CUNEIFORM

Cuneiform

Cuneiform script is one of the earliest known systems of writing, distinguished by its "wedge-shaped" marks on clay tablets, made by means of a blunt reed for a stylus. The name cuneiform itself simply means "wedge shaped", from the Latin cuneus "wedge" and forma "shape," and came into English usage "probably from Old French cunéiforme."

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cuneiform

Noun

  1. An ancient Mesopotamian writing system, adapted within several language families, originating as pictograms in Sumer around the 30th century BC, evolving into more abstract and characteristic wedge shapes formed by a blunt reed stylus on clay tablets.
  2. A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.

Adjective

  1. Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
  2. Written in the cuneiform writing system.


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