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Cuneiform Inscriptions Geographical Site Index (CIGS)

Rattenborg, Rune; Johansson, Carolin; Nett, Seraina; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg; Andersson, Jakob


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    <subfield code="a">&lt;p&gt;This index contains a basic set of primary spatial, toponym, attribute, and external link information on more than 550&amp;nbsp;archaeological locations where texts written in cuneiform and derived scripts have been found, prepared by researchers of the &lt;a href="https://www.lingfil.uu.se"&gt;Department of Linguistics and Philology&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href="https://www.uu.se"&gt;Uppsala University&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;The index is intended as a tool for students and researchers in cuneiform studies and related areas and as an aid to cultural heritage managers and educators in communicating and safeguarding this unique body of world written heritage. The index remains under development and is regularly updated. The authors will very much appreciate notices of any omissions, errors, or inaccuracies.&amp;nbsp;For further details, see &lt;a href="https://cdli.ucla.edu/pubs/cdlj/2021/cdlj2021_001.html"&gt;Rattenborg et al. 2021&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

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