Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete
This periodical, the Zeitschrift für Assyriologie, was issued in Leipzig in 1886 by the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft for scholars of ancient Mesopotamian languages. Its plates show hand-copied cuneiform clay tablets, drawn in ink with each wedge-shaped sign traced individually, with ruled horizontal lines dividing the columns of text and the tablet outlines rendered in simple contour. A designer might draw on the spare linework and the rhythmic repetition of wedge marks for abstract patterns or textures.
