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Cuneiform Tablets: From the Reign of Gudea of Lagash to Shalmanassar III
URL: http://international.loc.gov/intldl/cuneihtml/

Description:
This site "presents clay tablets, cones, and brick fragments inscribed using the ancient pictographic writing system known as cuneiform from the Library of Congress' collections." Contents include "school tablets, accounting records, and commemorative inscriptions." Features 38 cuneiform tablets, along with links to related resources. Searchable; browsable by title and subject. From the African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress.

Publisher:
African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress

Extra Keywords
Sumerians New Assyrian Empire Calah Drehem Akkadian

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Assyria
Cuneiform inscriptions
Iraq -- Antiquities
Writing -- History

LII Database Information:
Record 1841 created by Naomi Eichenlaub on 03/05/2005
Last modification on 03/09/2005
Published: 03/05/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/1841