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Ancient Writing Systems: A Historical Overview, Quizzes of Art

Definitions and descriptions of ancient writing systems, including the early sumerian pictographic tablet, the rosetta stone, the papyrus of ani, oracle bone inscribed with chiaku-wen, four-handled vessel with chin-wen, and the blau monument. These writing systems played a significant role in the development of human communication.

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TERM 1 DEFINITION 1
Early Sumerian pictographic tablet.This archaic
pictographic script contained the seeds for the development
of writing. Information is structured into grid zones by
horizontal and vertical design.
TERM 2 DEFINITION 2
The Rosetta Stone.From top to bottom, the concurrent
hieroglyphic, demotic, and Greek inscriptions provided the
key to the secrets of ancient Egypt.
TERM 3 DEFINITION 3
Vignette from the Papyrus of Ani.Ani, a royal scribe,
temple accountant, and granary manager from Thebes, and
his wife, Thuthu, arrive for his final judgment.
TERM 4 DEFINITION 4
Oracle bone inscribed with chiaku-wen.Or bone-and-
shell script. The 128 characters inscribed on this scapula
concern a diviner's predictions of calamities during the next
ten-day period.
TERM 5 DEFINITION 5
Four-handled vessel with chin-wen.Or bronze script,
inscription, eleventh century BCE. Bold, regular strokes are
used to form the sixty-four characters of an eight-line
dedication, which itself forms a rectangle in the vessel's
bottom.
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TERM 1 DEFINITION 1 Early Sumerian pictographic tablet. This archaic pictographic script contained the seeds for the development of writing. Information is structured into grid zones by horizontal and vertical design. TERM 2 DEFINITION 2 The Rosetta Stone. From top to bottom, the concurrent hieroglyphic, demotic, and Greek inscriptions provided the key to the secrets of ancient Egypt. TERM 3 DEFINITION 3 Vignette from the Papyrus of Ani. Ani, a royal scribe, temple accountant, and granary manager from Thebes, and his wife, Thuthu, arrive for his final judgment. TERM 4 DEFINITION 4 Oracle bone inscribed with chiaku-wen. Or bone-and- shell script. The 128 characters inscribed on this scapula concern a diviner's predictions of calamities during the next ten-day period. TERM 5 DEFINITION 5 Four-handled vessel with chin-wen. Or bronze script, inscription, eleventh century BCE. Bold, regular strokes are used to form the sixty-four characters of an eight-line dedication, which itself forms a rectangle in the vessel's bottom.

TERM 6 DEFINITION 6 The Blau monument. Early Sumerian, third quarter, fourth millennium BCE. Etched writing and carved relief figures are combined on this early shale artifact.