cuneiform
Archaeologists call the Sumerian writing system "cuneiform". We do not know what the Sumerians called it.
The first Sumerian writing system is called cuneiform. It was developed around 3200 BCE and utilized wedge-shaped marks made by pressing styluses into soft clay tablets. This writing system was initially used for record-keeping and evolved to encompass various languages and literary forms over time.
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The system of writing developed by the Sumerians was called Cuneiform.
Cuneiform
Cuneform is the name of the Sumerian wedge-shaped form of writing
Cuneform is the name of the Sumerian wedge-shaped form of writing
It is called "Cuneiform"
It is called "Cuneiform"
It is called "Cuneiform"
The ancient Sumerian writing system is known as "cuneiform" from the Latin cuneus ("wedge "), because the symbols are wedge-shaped, and marked into clay tablets with a stylus. The characters of cuneiform writing were originally pictorial, but because of the method of writing, they evolved into collections of wedge-shaped marks with little visual indication to their origins.
Archaeologists call the Sumerian writing system "cuneiform". We do not know what the Sumerians called it.
The ancient Sumerian writing system is known as "cuneiform" from the Latin cuneus ("wedge "), because the symbols are wedge-shaped, and marked into clay tablets with a stylus. The characters of cuneiform writing were originally pictorial, but because of the method of writing, they evolved into collections of wedge-shaped marks with little visual indication to their origins.
the wedge shaped writing system is called cuneiform.
the wedge shaped writing system is called cuneiform.
cuneiform
the name of the wedge-shaped writing form is called cuneiform. It consisted of hundreds of wedge-shaped marks cut into damp clay.