cuneiform
having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
composed of slim triangular or wedge-shaped elements, as the characters used in writing by the ancient Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, and others.
written in cuneiform characters: cuneiform inscription.
Anatomy. noting or pertaining to any of various wedge-shaped bones, as of the tarsus.
cuneiform characters or writing.
a cuneiform bone.
Origin of cuneiform
1- Sometimes cu·ni·form [kyoo-nuh-fawrm] /ˈkyu nəˌfɔrm/ .
Words Nearby cuneiform
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How to use cuneiform in a sentence
First, cuneiform tablets refer to a kunga production center in northern Syria.
Readers react to disinfectants made from sawdust, goldfish that drive and more | Science News Staff | March 20, 2022 | Science NewsBefore 1830, when the modern envelope was introduced, letterlocking was pretty much the only way we’d developed to send correspondence since we stopped using cuneiform tablets 4,000 years earlier.
The 3,500-year-old cuneiform clay tablet from ancient Mesopotamia that was seized by federal authorities in 2019 and officially forfeited by craft store Hobby Lobby in July is being returned to Iraq in a formal ceremony on Thursday afternoon.
Hobby Lobby’s forfeited Gilgamesh tablet is headed back to Iraq, and authorities hope it will be a warning to smugglers | Peggy McGlone | September 22, 2021 | Washington PostFederal authorities have taken ownership of a rare cuneiform tablet that craft company Hobby Lobby purchased in 2014 for the Museum of the Bible, a legal move that closes the latest chapter in the ongoing saga of the museum’s problematic collection.
Rare ‘Gilgamesh’ tablet, once on view at the Museum of the Bible, is one step closer to being returned to Iraq | Peggy McGlone | July 29, 2021 | Washington PostThose artifacts are among a half-million or so cuneiform tablets in museum collections around the world and are of interest to scholars and researchers.
Rare ‘Gilgamesh’ tablet, once on view at the Museum of the Bible, is one step closer to being returned to Iraq | Peggy McGlone | July 29, 2021 | Washington Post
The early inhabitants of Armenia, who have left us inscriptions in the cuneiform character, also belonged to it.
Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations | Archibald SayceThe history of cuneiform writing is especially instructive as regards the point under present discussion.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtAs M. mile Burnouf tells me, three dots in a row, in the Persian cuneiform inscriptions, denote royal majesty.
Troy and its Remains | Henry (Heinrich) SchliemannBurnouf, denote royal majesty in the Persian cuneiform inscriptions.
Troy and its Remains | Henry (Heinrich) SchliemannIn regard to the history of these monarchies, much light has been obtained from the decipherment of the cuneiform inscriptions.
British Dictionary definitions for cuneiform
/ (ˈkjuːnɪˌfɔːm) /
Also: cuneal wedge-shaped
of, relating to, or denoting the wedge-shaped characters employed in the writing of several ancient languages of Mesopotamia and Persia, esp Sumerian, Babylonian, etc
of or relating to a tablet in which this script is employed
of or relating to any of the three tarsal bones
cuneiform characters or writing
any one of the three tarsal bones
Origin of cuneiform
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