Cuneiform Collection

Cuneiform, Ahura Mazda. Cuneiform is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia c. 3500-3000 BCE

Babylonian boundary-stone (kudurru) of the time of King Nebuchadnezzar I of Babylon, c1125-1104 BC
Babylonian boundary-stone (kudurru) of the time of King Nebuchadnezzar I of Babylon, about 1125-1104 BC. From Sippar, southern Iraq

Babylonian clay tablet with Geometrical Problems
Babylonian Clay table with Geometrical problems in cuniform script, from the British Museums collection.Babylonian clay tablet with Geometrical problems in cuniform script

(18) [Inscription, Old Persian in Cuneiform], 1840s-60s. Creator: Luigi Pesce
(18) [Inscription, Old Persian in Cuneiform], 1840s-60s

Relief of cuneiform text, the Apadana, Persepolis, Iran. The capital of Achaemenid Persia, Persepolis was predominantly built during the reigns of the dynastys founder

Trilingual relief of Darius, Bisitun, Iran
Detail of trilingual relief of Darius, Bisitun, Iran. This relief is the equivalent to cuneiform of what the Rosetta Stone represents to the understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphics

Cuneiform inscriptions on stones, ruined aqueduct, Jerwan, Iraq, 1977. Built in around 700 BC by the Assyrian King Sennacherib to supply water to his capital city, Nineveh

Inscribed slab from the palace of Sargon II in Dur-Sharrukin, Khorsabad, 8th cen. BC. Artist: Assyrian Art
Inscribed slab from the palace of Sargon II in Dur-Sharrukin, Khorsabad, 8th cen. BC. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, British soldier and orientalist, 1882. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, British soldier and orientalist, 1882. Rawlinsons (1810-1895) archaeological work in Meopotamia helped to bring about the decipherment of cuneiform script

Cunieform Inscription from Nimbrud in classical Neo-Assyrian script, 879 BC. Made during Reign of Ashurbanipal II, 879 BC. Ashur-nasir-pal II was king of Assyria from 883 to 859 BC. British Museum

Clay Cuneiform Tablet. 7th century BC. From Nineveh, Astrological Omens concerning Public Affairs. British Museum

Map of the World, probably from Sippar, southern Iraq, Babylonian, c700-c500 BC. This tablet contains both a cuneiform inscription and a unique map of the Mesopotamian world

Cuneiform tablet barley rations, 1st Dynasty of Lagash, about 2350-2200 BC
Cuneiform tablet recording barley rations, 1st Dynasty of Lagash, about 2350-2200 BC, from Tello (ancient Girsu), southern Iraq

Tablet telling the legend of Etana, from Nineveh, northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, 7th century BC. The story told on this tablet centres on Etana

The Code of Hammurabi, 1792-1750 BC, 282 laws
Stela of the Lawcode of Hammurabi made of black basalt, 1792-1750 BC. The King stands before a seated god, probably Shamash - a solar god, patron of Justice

Cuneiform tablet relating part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Neo-Assyrian, 7th century BC. A tablet from the library of the Assyrian King Ashurbanipal (reigned 669-631 BC)

Tablet with bilingual inscription erected by King Hammurabi
Tablet with bilingual inscription in Sumerian and Akkadian erected by King Hammurapi of Babylon from Ur, from the British Museums collection

Babylonian boundary-stone recording a gift of land
A Babylonian boundary stone (kudurru), Kassite dynasty, about 1125-1100 BC, probably from southern Iraq. The cuneiform inscription records the gift of land near Edina in South Babylonia to Gula-eresh

Hittite clay tablet and envelope, Kul-Tepe, c1900 BC
Hittite clay tablet (letter) and and envelope (on right), Kul-Tepe (Kanesh, Turkey), c1900 BC. From the British Museum

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