From Laundry Lists to Liturgies: The Origins of Writing in Ancient Mesopotamia

Assyriologist Irving Finkel of the British Museum in London and Timothy Potts, Maria Hummer-Tuttle and Robert Tuttle Director of the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, engage in a lively conversation about the first known writing system, the cuneiform script of Mesopotamia.
This was program was presented via Zoom on Wednesday August 11, 2021.
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This program complements the exhibition "Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins."
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