Cuneiform

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Mesopotamian foundation cones like this one were designed to simulate a builder’s nail or peg;

The Weld-Blundell Prism, inscribed in Sumerian cuneiform with the Sumerian King List (1800 BC).This

hildegard-von-bingen:The earliest-known hymn writer inhistory was the Akkadian highpriestess Enhedua

Copy of Utu-hengal’s victory stele describing his victory overTirigan, king of Gutium (c.

Flood tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh (Nineveh, 800s BC).The cuneiform text on this tablet is an ear

The Complaint Tablet of Ea-NasirCurrently on display at the British Museum, the “Complain

Limestone tablet with Sumerian cuneiform (late 4thmillennium BC, during Uruk III).This is possibly a

Room 55 at the British Museum, showing tablets from the Library ofAshurbanipal.  This display i

massarrah:Literature from Mesopotamia: The Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet 6This Neo-Assyrian tablet prese

A sikkatu (cone/peg) inscribed in the Sumerian and Akkadianlanguages from the reign of Samsu-iluna (

allthingslinguistic:Cuneiform cookies from the Penn Museum blog! See their post for how to make them

Details from the war scene of the Standard of Ur (Sumer, c. 2500 BC).Sumer was the southernmost regi

The twelve tablets of the Epic of Gilgamesh from the Library ofAshurbanipal (600s BC), held in the B

Glencairn’s Ancient Near East Gallery features cuneiform tablets; cylinder seals with imag

Jon-Michael Frank (American, based Puget Sound, WA, USA) - Illustration for book How’s Eve

worldhistoryfacts: Cuneiform receipt for cattle and sheep from the royal cattle office, 21st century

Sumerian proto-cuneiform tablet (c. 3100 – 2900 BC). Administrative account of barley distribu

peashooter85:A Proto - Cuneiform beer recipe, Mesopotamia, approximately 3,000 BC

Relief image on the Tablet of Shamash (Sippar, 800s BC).This relief shows the sun god Shamash on the

It’s Old Stuff Day! Take a moment to enjoy the oldest item in our collection - a cuneiform

bagdemagus: Cuneiform tablet with incised drawing of constellations: the Lion (Leo) and the Dragon (

For this week’s #historicalhappyhour we are going WAY back.  This is Neo-Sumerian cun

met-ancient-art: Cuneiform cylinder: inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II commemorating the reconstructi

noosphe-re: Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform syllabary, used by early Akkadian rulers (via Wikipedia)

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