sumerian cuneiform

基本解释

Our oldest dream story, inscribed in cuneiform millennia ago, tells of the Sumerian shepherd king Dumuzi.
最古老的关于梦的传说，记载于数千年前的楔形文字上（如果照后面的国王Dumuzi的时间来看，应该是公元前2600年左右——译者注），讲述苏美尔牧羊国王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。这是一种刻在陶片上的文字，它的使用者是5000多年以前生活在美索不达米亚平原上的人们。
Scholars have deciphered other ancient languages, such as Sumerian and Babylonian, which used the cuneiform script, thanks to the fortuitous discovery of bilingual inscriptions.
译由于偶然发现了双语碑文，学者们已经破译了其他的远古语言，如楔形文字的闪族语和巴比伦语。