# Site with online recordings of Ancient Babylonian/Sumerian

Category: Language and Culture

## Post 1 by SatansProphet (Forever in the service of Satan, my King...) on Wednesday, 22-Feb-2012 3:12:16

I am into ancient, aka dead, languages. Though they serve littel practical purpose (except Latin), nonetheless they fascinate me. This particular website has recordings of some ancient Babylonian hymns to the Gods, and apparently some of Hamurabi's laws too. Very awesome to actually hear the Sumerian/Babylonian language spoken aloud! The site is:
http://www.soas.ac.uk/baplar/recordings/

## Post 2 by laced-unlaced (Account disabled) on Wednesday, 22-Feb-2012 12:15:44

cool. i'll check it out- it sure is something diffrent.

## Post 3 by Remy (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Wednesday, 22-Feb-2012 13:57:28

Hmm, that IS interesting. It might indeed bare investigation.

## Post 4 by LeoGuardian (You mean there is something outside of this room with my computer in it?) on Wednesday, 22-Feb-2012 21:29:45

Be curious to know how they figured it was to sound. Phonetics didn't play a big role in writing of the early stages, especially Sumarian. Not discounting, and certainly I'll check it out. Hope they've got info on how they came to those conclusions.

## Post 5 by LeoGuardian (You mean there is something outside of this room with my computer in it?) on Thursday, 23-Feb-2012 22:16:01

Hmm they have the translation of the texts as well. The parts being read, anyway.

## Post 6 by SatansProphet (Forever in the service of Satan, my King...) on Sunday, 26-Feb-2012 4:19:24

Not sure how they determine the pronunciation, but...well, they know what they're doing. So yeah.