cuneiform

However, cuneiform clay tablets contained a wide variety of texts, such as tax lists, sales documents, prayers, literature and early historical and mathematical texts.

This connection had been referenced in many historical sources, including the Bible, in cuneiform texts, and local traditional stories.

To this day, my notes look like something between cuneiform and the lines from furniture on wooden floors after decades of wear and tear.

"Up until now it has been difficult to access the content of many cuneiform tablets at once -- you sort of need to know exactly what you are looking for and where," Mara adds.

Another set of cuneiform tablets detailed how to interpret the motion of celestial bodies.