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History of the Cuneiform Lexical Tradition (GMTR 6) – online MÄS 29 Rector of the University ofThe history of Mesopotamian lexical lists in cuneiform extends from the very beginning of writing (around 3,200 BCE) to the demise of cuneiform in the first centuries of our own era. One may think of lexical lists as something between a dictionary and an encyclopedia they organize, transmit and preserve knowledge, knowledge of a very peculiar kind. Lexical lists have drawn the attention of cuneiform scholars from the earliest days of Assyriology,