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What (who) is cuneiform - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Cuneiform (language); CuneiForm
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![Cuneiform writing in [[Ur]], southern Iraq](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cuneiform writing Ur.jpg?width=200 "Cuneiform writing in [[Ur]], southern Iraq")
![Extract from the [[Cyrus Cylinder]] (lines 15–21), giving the genealogy of [[Cyrus the Great]] and an account of his capture of [[Babylon]] in 539 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cyrus cylinder extract.svg?width=200 "Extract from the [[Cyrus Cylinder]] (lines 15–21), giving the genealogy of [[Cyrus the Great]] and an account of his capture of [[Babylon]] in 539 BC")
![Contract for the sale of a field and a house in the wedge-shaped cuneiform adapted for clay tablets, [[Shuruppak]], circa 2600 BC.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sales contract Shuruppak Louvre AO3766.jpg?width=200 "Contract for the sale of a field and a house in the wedge-shaped cuneiform adapted for clay tablets, [[Shuruppak]], circa 2600 BC.")
![The [[Kish tablet]], a limestone tablet from Kish with pictographic, early cuneiform, writing, 3500 BC. Possibly the earliest known example of writing. [[Ashmolean Museum]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tableta con trillo.png?width=200 "The [[Kish tablet]], a limestone tablet from Kish with pictographic, early cuneiform, writing, 3500 BC. Possibly the earliest known example of writing. [[Ashmolean Museum]].")
![Proto-cuneiform tablet, [[Jemdet Nasr period]], c. 3100–2900 BC.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Archaic cuneiform tablet E.A. Hoffman.jpg?width=200 "Proto-cuneiform tablet, [[Jemdet Nasr period]], c. 3100–2900 BC.")
![The [[Blau Monuments]] combine proto-cuneiform characters and illustrations, 3100–2700 BC. British Museum.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Blau Monument British Museum 86260.jpg?width=200 "The [[Blau Monuments]] combine proto-cuneiform characters and illustrations, 3100–2700 BC. British Museum.")
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![The [[Rassam cylinder]] with translation of a segment about the [[Assyrian conquest of Egypt]] by [[Ashurbanipal]] against "[[Black Pharaoh]]" [[Taharqa]], 643 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rassam cylinder with translation of the First Assyrian Conquest of Egypt, 643 BCE.jpg?width=200 "The [[Rassam cylinder]] with translation of a segment about the [[Assyrian conquest of Egypt]] by [[Ashurbanipal]] against \"[[Black Pharaoh]]\" [[Taharqa]], 643 BC")
![𒆜 (kaskal)]] meaning "street" or "[[road junction]]", which symbolizes the intersection of the [[humanities]] and [[computer science]]. The name GigaMesh is an intentional reference to the legendary [[Gilgamesh]] from Mesopotamian folklore.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GigaMesh Logo.png?width=200 "𒆜 (kaskal)]] meaning \"street\" or \"[[road junction]]\", which symbolizes the intersection of the [[humanities]] and [[computer science]]. The name GigaMesh is an intentional reference to the legendary [[Gilgamesh]] from Mesopotamian folklore.")
ANCIENT WRITING SYSTEM USED FOR MANY LANGUAGES, INCLUDING AKKADIAN AND HITTITE
Proper names of Babylonia and Assyria; Transliterating cuneiform languages; Cuneiform (script); Cuniform; Cuneiforms; Arrow-Headed Characters; Cueniform; Cuneiform writing; Cuneiform transliteration; Akkadian Cuneiform; Cunieform; Sumerian cuneiform; Akkadian cuneiform; Sumerian script; ISO 15924:Xsux; Assyrian cuneiform; Neo-Assyrian cuneiform; Cuneiform Inscriptions; Babylonian Punctuation; Cuneiscript; Cuneiform studies; Xsux; Xsux (script); Cuneiform Studies; Mesopotamian hieroglyphs; Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform; Archaic cuneiform; Transliteration of cuneiform; XSUX; Cuneiform script; Mesopotamian script; Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform; 𒈰; Babylonian cuneiform; Babylonian script
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Cuneate, wedge-shaped.
Cuneiform
ANCIENT WRITING SYSTEM USED FOR MANY LANGUAGES, INCLUDING AKKADIAN AND HITTITE
Proper names of Babylonia and Assyria; Transliterating cuneiform languages; Cuneiform (script); Cuniform; Cuneiforms; Arrow-Headed Characters; Cueniform; Cuneiform writing; Cuneiform transliteration; Akkadian Cuneiform; Cunieform; Sumerian cuneiform; Akkadian cuneiform; Sumerian script; ISO 15924:Xsux; Assyrian cuneiform; Neo-Assyrian cuneiform; Cuneiform Inscriptions; Babylonian Punctuation; Cuneiscript; Cuneiform studies; Xsux; Xsux (script); Cuneiform Studies; Mesopotamian hieroglyphs; Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform; Archaic cuneiform; Transliteration of cuneiform; XSUX; Cuneiform script; Mesopotamian script; Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform; 𒈰; Babylonian cuneiform; Babylonian script
cuneiform
ANCIENT WRITING SYSTEM USED FOR MANY LANGUAGES, INCLUDING AKKADIAN AND HITTITE
Proper names of Babylonia and Assyria; Transliterating cuneiform languages; Cuneiform (script); Cuniform; Cuneiforms; Arrow-Headed Characters; Cueniform; Cuneiform writing; Cuneiform transliteration; Akkadian Cuneiform; Cunieform; Sumerian cuneiform; Akkadian cuneiform; Sumerian script; ISO 15924:Xsux; Assyrian cuneiform; Neo-Assyrian cuneiform; Cuneiform Inscriptions; Babylonian Punctuation; Cuneiscript; Cuneiform studies; Xsux; Xsux (script); Cuneiform Studies; Mesopotamian hieroglyphs; Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform; Archaic cuneiform; Transliteration of cuneiform; XSUX; Cuneiform script; Mesopotamian script; Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform; 𒈰; Babylonian cuneiform; Babylonian script
['kju:n?f?:m, kju:'ne??f?:m]
¦ adjective
1. denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit.
2. chiefly Biology wedge-shaped.
3. Anatomy denoting three bones of the tarsus between the navicular bone and the metatarsals.
¦ noun cuneiform writing.
Origin
C17: from Fr. cuneiforme or mod. L. cuneiformis, from L. cuneus 'wedge'.
Wikipedia
Cuneiform (disambiguation)
Cuneiform is an ancient writing system originating in Mesopotamia.
Cuneiform (from the Latin word for "wedge-shaped") may also refer to:
- Cuneiform bones, in the human foot
- Cuneiform cartilages, in the human larynx
- Cuneiform Records, a music record label
- CuneiForm (software), an optical character recognition tool
- Cuneiform (Unicode block)
- Cuneiform (programming language)
Examples of use of cuneiform
1. But the relief, which showed a soldier and horses, had a cuneiform inscription.
2. Prof Dani said the cuneiform script on the gold plate indicated the mummy‘s Persian roots.
3. "The name of Majan was written in the cuneiform marks ‘Ma‘ which means ship and ‘jan‘ which means body.
4. As an adult, Ishmael discovers that Aga Akbar long kept a notebook filled with cuneiform characters derived from ancient Persian.
5. The cuneiform script was copied onto paper at Istanbul University well before the dam flooded the area where the historic artifact lies.