Cuneiform
cuneiform
The system of writing developed by the Sumerians was called Cuneiform.
Archaeologists call the Sumerian writing system "cuneiform". We do not know what the Sumerians called it.
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Sumerians used wedge shaped symbols called cuneiform. The symbols represented words.
the wedge shaped writing system is called cuneiform.
the wedge shaped writing system is called cuneiform.
cuneiform
Cuneiform
Another name for a complete writing system using wedge-shaped symbols is cuneiform.
cuneiform
I think you are referencing the writing system which used wedge shaped characters developed by the Sumerians. It is called cuneiform and was used about 2500BCE
the name of the wedge-shaped writing form is called cuneiform. It consisted of hundreds of wedge-shaped marks cut into damp clay.
CUNEIFORM means "Wedge-shaped" (from the Latin word for wedge, cuneus).
The Sumerians were the first to use a writing system in history. It was called cuneiform (meaning wedge-shaped signs).
Cuneiform
Cuniform