Saana introduces us to the Centre of Excellence in Helsinki. She explains the new tools her team is developing to help us understand the meaning of Akkadian words. How can they help cuneiform specialists? And how can they make cuneiform resources more accessible to other specialists? 3:45 The Centre of Excellence 6:38 team goals 11:44 what digital Akkadian tools can do 19:50 why two tools? 23:23 sources and consequences 26:29 what might the future hold? ANEE: https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/projects/centre-of-excellence-in-ancient-near-eastern-empires Saana's university page Fear in Akkadian pdf Music by Ruba Hillawi Website: http://wedgepod.org YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSM7ZlAAgOXv4fbTDRyrWgw Email: [email protected] Twitter: @wedge_pod  Patreon: http://Patreon.com/WedgePod