|
|
Post by sheshki on Sept 29, 2008 6:49:02 GMT -5
hey bill, all the best for your birthday...u really dont look like 45  hey, have an imaginery cup of this (against the sleepdemon)  and maybe someone gets you this for present ( because clay is mighty)  or that  and lets hope shulak never strikes like this in your bathroom  |
|
|
|
Post by ummia-inim-gina on Sept 29, 2008 11:35:46 GMT -5
šaghul-ugu-ud
I will burn some fish as an offering in honor of the occasion.
|
|
laramar
dubsartur (junior scribe)
Posts: 23
|
Post by laramar on Sept 29, 2008 12:29:29 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by us4-he2-gal2 on Sept 29, 2008 20:09:51 GMT -5
Thanks all! ;D Very imaginative birthday greetings lol - wards against my most hated demons, fish offerings for Enki and Ninkasi beer and an etcsl link. Very fitting stuff. (I had heard of brewers who are quite fascinated by the subject of Sumerian beer they have a few online groups but dont know anything else Sumerian.)
My anger with sleep seem to continue into this year as I sleep 4 hrs last two days and then today some long time and must now sleep little tommorow to make up for it. Must make time.
|
|
|
|
Post by ummia-inim-gina on Sept 29, 2008 20:42:29 GMT -5
(I had heard of brewers who are quite fascinated by the subject of Sumerian beer they have a few online groups but don't know anything else Sumerian.) quote] Yeah, I've looked into brewing beer Sumerian style before and their is actually several beer companies that brew beer that is more or less a replication of the beer described in the Hymn to Ninkasi. There must be liberties taken in order to be able to bottle it though so it isn't 100% authentic. I've tried Dogfishhead's ancient brew and it was pretty hardcore. I don't think anyone but true beer enthusiast would actually enjoy drinking it on a regular basis but it is definitely worth a try. Check out this thread on my myspace group, I've posted several articles on the topic: forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=messageboard.viewThread&entryID=65703483&groupID=106884963&adTopicID=30&Mytoken=B577B329-0C1B-4A3B-B5B375E2BDC7BE3122279284 |
|
|
|
Post by xuchilpaba on Oct 3, 2008 11:45:51 GMT -5
Happy Belated!
|
|
|
|
Post by madness on Oct 3, 2008 17:42:01 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by sheshki on Sept 29, 2009 7:10:50 GMT -5
Another year passed. All the best wishes for you, friend. May Enki give your brain a daily massage.
|
|
af
dubsartur (junior scribe)
Posts: 22
|
Post by af on Sept 29, 2009 12:58:40 GMT -5
 Happy birthday Bill! It's written here - ush4-he2-gal2 u4-tu-ud-da hul2 he2-am3 (my translation of "happy birthday" into sumerian), where u4-tu-ud-da means "birthday" (Foxvog, Halloran dic.), hul2 is "happy, joyful" and "he2-am3" is "let it be". Although I'm not sure if this is right  And here Enki gives you his pure water of wisdom, blessing you to become an assyriologist. |
|
|
|
Post by sheshki on Sept 29, 2009 13:05:20 GMT -5
Thats a very nice tablet , Af. Well done!
|
|
|
|
Post by madness on Sept 30, 2009 2:19:10 GMT -5
Wow that looks really good
|
|
|
|
Post by us4-he2-gal2 on Sept 30, 2009 15:16:56 GMT -5
Thanks for the birthday wishes all! - I suppose it is the first birthday I haven't regretted in years which is a strange side effect of pressure. I still wish I could do more most of the time, and am interested in doing so, but that sentiment is accompanied by less frustration than in times past I suppose hm. I have to say a huge THANK YOU to Af for her wonderful tablet - I am smitten with it That is to say affectionately pleased. It's absolutely perfect - The Sumerian cuneiform, the wording (actually better then my own contrived Mesopotamian birthday greeting!) and the art, I think I demonstrate a Sumerian artists idea of a nose and elbows - excellent adaption! And I love Enki. More than a birthday sentiment, this tablet is the idea and expands the idea. I hope you don't mind if I spread it around? |
|
|
|
Post by ninurta2008 on Oct 20, 2009 10:43:00 GMT -5
They sell that still after all these millenia? Happy late birfday! |
|
