Carsten Niebuhr first brought large copies of this writing system to Europe, and two important figures in the deciphering of this writing system were Irishman Edward Hincks and British army officer Henry Rawlinson.
Carsten Niebuhr first brought large copies of this writing system to Europe, and two important figures in the deciphering of this writing system were Irishman Edward Hincks and British army officer Henry Rawlinson. This writing system notably lacks a radix point and it contains only two symbols for numbers: one that stands for 1 and one that stands for 10, with a blank space being used for zero. One symbol in this writing system is transliterated as DINGIR and originally meant "god". Most symbols in this writing system represent a single syllable with one consonant and one vowel, though some can be logograms or determinatives. This writing system was designed for use with a stylus made of cut reeds, which were pressed into clay tablets. For 10 points, name this writing system used in ancient Mesopotamia.
Carsten Niebuhr first brought large copies of this writing system to Europe, and two important figures in the deciphering of this writing system were Irishman Edward Hincks and British army officer Henry Rawlinson.
cuneiform [prompt on "Old Persian" until DINGIR]