so people who lived in Sumer can have protection over the sun
The main material that Sumerian houses were made out of is sun baked mud bricks
Scribes were writers. They recorded daily events and important information. You can see cuneiform writing on hardened clay tablets. The wedge shaped symbols tell us about our daily life today
they used their poo to make clay figures of themselvs
In ancient Sumer, there were three main types of artists: scribes, sculptors, and jewelers. Scribes were responsible for recording information on clay tablets using cuneiform script. Sculptors created intricate statues and reliefs depicting gods, rulers, and daily life. Jewelers crafted elaborate pieces of jewelry using materials like gold, silver, and precious stones. Each of these artists played a crucial role in Sumerian society, contributing to the cultural and artistic richness of the civilization.
Mudbricks are made of mud or clay mixed with water, sand, and sometimes straw or grass to improve durability. The mixture is then shaped into bricks and left to dry in the sun or fired in a kiln to harden.
Mud/ Sumer
They were used for houses and buildings
clay sticks bricks and lots of dry materials.
clay sticks bricks and lots of dry materials.
so people who lived in Sumer can have protection over the sun
It was first used to make wedge-shaped symbols on clay tablets.
It was first used to make wedge-shaped symbols on clay tablets.
clay
Ziggurats were important in ancient sumer because that was where the city's chief god lived, at least it was said. Only the priests could enter the ziggurat. It was also important because it was the center of Sumerian life. Sumerians gathered around it in the courts for social or religious events. To respect the gods, they would make clay statues of themselves and have them put in the ziggurat so they would not have to be literally praying there all the time.
Two possibilities: a private archive of clay tablets was found at Ugarit, a city in ancient Sumer; these were mostly business records. Also, the Biblical city of Nineveh had an extensive library of clay tablets on a wider range of subjects, including literature. If I remember correctly some important variants of the Gilgamesh story were found there.
ball clay