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DatasetsProto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of UrukCDLI proto-cuneiform corpus (Uruk IV-III and Jemdet Nasr texts)
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CDLI proto-cuneiform corpus (Uruk IV-III and Jemdet Nasr texts)

Every known proto-cuneiform tablet as a CDLI artifact record with ATF transliteration, photograph and line art: 6,726 Uruk-period artifacts as of May 2020, 5,274 with readable signs. Filter the catalogue by period "Uruk III" and "Uruk IV"; the bulk ATF and catalogue CSV are in the cdli-gh/data repository.

Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of UrukProto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of UrukVersion 1.0Licence CDLI terms of use (text reusable with attribution; images copyright of holders)Updated 31 Oct 2026

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