Ancient Near Eastern Writing Systems

These pages deal with the different stages of the Mesopotamian cuneiform writing system, from its inception during the middle of the fourth millennium BC until its last attestation in 70 AD, as well as other cuneiform writing systems that were derived from it. Links to sign-lists are also found here.

• CDLI sign lists
• Resources for Sumerian and Akkadian
• Resources for other Near Eastern languages
• List of new or contested sign readings

Encyclopedia articles on various stages of the cuneiform writing system and cuneiform languages and their decipherment.

• Late Fourth Millennium and Early Third Millennium

• Late Third Millennium

• Second and First Millennium