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They used it for the clay tablets they wrote on and pottery.
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Who had similar writing systems?
A similar writing system to hieroglyphics is cuneiform, ancient Sumerian writing, but they didn't use characters and symbols like the Egyptians. They pressed reeds into clay tablets, creating wedges.
What is the difference between the Egyptian and the sumerian culture?
Sumerian is the oldest known written language in human history. The writing was called cuneiform after the wedge shaped writing instrument. The pictograms were etched onto clay tablets and fired in kilns to make the writing endure. It was replaced by the Aramaic around 900BC. The Egyptians developed hieroglyphics, and they wrote on papyrus made from reeds. Papyrus was cheaper and easier to produce and keep than the clay tablets.
What was the sumerian system of writing in wet clay?
cuneiform.
How did egyptians make clay?
yes the egyptians did use clay tablets to record trade and to write laws and stuff.
What did the sumerians wright on?
They wrote on clay tablets.
What were Sumerian clay tablets made of?
Clay
Who used clay tablets?
Clay tablets were used by Sumerian civilization. Another word for ''clay tablets'' it's called cuneiform.Cuneiformdocuments were written onclay tablets, by means of a blunt reed for a stylus.
What did Sumerian use to produce cuneiform?
Sumerians used clay tablets and a reed stylus to produce cuneiform writing. The stylus created wedge-shaped impressions on the soft clay, forming the distinctive script of cuneiform.
What type of artifact has allowed us to learn a great deal about Sumerian civilization?
cuneiform on baked clay tablets
How do you make sumerian clay tablets?
ancient sumerian clay tablets were made of mud, water. the writing was made up of wedge shaped symbols. also, only scribes knew how to make the clay tablets and how to write on them.
Did sumerian's use clay to make pottery?
yes
Who had similar writing systems?
A similar writing system to hieroglyphics is cuneiform, ancient Sumerian writing, but they didn't use characters and symbols like the Egyptians. They pressed reeds into clay tablets, creating wedges.
What are clay tablets used for?
Some people use them to make art. They wanna use the same technique that the Native Americans did with clay tablets. IT's fun, you should try it.
What is the first written language?
The first known written language is Sumerian, which was developed around 3200 BCE in ancient Mesopotamia. Sumerian cuneiform script was used to record transactions, laws, and stories on clay tablets.
What did Sumerians use to make symbols on clay tablets?
stylus
Where was clay tablets found?
Clay tablets were made out of clay that was easily found by the rivers of Tigris and Euphrates.
What civilization developed an early writing system that used cuneiform script on wet clay tablets?
The SUMERIAN CIVILIZATION developed cuneiform as a method of transcribing concepts.
