MOB Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 (edited) BTW Old Persian Cuneiform was very much the New Pelorian of its day (525 BC) Edited April 1, 2021 by MOB 2 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runeblogger Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Finally!!! 😍 1 Quote Read my Runeblog about RuneQuest and Glorantha at: http://elruneblog.blogspot.com.es/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali the Helering Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Not too sure about the spelling in line 3 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kloster Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 What about shipping and handling cost: The weight should be close to 2 (metric) tons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 1 minute ago, Kloster said: What about shipping and handling cost: The weight should be close to 2 (metric) tons! "Negotiations are also underway with Chaosium’s partners in print-on-demand – or should we say 'kiln-on-demand'? – to make select Jonstown Compendium community content releases available in the format; "Eh. It's not the most impractical idea they've had," noted Meredith Gerber, Chaosium's company rep at DriveThruRPG." 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Brooke Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Bah. Cuneiform doesn't have any accents or weird punctuation conventions: translating into French is much tougher. @Minlister 1 2 Quote Community Ambassador - Jonstown Compendium, Chaosium, Inc. Email: nick.brooke@chaosium.com for community content queries Jonstown Compendium ⧖ Facebook Ф Twitter † old website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Godspeed Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Finally realizing Greg's ORIGINAL vision. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 25 minutes ago, Ali the Helering said: Not too sure about the spelling in line 3 Sorry all I can say about that is 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali the Helering Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 My kids sent me an engraved disc in Hittite cuneiform for my birthday. I am trusting them as to what it says.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manimati Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 (edited) I am now working on a petroglyph version of the Glorantha sourcebook. See a sample below... (picture taken at Petroglyph National monument near Albuquerque) Edited April 5, 2021 by Manimati added location of picture 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerval Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 But... Old Persian cuneiform is iron age. I think you'd sell more copies if people didn't have to achieve Rune Level to use the rules. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revilo Divad Of Dyoll Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Sadly, my cuneiform is a bit rusty, so I'll pass on this. However, as long as we're on the topic of special editions, would it be possible to get a deluxe version of the Red Book of Magic bound in the skins of red vadeli? Preferably autographed by Zzabur? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kloster Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 7 hours ago, Nick Brooke said: Bah. Cuneiform doesn't have any accents or weird punctuation conventions: translating into French is much tougher. @Minlister French has no weird punctuation and accents. English is just missing some parts of the alphabet. By the way, Nick, your french on Deadcrows forum is more than correct (even if typically british). You should have no problem translating from ancient persian to modern french. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Brooke Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, Kloster said: By the way, Nick, your french on Deadcrows forum is more than correct (even if typically british). You should have no problem translating from ancient persian to modern french. Thank you ever so much for saying so. I take a lot of care when I post in French, for obvious reasons, and I’m delighted to hear it works. (I’m also very proud of the ratings and reviews our French translation is racking up — it’s clear that Vivien & Franck did good work there) Edited April 2, 2021 by Nick Brooke link added 2 Quote Community Ambassador - Jonstown Compendium, Chaosium, Inc. Email: nick.brooke@chaosium.com for community content queries Jonstown Compendium ⧖ Facebook Ф Twitter † old website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Darvall Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 My son just suggested etching it into a cliff face. A wall if you will. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share Posted April 2, 2021 Our clay tablet announcement yesterday features a genuine passage transliterated from the RuneQuest Roleplaying in Glorantha rulebook, thanks to https://dumbcuneiform.com. And there's a prize going to the first ardent Gloranthaphile/Assyriologist who can decipher it! (BTW for Glorantha context, Old Persian Cuneiform was very much the New Pelorian of its day, 525 BC.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 (edited) An accuurate translation of Old Persian cuneiform of course depends on many deductions of Anquetil-Duperron and Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, and later conformations and clarificatios by Eugène Burnouf whuch remain open to debate by scholars Edited April 2, 2021 by Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share Posted April 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Martin said: An accuurate translation of Old Persian cuneiform of course depends on many deductions of Anquetil-Duperron and Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, and later conformations and clarificatios by Eugène Burnouf whuch remain open to debate by scholars Fortunately though, because this is Dumb Cuneiform after all, all anyone needs to do here is a transliteration: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 (edited) Some of us used a Cuneiform app yonks ago ... Edited April 3, 2021 by soltakss Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerval Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 I had a go at translitterating with a sign-list, but it didn't seem to make a lot of sene after the first few words (unlike the cuneiform text on Mythras Imperative, which had a few wrong phonemes due to, I presume, key-mapping on the font they used, but was entirely comprehensible). ka-m-ba-t i-n ru-n-(e)-ku-(e)-s-t s vi-sa-ra-l = combat in Runequest is(?) visceral(?) But after that... 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Godspeed Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Impressive! Tried to parse the last part, but I'm no good, unfortunately. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerval Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Maybe the third line should be read as : a-l-a-z pa-ta-n-ta-l-i ra-d = alas, potentially rad! But probably not... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerval Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 scribal errors aside, I think the incipit is “combat in runequest is visceral and always potentially deadly”. but I can’t check as I’m not home at the mo. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerval Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 "Combat in runequest is visceral and always potentially deadly. Players should be mindful that even the least trollkin can take out your..." Then it cuts off. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, Nerval said: "Combat in runequest is visceral and always potentially deadly. Players should be mindful that even the least trollkin can take out your..." Then it cuts off. Those lazy scribes, the tablet text should have advised the reader to 'PTO' cuneiform continues on other side... But congrats @Nerval you translated the text perfectly! You get an experience check for your Old Persian skill. Also messaging you about your prize. Edited April 4, 2021 by MOB 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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