2600 year old tablet of synonyms

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I guess synonyms have been around for a while.

As I was doing research for my novel I found this 2600 year old dictionary of synonyms from the library of Ashurbanipal.

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http://eduscapes.com/history/ancient/600bce.htm
 

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"You checked that thing out again? C'mon, man, just finish your story!"

"Not until I find just the right words. Two thousand years from now, I want my work to be remembered! You can't be remembered if you don't use just the right words."

"Well, if that's so, that thesaurus is going to outlast anything you write."

"Yeah, right..."

"No, really! Future generations will gaze in awe upon that tablet. They'll put it in a museum. All around the world, they'll be talking about it, while your work's just so much slag on the library floor."

"Ha, ha - very funny. Now let me get back to work. I'm almost done."

"What're you writing, anyway?"

"Marduk slashfic. Timeless, really."