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Examples of Cuneiform

Sumerians created cuneiform script over 5000 years ago.
It was the world's first written language.
The last known cuneiform inscription was written in 75 AD.

From the University of Pennsylvania

Description:   Building inscription of Sîn-kšid Period:   Early Old Babylonian, ca. 19th cen. BCE Provenience:   Uruk       Translation: Sîn-kšid mighty man king of Uruk king of the Amnnum built his royal palace This tablet is one of at least 62 known exemplars of one version of Sîn-kšid's inscription commemorating the construction of his palace. It is registered as no. 35 in D. Frayne's list of exemplars of this text (RIME 4, Old Babylonian Period, no. E4.4.1.2);

From the University of Michigan

EXAMPLE  OF  CUNEIFORM  NUMBERS

Cuneiform numbers were written using a combination of just two signs:
a vertical wedge for '1' and a corner wedge for '10'.
Handwriting varied as much in Old Babylonian times as it does now
but the basic system of numbers is illustrated below.
 

From St Lawrence University

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