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How to write in Cuneiform

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103 points PaulHoule | 1 comments | 09 Oct 25 22:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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NoSalt ◴[10 Oct 25 14:19 UTC] No.45539405[source]▶
Dr. Irv­ing Finkel is an interesting guy. I ran across him shortly after I discovered the Lewis chessmen [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_chessmen], and I found out that Dr. Finkel had loaned his personal set to the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone filmmakers for Harry and Ron to play Wizard's Chess with. I have since purchased my own Lewis Chessmen reproduction, and it is absolutely beautiful!
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1. ahazred8ta ◴[10 Oct 25 17:37 UTC] No.45541594[source]▶
Trivia: Le Guin's 'Roke' is an Old English form of 'rook', both in the sense of persian rook, chesspiece, fortress tower, and also rook the bird.