An Assyrian gypsum cuneiform dedicatory panel, reign of Tukulti-Ninurta I, circa 1243-1207 BC. Of rectangular form, finely engraved on both sides, with 280 lines of text divided into eight columns ...
Before email, before the printing press, before the alphabet you’re reading right now — there was cuneiform. Pressed into wet clay with a sharpened reed, these wedge-shaped marks became humanity’s ...