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DATE: ca. 350–50 B.C. LANGUAGE: Akkadian. After cuneiform was replaced by alphabetic writing sometime after the first century A.D., the hundreds of thousands of clay tablets and other inscribed ...

Akkadian’s specific script contained 600 signs; some of the signs stood for entire words, some for single syllables. Cuneiform is the world’s oldest known form of writing.

The minister added the newly discovered relic appeared to be written in Akkadian, a type of cuneiform. The British Museum says cuneiform script is the oldest form of writing in the world.

Being heavily influenced by Akkadian Cuneiform, the Elamite Cuneiform actually had two variations, with one derived from Akkadian and the simplified version used during the 1st millennium BCE. As one ...

The tablet contains text written in cuneiform that records the ancient Akkadian language. The ancient tablet found at the archaeological site of Alalakh, Hatay Province, Turkey.

Archaeologists found a 3,500-year-old tablet inscribed with a massive furniture order in cuneiform writing. The artifact surfaced after earthquakes occurred in Turkey.

Believed to date back to the 15th century B.C.E., the artifact’s surface is carved with cuneiform script in the ancient language of Akkadian. The best of Artnet News in your inbox. Sign up for ...

Archaeologists found a 3,500-year-old tablet inscribed with a massive furniture order in cuneiform writing. The artifact surfaced after earthquakes occurred in Turkey.

Cuneiform recorded Sumerian, Akkadian, and other languages of Mesopotamia, ... Archaeologists found a 3,500-year-old tablet inscribed with a massive furniture order in cuneiform writing.