# Cuneform Translation

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuneform-translation/597717
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [September 26, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuneform-translation/597717 "2011-09-26T23:49:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuneform-translation/597717/1 "2011-09-26T23:49:29Z")

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Cad Jnr. is studying cuneform in class and he thought it would be could to be able to translate his name. In any language that used the cuneform style of writing, how would one write “little warrior”?

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### Author: ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuneform-translation/597717/2 "2011-09-27T02:45:42Z")

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You can try [this one](http://www.virtualsecrets.com/assyrian.html); however, you’ll have to do the words one at a time.

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### Author: ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuneform-translation/597717/3 "2011-09-27T04:13:10Z")

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It wont do little warrior but it will do small warrior.

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### Author: ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2011, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuneform-translation/597717/4 "2011-09-27T09:49:19Z")

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Also young warrior.
