Title: Why Cuneiform Feels Different: A Personal Reflection on the Origins of Sumerian Writing
University: N/A
Abstract:
I am not a linguist, nor an archaeologist by profession. My daily work lies far from ancient languages or buried cities. But I have always been drawn to history — especially the very old kind, where our written records begin to fade into myth. I often find myself asking why — why things developed the way they did, why certain patterns repeat, and why some parts of our past seem to stand apart from everything else.
One of those puzzles for me is Sumerian cuneiform, often described as the world’s first writing system. The more I look at it, the more I feel that it doesn’t fit neatly into the same evolutionary path as other ancient scripts. It’s not just its age that fascinates me — it’s how different it is.
Keywords: Sumerian, cuneiform
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