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Re:New study suggests handwriting engages the brain more tha... by scarmig on Friday October 09, 2020 @01:45PM (#24732418)
The cuneiform we see is mostly accounting and short snippets to glorify the ruler of the day. So, basically, W2 forms and Trump tweets.
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Re:New study suggests handwriting engages the brain more tha... by dghughes on Friday October 09, 2020 @02:46PM (#24733059)
Most cuneiform is an inventory of stuff like amount of wheat and who owes who how much.
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Re:New study suggests handwriting engages the brain more tha... by crooked-v on Friday October 09, 2020 @04:14PM (#24733941)
Most surviving cuneiform is that kind of thing. Various incidental items, though, like the complaint letters sent to Ea-Nasir [1], suggest that casual discourse was far from unknown and may just have usually been done with un-fired clay that wouldn't have lasted for long periods.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-nasir

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