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
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
In the future, the software could also help to decipher weathered inscriptions, for example in cemeteries, which are three-dimensional like the cuneiform script.
From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2023
We hear of a three-volume Babylonian history, derived directly from the cuneiform records at Babylon, by a Chaldean priest named Berossus.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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