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Once again battling with Sethe’s horrible handwriting. Harkhuf’s bio being one of the most boring texts in Old Egyptian history isn’t helping, either. Three more days, just three more da - oh hey look sparkles!

Apr 4

So I guess this is an aggresive bull, or something… Wait, what? It’s an elephant? What the fuck, Sethe. 

How I feel after spending an afternoon with the Urkunden I. Sethe, your handwriting is truly abominable. Sorry. 

How I feel after spending an afternoon with the Urkunden I. Sethe, your handwriting is truly abominable. Sorry. 

Little things that irk me as an Egyptologist, prt. 4

#11
The wordgames you sometimes encounter in a text. Once I get them, they’re brilliant. Before that time they annoy the shit out of me: “What do you mean, ‘he who is a tongue’? What kind of title is that? AARGH FUCK THIS TEXT AND WHOEVER WROTE IT.”

#12
Zahi Hawass.

#13
The handwriting of Sethe and De Buck. The birds all look the fucking same.