i honestly love that writing “i was here” on stuff is such an enduring human thing that we can use it in history and archaeology
Someone named Mrdn (we don’t know the vowels) took the time to chisel his name into a rock face in the middle of the desert while accompanying king Nabonidus “in the waterless wilderness”.

He is saying “I was here and so was the Babylonian king” in a local script. I think that’s incredible.

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