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Middle Bronze Age Cuneiform Tablets Unearthed in Northern Iraq
Archaeology Magazine ^ | January 15, 2025 | editors / U of Central Florida

Posted on 01/22/2025 1:49:55 AM PST by SunkenCiv

According to a statement released by the University of Central Florida, excavations at the Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan in northeastern Iraq have uncovered cuneiform tablets, a game board, and traces of a large structure dated to about 1800 B.C. Tiffany Earley-Spadoni of the University of Central Florida said that these are the first cuneiform tablets from the period to be uncovered in the region. “We hope to find even more historical records that will help us tell the story of [the city] from the perspective of its own people rather than relying only on accounts written by their enemies,' Earley-Spadoni said. “While we know a great deal about the development of writing in southern Iraq, far less is known about literacy in northern Mesopotamian cities, especially near Erbil where Kurd Qaburstan in located,' she explained. Study of the tablets could also reveal if the site is the ancient city of Qabra, a regional center mentioned in the records of other city-states, Earley-Spadoni concluded. To read more about excavations at Erbil, go to "Erbil Revealed."

(Excerpt) Read more at archaeology.org ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: bronzeage; cuneiform; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; iraq; qaburstan; writing
Cuneiform tablet, Kurd Qaburstan, Iraq
Photo courtesy of Tiffany Earley-Spadoni
Photo courtesy of Tiffany Earley-Spadoni

1 posted on 01/22/2025 1:49:55 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...

2 posted on 01/22/2025 1:50:23 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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The rest of the cuneiform keyword, sorted:

3 posted on 01/22/2025 1:56:21 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

What a great name for an archaeologist. Earley-Spadoni. Sounds like an ancient language or epoch.


4 posted on 01/22/2025 2:13:49 AM PST by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Archeologists get to find the coolest stuff…


5 posted on 01/22/2025 2:25:10 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Adder

...or a pasta dish.


6 posted on 01/22/2025 3:13:52 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Maybe my brain isn’t working this cold morning but I do not recall seeing an arrow in these pictures. Besides a measurement scale does it point north?


7 posted on 01/22/2025 3:38:43 AM PST by Doctor Congo
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To: Doctor Congo

The pictures are crappy, this was the best of ‘em.


8 posted on 01/22/2025 4:03:44 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

sitchen already translated them. enki was tired of going outside at night, so they built a ziggurat with indoor aqueducts


9 posted on 01/22/2025 5:17:00 AM PST by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: Adder

It sounds like eating ice cream for breakfast!😛


10 posted on 01/22/2025 5:40:45 AM PST by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks, SunkenCiv!


11 posted on 01/22/2025 7:21:30 AM PST by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: z3n

lol


12 posted on 01/22/2025 10:13:26 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Cincinnatus.45-70

My pleasure!


13 posted on 01/22/2025 10:13:42 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I clicked on the link to read about Erbil.
What a fascinating story about one of the oldest cities on earth.
[Don’t know how to pronounce it:
Er-bill?
ER-bill?
er-BILL?
Er-beel?
That place that starts with an “e”...you know what it is?]


14 posted on 01/22/2025 12:38:54 PM PST by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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To: Adder

https://www.howtopronounce.com/erbil


15 posted on 01/22/2025 1:06:12 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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