SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -In the late 4th millennium BC a form of writing now called cuneiform (which means wedge-shaped) arose in Mesopotamia amongst a people known as the Sumerians.

Detailed explanation-2: -To create cuneiform symbols and letters, writers would use a stylus to press wedge-shaped symbols into soft clay tablets. These shapes represented various “word-signs, ‘’ also known as pictographs, and, later, “word-concepts, ‘’ the closest approximation to modern-day words.

Detailed explanation-3: -synonyms for cuneiform On this page you’ll find 24 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cuneiform, such as: cuneal writing, curiology, hieroglyphics, ideography, phonographic writing, and runes.