In a message dated 02/07/2002 9:32:02 PM Pacific Standard Time,
allenroy@peoplepc.com writes:
<< By 600 BC, the art of cuneiform writing was lost in dusty
ruins for hundreds of years. >>
Cuneiform was still alive and well in 600 BC in the Neo-Babylonian empire of
Nebuchadnezzar, and did not disappear until c. 150 BC, after which it was
still in use for some texts on astronomy right into the time of Christ.
Paul
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