Sumarian Alphabet October 14, 2011
Posted by Ben's Backflip Blog in : Uncategorized , trackbackMy big question is how the Sumerians created the alphabet. I wanted to know how they started to put characters on a clay tablet. Also, I wanted to know how they based the characters from. I was interested in learning about how the Sumerians created the alphabet. I learned that only boys could become scribes and attend scribe school.
Cuneiform means wedge shape in Latin. The stylus was a tool to write cuneiform it was made out of reed. This system was used to keep track of the goods given to the temple. Then it was used to keep track of the economy. With this system, the Sumerians could keep track of the money and goods.
This is a topic I picked because I wanted to know how the alphabet was created. The Sumerian alphabet is one of the first alphabets used and that is how Geologists found the Sumerian civilization. I never knew this but after a long time, the language became more abstract or simple over the years. They created the alphabet to keep track of the goods originally.
Works Cited
“Sumerian Writing – Cuneiform -
Crystalinks.” Crystalinks Home Page. Web. 14 Oct. 2011.
<http://www.crystalinks.com/sumerwriting.html>.
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Awesome job! I loved how you got a beginning. You included a lot of interesting info. I thought the the Phonecians invented the alphabet and the Sumerians invented Cunieform. One thing that I would’ve liked to know more about is your reflection. P.S nice Gamecocks background.