

Parchment, a material made from processed animal skin, used as a writing surface in Pergamon (Anatolian Greece, Asia Minor, now Turkey). Papyrus plant, paper-like material used as a writing surface in Egypt.Īmate, a beaten paper-like material, made in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. Wedge-shaped marks were made on clay tablets by a blunt stylus cut from a reed. To suggest entries or corrections, please contact the editor.Ĭuneiform, one of the earliest known writing systems developed in Sumer (modern day Iraq).

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