How to write cuneiform
Learn how to write cuneiform – the oldest form of writing in the world – with curator Irving Finkel, using just a lolly stick and a piece of clay to master the ancient script!
The Flood Tablet. Fragment of a clay tablet with part of the Epic of Gilgamesh. Assyrian, 7th century BC. British Museum 21 January 2021
Originating in what is now Iraq before 3,200 BC, cuneiform script is, as far as we know, the oldest form of writing in the world.
First developed by scribes as a bookkeeping tool to keep track of bread and beer rations in ancient cities like Uruk (in the south east of modern-day Iraq), the system soon spread across the Middle East and was used continuously for more than 3,000 years, up until the first century AD.
The Next 10 Years Thanks to generous new funding, the Nahrein Network is able to continue its mission until 2031. Read about our plans for this next phase of work, which will begin later in 2021.
Huge new threats to Iraq’s future have emerged in past few years, while the old ones have not gone away. The economy is still heavily dependent on oil. Post-Da’esh reconstruction has been frustratingly slow. Iraq s political system is as fragile as ever, while poverty, gender inequalities, and youth unemployment remain endemic. Meanwhile, damming, oil extraction, and global climate heating are destroying the environment. At the same time, Covid-19 threatens to overwhelm fragile state structures and further accelerate the rapid rate of demographic change. There has never been a greater need for big, bold responses to these intractable challenges.
Middle East Crude-Benchmarks mixed; Australian grades fetch high premiums
Middle East crude benchmarks Oman and Dubai were mixed on Thursday, with Oman differential plunging in volatile trading as the March-loading cycle approaches its end.
Spot premiums for March-loading Australian heavy sweet crude rose this week, with Pyrenees at its highest in 10 months, supported by higher prices for low-sulphur shipping fuel, trade sources said.
BHP has sold a Pyrenees crude cargo to Vitol at a premium of more than $11 a barrel to dated Brent, while Woodside sold a Vincent crude cargo at a slightly higher premium than that for Pyrenees to Shell, the sources said.
Total, which was rumored to be exiting the Sarsang exploration block in Kurdistan, has signed a major new deal with Iraq to execute some large and promising projects
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