recording of the #Hurrian #Hymn by #PeterPringle, an interpretation of the oldest known piece of #music ever recorded, as they did in #ancient times, on a #cuneiform #tablet

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=w8tfBLvlN98

Groundbreaking #AI project translates 5,000-year-old #cuneiform at push of a button

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/groundbreaking-ai-project-translates-5000-year-old-cuneiform-at-push-of-a-button/

Cuneiform is the oldest known form of writing, but it is so difficult to read that only a few hundred experts around the world can decode the clay tablets filled with wedge-shaped symbols. Now, a team of archaeologists and computer scientists from Israel has created an AI-powered #translation program for ancient #Akkadian cuneiform, allowing tens of thousands of already digitized tablets to be translated into English instantaneously.

#language #science #technology #news #history

Groundbreaking AI project translates 5,000-year-old cuneiform at push of a button

'Google Translate'-like program for Akkadian cuneiform will enable tens of thousands of digitized but unread tablets to be translated to English. Accuracy is debatable

Cracking #Ancient Codes: #Cuneiform #Writing - with #IrvingFinkel

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=PfYYraMgiBA
#Irving #Finkel is a #curator at the #British #Museum

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