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"A house...
one enters it
blind,
one leaves it
seeing."

Solve the ancient Sumerian riddle on this t-shirt...
The answer was originally written on a clay tablet at the ancient site of Ur. Where's the answer now?
[hint: try looking back]

Sumerian Riddle: ca. 1750 BCE. . . T-Shirt: ca. 1999 AD

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If you're so smart...

What's on this t-shirt? The riddle on the t-shirt comes from an actual riddle inscribed on an ancient clay tablet found at Ur. Ur was an ancient city in Mesopotamia where Iraq is now located.

Why can't I read it? The writing is cuneiform script. Only experts today can read it. In ancient Mesopotamia, riddles and proverbs like this were written as practice by students who were studying to become scribes.

Why wear this t-shirt? So you'll look smarter. More international. One of a kind. The shirt comes with a complete explanation of cuneiform writing. Feeling smarter? Write your own initials in cuneiform script, right on your screen.

 

...start looking it.

Order a t-shirt.
Wear it.

Available in
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child sizes M,
adult sizes M, L, XL
$16.95 + $5 s/h

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