Akkadian script

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf writing system
gptkbp:composedOf wedge-shaped signs
gptkbp:culturalImpact documented history
contributed to the development of writing
influenced later scripts
preserved ancient knowledge
recorded laws
recorded mythology
gptkbp:developedBy cuneiform script
gptkbp:historical_analysis archaeology
ancient history
linguistics
epigraphy
gptkbp:historicalSignificance used for trade
used for diplomacy
first Semitic script
used for law
used for literature
used for religion
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Akkadian script
gptkbp:influencedBy Sumerian script
gptkbp:maintainedBy stone inscriptions
clay tablets
cylinder seals
gptkbp:notableWorks gptkb:Epic_of_Gilgamesh
gptkb:Enuma_Elish
Code of Hammurabi
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Assyrian_language
Sumerian language
Babylonian language
Semitic_languages
gptkbp:releasedIn modern scholars
gptkbp:replacedBy Aramaic_script
gptkbp:storage left to right
gptkbp:timePeriod circa 2500 BC
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Akkadian_language
gptkbp:usedFor religious texts
legal documents
literary texts
administrative texts
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Assyrian_Empire
gptkb:Babylonian_Empire