Mesopotamian cuneiform

GPTKB entity

Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:writing_system
gptkbp:decipheredBy gptkb:Henry_Rawlinson
gptkbp:declinedAfter 1st century CE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mesopotamian cuneiform
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Old_Persian_cuneiform
gptkb:Elamite_cuneiform
gptkb:Ugaritic_script
gptkbp:originatedIn late 4th millennium BCE
gptkbp:script alphabetic
syllabic
logophonetic
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Yes
gptkbp:unicodeBlock U+12000–U+123FF
gptkbp:usedFor writing Akkadian language
writing Assyrian language
writing Babylonian language
writing Sumerian language
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkbp:writtenBy clay tablets
reed stylus
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Old_Persian_script
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7