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Origins of world's earliest writing point to symbols on 'seals' used in Mesopotamian trade
According to the researchers, several symbols engraved on stone "cylinder seals" were developed into signs used in ... that ...
5,500-Year-Old Seals Offer New Clues About the Birth of Writing
Italian researchers suggest that symbols from the oldest writing system in the world may have come directly from cylinder seal motifs.
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Ancient Mesopotamian clay seals offer clues to the origin of writing
Before Mesopotamian people invented writing, they used cylinder seals to press patterns into wet clay – and some of the ...
World’s oldest writing system may have its origins in mysterious, undeciphered symbols
A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...
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Origins of world's earliest writing point to symbols on 'seals' used in Mesopotamian trade
According to the researchers, several symbols engraved on stone "cylinder seals" were developed into ... link the one with the other," he told Live Science in an email. "Furthermore, several ...