And they are not disappointed. Not only does the exhibit have several examples of cuneiform writing, cut into clay tablets with a stick, it even has the "calculating stones" which preceded cuneiform. These were chips used to record transactions, with symbols engraved in the stones. These gradually evolved into writing on flat pieces of soft clay.
不令觀眾失望的是，展覽中不僅有許多以蘆葦桿子書寫的楔形文字，更有文字前身的「算石」，是當時物品交貨時用來記量的籌碼，算石上銘刻的圖文，日後慢慢發展成平面泥版的文字書寫。