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cuneiform

[ UK /kˈʌne‍ɪfˌɔːm/ ]
[ US /ˈkjuniəˌfɔɹm/ ]
NOUN
  1. an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
ADJECTIVE
  1. shaped like a wedge
  2. of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones)

How To Use cuneiform In A Sentence

  • The clay cuneiform tablets, only inches tall, record business from about 2000 B.C.
  • The most telling signs were an incorrect horse harness and an error in the cuneiform inscription. Times, Sunday Times
  • Thousands of cuneiform tablets and ancient Christian, Muslim and Jewish manuscripts are gone.
  • The most telling signs were an incorrect horse harness and an error in the cuneiform inscription. Times, Sunday Times
  • Their copies of the old text were reprinted in every land and by the middle of the nineteenth century, the cuneiform language (so called because the letters were wedge-shaped and "cuneus" is the Latin name for wedge) had given up its secrets. Ancient Man The Beginning of Civilizations
  • These bricks often had cuneiform inscriptions, as did the cylinder seals that were also discovered. EMPIRES OF THE PLAIN: Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon
  • It is significant that many of the clay tablets bearing the cuneiform script refer to measurements of quantity, weight and length. MEASURING AMERICA
  • Among them is a single display of Babylonian cuneiform tablets that accounts for nine missing items.
  • Amongst the curiosities are the cuneiform types, the wedge-like series of faces in which old Persian, Median, and A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898
  • It is significant that many of the clay tablets bearing the cuneiform script refer to measurements of quantity, weight and length. MEASURING AMERICA
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