“whining schoolboy(s), with (their) satchel(s)/ And shining morning face(s), creeping like snail(s)/ Unwillingly to school."
Just what I needed this evening! In fact, there are cuneiform tablets that appear to be written by students learning to write and that contain teachers’ corrections. Unfortunately, I don’t know what periods of cuneiform these tablets are from. Perhaps someone on the list knows more about this.
Herb
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