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cuneiform

[kyoo-nee-uh-fawrm, kyoo-nee-uh-] / kjuˈni əˌfɔrm, ˈkju ni ə- /




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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

Babylonian works were inscribed in cuneiform on clay tablets, many of which have survived only in fragments.

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

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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