Ancient Written Language
Cuneiform: The term applied to the arrow-headed characters found in Assyria, Persia and Mesopotamia, dating back thousands of years.
Wedge Shaped Inscriptions
Cuneiform is the name given to a form of writing used in inscriptions by the ancient Babylonians, Assyrians, Persians and Hittites.
The characters. each of which is in the form of a wedge, were developed by earlier ideographs, and generally speaking they represent, not individual letters, but syllables or entire words.
The writing was impressed in clay.
The characters. each of which is in the form of a wedge, were developed by earlier ideographs, and generally speaking they represent, not individual letters, but syllables or entire words.
The writing was impressed in clay.
Related Reading
References
- The New International Illustrated Encyclopaedia, Volume 2, 1954.
- Pears Cyclopaedia, Twenty-Ninth Edition, 1926.
- The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, 1992
