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 ...

They used a type of relatively uncomplicated script, known as Old Assyrian cuneiform, characterized by simplified symbols that each represent a syllable or a whole word.

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.

A recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science has revealed the materials and techniques used in the production of writing tablets from the Neo-Assyrian Empire, found in the ruins ...

Cuneiform, the writing system used on many of the discovered artifacts, is considered to be the oldest known writing system, developed by the Sumerians of Mesopotamia more than 5,000 years ago.

Cuneiform is the oldest known form of writing, ... The language split into Assyrian Akkadian, and Babylonian Akkadian around the year 2000 BCE. Starting around 600 BCE, ...

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

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, ...