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Clay cylinders reveal Nebuchadnezzar II text on Kish ziggurat

Two small clay cylinders, pulled from the soil of central Iraq, have given Nebuchadnezzar II his first clear voice at the ...
Greek Reporter

Ancient Cuneiform Cylinders Shed Light on Nebuchadnezzar II’s Work in Babylon

Study of ancient cuneiform cylinders reveals how Nebuchadnezzar II restored Kish’s ziggurat and linked his rule to Babylon’s ...
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An Old Persian Cuneiform Inscription on a Tomb in the Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City

https://doi.org/10.7817/jameroriesoci.136.3.0591 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7817/jameroriesoci.136.3.0591 Copy URL An inscription composed in the Old Persian ...
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Hamadan (Iran): Cuneiform Inscription of Darius I, DH, Old Persian (8 lines), Elamite (7 lines), and Akkadian version (8 lines), Inscribed on a Silver Plate

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Additional information from Finding ...
AINA

From Stews to Stars: the World's Oldest Writing

Just as the inscription's narrative is a hybrid, so is its language. It is written in Akkadian cuneiform--as was only proper for a royal inscription at the time--but with clear Canaanite influences, ...
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C 81: Persepolis, Great Terrace inscription. Babylonian text, 67g.

Click to open image viewer. Excavation of Persepolis (Iran): Squeeze of "Foundation Inscriptions," DPg, Akkadian Version, Inscribed on Southern Terrace Wall CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more ...
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Archeologists decipher cuneiform inscriptions on millennia-old tablets in Erbil

ERBIL, Kurdistan - Archeologists working on exploring pre-historic remains inside the historic Erbil citadel on Wednesday deciphered an ancient inscription on a millennia-old tablet found in the ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Project Aims to Make Cuneiform Collections Available to Researchers Worldwide

More than 5,000 years ago, the very first information revolution occurred when some unknown research team in Mesopotamia found a way to download and store language through a killer application called ...
AINA

Cuneiform Inscriptions Confirm Sargon's Invasion of Northwest Iran

TEHRAN (MNA) -- Four brick inscriptions discovered at the 3000-year-old site of Rabat Tepe 2 in northwestern Iran substantiate that the Assyrian king Sargon II invaded the region. The 10 ...