cuneiform

Examples

• All

• The foot contains cuneiform bones that help with balance and movement.

• The cuneiform shape of the bone provides strength to the structure of the foot.

• This is the cuneiform tablet containing the name of Jabin, found in remains of the palace in ancient Hazor.

  Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus (2015)

• Many of its sculptures, cuneiform inscriptions, and stone friezes now grace the halls of the British Museum.

  Academic text (2018)

• No doubt dealers selling these cuneiform tablets would claim that they have been in circulation for years and moved out of Iraq at a time long predating the Gulf War.

  Academic text (2003)

• The Cyrus Cylinder is a cuneiform inscription that Cyrus the Great ordered to be made during the conquest of Babylon.

  Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)

• In addition, cuneiform sources attest to Kassite tribes living in the ancient region of Namri in the hills somewhere northeast of Babylonia, at least by the twelfth century.

  Academic text (1991)

• Due to their cuneiform design, these bones are essential for proper walking.

Synonyms

W

wedge-shaped

vscuneiform

1 3.9

Wide at one end and narrowing to a point at the other

is specific to certain body bones rather than any object with that form

C

cuneal

vscuneiform

• Specialized

9.9

Shaped like a wedge

is used especially for certain bones rather than general anatomical parts

Compounds

C

cuneiform bone

• Specialized

9.1

A small bone in the wrist near the little finger

How Wedge-shaped

cuneiform

• Specialized

1 9.3

wedge-shaped

1 3.9

triangular

23 2.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology