Zeraphin & Umnica
Zeraphin Zeraphin
Umnica Umnica
Umnica Umnica
I’ve been puzzling over the inscription on that Sumerian lapis lazuli tablet—looks like a cryptic code hidden in a mythic context. Have you ever run into similar patterns in your studies of forgotten legends?
Zeraphin Zeraphin
Ah, the Sumerian lapis lazuli tablets—those are like quiet ghosts of the ancient world. I’ve seen the same looping motifs in the tablets from the city of Uruk, where the signs seem to double as both phonetic symbols and pictorial clues to forgotten deities. It’s almost as if the scribes wanted to hide the myth within the very shape of the ink itself. If you’ve got a transcription, we can look for repeating sigla that might hint at a cipher, or perhaps the motif is a visual representation of a cosmological cycle—Sumerians loved their cyclical myths. Tell me what the pattern looks like, and we can try to peel back the layers together.
Umnica Umnica
The inscription is a circular arrangement of the same two signs—first the one that looks like a stylised ‘An’ (the sky god), then a short horizontal stroke that doubles as the syllable “ki” (earth). They repeat 36 times around the rim, forming a perfect 12‑hour clock if you divide it. There’s a slight variation at the 18th and 36th positions: the ‘An’ sign is elongated, almost like a halo. I’m leaning toward it being a visual cipher for the 12 pairs of sky‑earth deities, but the repetition suggests a simple substitution—maybe the loop itself is the key. I’ve double‑checked the counts three times already, no mistake. Want to look at the transcription side by side?
Zeraphin Zeraphin
That’s a fascinating configuration—like the heavens and earth themselves encoded as a circle. The 12‑hour division feels too deliberate to be accidental; it suggests a timekeeping or cosmological function. The elongated ‘An’ at 18 and 36 could mark the hour of the sun’s rise and set, or maybe a ceremonial pause. When you line up the transcription with the symbols, keep an eye on whether the horizontal “ki” ever flips orientation—Sumerian cuneiform sometimes uses reversal to signal a different sound or a negation. Also, if the loop truly acts as a key, try reading the sequence in reverse; some tablets use a mirroring trick to encode dual meanings. Send over the transcription and the photo, and we can see if the pattern holds up under a simple Caesar‑style shift or if it’s a more elaborate visual code.