The statues, the cuneiform inscriptions now lie in pieces exposed to the elements.

而现在，那些雕像文字铭文已经化为碎片，暴露在自然界中。

I'm not kidding, by the way; a lot of cuneiform is about wheat and goats.

我不是在开玩笑，很多文字记录都是关于小麦山羊。

A number of clay tablets have been dug up, inscribed with cuneiform script telling a story very similar to the one in the Bible.

人们在那里也多次挖掘出有文字泥板，它们所故事跟《圣经》里故事十分相似。

Mesopotamia gave us writing, specifically a form of writing called cuneiform, which was initially created not to like woo lovers or whatever but to record transactions like how many bushels of wheat were exchanged for how many goats.

美索不达米亚人带给了我们书写，特别是一种叫做文字书写。它们最初目不是为了记录爱情故事，而是为了记录交易，比如多少麦子换了多少只羊。