How to write cuneiform

Cuneiform

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

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