Sumerian Cuneiform

Earliest known logo-syllabic script pressed into clay with reeds, recording Sumerian and Akkadian.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Emerged in Sumer around 3200 BCE, evolving from clay accounting tokens and pictographs.
• Written by pressing a wedge-tipped reed stylus into wet clay tablets.
• Deciphered in the 19th century with the help of the trilingual Behistun inscription.

Specifications & Metrics

• TYPE: Logo-syllabic