cuneiform|cuniform in English

noun

['cu·ne·i·form || 'kjuːnɪəfɔrm /-fɔːm]

ancient writing system composed of wedge shaped characters

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1. 2979003: English: Os Cuneiforme mediale, Medial cuneiform, medial cuneiform, Bone of medial cuneiform, First cuneiform bone, First tarsal bone, Medial cuneiform bone, Bone structure of medial cuneiform (body structure), Bone structure of medial cuneiform, First cuneiform bone, NOS, Medial cuneiform bone, NOS: Spanish: estructura del hueso Cuneiforme medial (estructura corporal), …

2. The intermediate cuneiform bone (also known as second cuneiform or middle cuneiform, Latin: os Cuneiforme intermedium) is the smallest of the three cuneiform bones situated between the other two

3. Also called a cuneiform bone.

4. Cuneiform tablet: Courtesy of The British Museum

5. The cuneiform script is a great invention by the Sumerians.

6. She wrote hymns to the gods in cuneiform.

7. A number of cuneiform texts show Belshazzar involved in many

8. One cuneiform tablet says that he appointed subgovernors over Babylon.

9. Babylonians developed an abstract form of writing based on cuneiform symbols.

10. In 200 several cuneiform texts, written in Babylonian, were discovered.

11. A cuneiform contract for the purchase of sheep and goats, about 2050 B.C.E.

12. B.C. Cuneiform first used by Sumerians in present - day Iraq for economic records.

13. As the need for record-keeping increased, cuneiform writing was developed.

14. The script, consisting of wedge-shaped strokes, came to be known as cuneiform.

15. Babylonian religion is the religious practice of Babylonia.Babylonian mythology was greatly influenced by their Sumerian counterparts, and was written on clay tablets inscribed with the cuneiform script derived from Sumerian cuneiform

16. Akkadian, known from cuneiform inscriptions, is the oldest Semitic language for which records exist

17. During the first millennium B.C.E., cuneiform existed side by side with alphabetic writing.

18. This makes them closer to the kana, Vai, Yi, cuneiform, and hieroglyphic systems.

19. About 20,000 cuneiform tablets were found in the ruins of the palace

20. Persian culture by the cultural impact of Mesopotamia, the use of cuneiform.

21. From bureaucratic cuneiform to monumental hieroglyphs, early writing systems were mostly divorced from speech.

22. The more systematic arrangement of the cuneiform symbols was largely the creation of Western scholars.

23. This cuneiform tablet has the name Tattannu written on one of its edges

24. More than 99 percent of cuneiform texts that have been found were written on clay tablets.

25. Its Assyrian collections formed the basis for the understanding of cuneiform (an ancient Middle Eastern script).