24.900 | Fall 2012 | Undergraduate

Introduction to Linguistics

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Description:

One of the Amarna letters, first discovered in 1887, and written mostly in Akkadian cuneiform, the writing system of ancient Mesopotamia. This image is in the public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Alt text:
A baked clay tablet with Akkadian cuneiform.
Caption:
One of the Amarna letters, first discovered in 1887, and written mostly in Akkadian cuneiform, the writing system of ancient Mesopotamia. (This image is in the public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.)
Credit:
This image is in the public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
A baked clay tablet with Akkadian cuneiform.

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Fall 2012
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