Ancient Animal Vocabulary
Mesopotamian lexical lists consist of lists of words and lists of signs. Lists of words are often thematically organized, such as a list of birds, or a list of professions. Lists of signs provide each cuneiform sign with pronunciation glosses. Word lists and sign lists belonged to the staple of scribal education. Large numbers of school texts with extracts from lexical lists have been found at almost all sites where cuneiform texts have been unearthed.
