Cuneiform Synonyms List

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 13 October 2014

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Cuneiform Synonyms List — Occasionally, cuneiform text scribes encounter difficult or rare words. The list on this clay tablet explain such words. From the library of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh (modern-day Ninawa Governorate, Iraq), northern Mesopotamia. Neo-Assyrian period, 7th century BCE. (The British Museum, London).

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2014, October 13). Cuneiform Synonyms List. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/3132/

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Amin, Osama S. M. "Cuneiform Synonyms List." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 13 Oct 2014. Web. 25 Jan 2021.

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