 years to create

but now you can translate your own cuneiform.

philqw78 · Post by **philqw78** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:17 pm

Is it on google translate yet?

ethan · Post by **ethan** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:35 pm

philqw78 wrote:Is it on google translate yet?

I read somewhere that there is a free online version. Supposedly it is much more than a dictionary and includes a lot of discussion around the usage and meaning of terms.

hazelbark · Post by **hazelbark** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:22 pm

philqw78 wrote:Is it on google translate yet?

"At various points during the project’s long history, scholars tried to modernize the process, including attempting to put portions of the project on IBM hole punch cards in the 1960s. Transferring all the cards onto computers would have taken decades, Roth said. Instead, they now are going into a safe archive."

spike · Post by **spike** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 11:15 am

ethan wrote:
philqw78 wrote:Is it on google translate yet?
I read somewhere that there is a free online version. Supposedly it is much more than a dictionary and includes a lot of discussion around the usage and meaning of terms.

http://www.event12.com/babylonian/index.html

spike · Post by **spike** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 11:16 am

spike wrote:
ethan wrote:
philqw78 wrote:Is it on google translate yet?
I read somewhere that there is a free online version. Supposedly it is much more than a dictionary and includes a lot of discussion around the usage and meaning of terms.
http://www.event12.com/babylonian/index.html

Ok thats a bit of a joke but you did ask!