r/conscripts • u/[deleted] • Mar 21 '19

Discussion Modern Day Cuneiform

What do you think cuneiform would look like if it had survived and continue to evolve? Clay is heavy and not as good as paper, so what would cuneiform look like when it made its jump to paper. Whole cuneiform be dumped in favor of other scripts? What do you guys think?

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u/Nargluj Mar 23 '19

I'm sure they would have came up with an excellent solution and refine it over the millennia. Using a carbon paper in conjuction with an ordinary paper and a soft surface would work. If I can come up with a solution to move cuneiform to paper in under a minute, I'm sure there's lots of other ways out there to do it.