The CDLI Collection
By making the form and content of cuneiform texts available online, the CDLI is opening pathways to the rich historical tradition of the ancient Middle East. In close collaboration with researchers, museums and an engaged public, the project seeks to unharness the extraordinary content of these earliest witnesses to our shared world heritage.
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Latest accepted submissions
- Artifact, Other Entity update by Firth, Richard for Firth, Richard on 2024-06-12 at 18:42:15 UTC 8
- Artifact, Other Entity update by Firth, Richard for Firth, Richard on 2024-06-12 at 18:36:12 UTC 200
- Artifact, Other Entity update by Firth, Richard for Firth, Richard on 2024-06-12 at 18:33:33 UTC 231
- Artifact, Other Entity update by Firth, Richard for Firth, Richard on 2024-06-12 at 18:30:18 UTC 44
- Artifact, Other Entity update by Firth, Richard for Firth, Richard on 2024-06-12 at 18:24:10 UTC 38
- Artifact, Other Entity update by Firth, Richard for Firth, Richard on 2024-06-12 at 18:16:54 UTC 540
Highlights
![Highlight The Flood Tablet](/dl/tn_photo/P273210.jpg)
A Mesopotamian tale of a great flood and one survivor chosen by the Gods, this tablet caused a stir ...
![Highlight The Cyrus Cylinder](/dl/tn_photo/P386349_d.jpg)
This royal inscription of Persian King Cyrus the Great commemorates his conquest of Babylon, portray...
![Highlight Bīsitūn Inscription](/dl/tn_photo/P412456_d.jpg)
This tri-lingual inscription has 414 lines in Old Persian cuneiform, 260 in Elamite cuneiform, and 1...
![Highlight Pythagorean Triples](/dl/tn_photo/P254790.jpg)
Tablet Plimpton 322 is one of the best known mathematical cuneiform texts. This text inspired a lot ...
![Highlight Codex Hammurapi](/dl/tn_photo/P464358_d.jpg)
The stela of Hammurabi, now housed in the Louvre Museum, was found in Susa, where it was carried off...
![Highlight The Weld-Blundell Prism or Sumerian King List](/dl/tn_photo/P384786.jpg)
The Weld-Blundell Prism or Sumerian Ki...
The Sumerian King List is an important chronographic document from ancient Mesopotamia. It lists a l...
News
- New publication data crowdsourcing feature on CDLI 2024-06-12
- Time to test the CDLI development site! 2022-03-15
- Memorial video in honor of CDLI founder Robert K. Englund 2021-12-13
- CDLI Newsletter 2021/2: October 2021 2021-10-21
- CDLI Newsletter 2021/1: January 2021 2021-01-31
- CDLI Newsletter 2020/1: June 2020 2020-06-03