FactGrid:Cuneiform Project

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Cuneiforme tablet and enveloppe-MAHG 16161, between 1700 and 1800 BC , Musée d'art et d'histoire, created in Ancient Egypt, found in Babylon excavations

The FactGrid cuneiform project wants to map all artefacts with cuneiform inscriptions. Where are they from? What places are mentioned in the inscriptions? Who is mentioned in these inscriptions?

Contact: Adam Anderson

First searches

• All the places where cuneiform artifacts are found around the world

• All the proveniences of archaeological excavations where cuneiform artifacts were found

Example Items

• Statements for a Cuneiform Text
• Statements for a person named in a text

Zenodo repository

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GitHub repository

FactGrid Cuneiform: Building LOD datasets and ontologies for cuneiform