Onfim was a child who lived in Novgorod, Russia, in the 13th century. He left his notes and homework exercises scratched in soft birch bark (beresta) which was preserved in the clay soil of Novgorod. Onfim, who archaeologists believe was six or seven at the time, wrote in Old Novgorodian; besides letters and syllables, he
drew battle scenes and drawings of himself, his family, and his teacher.
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Here is a picture of him as a knight stabbing someone.
(At least, he wrote his name next to the knight. Either it was supposed to be him or he was signing his masterpiece. Either way, still adorable.)
Several pictures of the original birch pieces can be found here:
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i’ve seen similar ones from roman children living in what is now england, too. People have ALWAYS been people.
i love this so much, history with real people in it
see also -archeologists at hadrians wall dig up a letter from a roman soldier to his family tanking them for sending him a new pair of underwear in the mail -norse runes scattered around constantanople and several cathedrals turn out to be viking graffiti, including “this is very high” over two stories up -the oldest known joke (egyptian) and the oldest known english joke are both lowbrow sex jokes -roman gladiators had equivalents to sponsorship deals, some murals found were basically ‘gladiator brad pitt rubs himself with capelli brand olive oil, try some today’ and action figures were also found of prominent fighters for chidlren to play with -flat stone fragments left at egyptian construction sites were used as post it notes by workers, some included variations of ‘the foreman is a jerkface’ and a crude drawing of the pharoh with a comically large donger -we have an embarrassing wealth of 4,000 year old receipts referring to one specific merchant being an ass. WE KNOW HIM BY NAME, he wasnt even a king or anything,
Ea-nasir will be known through history for being a dick about refunds
I love how children, even in the 13th century, can never remember how many fingers someone has.
you would assume that being a sword lesbian makes me a Fighter but actually im a Bard. like the thing is? im a Bard. i say gay things and everyone loves it
Bards are actually great sword fencers in all rulesets I have tried, I can’t for the life of me see why anyone would assume otherwise?? In fact, I’m convinced that “gay fencer” is pretty much the definition of the Bard archetype.
big mood all bards are gay, i know this because im gay & a bard
Me: Wait… Before we go in, can I roll to kick the castle doors open like a badass?
DM: Hell yeah
*rolls a 4*
DM: You kick at the doors but you don’t have enough force. One slowly swings open partially and all of the staff on the inside and outside are staring at you. Good luck with your dignity.
“one time three dudes and their dad were like hey let’s pretend to be competent at adventuring, but just for a second, but then whoops people liked it so they said hey let’s try doing this MORE, for the ~beautiful fans~
and thus accidentally started what became a very popular podcast with INTRIGUE and MAGIC and also NO DOGS (except for that one dog that one time)
and just a touch of ~Tragic Backstory~
but, ironically, very few demonstrations of competence”
no offense but the whole kissin kate barlow and “i can fix that” sam storyline from holes is quite frankly one of the most gripping and tragic in the history of cinema and i’m still not recovered from it
Okay, can I just talk about this comic series for a second? This has got to be the most hilarious comic series I have ever seen. This is AJ & Magnus, a Calvin and Hobbes inspired comic series about an adopted kid, his talking dog, and his 2 gay parents. The humor is really good, very quick and to the point. This series is beautiful, please, give them your love!
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
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