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Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?

From	Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers, alt.english.usage
Subject	Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?
Date	2026-09-03 04:57 +0000
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On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 04:44:55 GMT, James Dow Allen wrote:

> Were those [Cretan] clay tablets used as scratch-pads?

They were used for short-term accounting/stock-control purposes. For
example, attached to the outside of a jar to indicate what was inside.
Or as manifests for business transactions. Nothing long-term
(obviously), and also nothing of a literary purpose.

And then there is the Phaistos Disc ...

> These tablets are mostly, respectively, letters to the King of Mari
> (Zimri-Lin or his predecessor) and letters to Pharaohs Amenhotep III and
> Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) of Egypt.
>
> ... plus there is one difficult-to-translate word found at both Mari
> and Amarna which isn't translated. That word is "Apiru" or "Habiru."
> This same word appears in other ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian
> texts.
>
> Most, but certainly not all, scholars believe 'Apiru' to be cognate
> with English 'Hebrew.' Best here may be to peer no further down this
> rabbit-hole.

No rabbit-hole. I think it’s known from elsewhere that the Hebrews
were one of the subject tribes of the Egyptian Empire. Just one of
many.

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  Re: Origin Of Filename Extension Dot Separator Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-23 07:32 +0000
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