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Mesopotamia’s 6,000-year-old cylinders with antique symbols uncover birth of writing
So, the first question driving an intriguing, though controversial, new study was: “Did seal imagery contribute significantly ...
6,000 year-old Mesopotamian artifacts linked to the dawn of writing
Making the jump from using symbols to writing is considered a major development ... cylinder seals like these were used as part of an accounting system. The system tracked the production, storage, and ...