  One of the most significant problems in cuneiform pedagogy is the process of
looking up unknown signs, which often involves a tedious page-by-page search
through a sign list. This paper proposes a new "recursive encoding" for signs,
which represents the arrangement of strokes in a way a computer can process. A
series of new algorithms then offers students a new way to look up signs by any
distinctive component, as well as providing new ways to render signs and
tablets electronically.
