#enkidusbi

[i-scan-your-poems]

Metrical form: iambic tetrameter

Rhyme scheme: 6 stanzas of ABAB, then 2 stanzas of AABB

Other notes: There are some trochaic inversions (e.g. of love lying past any veil). Both meter and rhyme are regular for the first 6 stanzas, up to "A cupboard, larder, and the loo-". After this point, the rhyme scheme changes and the meter temporarily becomes irregular:

◡ – / And you / ◡ – / ◡ – / ◡ – ◡ You all / lie there / together

This phrase, metrically a single tetrameter line, is broken up by a line break (emphasizing the repetition of you, the fact that it rhymes with loo in the previous line, and the tonal shift), and there is hypercatalexis (an extra syllable at the end of the line). The following line is also irregular, maintaining the tetrameter but with extra unstressed syllables and inversions:

◡ – / ◡ ◡ – / – ◡ / ◡ – ◡ Memo/rialized, / birds of / a feather

After this, the meter becomes regular again but the new rhyme scheme continues.

hi did you know that ancient mesopotamians buried their dead under the floors of their own houses to always be close to them? i can't write a poem about this but by god i will write a master's thesis

[archaeos]

How hard is archaeology? How often are major discoveries made? How competitive of a field is it?

Hi Nonny, thanks for the ask!

I feel like I should be clear up front here: I’m only an archaeology student in the midst of my (very lengthy) undergrad, but I’m willing to tell you what I know. The academic side of archaeology is often very rigorous; at least at my university, you’re expected to have a solid grasp of both theoretical and technical concepts and to be able to analyse papers and produce a lot of written work. I can’t speak too much about the field -- I’ve only been on one dig and as a novice your job is to dig and scrape for hours on end. I love it, personally, but if you don’t like hard physical work fieldwork may not be your thing. That’s not to say archaeology isn’t for you -- there’s museum or archival work too -- but the fieldwork side is a big part of archaeology. 

How often major discoveries are made really depends on what you define as a major discovery. The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen is once in several generations, but there are smaller finds that don’t make the news as often that are nonetheless just as important. My dissertation supervisor, for instance, does a lot of really interesting work in the Mediterranean as a maritime archaeologist, and was part of a team that uncovered a type of ship that had only previously been known in ancient writings. A lot can be learned from even the smallest artefact.

 Archaeology is a competitive field, but I don’t think that should dissuade anyone from it. It is academic, and with that one gets the usual vagaries and nonsense of academia, but it’s also multidisciplinary, and I believe that the critical skills it teaches are applicable to anything, even if you don’t end up wishing to pursue archaeology further.

I’ll tag some other archaeology blogs who might be able to give you some better ideas: @archaeologistproblems @chaotic-archaeologist @enkidusbi 

If anyone else has an archaeology blog, please comment so I can reblog!

[chaotic-archaeologist]

do you have any recommendations for good archaeology focused tumblrs? every time I try and search the tag all I end up with is photos from museums and while those are pretty, I'm really after a more archaeologist makes bad jokes kinda vibe ??

Oh boy, I’ll try to get everyone but I know I’ll miss some. Feel free to reblog this if I didn’t tag you.

@midden-maiden @art-thropologist @archaicbookworm @buckets-of-dirt @anon-e-has-a-tmblr @sinovenatorchangii @archaeologistproblems @archaeo-geek @saintartemis @anthroaddict @bi-archaeologist @fixomnia-scribble @cousinnick @anthropologist-on-the-loose @enkidusbi @tarivin @tarantula-hawk-wasp

Those are just the ones that I can think of off the top of my head. Archaeology tumblr exists, you just have to... ahem... dig a little to find it.

-Reid

[ganymedecatamitus]

Just queued a post from @enkidusbi that she reblogged from me and it made me realize that the mesopotamian academic community on here is so DAMN small, we're all just a dozen college students with no sleep schedule and Three(3) adults with full time jobs

[heroicallynude]

@enkidusbi that was honestly my thought too

creepy and wet major alignment chart

edit: added a few more majors

[rialtoir]

Two truths, one lie

Thank you, @swanfloatieknight , for procrastinating and tagging me in so many of these :P

1. I stole a book from a bookshop near my university.

2. As a baby, I had black hair.

3. I stepped on a bird and it died.

I'll invite @capailleuisce , @lloerwyn , @screamingatanemptyroom , @enkidusbi and whoever wants to do this.

[dontdowhatisayandnobodygetshurt]

heard you asked for picrew requests so here i am: 🌟🌟 please for my two sideblogs (@enkidusbi and @gayaziraphales) thank you ✌🔆💛

@enkidusbi

@gayaziraphales

Kam you are literally TOO GOOD AND PURE for me and this world and I love you so much!!! THANK YOU DARLING!!! :’D

send me a 🌟, pretty please? 

[archaeos]

5 (you can take this to mean an actual ship, not a pairing of a characters, i know you like them. or it can mean both. whatever you feel like answering xdd) 💛

5: What’s your favorite fictional ship? (Canon or otherwise)

I know I’m preaching to the choir here, but my absolute favourite ship is the Uluburun, which for those of you who don’t know, the lovely @enkidusbi wrote up here and long story short (for those who aren’t Kam) is a Late Bronze Age trading vessel that was likely carrying kingly gifts (probably for diplomacy reasons) and sank off of Turkey around 1300 BC. Eric Cline, in his great book 1177 BC: The Year Civilisation Collapsed, suggested it’s possible that the amber and tin found in the Uluburun came from the Baltic and Afghanistan (respectively) which is just SO COOL. 

