an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
An ancient Mesopotamian writing system, adapted within several language families, originating as pictograms in Sumer around the 30th century BC, evolving into more abstract and characteristic wedge shapes formed by a blunt reed stylus on clayen tablets.
shaped like a wedge
of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones)
Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.