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Sacred Scripts and Timeless Tablets
Explore ancient writing materials used by early civilizations to record history, law, and stories.
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Across
  • 1. Shape of Mesopotamian seal used for impression writing
  • 2. Fine parchment made from calfskin
  • 3. Animal skin used to create parchment or vellum
  • 4. Sticky substance sometimes mixed with pigments for writing
  • 5. Cloth where some tribes etched symbols or marks
  • 6. Plant material processed to make early paper-like surfaces
  • 9. Burnt wood used for rudimentary markings and drawings
  • 15. Flat surface, often clay, for ancient inscriptions
  • 16. Rolled manuscript made from papyrus or parchment
  • 17. Used as a reusable writing surface on tablets
Down
  • 7. Colored liquid used for writing or drawing
  • 8. Animal skin prepared for writing, used before paper
  • 10. Material often used in early tally sticks or oracle bones
  • 11. Natural pigment used in early cave paintings and writings
  • 12. Egyptian writing material made from a river plant
  • 13. Metal sometimes inscribed with ancient text
  • 14. Sharp tool for inscribing clay tablets
  • 18. Material shaped into tablets for cuneiform writing
  • 19. Feathered pen used in medieval writing

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