Thanks for the ask! :-)

[rialtoir]

@enkidusbi idk if you watch Good Omens but this might be funny nevertheless :)

just found fanfic written on clay tablets in cuneiform and then the pictures were uploaded to ao3 the good omens fandom is insane

[ganymedecatamitus]

Can you send me that post you made about Julius Caesar being a botom?

This is actually a repost of @enkidusbi 's tags, I think that's what you're talking about?

[rialtoir]

tag...game?

Instructions: tag 10 followers that you want to get to know better

Gender: female

Star sign: Scorpio

Height: 1.64m (and not a cm smaller!)

Sexuality: Straight

Hogwarts House: RAVENCLAW (though one time I got Gryffindor. not a good day)

Favourite animals: Horses, Birds (especially birds of prey)

Average hours of sleep: 5-6 on normal days, 8-9 when my boyfriend is staying over (usually the weekends). Yes, it’s not healthy. No, I don’t really care.

Current time: almost lunchtime

Dogs or cats: Both; it’s difficult. I like dogs for their companionship and cats for their independence.

Number of blankets you sleep with: In spring and autumn I sleep with my normal blanket, in winter I sometimes use two, and in the middle of summer I tend to just use the cloth thing you put the blanket in. If I know there are gnats in my room, I crawl inside (my mum once said it looks like a body bag).

Dream job: Professor for German literature, not yet sure which exact discipline.

When I created this blog: Must have been 2018.

Follower count: Not many. Two active friends.

Why I made this blog: I just wanted a tumblr after seeing all the cool post-screenshots on Pinterest. I was planning on mostly posting original content, but I just gave up. I’ve got another (very inactive) blog for that now.

How I came up with my URL: I googled some Irish words (the pretentious little kid in me went for stuff like “stardust” and “queen”) and then modified one (I think it was “king” with some sort of addition. don’t ask). It’s become my username for almost every social media platform.

Thanks to @swanfloatieknight for tagging me! You’re the only one...

I’ll tag @capailleuisce, @samis-side-of-the-story (if you’re still here), and ummm... I don’t really have any mutuals... so if @screamingatanemptyroom, @enkidusbi and @lloerwyn want to, they can do this :)

[archaeos]

I was tagged by @enkidusbi -- thanks!

Tag 9 people you'd like to get to know better/catch up with!

Last Song: John Barleycorn by Jim Moray. Because nothing screams ‘fun’ like a ballad about murder and grain harvest. 

Currently reading: Nothing fun. My work is solely schoolwork now. 

Currently watching: Rewatching Schitt’s Creek because it’s such a comfort show and I love all the characters.

Currently craving: A holiday. I’ve had one week in the last year where I wasn’t studying or working (the two week quarantine when I went home last March does not count). 

Tagging: You know who you are, and if you don’t and want to answer -- go ahead :-) 

[archaeos]

Thank you to everyone who jumped on to my anonymous archaeology question yesterday! I tagged some people in the hopes that anon might go follow them too, but I appreciate you all taking the time to write out such great answers. 

I’ll say this again: my askbox is always open, but please keep in mind I am only an undergraduate. I actually have a career as a mariner, and while I would love to pursue archaeology as my career I don’t necessarily have the best perspective on how to do it. 

So thank you, @enkidusbi, @chaotic-archaeologist, and @traffa! I’m really grateful to you for taking the time to add your perspectives. 

[archaeos]

Archaeologist tag meme

Tagged by @enkidusbi​. Thanks!

Rules: repost, please for the love of god don’t reblog. Non-archaeologists are also welcome to participate!

What kind of trowel do you have: Spear and Jackson because it’s cheap and good. I want a Marshalltown, though, but that’s simply because of the Golden Marshalltown (Flannery 1982). 

Area of expertise: Hopefully maritime archaeology. I’ve spent the last two years of my life working in the maritime industry and I love being on the water. 

Preferred drink in the field: Sparkling water, but I’m not so prissy as to turn my nose up at regular water. 

Tool that you have that no one else seems to have but should: Leatherman. I haven’t been on a dig in (gasp) four years, but it’s a good tool to have when you’re working outdoors. 

How long have you had your current pair of field boots: My steel-toes are less than a year old because in my day job you wear through them fast, but my dig boots are eight years old. 

Preferred music to dig to: Silence. 

Favorite piece of archaeology related media: The Mummy (1999). Tomb Raider (2013). 

Dream place to excavate: Somewhere hot and dry, like the Middle East.

Favorite artifact that you’ve handled: An early Romano-British drinking cup that would have been used for a baby. 

Tagging anyone who wants to join!

[grim-ghastly]

@enkidusbi

In the club

[dam-nugig]

Not a standard content for this blog,but... I simply had to.

Thanks so much @enkidusbi for providing me with lots of historicaly accurate laughs.

hmmm how could i best articulate my love for this ancient literary work...

shitposting it is