sumerian cuneiform

基本解释

Our oldest dream story, inscribed in cuneiform millennia ago, tells of the Sumerian shepherd king Dumuzi.
最古老的關於夢的傳說，記載於數千年前的楔形文字上（如果照後麪的國王Dumuzi的時間來看，應該是公元前2600年左右——譯者注），講述囌美爾牧羊國王Dumuzi。
The first true writing we know of is Sumerian cuneiform- consisting mainly of wedge-shaped impressions on clay tablets - whichwas used more than 5000 years ago in Mesopotamia.
楔形文字是世界上已知最古老的文字。這是一種刻在陶片上的文字，它的使用者是5000多年以前生活在美索不達米亞平原上的人們。
Scholars have deciphered other ancient languages, such as Sumerian and Babylonian, which used the cuneiform script, thanks to the fortuitous discovery of bilingual inscriptions.
譯由於偶然發現了雙語碑文，學者們已經破譯了其他的遠古語言，如楔形文字的閃族語和巴比倫語。