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The genius of writing was the moment somebody realised a picture could stand for a sound rather than for a thing.
Drawn from what Irving Finkel said
A private bookmark. Not a position, and never counted.
What Irving Finkel actually said
Word for word, with the source under each one. They did not write this page.
Assyriologist at the British Museum
And once they had the idea that you could write sounds with pictures, that’s the crucial thing, that a picture of a foot not only meant foot but it meant the sound of the word for foot.
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