Cuneiform | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica
2024年11月7日 · The expansion of cuneiform writing outside Mesopotamia began in the 3rd millennium, when the country of Elam in southwestern Iran was in contact with Mesopotamian culture and adopted the system of writing.
Cuneiform - Wikipedia
Cuneiform is the earliest known writing system [6] [7] and was originally developed to write the Sumerian language of southern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). Over the course of its history, cuneiform was adapted to write a number of languages in addition to Sumerian.
Cuneiform - World History Encyclopedia
2022年11月17日 · In cuneiform, a carefully cut writing implement known as a stylus is pressed into soft clay to produce wedge-like imprints that represent word-signs (pictographs) and, later, phonograms or word-concepts (closer to a modern-day understanding of a word).
Cuneiform Writing Techniques [CDLI Wiki] - University of Oxford
The reed stylus. The Sumerian word for stylus, ‘tablet-reed’ (GI DUB (-BA), Akkadian qantuppi), betrays the origin of the tool. Various species of reed were abundant in ancient Mesopotamia and Syria, and one of them, Arundo donax (giant reed), presented the optimal characteristics to serve as a writing tool.
Cuneiform Writing: History, Meaning, Symbols, and Facts
2021年5月26日 · Due to the wedge-shaped stylus that was used in writing, the cuneiform system is sometimes known as the ancient wedge-shaped impressions of the Mesopotamians. The origin of the word has been stated to come from the Latin word cuneus which means ‘wedge’.
How It Works – Cuneiform - Truman State University
The earliest tablets in cuneiform script are about 5000 years old, originating from ancient southern Mesopotamia. The vast majority of wedges were made of reed, inspiring the Sumerian word for stylus, meaning, literally, “tablet-reed.”
Some On "Firing Holes" and the Cuneiform Stylus
2017年1月1日 · The article discusses differently shaped ‘firing holes', arguing that round, triangular, trapezoidal, or even oval ‘firing holes' might have been pierced by a tip of the cuneiform stylus.