The CDLI Collection
By making the form and content of cuneiform texts available online, the CDLI is opening pathways to the rich historical tradition of the ancient Middle East. In close collaboration with researchers, museums and an engaged public, the project seeks to unharness the extraordinary content of these earliest witnesses to our shared world heritage.
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Highlights
A Mesopotamian tale of a great flood and one survivor chosen by the Gods, this tablet caused a stir ...
This royal inscription of Persian King Cyrus the Great commemorates his conquest of Babylon, portray...
This tri-lingual inscription has 414 lines in Old Persian cuneiform, 260 in Elamite cuneiform, and 1...
Tablet Plimpton 322 is one of the best known mathematical cuneiform texts. This text inspired a lot ...
The stela of Hammurabi, now housed in the Louvre Museum, was found in Susa, where it was carried off...
The Weld-Blundell Prism or Sumerian Ki...
The Sumerian King List is an important chronographic document from ancient Mesopotamia. It lists a l...
News
Time to test the CDLI development site...
2022-03-15
Dear colleagues and friends, We are happy to announce that the new Cuneiform Digital Library Init...
Memorial video in honor of CDLI founde...
2021-12-13
Please find below a link to a video with short memories and stories about CDLI Director and UCLA Pro...
CDLI Newsletter 2021/2: October 2021
2021-10-21
We are excited to announce that the CDLI and Achemenet <http://www.achemenet.com/en/>, an...
CDLI Newsletter 2021/1: January 2021
2021-01-31
Contributions As always, we are grateful for ATF contributions from colleagues; since June, we have...
CDLI Newsletter 2020/1: June 2020
2020-06-03
Directorship Following the death of CDLI founder and Director, Bob Englund, the directorship of t...
Obituary for Robert K. Englund
2020-06-02
Bob Englund, emeritus professor of Assyriology at UCLA and director of the Cuneiform Digital Library...