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Archaeologists call the Sumerian writing system "cuneiform". We do not know what the Sumerians called it.
Sumerians used wedge shaped symbols called cuneiform. The symbols represented words.
Cuneiform was written on clay tablets with a stylus which was usually a reed, flattened on one end to make the impression in the clay. The impressions were wedge-shaped. Cuneiform means "wedge-shaped".
Cuneiform
Cuneiform was written using a reed stylus on clay tablets. The stylus had a wedge-shaped tip that was pressed into the clay to create the distinctive wedge-shaped cuneiform characters.
Cuneiform is an ancient writing system that uses a set of wedge-shaped symbols to represent sounds, syllables, or whole words. It was predominantly used in Mesopotamia and is one of the earliest forms of writing known to man. Cuneiform was typically inscribed on clay tablets using a stylus.
It was first used to make wedge-shaped symbols on clay tablets.
It was first used to make wedge-shaped symbols on clay tablets.
The term "cuneiform" comes from the Latin words "cuneus" (wedge) and "forma" (shape), describing the wedge-shaped characters used in Sumerian writing. These characters were impressed into clay tablets using a stylus, creating a distinctive wedge-shaped impression.
The writing system used in ancient Mesopotamia is called cuneiform. The name means "wedge shaped." Records that were written in cuneiform were written on wet clay tablets, which were then allowed to dry.
Cuneiform is a type of writing using wedge-shaped symbols.
Cuneiform was one of the earliest forms of writing, consisting of wedge-shaped characters pressed into clay tablets by ancient civilizations like the Sumerians.
it's called stylus and made for writing in their stone tablets
Cuneiform was the earliest form of writing used by ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia, where wedge-shaped characters were pressed onto clay tablets.