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Cuneiform Clay Tablet Scribe

Also known as Cuneiform · مسمارية

Cuneiform Clay Tablet Scribe: photograph by Original author unknown. Translation help provided by Manuel Molina.
Photo: Original author unknown. Translation help provided by Manuel Molina., Public domain, source on Wikimedia Commons

Press a reed stylus into wet clay at the right angles to form wedge signs and complete a record tablet before it dries.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Iraq.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of Mesopotamia, Levant and Arabia.

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