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		NoSalt 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to write in Cuneiform Dr. Irving Finkel is an interesting guy. I ran across him shortly after I discovered the Lewis chessmen [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_chessmen], and I found out that Dr. Finkel had loaned his personal set to the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone filmmakers for Harry and Ron to play Wizard's Chess with. I have since purchased my own Lewis Chessmen reproduction, and it is absolutely beautiful!

ahazred8ta 3 months ago [–]

Trivia: Le Guin's 'Roke' is an Old English form of 'rook', both in the sense of persian rook, chesspiece, fortress tower, and also rook the bird.

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