Many writing systems, including cuneiform and Mandarin Chinese, originated with pictograms.WIRED, 11 Sep. 2022 The research team found ceramic vessels reportedly containing more than 100 cuneiform tablets. Kevin Simauchi, oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2022 The research team found ceramic vessels reportedly containing more than 100 cuneiform tablets. Kevin Simauchi, oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2022 The research team found ceramic vessels reportedly containing more than 100 cuneiform tablets. Kevin Simauchi, oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2022 The research team found ceramic vessels reportedly containing more than 100 cuneiform tablets. Kevin Simauchi, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022 The capstone is inscribed in the alphabets of early human civilizations -- Egyptian hieroglyphics, Babylonian cuneiform, Sanskrit and classical Greek. Devon M. Sayers And Jamiel Lynch, CNN, 7 July 2022 Among the objects was the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, a 3,500-year-old cuneiform block forfeited by Hobby Lobby in July 2021. David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2022 Archaeologists found five ceramic vessels holding over 100 clay cuneiform tablets, dating back to closely after the earthquake event. Megan Marples, CNN, 20 June 2022 See More
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probably from French cunéiforme, from Middle French, from Latin cuneus + Middle French -iforme -iform