Nabu, divine scribe of writing, inscribes your name.
What is Cuneiform?
Cuneiform is one of the world's oldest writing systems, developed in ancient Mesopotamia around 3400 BCE. Scribes used a wedge-shaped reed stylus to press marks into wet clay tablets — the word cuneiform comes from the Latin for "wedge-shaped." Akkadian cuneiform is a syllabary: each sign represents a sound or syllable, not an individual letter. Because of this, names are written by how they sound, which is why this tool approximates your name phonetically rather than translating its meaning.
How Cuneify Works
Each syllable of your name is matched to an attested sign from the Oracc Global Sign List (OGSL), the authoritative scholarly catalog of cuneiform sign readings. Unicode code points are verified directly against the Unicode Character Database — no values are assumed from memory. Where the syllabary has no exact match (there is no distinct PE sign, for instance, only PI), Cuneify substitutes the closest attested reading and marks it in teal. Signs with no reliable substitution are shown in amber with a warning.
Assyrians Today
The people of ancient Mesopotamia are not a thing of the past. Assyrians are a living nation — with a continuous culture, history, and identity stretching from antiquity to the present. Modern Assyrians speak Suret (also called Neo-Aramaic), a Semitic language descended from the ancient tongues of this region. Assyrian communities are found across the Middle East, the United States, Europe, and Australia, carrying forward an unbroken thread that reaches back to the world of clay and cuneiform.