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cuneiform [Lat. cuneus ‘wedge’]
Writing system of the Sumerians and Baby-lonians (dating back to about 2900 BC). Its name is derived from the wedge-shaped impressions scratched into clay tablets with styluses.
References
Edzard, D.O. 1976–80. Keilschrift. In D.O.Edzard et al. (eds), Reallexikon der Assyriologie. Berlin.
Vol. 5, 544–68.
Jaritz, K. 1967. Schriftarchäologie der altmesopotamischen Kultur. Graz.
Meissner, B. and K.Oberhuber. 1967. Die Keilschrift. (3rd, completely rev. edn.) Berlin.
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