sumerian cuneiform

基本解釋

Our oldest dream story, inscribed in cuneiform millennia ago, tells of the Sumerian shepherd king Dumuzi.
最古老的關(guān)于夢(mèng)的傳說(shuō)，記載于數(shù)千年前的楔形文字上（如果照后面的國(guó)王Dumuzi的時(shí)間來(lái)看，應(yīng)該是公元前2600年左右——譯者注），講述蘇美爾牧羊國(guó)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(dá)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.
譯由于偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)了雙語(yǔ)碑文，學(xué)者們已經(jīng)破譯了其他的遠(yuǎn)古語(yǔ)言，如楔形文字的閃族語(yǔ)和巴比倫語(yǔ)。