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The writing is cuneiform script (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform_script https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform_script), they were created by a wedge on
by Jun8 11y ago
The writing is cuneiform script (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform_script https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform_script), they were created by a wedge on wet clay. I guess our writing would appear as peculiar to ancient eyes :-)
For a general and short introduction to cuneiform I would suggest http://www.amazon.com/Cuneiform-Reading-Past-C-Walker/dp/0520061152 http://www.amazon.com/Cuneiform-Reading-Past-C-Walker/dp/052... (other books in the Reading The Past series are excellent, too).
Or, if you're interested in other type of ancient writing in general, there's a nice Mayan Hieroglyph workbook online (pdf: http://www.famsi.org/mayawriting/hopkins/MayaGlyphWritingWrkBk.pdf http://www.famsi.org/mayawriting/hopkins/MayaGlyphWritingWrk...). It's a great way to waste an afternoon!
- theoh 11y agoI recently saw a talk by a member of a German team that created a Cuneiform font to go with Unicode's support for the writing system. His book is here: http://www.typografie.de/shop/index.php/en/digitale-keilschrift.html http://www.typografie.de/shop/index.php/en/digitale-keilschr... (It's pronounced cune-iform, apparently, rather than cune-ay-ee-form with a diphthong)
- nitrogen 11y agoInteresting. Wikipedia lists two pronunciations, neither of which I had been using (I was using a latin-like "ay" for the e instead of a long "ee"): /kjuːˈniːᵻfɔːrm/ kew-NEE-i-form or /ˈkjuːnᵻfɔːrm/ KEW-ni-form
- jhallenworld 11y ago>It's a great way to waste an afternoon! Even a little web browsing wasted a lot of time. It lead me to read about word dividers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_divider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_divider IMAGINEIFWEDIDNOTUSESPACESATALL! OR·WRITING·WITH·INTERPUNCTS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpunct https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpunct Also Zlango was going to be the new writing system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lango_%28app%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lango_%28app%29 I seems smartphones have killed it.