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Name _______________________ Period ___ Date ______________ Development of Writing in Mesopotamia Directions: Use the Kids Discover Mesopotamia Magazine (pg 6, 7 and 15) to learn about early Record Keeping. Tool/Written Record Cuneiform (pg7) Cylinder Seals (pg 6) Clay Tokens (pg 15) How they were made Uses of Tool or Record Wedge - shaped writing scratched on to Clay tablets with a wooden Stylus Earliest form of record keeping Taught to sons of Wealthy families Images carved into stone creating a raised image when rolled on moist clay. Used to mark a merchant’s shipment Or stamp an official document Clay put into the shape of a Represented different sphere with a cylinder items such as grains or seal rolled over them Sheep to keep track of trades. The early form of a Bill from shipments Clay Tablets and Hardened mud with Envelopes writing (pg. 15) Used to send Letters