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What were sumerian clay tablets and what were they made of?
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November 30, 2008 11:24PM
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.
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Sumerian is the oldest known written language in human history.
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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
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than the clay tablets.