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Manuscript transcriptions of cuneiform inscriptions from artefacts found during Sir Austen Henry Layard's excavations at 'Nimroud', 1845-1847 [Library reference: MS.42355].
This image shows inscriptions from artefacts found during Sir Austen Henry Layard's excavations of the ancient Assyrian city of 'Nimroud' during 1845-1847 in what is now modern-day Iraq.
Cuneiform script is characterised by wedge-shaped marks. The Sumerians of Mesopotamia are credited with developing it as a writing system around 3500-3000 BCE.