4: Writing (and Reading) as Material Practice - The World of Cuneiform Culture as an Arena for Investigation (Roger Matthews) Last updated Save as PDF Page ID 34177 Kathryn Piquette University College London via Ubiquity Press 4.1: Abstract 4.2: Current Research into the Materiality of Ancient Near Eastern Texts and Figures 4.3: Who Wrote the Text in Question and Why? 4.4: Who Was Meant to See or Read the Texts 4.5: What Was the Physical Medium and Context of the Text? 4.6: How Representative are Surviving Texts of the Corpus of Their Place and Period? 4.7: References