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Scripts and Styluses of Antiquity
Explore the ancient tools and writing systems that shaped early civilizations through this crossword puzzle.
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Across
  • 1. Solid block used to produce ink in East Asia
  • 2. Material East Asians used as early writing slips
  • 3. Medium for writing cuneiform in ancient times
  • 4. To decode or interpret ancient scripts
  • 5. A pen made from a hollow plant stem used in antiquity
  • 9. Pointed tool used for writing on wax or clay
  • 13. Ancient Greek writing tool made from bone or metal
  • 15. Substance that accelerates ink drying in calligraphy
  • 17. Flat surface ancient people wrote on, often clay
  • 18. Simplified ancient Egyptian script for priests
Down
  • 6. Prepared animal skin used as a writing surface
  • 7. Early technique of printing with carved wood blocks
  • 8. Ancient Egyptian writing material from a plant
  • 10. Person who copied manuscripts or documents
  • 11. Symbol carved or inscribed in writing systems
  • 12. Ancient Mesopotamian wedge-shaped writing
  • 14. Feather pen popular in medieval writing
  • 16. Invention that enabled impression of letterforms
  • 19. Form used in printing to cast letters or characters

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