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.
