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Sumerian language

language culture Maturity 11-13

A long time ago, people spoke a special way.

Sumerian - Protoliterate Tablet - Walters 41219 - View A.jpg
Sumerian - Protoliterate Tablet - Walters 41219 - View A.jpg
It was used in a land called Sumer. People wrote it on small clay tablets.
AO 5477 (photograph and transcription).jpg
AO 5477 (photograph and transcription).jpg
It was a very old way to talk. It helps us learn about the past. Do you like old stories?

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File:Sumerian - Protoliterate Tablet - Walters 41219 - View A.jpg
Sumerian - Protoliterate Tablet - Walters...
File:AO 5477 (photograph and transcription).jpg
AO 5477 (photograph and transcription).jpg
File:Letter Luenna Louvre AO4238.jpg
Letter Luenna Louvre AO4238.jpg
File:Vase Entemena Louvre AO2674 (script) circa 2400 BCE.jpg
Vase Entemena Louvre AO2674 (script)...
File:Chicago Stone, side 2, recording sale of a number of fields, probably from Isin, Early Dynastic Period, c. 2600 BC, black basalt - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago.jpg
Chicago Stone, side 2, recording sale of...
File:Sumerian_Cuneiform_Stone_Cone._Cone_of_Enmetena,_king_of_Lagash.jpg
Sumerian_Cuneiform_Stone_Cone._Cone_of_Enm...
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