1·Persian culture by the cultural impact of Mesopotamia, the use of cuneiform.
波斯文化受两河流域文化影响，使用楔形文字。
2·The chicken scratch is cuneiform.
鸡爪印是楔形文字。
3·Akkadian was written with the cuneiform writing system, on clay tablets, and was in use from the beginning to about 750 b. c.
阿卡德语被作为书写在粘土板上的楔形文字，从最初一直被使用到公元前750年。
4·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。
5·The hieroglyphic and cuneiform signs were widely employed at that early date;
该象形和楔形文字的迹象，被广泛聘用在该早日；