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- It was written by pressing a wedge-shaped stylus into soft clay tablets .
A wedge-shaped stylus
pressed into soft clay
↓
Hundreds of marks
on a damp clay tablet
↓
Written by scribes — who held high status in society
- It consists of hundreds of marks pressed onto the damp surface of clay tablets using sharp wedge-shaped reeds .
- The writers were called scribes , and they enjoyed a high status in the society, similar to the priests and priestesses .
Stylus is a pointed writing tool. Damp means slightly wet - the clay had to be soft to take the mark.
