“Whilst yet the calm hours creep, / Dream thou—and from thy sleep / Then wake to weep”

Links for your enjoyment, two taken from the same subreddit:

Tuppi the cuneiform tablet stuffie is for sale at the University of Chicago museum. Some context. (via)

The cuneiform complaint letter to Ea-Nāṣir, copper merchant of Ur, read in the original Akkadian (with subtitles). (via)

Timelapse video taken by satellite of category 5 super-typhon Sinlaku. Sadly, no cuneiform here. (via)

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Subject quote from “The flower that smiles to-day,” Percy Shelley.