cuneiform
adjective
°Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
°Written in cuneiform: cuneiform script, cuneiform writing.
noun
°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 clay tablets.
°A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.
synonyms: wedgelike, wedgy