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- DictionaryCu·ne·i·form/kyo͞oˈnēəˌfôrm/
adjective
- 1. denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets: "a cuneiform inscription"
noun
- 1. cuneiform writing: "a Mesopotamian script pre-dating cuneiform"
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18 hours ago · Cuneiform is the earliest known writing system [5] [6] and was originally developed to write the Sumerian language of southern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq ). Over the course of its history, cuneiform was adapted to write a number of languages in addition to Sumerian.
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3 days ago · CDLI is a project that provides access to cuneiform texts and related information from ancient Mesopotamia and beyond. Search, browse, and explore publications, artifacts, translations, and highlights of the cuneiform heritage.
2 days ago · Sumerian (Sumerian: 𒅴𒂠, romanized: Emeg̃ir, lit. '' native tongue '') is the language of ancient Sumer. It is one of the oldest attested languages, dating back to at least 2900 BC. It is accepted to be a local language isolate and to have been spoken in ancient Mesopotamia, in the area that is modern-day Iraq .
Apr 25, 2024 · List of cuneiform signs. Cuneiform is one of the earliest systems of writing, emerging in Sumer in the late fourth millennium BC. Archaic versions of cuneiform writing, including the Ur III (and earlier, ED III cuneiform of literature such as the Barton Cylinder) are not included due to extreme complexity of arranging them consistently and ...
Apr 10, 2024 · Cuneiform could occasionally be written in ink, paint, or glaze although it is not well suited to this technique. To form a wedge in clay takes a single stroke; writing one in a liquid medium takes three strokes, drawing the three sides of the triangular outline.
Apr 25, 2024 · The Flood Tablet. A Mesopotamian tale of a great flood and one survivor chosen by the Gods, this tablet caused a stir when discovered in the 19th century due to its similarity to the flood narrative in the Hebrew Bible. The Babylonian flood story, found on the eleventh tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh, tells of the gods' decision to send a flood ...
Apr 9, 2024 · Apprenticed as a banknote engraver at the age of 14, Smith educated himself in the young science of Assyriology and became adept in deciphering the cuneiform tablets from Nineveh that began arriving at the British Museum, London, about 1860. Smith frequently visited the museum on his lunch breaks to examine the tablets, and eventually he ...
