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UK
/kˈʌneɪfˌɔːm/
]
[ US /ˈkjuniəˌfɔɹm/ ]
[ US /ˈkjuniəˌfɔɹm/ ]
NOUN
- an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
ADJECTIVE
- shaped like a wedge
- 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