S013-03 美索不達米亞文明 Mesopotamia Culture
重點詞匯：
engrave vt. 雕刻；刻畫
【固】engrave her name on this medal.在這塊獎牌上 雕刻她的名字。
【形】en+grave

identify vt認出 鑒定
【同】find out
【根】（ident) = same -樣；ident+ify ；. ident+ical

identical 完全一樣的

clay n 粘土，泥土

cylinder n.圓柱體，圓筒；汽缸

transaction n.交易，業務
【固】business ~商業交易
【綴根】trans+act+ion (跨越+行動）

原音重現：
With the development of trade, the Sumerians invented the concept of the contract. Cylindrical stone seals were carved and finely engraved with a negative bas-relief. When a contract was entered into or goods needed to be identified, the cylinder was rolled in clay. The mark it left on the clay sealed the transaction. That was also how the Sumerians, who held contracts in great esteem, began to make laws.
隨著貿易的發展，蘇美爾人發明了合同的概念。圓柱形的石章精心雕琢了一副向內凹的浮雕，當天需要訂立合同或者確認商品時，把印章在粘土上滾轉一圈，留下浮雕圖案就證明交易的成立。十分敬重合同的蘇美爾人也是用這個方法制定法律的。