Communicating cuneiform: The evolution of a multimedia cuneiform database

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Our paper presents the work of the Cuneiform Digital Forensic Project (CDFP), an interdisciplinary project at The University of Birmingham, concerned with the development of a multimedia database to support scholarly research into cuneiform, wedge-shaped writing imprinted onto clay tablets, and indeed the earliest real form of writing. We describe the evolutionary design process and dynamic research and developmental cycles associated with the database.

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