CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
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What was the stylus used for?
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To harden the clay
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To make wedge-shaped marks in the clay
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To write ink in the clay
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all of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Cuneiform is one of the oldest forms of writing known. It means “wedge-shaped, ‘’ because people wrote it using a reed stylus cut to make a wedge-shaped mark on a clay tablet.
Detailed explanation-2: -Circular impressions alongside the pictographs represented numerical symbols. Cuneiform (meaning wedge-shaped) script was written by pressing a reed pen or stylus with a wedge-shaped tip into a clay tablet.
Detailed explanation-3: -This tablet preserves an account of wages paid to workers 4, 000 years ago. Developed in Ancient Mesopotamia, clay tablets were used for over 3, 000 years. Scribes used a reed stylus to impress characters in moist clay.
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