Cuneiform texts reach new audiences through digital archive

Researchers from Iraq, the United Kingdom, and Sweden have launched a new Arabic-language platform for one of the world’s largest collections of cuneiform texts. The project gives Arabic speakers wider access to ancient records written thousands of years ago across Mesopotamia.

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"The new Arabic interface belongs to the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative, known as CDLI. Scholars created the update through a project called Access to Cuneiform Texts, or CDLI-ACT. Teams from the University of Al-Qadisiyah, University of York, and Lund University worked together on the project.

Many surviving tablets sit today in museums outside the Middle East. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, archaeologists and collectors removed large numbers of tablets from Iraq and nearby regions. Collections later entered major institutions such as the British Museum and the Louvre Museum."

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