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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Cuneiform Letters

Letters like wedges (Latin, cuneus, a wedge). These sort of letters occur in old Persian and Babylonian inscriptions. They are sometimes called Arrow-headed characters, and those found at Babylon are called nail-headed. This species of writing is the most ancient of which we have any knowledge; and was first really deciphered by Grotefend in 1802.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Cunning Man
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