cuneiform

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The artefact is inscribed with complete cuneiform text - a system of writing on clay in an ancient Babylonian alphabet.

From BBC

Some scholars, though, have tried to remove any ambiguities from words related to the kiss by consulting cuneiform text on clay tablets dating back more than 4,500 years.

From Scientific American

An ancient Mesopotamian limestone boundary marker, covered in cuneiform inscriptions, has “an aura,” a presence and physicality “so solid, so dense, that it felt as if it had its own gravity well.”

From Washington Post

These results jibe with inscriptions on cuneiform tablets from that time in which Hittite officials fretted over rising food prices and asked for grain to be sent to their cities.

From Washington Post

The earliest confirmed systems of human writing emerged around 3,200 B.C., with cuneiform in Mesopotamia and hieroglyphics in Egypt.

From New York Times