Comments on bulbulistan: latino-punic

hat, indeed, indeed. And as for the spammers, don&...

2010-06-21T10:23:32.118+02:00

hat,
indeed, indeed. And as for the spammers, don't worry. I'm letting them get all comfy and complacent and then when the time is right, BAAAM, I will deploy operation Golden Viagra. They won't know what hit them.

Matti,
Eisenbrauns lied, they only had one copy left and you got it. Aarrgh.

Mr. Hat, I am deeply honoured by your approval. :)...

2010-06-20T22:30:24.946+02:00

Mr. Hat, I am deeply honoured by your approval. :)

Oh, and bulbul, have you considered cleaning the s...

2010-06-19T16:32:37.033+02:00

Oh, and bulbul, have you considered cleaning the spam out of those early posts? I hate to see spammers win.

Fascinating! And I don't know why I never got...

2010-06-19T16:31:26.671+02:00

Fascinating! And I don't know why I never got around to adding your blog to my blogroll, Mattitiahu, but I've now done so.

I decided to make a post out of it.

I think it's lost somewhere in the mess on my ...

2010-06-03T20:29:20.354+02:00

I think it's lost somewhere in the mess on my desk at home. If I can find it again, I'll scan it and send it your way :)

Awesome. You wouldn't happen to have a copy of...

2010-06-03T16:02:58.280+02:00

Awesome. You wouldn't happen to have a copy of that somethingelse hanging around, would you?

I've been buying way too many books lately, bu...

2010-06-03T00:04:38.842+02:00

I've been buying way too many books lately, but what the hell, what's one more that's only nineteen worthless Amerika-dollars?

Besides, earlier this year one of the archaeologists around here asked me to translate this Greek-Latin-Somethingelse multilingual curse tablet from Carthage as part of their thesis research. I got the Greek and Latin no problem but I had no idea what to do with the that something-else which looked like it might be Punic recorded in the Greek alphabet (the whole inscription, even the Latin, was written in it). It blew my effing mind and I'd love to see some scholarship on this stuff. :)

In the immortal words of our Arab Lit professor re...

2010-06-02T18:58:12.698+02:00

In the immortal words of our Arab Lit professor reminiscing about his university years: "They made us memorize some inscriptions and the entire Mesha Stele. /A Czechoslovak Semitologist who shall remain nameless/ almost failed the course because of it. I passed just fine - Moabite, Ammonite, Phoenician, it's all bloody Hebrew to me."
You could start with "Late Punic Epigraphy" - they got two copies ar 19 USD left over at Eisenbrauns, one for you, one for me :)

(And yes, yes, I say that in full knowledge that S...

2010-06-02T17:59:36.292+02:00

(And yes, yes, I say that in full knowledge that Semiticists will probably come flaming "PUNIC IS NOT HEBREW" as they have every moral and factual right to do so. :) )

Oh if only I could get myself back into shape with...

2010-06-02T17:55:04.932+02:00

Oh if only I could get myself back into shape with Northwest Semitic Grammar I would probably hungrily devour this book. :) It's unfortunate that I've forgotten a large chunk of my Hebrew (and therefore most of my potential knowledge of Punic).