proto-cuneiform. Their findings offer tantalizing insight into how the symbolic imagery used in these seals laid the groundwork for one of humanity’s most profound inventions: the written word.

Researchers conducting a careful analysis of proto-cuneiform symbols were surprised to uncover similarities when they studied the engravings of cylinder seals invented in Uruk in 4400 BC and used ...

These connections not only shed light on the first invention of writing, but could also help decipher additional proto-cuneiform symbols, more than half of which are still a mystery to scholars.

CREDIT: Courtesy of CDLI – Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative “The close relationship between ancient sealing and the invention of writing in southwest Asia has long been recognised ...

Proto-cuneiform was an ancient Mesopotamia writing ... technology in a different direction,” she said. The four original inventions of writing are in Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and the South ...

culminating in one of humanity's most significant inventions: writing. As researchers continue to explore the depths of proto-cuneiform, our understanding of the dawn of written communication ...

Some of the symbols on these cylinder seals correspond to those used in proto-cuneiform, a form of proto-writing used in Mesopotamia. The finding indicates that the invention of writing in ...

Cuneiform writing used a stylus to make wedge ... said in the statement. "The invention of writing marks the transition between prehistory and history, and the findings of this study bridge ...

Like cylinder seals, proto-cuneiform was used for accounting, though its use is primarily documented in southern Iraq. "The close relationship between ancient sealing and the invention of writing ...