cuneiform tablets

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
inscribed tablet
gptkbp:alternativeName Epic_of_Gilgamesh_tablet
Linear_B_tablets
ancient_Mesopotamian_text
bronze_tablet
clay_tablet
cuneiform_tablet
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:King_Ashurbanipal's_library
gptkbp:contains Epic of Gilgamesh story
gptkbp:date c. 1450–1200 BCE
circa 2100 BCE
gptkbp:decipheredBy gptkb:Michael_Ventris
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Arthur_Evans
gptkb:Austen_Henry_Layard
gptkbp:discoveredIn gptkb:Nineveh
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:Thebes
gptkb:Knossos
gptkb:Mycenae
gptkb:Pylos
gptkb:Tiryns
gptkbp:housedIn gptkb:British_Museum
gptkbp:language gptkb:Mycenaean_Greek
Akkadian
gptkbp:material gptkb:ceramics
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:Knossos_tablets
gptkb:Pylos_tablets
gptkbp:notableTablet gptkb:Tablet_XI_(Flood_story)
gptkbp:numberOfIdeograms over 100 ideograms
gptkbp:numberOfRooms about 87 syllabic signs
gptkbp:origin gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Epic_of_Gilgamesh
gptkbp:pieceCount 12
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Linear_A_tablets
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:National_Archaeological_Museum,_Athens
gptkb:Heraklion_Archaeological_Museum
gptkbp:purpose administrative record
economic record
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Minoan_civilization
gptkb:Mycenaean_civilization
gptkbp:script syllabic script
gptkbp:significance earliest form of written Greek
oldest known epic poem
gptkbp:status gptkb:cultural_heritage
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Linear_B
cuneiform
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Scientific_and_Engineering_Award
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4