Archaeologist Dr Nikolai Ovcharov received the tablet from a private collector who had unearthed it 20 years ago.
The tablet was six centimetres long and about 7.5 centimetres wide. It had five distinct signs, each made up of two elements.
Ovcharov shows the seven-by-eight centimeter tablet that carries five distinct signs each made up of two elements. See the amazing photo of the ancient inscriptions and read more on AOL`s website: Found inscriptions Bulgaria.
Stein Morten Lund, 25 August 2006
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The first letters in the history has its origion from Iran. These letters were based on the Old Persian language. It was used exclusively used for royal proclamations and announcements, which is known as cuneiform inscriptions dating from the time of the Achaemenian Kings of ancient Persia (6th - 4th centuries BC). These amazing inscriptions can be viewed especially well at the entrance to cradle of civilisation in Iran: Takt-e-Jamshid, Persepolis. See the translation in our article about Persepolis on our website.
At the head of staircase is the Gateway of All Nations, built by Xerxes I and is guarded at east and west by bull figures, which are related to bull figures of Assyria. Above the bulls, on the inner side of the Gateway is a three-language cuneiform inscription in the main languages of the realm: Persian, Babylonian and Elamite.
The earliest cuneiform inscriptions were composed of pictographs. Originally, each sign stood for a word. The fully developed cuneiform system had more than 600 signs.
It was a big contrast seeing these ancient letters togheter with modern grafitty at the same stone.......
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