Archaeologists working in Turkey have recently discovered what they believe to be a forgotten ancient language that dates back more than 2,500 years, to the time of the Assyrian Empire. The evidence comes from a single clay tablet that is inscribed with cuneiform characters. The tablet list the names of women who were attached to the palace and the local Assyrian administration. According to Dr. John MacGinnis, from the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, “Altogether around 60 names are preserved. One or two are actually Assyrian and a few more may belong to other known languages of the period, such as Luwian or Hurrian, but the great majority belong to a previously unidentified language.”
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