Hammurabi's clay tablets are the first known written judicial codex (book) known. They were produced as a durable and reliable reference. After these tablets were published, no one could make the law up as they went along. Published laws were easier to enforce and minimized abuse.
Sumerians used a stylus, typically made from reed, to inscribe symbols onto clay tablets. The stylus had a pointed end that allowed them to create cuneiform characters by pressing it into the soft clay. This method enabled the recording of information, such as trade transactions and legal documents, in one of the world's earliest writing systems.
They used it mainly to keep records of trade, daily events, lists of kings, and wars. They used a stylus to engrave the marks onto the clay tablet.
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.
cuneiform on baked clay tablets
An ocarina.
Clay
Clay tablets were made out of clay that was easily found by the rivers of Tigris and Euphrates.
In Akkadian language.
The Code of Hammurabi was one of the first written sets of laws, or legal codes, known to history. It was enacted at the orders of Hammurabi, sixth king of Babylonia and carved into stone and various clay tablets.
Clay
the sumerians made cuneiform on wet clay tablets
Sumerians
it was made by clay tablets 4000 years ago
Cuneiform was made using wedged shaped tools and were made on clay tablets.
By writing on tablets made out of clay
The first clay tablets were likely made by ancient civilizations by taking wet clay, shaping it into a flat surface, and then inscribing marks or symbols using a stylus or similar tool. After the inscriptions were made, the clay tablets would be dried or fired to harden them for preservation. These tablets were then used for writing, record-keeping, and communication.
who used clay tablets are the Egyptians