The cuneiform writing was invented by Sumerians, established in Babylon since the 4 Th century BC it is a kind of writing at the same time idiografic and phonetic. In its origin each sign designates an object, latter it represented the sound corresponding to that object turned it into a simple phonetic element.
The same sign was adopted to traduce ideas much alike to the primitive one.
The cuneiform writing used in Babylon until the Christian era developed during the time in the sense of its simplicity and regularity. A great number of Hittite and Harrite texts were transcript too, true cuneiform characters.