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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Loong Siew, post: 2265234, member: 75799&quot;]Cuneiform is an extinct script which many believed to be one if. It the oldest script in history predating even the Egyptian hieroglyphs. Clay tablets formed their primary medium of record where using reeds, scribes pressed on the soft surface of clays forming their script. For record preservation, these were baked thus forming permanent records usually capturing mundane details such as record keeping and such. Due to their constitution, many were often broken or chipped this intact specimens are pretty scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cylinder seals are used as a form of signature by the ancient mesopotamians. These are usually carved on stone materials such as hematite and rolled over clay tablets or surfaces marking the owners&#039; signature. In this specimen, this was very likely belonging to a priest in the worship of Adad, the Babylonian God of Rain and the skies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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