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Cuneiform Writing

Cuneiform Writing is a logo-syllabic writing system, distinguished by its wedge-shaped marks made on clay tablets using a stylus, that emerged in ancient Mesopotamia during the late fourth millennium BCE as one of the earliest systems of written communication.

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178

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2017–2026

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Cuneiform

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Publications

137

Translation and analysis of a cuneiform text forming part of a Babylonian treatise on epilepsy

J. V. Kinnier Wilson, Edward Reynolds · Medical History · 1990 · 163 citations · Full text

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Tarkasnawa King of Mira ‘Tarkondemos’, Boǧazköy sealings and Karabel

J. D. Hawkins · Anatolian Studies · 1998 · 143 citations

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The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature

Jarle Ebeling · Corpora · 2007 · 133 citations

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The Journal of Cuneiform Studies

Alexander Heidel · Journal of Near Eastern Studies · 1947 · 120 citations

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A descriptive grammar of Sumerian

Bram JAGERSMA · Leiden Repository (Leiden University) · 2010 · 120 citations · Full text

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Authors

178

  1. HM
    Hubert Mara

    Heidelberg University, Germany

    5 publications · 106 citations

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  2. BB
    Bartosz Bogacz

    Heidelberg University, Germany

    4 publications · 56 citations

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  3. YG
    Yuval Goren

    Tel Aviv University, Israel

    4 publications · 129 citations

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  4. SD
    Stephanie Dalley

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 132 citations

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  5. WW
    William W. Hallo

    Yale University, United States

    3 publications · 100 citations

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Institutions

50

  1. Heidelberg University

    Heidelberg, Germany

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    326 citations

  2. SOAS University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    357 citations

  3. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    122 citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    85 citations

  5. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

    Mainz, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    70 citations

  6. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    52 citations

  7. Universidad de Londres

    Mexico City, Mexico

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    173 citations

  8. Brown University

    Providence, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    98 citations

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Venues

  1. Iraq

    12 publications · 554 citations

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  2. Journal of the American Oriental Society

    11 publications · 230 citations

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  3. Journal of Cuneiform Studies

    9 publications · 332 citations

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  4. Anatolian Studies

    6 publications · 335 citations

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  5. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research

    BASOR · 5 publications · 176 citations

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