Scientists from the University of Bologna have discovered a link between ancient cylinder seals and the world’s first writing system. Their research focused on Uruk, a site in southern Iraq that was an extremely important cultural and trading center about 6,000 years ago.
Cylinder seals made of stone were invented in this area. They engraved their motifs on clay tablets by engraving them and rolling them onto clay tablets. Since 4400 BC these seals were used as part of an accounting system to track the production, storage and movement of agricultural and textile products.
Experts have now discovered a link between these cylinders and proto-cuneiform, the first symbol-based writing system to emerge around 1,000 years later. Analysis showed that seal motifs related to the transport of vessels and tissues eventually evolved into proto-cuneiform signs; This shows for the first time the existence of continuity between them. The results of the study were published in the journal Antiquity.
We previously wrote that an unknown Mayan metropolis was found in Mexico. Read about it here.
Source: People Talk
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