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...

The National Museum of Iran Cuneiform ...
2018-05-09
The National Museum of Iran (NMI), in collaboration with the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (C...

CDLI selected to participate in Google...
2018-02-19
On the 12th of February, Google announced the organizations that have been selected to participate i...

“cdli tablet” joins the Android fa...
2017-10-18
cdli tablet is now available for Android mobile devices! Focusing on the cultural heritage...

2017-08-15
The Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI) is delighted to announce that the project “CDL...

In support of CDLI transliterations
2017-06-19
CDLI associates Tohru Ozaki, Daniel Foxvog and Richard Firth have, in the past several years, taken ...

Machine assisted translation of cuneif...
2017-04-03
The CDLI is delighted to announce that the international research collaboration Machine Transla...

2017-02-03
Good news for tech-inclined Assyriologists and computational methods enthusiasts. CDLI catalogue dat...

2016-12-01
We are planning some improvements in the CDLI interface and underlying software structure, and would...

2015-12-26
As we near the end of the year, I'd like to report on a few additions to CDLI content and functi...

Detroit Institute of Arts—Cuneiform ...
2015-05-07
The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-supported research project ...

Princeton’s very special collections
2015-01-14
The Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS), in collaboration with the Cuneifo...

2014-12-17
We are delighted to announce an ongoing collaboration between the Louvre Mu...

No late fees: the Free Library of Phil...
2014-11-12
We are delighted to announce a successful digitization collaboration betwee...

2014-05-22
The National Museums Scotland (NMS) and the Cuneiform Digital Library Initi...

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem—come se...
2014-04-19
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem and the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiat...

2013-05-18
We are delighted to announce the launch of “cdli tablet” for the iPad, combining short text wit...

Spain’s Montserrat collection in CDL...
2013-04-08
The Abbey of Montserrat near Barcelona, Spain, and the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI, ...

Urbana-Champaign tablets go online
2013-03-06
We are delighted to announce a successful digitization collaboration between the Spurlock Museum of...

Cuneiform & space: Carlos Museum
2013-02-01
The Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, and the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI)...

2012-11-08
2012-11-08 The University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library and the Cuneiform Digital Library...

Hebrew University, Jerusalem: שָׁל...
2012-06-11
2012-06-11 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in partnership with the Cuneiform Digital Library Ini...

Charles University collection online
2012-05-14
2012-05-14 We are delighted to announce a successful digitization collaboration between Charles Uni...

2012-03-29
2012-03-29 We are pleased to announce the first results of a digitization collaboration between the...

2012-02-01
2012-02-01 The Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI ), in partnership with the Rare Book and ...

Musées d’art et d’histoire, Genè...
2012-01-29
2012-01-29 We are delighted to announce a successful digitization collaboration between the Musées...

Fondation Martin Bodmer online
2011-12-27
2011-12-27 The Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), in partnership with the Fondation Martin...

2011-11-02
The Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), in partnership with the Williams College Museum of ...

Mellon renews partnership with Cuneifo...
2011-10-07
Project "Creating a Sustainable Cuneiform Digital Library (CSCDL)" phase two funded by the Andrew W....

Online aids for understanding ED IIIb ...
2011-08-09
On behalf of CDLI, I would like to announce the completion of a project to correct and standardize t...

Strasbourg cuneiform collection online
2011-05-11
We are very pleased to announce a digitization collaboration between the Bi...

University of Missouri-Columbia cuneif...
2011-04-26
The Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), in partnership with the Museum of Art and Archaeolo...

Working with cuneiform at UCLA
2011-01-03
A short film on the use of original cuneiform text artifacts in instruction and research, written,...

Below are samples of RTI images of cuneiform texts and cylinder seals prepared by Klaus Wagensonner ...