Description

Farrell Monaco, Archaeologist. Baker. Food-Intaker.

Item: The Epic 5 - Cuneiform Rolling Pin featuring lines from The Epic of Gilgamesh.

Created by Farrell Monaco of Tavola Mediterranea, THE EPIC 5 is a cuneiform rolling pin that is 'edible archaeology' at its finest, giving bakers, archaeologists, and linguists alike, the opportunity to consume archaeology and ancient writing systems in a way they never have before! Why simply study it when you can eat it too? With THE EPIC, not only do you get to read a passage from one of the greatest stories ever told, as it was written in text dated to 1,800 BC, but you can wash it down with a nice cup of tea once you're finished!

The Epic of Gilgamesh passage featured on the pin has been translated by Morris Jastrow Jr., University of Pennsylvania, and Albert T. Clay, Ph.D, Yale University, in the 1920s. A translation sheet for the rolling pin will be included with the pin so you can read it to friends, partners, neighbours, or the cat, before you start rolling out the most literarily and archaeologically rich biscuits you've ever made!"

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