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Winners in a Contest of Love

Eisenbrauns has posted the winners of its ancient Near East poetry contest. I was tempted to submit something in Ugaritic; but after seeing that Hieroglyphic Luwian received only an honorable mention, I’m glad that I did not attempt.

Kudos to all who won. The level of erudition and plain-old geekdom is astounding. I cower in the presence of those such as you.

(HT: James Spinti)

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3 Responses to “Winners in a Contest of Love”

  1. James Says:
    February 14, 2008 at 12:58 pm

    Jim,

    It was totally arbitrary :) You might have won.

    James

  2. Andy Kerr Says:
    February 15, 2008 at 10:30 am

    James, it wasn’t totally arbitrary. Entries were judged, on style, form, creativity, and the quality of the English translation… pretty much anything except the ancient language. :-)

    Jim, there’s always next year.

    Andy

  3. jimgetz Says:
    February 15, 2008 at 11:43 am

    Andy,

    Are you implying that those who judged the contest were not fluent in Luwian, Hittite, Greek, Hebrew, Demotic, etc. etc.? I’m shocked! Shocked, I tell you!

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