Scribes wrote by inscribing them with cuneiform script using a blunt reed called a stylus. There was a widespread tradition throughout Northern Europe of inscribing runes on weapons, particularly swords. Emile Berliner's gramophone system recorded music by inscribing spiraling lateral cuts onto a vinyl disc. In his pockets were found letters inscribing the name of the aul Haibach. These are made by artists without inscribing their names on them. The UNESCO inscribing was done under criteria in 1988. In 1431 AD he issued a new coin inscribing Kalema-tut-shahadat.