A Sumerian scribe transitions from clay tablets to papyrus scrolls; which adaptation becomes crucial due to the change in writing surface?

💡 Explanation

Linear script orientation develops because papyrus scrolls favor continuous writing along a single axis, unlike the spatial constraints of cuneiform tablets. Therefore, the outcome is a shift to linear writing, rather than changes in symbol sets or phonetic encoding which are related to linguistic structure.

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