Cuneiform is an independent label recording music that is out of the mainstream. The Claudia Quartet, Wadada Leo Smith and Thinking Plague are on the Cuneiform roster, and it has groups with even ...

American poet Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972) has been a favorite of musicians for over half a century, from composer John Cage to saxophonist Peter Brötzmann and bassist William Parker. This everyman ...

In ancient Mesopotamia, cuneiform writing was the domain of a small elite. Scribes, trained for years, mastered a complex ...

Deciphering some people's writing can be a major challenge—especially when that writing is cuneiform characters imprinted onto 3,000-year-old tablets. Now, Middle East scholars can use artificial ...

This cuneiform tablet, just over ten centimetres wide, describes a ceremonial ritual. The lines of text are clearly visible from a distance. A closer look (right) reveals just how badly worn the ...