Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is versed in or has made a special study of cuneiform writing or writings.
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- noun A specialist or expert in
cuneiform .
Etymologies
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cuneiform + -ist
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Examples
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Eleanor Robson, a cuneiformist at Oxford's Oriental Institute, says that although "we have no idea how the lyrics should be pronounced," Parpola's translations are a thoroughly respectable scholarly effort.
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Billed as the first album ever produced in Sumerian, Ammondt's newest effort is Three Songs In Sumerian, a collaboration with respected cuneiformist Simo Parpola of Helsinki University.
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