cuneiform
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Cuneiform tablets tell us that women oversaw the business affairs of their families, especially when husbands were merchants who often traveled far from home.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Cuneiform clay tablets from the era recount one uncommon donkey type, the strong and stocky kunga, as the favorite of the region’s rich and powerful.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 13, 2022
Cuneiform, their early system of writing, began as a series of pictograms, and some characters represented multiple words or concepts.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2019
The content is being linked to related databases, including the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative.
From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2016
Cuneiform writing, the remote ancestor of the Western alphabet, was invented in the Near East about 5,000 years ago.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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