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====== 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. 

The two main sections here include links to tools and resources for the different stages of the cuneiform script, such as sign lists and syllabaries, and encyclopaedia articles on the languages attested in the cuneiform script.



===== Tools =====
  * [[Sign lists|Sign lists according to period]]
  * [[Sumerian and Akkadian|General resources for Sumerian and Akkadian]]
  * [[Other cuneiform languages|Resources for other Near Eastern languages]]
  * [[sign readings|Lists of new or contested sign readings]]
  * [[Concordance of sign lists]]
  * [[Sign forms and fonts]]
  * [[Cuneiform Writing Techniques]]


===== Writing and Language =====

[[writing and languages|Here are encyclopedic articles]] on various stages of the cuneiform writing system and cuneiform languages, and their decipherment.