Across
- 3. these predated the writings using an alphabet
- 4. mention of leather ________ in Egypt date back as far as 2500 B.C.
- 5. around 1750 B.C. some Semitic person(s)developed the first of these
- 6. according to Deut. 27:2-3, large stones covered with this were written on
- 8. wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets - may date back to 24000 B.C.
- 9. wood and _____ were used by the Assyrians as tablets and were popular with the Romans
- 10. lived from about 1527 B. C. to 1407 B. C.
- 14. dehaired, soaked in lime water, stretched and dried on a frame
- 17. refers to calfskin
Down
- 1. most common writing material in Mesopotamia
- 2. an abundance of clay tablets indicate writing was widespread here by 3000 B.C.
- 7. dehaired, soaked in lime water and tanned with chemical reagents
- 11. pieces or sherds of pottery used for writing on
- 12. material on which the Ten Commandments were originally written
- 13. Hebrew writing found in Palestine on stone dating back to c. 925 B.C., ________ Calendar
- 14. early form of paper
- 15. _____ different systems of writing are known to existed in the area of Syria-Palestine when Moses lived
- 16. one of the metals used as a writing material