Cuneiform is a logo-syllabic script that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Near East. The script was in active use from the early Bronze Age until the beginning of the Common Era. It is named for the characteristic wedge-shaped impressions (Latin: cuneus) which form its signs.Cuneiform was originally developed to write the Sumerian language of southern …

Structure. There are three cuneiform bones: The medial cuneiform (also known as first cuneiform) is the largest of the cuneiforms.It is situated at the medial side of the foot, anterior to the navicular bone and posterior to the base of the first metatarsal.Lateral to it is the intermediate cuneiform.It articulates with four bones: the navicular, second cuneiform, and first and second …

Mar 15, 2018 · Cuneiform is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia c. 3500-3000 BCE. It is considered the most significant among the many cultural contributions of the Sumerians and the greatest among those of the Sumerian city of Uruk which advanced the writing of cuneiform c. 3200 BCE.. The name comes from the Latin word cuneus …

Ugarit (heute Ra's Schamra / رأس شمرة / Raʾs Šamra) war eine seit etwa 2400 v. Chr. keilschriftlich bezeugte Stadt im Nordwesten des heutigen Syrien und während der Bronzezeit ein wichtiges Handels- und Kulturzentrum. Spätestens ab dem 14. Jahrhundert v. Chr. war Ugarit Hauptstadt eines gleichnamigen Königreichs in Nordsyrien, das nördlich an Amurru angrenzte. 1928 wurde …