![History of writing relief showing Neolithic cave paintings, Egyptian hieroglyphics, cuneiform, & Hebrew carved above portal of Sterling Memorial Library. New Haven, CT.](/t/USCT/CTY173.JPG) | ![Collection of ancient cuneiform clay tablets from Mesopotamia at Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum. San Jose, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGJE177.JPG) | ![Cuneiform tablet concerning sale of a field & house at the Louvre Museum. Paris, France.](/t/FPM/FPML152.JPG) | ![Cuneiform tablet with accounting of offerings made to divinities at temple of Lagash at the Louvre Museum. Paris, France.](/t/FPM/FPML151.JPG) |
History of writing relief showing Neolithic cave paintings, Egyptian hieroglyphics, cuneiform, & Hebrew carved above portal of Sterling Memorial Library. New Haven, CT. | Collection of ancient cuneiform clay tablets from Mesopotamia at Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum. San Jose, CA. | Cuneiform tablet concerning sale of a field & house (2600 BC) at the Louvre Museum. Paris, France. | Cuneiform tablet with accounting of offerings made to divinities at temple of Lagash (2370 BC) at the Louvre Museum. Paris, France. |
![Ancient cuneiform clay tablet from Mesopotamia at Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum. San Jose, CA.](/t/USCAK/CAGJE179.JPG) | ![Cuneiform clay tablet calculating new moon for years 118-119 from Uruk at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.](/t/DEB/DEBM1411.JPG) | ![Cuneiform manuscript describing ritual from Iraq at Chester Beatty Library. Dublin, Ireland.](/t/IE/IEDMCB73.JPG) | ![Cuneiform inscription wall by King Nebuchadnezzar II describing why he built Ishtar Gate & processional way at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.](/t/DEB/DEBM1331.JPG) |
Ancient cuneiform clay tablet from Mesopotamia at Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum. San Jose, CA. | Cuneiform clay tablet calculating new moon for years 118-119 (written on Jan. 7, 194 BCE) from Uruk (Iraq) at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Cuneiform manuscript describing ritual (626-539 BCE) from Iraq at Chester Beatty Library. Dublin, Ireland. | Cuneiform inscription wall by King Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BCE) describing why he built Ishtar Gate & processional way at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. |
![Details of cuneiform inscription by King Nebuchadnezzar II using reassembled brick shards from near Ishtar Gate at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany.](/t/DEB/DEBM1332.JPG) | ![Assyrian two winged genie from Nimrud NW Palace of Kings at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMME526.JPG) | ![Cuneiform detail of Assyrian two winged genie from Nimrud NW Palace of Kings at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMME528.JPG) | ![Iran: alabaster reliefs details of cuneiform writing from palace of Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II at LACMA. Los Angeles, CA.](/t/USCAA/CAAWM74.JPG) |
Details of cuneiform inscription by King Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BCE) using reassembled brick shards from near Ishtar Gate at Pergamon Museum. Berlin, Germany. | Assyrian two winged genie (c870 BCE) from Nimrud NW Palace of Kings at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Cuneiform detail of Assyrian two winged genie (c870 BCE) from Nimrud NW Palace of Kings at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Iran: alabaster reliefs details of cuneiform writing from palace of Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II (883-858 BCE) at LACMA. Los Angeles, CA. |
![Detail of cuneiform on Alabaster Assyrian relief from Nimrud Palace in Yale Art Gallery. New Haven, CT.](/t/USCT/CTYM33.JPG) |
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Detail of cuneiform on Alabaster Assyrian relief (883-859 B.C.) from Nimrud Palace in Yale Art Gallery. New Haven, CT. |
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