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Sumerian cuneiform. Sumerian cuneiform is the earliest known writing system. Its origins can be traced back to about 8,000 BC and it developed from the pictographs and other symbols used to represent trade goods and livestock on clay tablets.umerian cuneiform. Sumerian cuneiform is the earliest known writing system. Its origins can be traced back to about 8,000 BC and it developed from the pictographs and other symbols used to represent trade goods and livestock on clay tablets.
Types of writing materials. A paleographer must be familiar with writing materials. Any smooth surface able to accept writing has served in the past, notably, pottery fragments, animalsâ shoulder blades, slabs of wood, bark, cloth, and metal. The great writing material of the ancient world was papyrus, in use by 3500 bc. In preparing the surface, strips taken from the papyrus reed (byblos) growing in the Nile Delta were laid side by side, while other strips were laid across at right angles, and the whole impregnated with paste.