cuneiform

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But Iraqi officials repeatedly urged them to depart, despite their discovery of ancient cuneiform tablets.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

One of the key goals of the LMU-Baghdad collaboration is to decipher hundreds of cuneiform tablets from the renowned Sippar Library and ensure their preservation.

From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025

Inscribed in cuneiform script, it outlines the rights granted by Cyrus to his subjects in Babylon.

From BBC • May 16, 2025

To this day, my notes look like something between cuneiform and the lines from furniture on wooden floors after decades of wear and tear.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024

Before the spread of alphabetic writing, systems making much use of logograms were more common and included Egyptian hieroglyphs, Maya glyphs, and Sumerian cuneiform.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond