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I believe clay tablets with what is called "cuneiform" symbols have been found in ancient Sumeria (what is now the Iraq and Iran area) that are 5 or 6 thousand years old. There may also be other archeological findings from other parts of the world, but Sumerian cuneiform is well known. Clay was used because they didn't have a Staples nearby to go get paper at. Plus, when wet, it was easy to scratch symbols onto, and then when it dried, it was more permanent.
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∙ 6y agoYes. The main one was cuneiform, invented by the Sumerians. It spread throughout the Middle East until writing on papyrus completely replaced it in the first century AD. It was in use for more than 3000 years.
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∙ 11y agoClay tablets were utilized for writting. Mostly cuneiform.
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∙ 13y agoIn ancient history people used a stylus to write on clay tablets. Mostly all of the people wrote in cuneiform.
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What is a clay Tablet?
A clay tablet is a thick piece of stone that humans inscribed messages upon. No paper or ink existed, and this was the most effective way to permanently record something.
How would you fix a clay tablet in Mesopotamia?
I'm doing I'm doing I'm doing your mom
What did the ancient egyptians write on before papyrus?
Clay tablets.
How do you spell Mesopotamia in Sumarian languages?
Well, it is not able to be spelled on the computer because they wrote in cuneiform (q ney e form). Each letter was a series of wedges and lines. They wrote with a stylus (wedge-shaped) on a clay tablet. Look up cuneifrom to find out how to write it. It takes a long time doing it on paper with a pen, but it is even longer on the the clay tablet with a stylus. I did it in history. It took forever.
Why did sumerian use clay tablets?
They used it for the clay tablets they wrote on and pottery.
Who invented the clay tablet?
History does not record the name of the inventor of the clay tablet.
What is the advantages of clay tablet?
It can be found easily
How do you spell tablet?
That is the correct spelling of tablet (writing pad, a block of stone or clay, or a medicinal pill).
What is clay tablet?
A clay tablet is a thick piece of stone that humans inscribed messages upon. No paper or ink existed, and this was the most effective way to permanently record something.
What is a clay Tablet?
A clay tablet is a thick piece of stone that humans inscribed messages upon. No paper or ink existed, and this was the most effective way to permanently record something.
Why was the oldest map drawn on a tablet of clay?
Paper had not been invented and clay was the only thing used.
Which historical artifact would not be evidence of a civilization?
a clay tablet with writing
On what surface did the sumerians write on?
They used it mainly to keep records of trade, daily events, lists of kings, and wars. They used a stylus to engrave the marks onto the clay tablet.
Where tablet discover?
The first tablets were made of clay and used for writing in Sumeria.
What is the oldest prescription drug?
The oldest prescription drug was a clay tablet in the Middle East. The tablet was used sometime in the Third Millennium B.C. in Mesopotamia.
How do you write on a stone tablet?
The best way to write on a stone tablet is to use a chisel and a mallet to curve writings on it. Another simple way is to make the writings when the stone tablet is still wet cement.
What skills would help a student scribe succeed?
a skill would be studing his clay or stone tablet.
