Oriental Institute Exhibit on the Origins of Writing in the Middle East
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Visible Language: Inventions of Writing in the Ancient Middle East
Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago
1155 East 58th Street Chicago, IL
September 28, 2010 through March 6, 2011
A new exhibition at the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago will present how writing was invented by scribes in the ancient Middle East and how it transformed prehistoric cultures into civilizations.
The exhibit will include some of the earliest cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia (today’s Iraq), dating to about 3200 BC, which are on loan from the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin. These have never been exhibited in the United States and other clay tablets from the Institute's own collection will also be exhibited.
The ancient Egyptians developed their own unique writing system, hieroglyphics. The exhibit will include tags and labels from the tombs of the first Egyptian kings dating to about 3320 BC and other examples of hieroglyphic other scripts from the Nile Valley.
The exhibition will explore the origins of the alphabet and include some of the earliest alphabetic texts. Additionally, examples of early writings from other ancient cultures including Chia and Mesoamericana will be displayed.
Supplementing the artifacts will be interactive presentations which show how Oriental Institute scholars have recovered ancient writings includig how they used CT scans to reveal the contents of sealed clay “token balls” which are believed to be the precursor of Mesopotamian writing.
A fully illustrated catalog edited by Professor Christopher Woods, Associate Professor at the Oriental Institute, accompawill be available.
for more information visit the Visible Language Special Exhibit page.
- Information adapted and modified from the Oriental Institute Museum Web site.
Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago
1155 East 58th Street Chicago, IL
September 28, 2010 through March 6, 2011
A new exhibition at the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago will present how writing was invented by scribes in the ancient Middle East and how it transformed prehistoric cultures into civilizations.
The exhibit will include some of the earliest cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia (today’s Iraq), dating to about 3200 BC, which are on loan from the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin. These have never been exhibited in the United States and other clay tablets from the Institute's own collection will also be exhibited.
The ancient Egyptians developed their own unique writing system, hieroglyphics. The exhibit will include tags and labels from the tombs of the first Egyptian kings dating to about 3320 BC and other examples of hieroglyphic other scripts from the Nile Valley.
The exhibition will explore the origins of the alphabet and include some of the earliest alphabetic texts. Additionally, examples of early writings from other ancient cultures including Chia and Mesoamericana will be displayed.
Supplementing the artifacts will be interactive presentations which show how Oriental Institute scholars have recovered ancient writings includig how they used CT scans to reveal the contents of sealed clay “token balls” which are believed to be the precursor of Mesopotamian writing.
A fully illustrated catalog edited by Professor Christopher Woods, Associate Professor at the Oriental Institute, accompawill be available.
for more information visit the Visible Language Special Exhibit page.
- Information adapted and modified from the Oriental Institute Museum Web site.
