A scribe who does not know Sumerian, what kind of scribe is he? The motto of this text is actually a quotation from a proverb collection and highlights the importance of the knowledge of Sumerian for ...
Sumer was humanity's first great civilization. Even in today’s society you can still find traces of Sumerian inventions in agriculture, language, mathematics, religion and astronomy. The ancient ...
The ancient Sumerians developed this writing system more than 5,000 years ago. Tens of thousands of cuneiform tablets still await translation. It’s not a language. It’s not an alphabet, either, ...