In Mesopotamia, the land between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, one of the earliest advanced civilizations of mankind emerged. Around 3000 BC they developed one of the oldest known scripts. The cuneiform script, the characters of which were impressed in damp clay with a stylus made of reed, proved to be highly efficient: the writing material was unrivaled cheap and the writing system was flexible enough to allow peoples of different languages to adapt it to their own needs for over three millennia. The University Museum in the Tübinger castle offers the opportunity to follow this unique success story with the help of inscribed clay tablets that represent the various stages of cuneiform writing.
Please contact Prof. Dr. Andreas Fuchs for informationen on the Near Eastern Collection.
