Meaning of wedge-writing | Babel Free

Definitions

A form of writing predominantly featuring the use of wedge-shaped characters; cuneiform.

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“The script in which the Assyrian texts are written is called cuneiform or wedge-writing because of its constituent elements: the horizontal, vertical and oblique wedge.”

“The Assyro-Babylonian wedge-writing was originally a straight-line picture-writing.”

“Argillographic records are those written on clay, the medium of choice for wedge writing; nearly all Akkadian (cuneiform) records are preserved on clay; many of the wedge-abjad records of Ugaritic are also preserved on clay.”

“Our concern is that it came on the scene after the confusion of tongues and lasted a very short time, then Cuneiform or wedge-writing came into use.”

“The term “evil eye” is known from Sumerian wedge writings from the third millennium bce.”

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