Sentences with phrase «cuneiform on a clay»

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Cuneiform characters were imprinted on wet clay tablets using a reed stylus and then dried in the sun.

Many of the art and artifacts on display come from early expeditions: Sumerian cuneiform clay tablets (with some of the world's oldest writing), architectural elements from the 3,200 - year - old palace of the Pharaoh Merenptah, towering ancient Maya stone monuments, evocative masks from West Africa, Buddhist sculptures from China and Native American regalia.