WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Scribes were under the patronage of the Sumerian goddess Nisaba.

Detailed explanation-2: -Professional writers of cuneiform were called “tablet writers”-scribes. In slow stages of schooling, they learned hundreds of cuneiform signs and memorized texts and templates in different languages. Most were men, but some women could become scribes.

Detailed explanation-3: -People who can read and write are called literate; those who cannot are called illiterate.

Detailed explanation-4: -Today’s Sumerian Word of the Day is “sar", which means “to write". And since you are all learning to write Sumerian, it’s very apropos.