Thursday, February 07, 2013

Cuneiform top 100

NEWS YOU CAN USE: The One Hundred Most Important Cuneiform Objects.

The list includes the Hammurapi law code, the Gilgamesh Epic, the Gilgamesh Flood story, and the Cyrus Cylinder. Unaccountably, the Sumerian Flood story (or "Eridu Genesis") is missing.

(Via Francis Deblauwe on Facebook.)