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Sumerian language, a Rare card
Sumerian was the language of ancient Sumer. It is the oldest attested language, dating back to at least 3100 BC, perhaps earlier.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 99
- DEF
- 90
- Power
- 189
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 380,000
Ranked #163 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is a local language isolate, thus unrelated to any other known language, that was spoken exclusively in ancient Mesopotamia, in the area that is now modern-day Iraq.
- Sumerian is read from left to right, from the top, however early inscriptions were read top to bottom from the right.
- Akkadian, a Semitic language, gradually replaced Sumerian as the primary spoken language in the area c. 2000 BC, but Sumerian continued to be used as a sacred, ceremonial, literary, and scientific language in Akkadian-speaking Mesopotamian states, such as Assyria and Babylonia, until the 1st century AD.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Sumerian language article was read about 380,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 99 and blocks with 90: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Sumerian language (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.



