Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Clay, Paper, Code, Sept. 2003; pp. 34-41.
"Digital Hammurabi seeks to apply the newest digital technology to the world's oldest writing system. Hundreds of thousands of hardened clay cuneiform tablets rest in museums, libraries, and universities around the world. More than half have never been studied or even read by scholars." (JOHNS HOPKINS MAGAZINE) This article describes a scientist's plan to create an electronic archive for cuneiform writings in order to more easily study and decipher them.