This is a Sumerian cuneiform clay tablet from the Ur III period ... specifically stated are not those of the BBC or the British Museum. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external ...

Archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery of thousands of cuneiform tablets at the ancient Sumerian city of ... due to extensive looting. The British Museum archaeologist, Sebastien Rey ...

The tablets are currently with the British Museum which has had its custody since the 1800s, The New York Times reported. Experts analyzed and found the tablets were from 1894 B.C. to 1595 B.C.

This piece of clay contains some of the earliest writing in the world. It's called 'cuneiform,' which means wedge-shaped. This tablet is ... neighbours in the British Museum – deserves more ...

The British Museum houses around 130,000 clay tablets from ancient ... few scholars can read the languages on the tablets—which include Akkadian, Sumerian, and Hittite—the overwhelming ...

Recovered from Nineveh in the late 19th century, shattered clay tablets covered in ... the Epic of Gilgamesh from broken tablets in the British Museum. At age 14 Smith left formal schooling ...

This is a Sumerian cuneiform clay tablet ... he left the tablet, and the rest of his diverse collection, to the London Borough of Wembley and it formed the foundation of the Brent Museum.