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In these pages, The Walters Art Museum and the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), an international research project based at the University of California, Los Angeles, present a database of the 89 inscribed objects in the Walters’ Ancient Near East collection. The cuneiform objects here were digitized following the standard conventions of the CDLI. The full catalog of the collection, including transliterations and translations of the texts, and word and sign glossaries is currently under construction. |
Introduction to the collection![]() WAM visitor information ![]() CDLI homepage ![]() ![]() |
Cuneiform inscriptions sorted by museum number Cuneiform inscriptions sorted by publication Search all CDLI inscriptions Check out the video game Discover Babylon based on WAM artifacts The royal inscription (right, Walters Art Museum 41.220) of Gudea of Girsu/Lagash (ca. 2150 BC) describes the construction of a temple complex; click image to be directed to the text’s corresponding CDLI page. |
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A cooperative effort of the
Walters Art Museum, the Federation of American Scientists, and the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative |