Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles.

New research traces Mesopotamian origins of writing back to trade symbols, shedding light on the evolution of written ...

Italian researchers suggest that symbols from the oldest writing system in the world may have come directly from cylinder ...

Small settlements scattered throughout the region show signs of trade, fortification.

Co-authors Kathryn Kelley and Mattia Cartolano from the University of Bologna's Department of Classical Philology and Italian ...

By comparing early markings used for business purposes to 'proto' cuneiform, we can say language transitioned from symbols to ...

Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world's oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate ...

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...

Natah, a 4,400-year-old Bronze Age town in Saudi Arabia, revealing insights into early urban life. The settlement, wi ...

W hen did humans start “putting pen to paper” and expressing their thoughts through a series of complex symbols? An important ...

Cylinder seals and proto-cuneiform acted as the accounting system for ancient Mesopotamia in one of the earliest invented ...