Three cuneiform texts from the Department of Middle Eastern Studies of the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen. In: Šašková, K. (ed.), Climb the Wall of Uruk...: Essays in Honor of Petr Charvát from his Friends, Colleagues and Students. Západočeská univerzita v Plzni, 2020, pp. 71–97. By Kateřina Šašková

https://www.academia.edu/44794175/Three_cuneiform_texts_from_the_Department_of_Middle_Eastern_Studies_of_the_University_of_West_Bohemia_in_Pilsen_In_%C5%A0a%C5%A1kov%C3%A1_K_ed_Climb_the_Wall_of_Uruk_Essays_in_Honor_of_Petr_Charv%C3%A1t_from_his_Friends_Colleagues_and_Students_Z%C3%A1pado%C4%8Desk%C3%A1_univerzita_v_Plzni_2020_pp_71_97?nav_from=fa084912-5736-4aa9-bb79-15a1d8b71d49 The Department of Middle Eastern Studies of the Faculty of Arts at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen acquired three clay fragments inscribed with cuneiform script several years ago. There is no doubt that these artifacts originate from the ancient Near East and can be dated to the era from the 3 rd to 1 st millennia BCE, the epoch of the efflorescence of Mesopotamian civilizations. However, the objects are so badly damaged that only several words or even signs can be identified with certainty on their surfaces. The aim of this study is to date these objects more accurately and, at least partially, reconstruct the texts that they bore.