• The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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    3 days ago

    god can’t believe i’m about to do this, but here goes…

    shoves glasses up nose

    akthually

    cuneiform is a clay writing system. the tablets would have been written rather quickly using a sharpened reed called a stylus. the clay tablet would then be left to harden in the sun before transport. it’s still pretty labor intensive, but nowhere near taking a chisel to stone

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      3 days ago

      Thank you! I was fervently hoping that the one comment on this says exactly what you said, so I wouldn’t have to…