• A system of writing in which wedge-shape symbols represented words or syllables. It originated in Mesopotamia and was used initially for Sumerian and Akkadian but later was adapted to represent other languages of western Asia. Because so many symbols had to be learned, literacy was confined to a relatively small group of administrators and [scribes].


    Cuneiform meaning & definition 1 of Cuneiform.


  • Denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly on clay tablets.

    Cuneiform meaning & definition 2 of Cuneiform.


  • of a form of writing used for over 3,000 years until the 1st century BC in the ancient countries of Western Asia

    Cuneiform meaning & definition 3 of Cuneiform.

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