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cuneiform

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




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The writing, known as cuneiform, lacked punctuation as we know it.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

But the head of the dig discouraged him from learning this "very difficult" script, which borrowed its cuneiform alphabet from Assyrian.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 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

Some of these include cuneiform bricks, terracotta pots, coins and other objects sourced from places like Babylon, Mesopotamia, Susa and Iran and are dated to 4000-5000 BCE.

From BBC May 16, 2025

Their predecessors in this included the Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Hittites, who all kept significant archives of clay cuneiform tablets in their palaces and temple precincts.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro




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