An Assyrian gypsum cuneiform dedicatory panel, reign of Tukulti-Ninurta I, circa 1243-1207 BC. Of rectangular form, finely engraved on both sides, with 280 lines of text divided into eight columns ...

It was taught to those who spoke Aramaic and Assyrian, but who read, copied and recopied Sumerian literary works. By 1600 BC, no Sumerian speakers were alive, but cuneiform was still used for ...

After cuneiform was replaced by alphabetic writing sometime after the first century A.D., the hundreds of thousands of clay tablets and other inscribed objects went unread for nearly 2,000 years.

Scientists have proposed a way to use 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets as a map to the world's ancient lost cities.. More than 20,000 Assyrian clay tablets from the Bronze Age have been recovered ...

The authors describe three Assyrian and Babylonian cuneiform tablets. These tablets date from 680 to 655 BCE and describe red clouds or a red glow in the night sky.

Cuneiform, referring to 'wedge-shaped' inscriptions on clay tablets, is one of the oldest-known systems of writing. The Assyrian Empire dates back to the 25th century B.C., ...

On 10th January, a team of ANEE members and students gave a cuneiform workshop in the science event Tieteiden yö (”Night of Sciences”). Even though reading, let alone writing, cuneiform is difficult, ...

The clay tablets contained Cuneiform writing that was created by 19th-century Assyrian merchants and were stored in their houses in the settlement and later buried in the ruins of these houses. The ...