MEDICAL CANNABIS
A SHORT GRAPHICAL HISTORY
ASSYRIA
CUNEIFORM

Fortunately for us, Cuneiform (like English) seems to be read left to right. In addition, the Sumerians also seemed to have developed a system of paragraphs/sentences in the form of different columns, boxes, and spaces. (see tablet above)

But, unfortunately cuneiform letters (also like English) make it possible to represent the same sound patterns via totally different letters. [see example below]

Qu
Qu   		Qu-2
Qu  		Qu-3
Qu or Ku  
Lu
Lu   		Lu-2
Lu  		Lu-3
Lu  


But in general, it is believed that Medical Cannabis was spelled as shown below.

Different Words Meaning
MEDICAL CANNABIS
Ah
Ah   		Zal
Zal   		La
La   		Sumerian / Babylonian  
Ah
Ah   		Zal
Zal   		La
La   		Sumerian / Babylonian  
Ah
Ah   		Zal
Zal   		Lu
Lu   		Early assyrian  
Qu
Qu   		Nu
Nu   		Bu
Bu   		Late Assyrian  



ASSYRIAN NUMBERS
one
one
  		two
Two
  		three
Three
  		four
Four
  		five
Five
 
six
Six
  		seven
Seven
  		eight
Eight
  		nine
Nine
  		ten
Ten
 
onethird
1/3
  		twothird
2/3
  		fivesixth
5/6
 

Note, how advanced their number system was, while not in possession of the zero, (I think), still they understood the importance of fractions. While not that important, still the average Antique Cannabis Collectors may need to make reference to their numbers system. Example:
“. . .for 10 days the waters (juice) of taltallu 2 (part of a palm-tree) you shall drink . . . oil, the gum of the taltallu .... 4 days each Cannabis .... 5 /6 mana of myrrh . . . twice 10 shekels from the land of Carchemish“ -- As per the Nimrod Tablets”, ND.460.


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