The book is Hammer’s account of the deciphering of cuneiform, the oldest known writing system. Cuneiform was invented in around 3400 BC in Mesopotamia. It was used for… ...

found in the ruins of Nimrud (present-day Iraq). These tablets, dating to the 7th century BCE, represent the first material evidence of cuneiform writing on wax. The tablets ...

Writing and trade are deeply intertwined, and some of the oldest surviving cuneiform writing was used in ancient Mesopotamia to keep records of the buying and selling of goods. In ancient ...

Instead, these tablets are written in the early cuneiform writing system. The tablets were identified within a large state archive building that was constructed from traditional mud-brick walls.

The researchers methodically compared the designs they found on ancient cylinder seals with known proto-cuneiform signs. The selection of cylinder seals they analyzed originated before writing ...

They mark a critical development in the use of cuneiform writing in the southern region of the Fertile Crescent, offering greater clarity on one of the world’s earliest civilisations. The submission ...