tablets

October 12, 2003 4:14 AM

cuneiform digital libraryA digital library that allows you to browse pictures of cueiform tablets.
posted by rdr (3 comments total)

Thanks, rdr. I like this combination/juxtaposition of old and new forms of information technologies. As far as I understand it cuneiform arose out of marks used to index clay tokens representing assets and debts in Mesopotamia; I've got a book by Denise Schmandt-Besserat that describes this (and which I keep meaning to read ...).
posted by carter at 6:54 AM on October 12, 2003

I'm getting a dns error on most of the links from this site, rdr... will try back later.
posted by taz at 12:02 PM on October 12, 2003

thanks indeed. nice site...
posted by Busithoth at 3:21 PM on October 12, 2003