Cuneiform
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| Languages | Eblaite |
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| Hattic | |
| Persian | |
| Created | 3200 BC |
| Parent systems | (Proto-writing): Cuneiform |
| Direction | Left-to-right |
| Unicode range | Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation |
| Child systems | Ugaritic |
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| ID | 1377600 |
About Cuneiform
Cuneiform or Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform, one of the earliest systems of writing, was invented by the Sumerians. It is 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".