“Signing Off on the Earliest Writing” with Dr. Martin Worthington in Cashel Library
Cashel LibraryCashel Arts Festival Hosts Dr Martin Worthington in Cashel Library The two earliest writing systems known are Egyptian Hieroglyphs and Mesopotamian Cuneiform. Both originated as pictures (though Cuneiform signs quickly became very stylised, and unrecognisable). By which principles, then, were pictures used to represent words? This talk will look at the Mesopotamian side, drawing on […]