Cuneiform Writing | Importance, Symbols & History

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Assyriology PhD student Pavla Rosenstein takes you step-by-step through the translation of a Sumerian cuneiform tablet inscribed in the 3rd millennium BCE and currently housed in the Yale Babylonian Collection. Follow the YBC account for a fascinating deep dive into the oldest written and translated language in human history. This inscription reads: “Gudea, the ruler of Lagash, built a temple for Ninshubur, the aide of the heavens, his mistress.” | Yale Peabody Museum

In the ISAC tablet collection, there are thousands of cuneiform tablets from ancient Mesopotamia. In the next weeks we will open the archives to show you behind-the-scenes footage and highlight objects from our upcoming special exhibit: “Back to School in Babylonia,” opening September 21st! Over the course of a 1951–1952 joint expedition to Nippur, led by the now-ISAC and UPenn Museum, archaeologists uncovered more than 1,400 cuneiform tablets and fragments from a building now known as House F,

Unlocking the Dates of the Old Testament: Ancient Cuneiform Tablets and Biblical Chronology | SchoolTube