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How did Egyptian write?
egyptaion scribes learned to write by using revant images to use as words which are now referred to as hieroglyphics. they were very smart to come up with such an idea. Actually it was the Sumarians who invented Cuneiform, pictograms and it is believed the Egyptians borrowed from this as they themselves gave no historical account of how they learned to write and there is no evidence if any evolution in their writing...hieroglyphics just...appeared. There is clear archeological evidence of the evolution of Sumarian writing from simple clay tokens with symbols drawn on them, to rebus pictograms, to the more complex cuneiform
What year were clay tablets invented?
6592 BC
What kind of material did babylonian scribes use for writing?
Mostly clay for official documents.
Who were the people who made cuneiform writing on clay tablets?
Sumerians
Who made cuneiform?
the sumerians made cuneiform on wet clay tablets
What are Babylonian Clay Tablets?
They are clay tablets that scribes wrote cuneiform on, normally to record business deals.
What kind of functions did scribes perform in ancient Mesopotamia?
The scribes wrote on clay tablets that indicated what they were trying to communicate with other members of their city state. Scribes were also needed to record food and other materials. Scribes were very important in Mesopotamia.
Scribes drew the pictures on clay tablets using a wedged shaped instrument or what?
Scribes used a reed pen to draw pictures on clay tablets. The pointed end of the reed pen would create wedge-shaped marks, known as cuneiform, on the clay surface.
What did the sumerians wright on?
They wrote on clay tablets.
What did scribes write with?
They used a stylus for clay tablets. They used reed brushes with ink to write on papyrus.
What materials were used to make clay tablets?
they wrote on wet clay and left it dry
What were the people who wrote the cuneiform called?
The people who wrote in cuneiform were scribes. They were highly trained individuals responsible for recording information on clay tablets using a wedge-shaped stylus. Scribes played a crucial role in ancient Mesopotamian society by documenting everything from administrative records to literature and religious texts.
Why did sumerian use clay tablets?
They used it for the clay tablets they wrote on and pottery.
What did scribes use to write cuneiform?
Scribes used a reed stylus called a "stylus" to write cuneiform on clay tablets. The stylus was made of a cut reed with a triangular tip that was pressed into the clay to create wedge-shaped characters. The resulting impressions were then baked to preserve the writing.
What did scribes write on?
They kept recoreds of the people of all the scribes
What did ancient Mesopotamians write with?
They wrote with sharp objects. They wrote on clay tablets or animal skin.
How did the babylonians communicate?
the sumerians were the first one's to develop a language called cuneiform. they wrote on clay tablets with stylus.
