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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">cuneiform</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>scripts by form</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>cuneiform script</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>cuneiform writing</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>script, cuneiform</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>writing, cuneiform</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Script originally developed for the Sumerian language in the 3rd millennium BCE, consisting of characters made in clay with a wedge-shaped stylus. ]]></note></mads>