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The 106 pages that link to Cuneiform, each with the reason it gives.

• Sumerian city-statesRelated: Administrative records helped institutions track labor, land, goods, and transactions.

• UgaritNarrower topic: Ugarit’s alphabetic tablets used cuneiform-shaped signs rather than the region’s usual syllabic script.

• Ur-NammuNarrower topic: The laws and royal inscriptions associated with him survive in cuneiform.

• AššurRelated: Cuneiform records preserve Aššur’s royal inscriptions, administration, and religious life.

• Cylinder sealRelated: Seals and cuneiform tablets both left durable marks in clay administration.

• EtemenankiRelated: Cuneiform inscriptions provide evidence for Etemenanki’s construction and restoration.

• Sumerian literatureRelated: Scribes recorded Sumerian compositions on clay tablets using this script.

• Sumerian mythologyRelated: Scribes used cuneiform to preserve mythic compositions on clay tablets.

• Anatolian languagesRelated: Hittite and several related languages were recorded with adapted cuneiform signs.

• AssyriologyRelated: Its signs preserve most of the written evidence studied by Assyriologists.

• Austen Henry LayardRelated: Inscriptions recovered during Layard’s excavations became evidence about Assyrian rulers and history.

• EnheduannaRelated: The surviving copies of works attributed to Enheduanna were written in cuneiform.

• History of writingBroader topic: Its earliest tablets show how administrative marks became a durable writing system.

• Mesopotamian kingshipRelated: Royal inscriptions and records made commands, victories, and building works durable.

• Code of Ur-NammuRelated: Scribes recorded surviving fragments of the provisions in cuneiform.

• Mesopotamian city-stateRelated: Administrative records helped track land, labor, goods, and obligations.

• NabonidusNarrower topic: Babylonian inscriptions and chronicles preserve the main contemporary evidence for Nabonidus’s reign.

• Assyrian king listRelated: The surviving king-list manuscripts were written in cuneiform.

• Hanging Gardens of BabylonNarrower topic: Assyrian inscriptions provide evidence for royal gardens but do not securely identify Babylon’s legendary wonder.

• Hormuzd RassamNarrower topic: Rassam’s finds supplied tablets and inscriptions that scholars could read through cuneiform studies.

• Royal Game of UrNarrower topic: The tablet preserving the game's rules was written in cuneiform.

• LiteratureRelated: Its tablets preserve some of the earliest surviving written literary works.

• Middle Assyrian EmpireNarrower topic: Cuneiform records preserve the laws, treaties, and administrative texts of the empire.

• Bedřich HroznýNarrower topic: Hittite texts were written with this broader script tradition.

• Chogha ZanbilRelated: Cuneiform inscriptions identify the ruler and deities associated with the complex.

• EnkiduRelated: Cuneiform tablets preserve the epic episodes in which Enkidu appears.

• Flood mythRelated: Clay tablets written in cuneiform preserve some of the oldest flood narratives.

• HurriansNarrower topic: Most surviving written evidence for Hurrian comes from cuneiform tablets.

• Mesopotamian mythologyRelated: Clay tablets written in cuneiform preserve much of the surviving mythic record.

• Proto-writingBroader topic: Cuneiform emerged from early administrative notation and eventually represented spoken language extensively.

• History of communicationBroader topic: Its development in Mesopotamia provides an early example of writing used for administration and recordkeeping.

• History of librariesRelated: Clay tablets made durable collections possible in some of the earliest known libraries.

• UrukaginaRelated: Scribes recorded Urukagina’s reforms in cuneiform inscriptions.

• Enūma ElišRelated: Clay tablets written in cuneiform preserve the epic’s text.

• GutiansNarrower topic: The surviving written accounts of Gutian rule were recorded in Mesopotamian cuneiform traditions.

• History of the alphabetNarrower topic: Earlier cuneiform traditions provide a contrast to the alphabet's smaller, sound-based sign inventories.

• Hurrian songsRelated: Scribes used cuneiform to record the lyrics and musical instructions.

• Recorded historyBroader topic: Its early tablets document administration and daily life in one of the oldest writing traditions.

• Tiglath-Pileser INarrower topic: Royal records of his reign were written in this ancient script.

• Ancient literatureRelated: Its tablets preserve some of the earliest known literary works.

• Architecture of MesopotamiaRelated: Administrative tablets document building labor, supplies, and institutions behind major projects.

• Cradle of civilizationRelated: Its earliest uses included recording goods and administrative transactions.

• EnmerkarNarrower topic: Cuneiform tablets are the medium through which Enmerkar’s poems reached modern times.

• History of MesopotamiaRelated: Its records document administration, trade, law, and literature across successive states.

• History of prostitutionRelated: Cuneiform texts preserve early references to sexual labor, but their vocabulary remains contested.

• Instructions of ShuruppakRelated: Clay tablets in cuneiform transmit the text and its variant passages.

• Jemdet Nasr periodNarrower topic: Jemdet Nasr proto-writing precedes the mature system’s standardized cuneiform signs.

• Kesh Temple HymnNarrower topic: Scribes recorded the hymn’s words by impressing signs into clay tablets.

• Lugal-zage-siNarrower topic: The inscriptions documenting his rule were transmitted in this script.

• Means of communicationBroader topic: Its development made administrative and other messages recordable beyond speech.