Cuneiform Script

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Author
gptkbp:consists_of wedge-shaped marks
gptkbp:contains gptkb:archaeological_site
gptkb:mythological_figure
gptkb:academic_journal
gptkb:poet
mathematical texts
astronomical texts
gptkbp:date c. 3400 BC
gptkbp:developed_by gptkb:Sumerians
gptkbp:died_in 19th century for scholarly study
gptkbp:first_appearance gptkb:Georg_Friedrich_Grotefend
gptkb:Henry_Rawlinson
gptkb:Edward_Hincks
Julian Scherner
gptkbp:has_influence_on gptkb:archaeological_site
ancient history
epigraphy
modern linguistics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cuneiform Script
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Akkadian_language
gptkb:Assyrian_language
gptkb:Sumerian_language
Babylonian language
gptkbp:is_available_in 1st century AD
gptkbp:is_characterized_by phonetic elements
logograms
syllabic signs
ideograms
gptkbp:is_part_of historical linguistics
ancient Near Eastern studies
ancient Mesopotamian culture
ancient writing systems
gptkbp:is_related_to gptkb:Phoenician_alphabet
Chinese characters
hieroglyphics
Egyptian writing
gptkbp:is_used_by gptkb:Assyrians
gptkb:Babylonians
gptkb:Akkadians
gptkbp:is_used_for gptkb:literary_work
gptkb:document
record keeping
scientific texts
administrative texts
gptkbp:is_used_in gptkb:ancient_Persia
gptkb:ancient_Near_East
ancient Anatolia
ancient Syria
gptkbp:origin gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkbp:replaced_by alphabetic scripts
gptkbp:written_in clay tablets
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Babylonian_Law
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4