Cuneiform
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Languages | Eblaite |
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Hattic | |
Persian | |
Created | 3200 BC |
Parent systems | (Proto-writing): Cuneiform |
Direction | Left-to-right |
Unicode range | Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation |
Child systems | Ugaritic |
Persian | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1377600 |
About Cuneiform
Cuneiform or Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform, one of the earliest systems of writing, was invented by the Sumerians. It is distinguished by its wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets, made by means of a blunt reed for a stylus. The name cuneiform itself simply means "wedge shaped".