# Within-name position test against a shuffle > Look for name templates, such as the Sumerian en-X and lugal-X types, without reading the signs. Run 8 times on the site, with every result. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/methods/MTH0DFQRKBRYDX3/within-name-position-test-against-a-shuffle Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Methods](https://mysteriesdept.com/methods)[Epigraphy; statistics](https://mysteriesdept.com/methods?kind=statistics-and-information)Within-name position test against a shuffle Method · epigraphy; statistics # Within-name position test against a shuffle Look for name templates, such as the Sumerian en-X and lugal-X types, without reading the signs. **Epigraphy; statistics** Version **1.0** Licence **MIT8** runsUsed on **1** mystery ## Questions it answers - [Do the roughly 440 personal names in the archaic texts follow Sumerian, Semitic or some other naming pattern?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/questions/QST0DEDTDFDF2VV/do-the-roughly-440-personal-names-in-the-archaic-texts) - [Is KU.ŠIM ('Kushim') in the Uruk III barley accounts a person's name or an office?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/questions/QST0DG361XDYRE2/is-ku-sim-kushim-in-the-uruk-iii-barley-accounts-a-persons) - [Is the archaic designation GIR3 NI the Sumerian name giri3-ni, with NI writing the possessive -ni ('his')?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/questions/QST0DG2T53MFHE9/is-the-archaic-designation-gir3-ni-the-sumerian-name-giri3) - [What language, if any, do the proto-cuneiform texts record?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/questions/QST0DEDT73JJJ1B/what-language-if-any-do-the-proto-cuneiform-texts-record) - [When and how did phonetic spelling begin in Mesopotamian writing?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/questions/QST0DEDT8N8Y2GZ/when-and-how-did-phonetic-spelling-begin-in-mesopotamian) ## Code Python [Download module (.py)](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/private/fafba00c435b0b30fced25f1917413d1f1693f11ba483b08b79dd1fb461cd95e)`names_followups.py`[View source](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/private/fafba00c435b0b30fced25f1917413d1f1693f11ba483b08b79dd1fb461cd95e) ## Runs and results 8 runs · 6 shown | Run | Mystery | Measured | Result | Against | Date | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | RUN0DFQT8EXEJAZ | Proto-cuneiform: | Element share by archive group against a resampling null; count of names with EN first against a within-name shuffle | {'EN_first': {'p': '<0.0002', 'first': 54, 'names': 80, 'expected': 33.2, 'shuffle_95': [25, 42]}, 'PAP_first': {'first': 6, 'names': 27, 'shuffle_95': [7, 17]}, 'S_excavated': {'null_95': [0.056, 0.169], 'observed': 0.105}, 'S+EN_excavated': {'n': 124, 'null_95': [0.121, 0.25], 'observed': 0.161}, 'S_unprovenanced': {'null_95': [0.067, 0.123], 'observed': 0.13}, 'S+EN_unprovenanced': {'n': 416, 'null_95': [0.127, 0.2], 'observed': 0.296}} | Resampled Uruk III administrative signs (archive split) · 5,000 within-name shuffles (position) | | | RUN0DFVQRTQ3FBF | Proto-cuneiform: | Share of recurring multi-sign names (same sign set, two or more attestations) transliterated in more than one order | {'share': 0.379, 'EN_recurring': 10, 'recurring_names': 58, 'EN_recurring_mixed': 5, 'written_in_2plus_orders': 22, 'EN_first_in_recurring_attestations': '18 of 27'} | | | | RUN0DG2ZTHGRFCV | Proto-cuneiform: | Share of multi-sign NI names containing a body-part sign vs resampled base rate | 0.417 | Null median 0.083 (95%: 0–0.333) | | | RUN0DG377KDWWGK | Proto-cuneiform: | Share of Uruk multi-sign name types whose sign multiset equals an ED/OAkk PN, vs names rebuilt by shuffling name signs | 0.109 | Shuffle null median 0.113 (95% 0.089–0.137) | | | RUN0DG377Z658N0 | Proto-cuneiform: | Share of NI-containing PN types that contain a body-part sign, vs all PN types; NI rate after body-part signs vs after other signs | ED IIIb 0.176 vs 0.175 | All PN types with a body-part sign | | | RUN0DG378H71FBR | Proto-cuneiform: | Spearman correlation of per-sign final-position share, Uruk III names vs Archaic Ur read names | 0.011 | Permutation null 95% −0.46 to 0.45 | | ## Applied to ![Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/proto-cuneiform-lead) **[Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform)2 datasets** Archaic personal names in proto-cuneiform (editor-marked, CDLI), Early Dynastic Sumerian personal names, lemmatized (Oracc ePSD2 admin corpora ED I–II, IIIa, IIIb) ## References 1. [Updated sign-frequency list for the whole CDLI proto-cuneiform corpus (6,726 artifacts, 5,274 with readable signs, about 53,000 non-numerical tokens as of May 2020), an open counting tool, and a test showing the Tribute list's first section uses sign pairs rare in administrative texts. Cuneiform Digital Library Bulletin 2021:6.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJQ7HN4AW/a-quantitative-analysis-of-proto-cuneiform-sign-use-in) 1. [Recent survey of proto-cuneiform and its adaptation (proto-Elamite), restating Englund's case against Sumerian (no Sumerian-pattern names; numeral-before-noun syntax), dating the first secure syllabic signs to the Archaic Ur texts (c. 2900-2700 BC), and discussing Sproat's simulation and Glassner's divination theory. Oxford Research Archive preprint; year inferred from its latest references.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK8RPEY2P/the-early-development-of-the-cuneiform-writing-system-and) [Download module](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/private/fafba00c435b0b30fced25f1917413d1f1693f11ba483b08b79dd1fb461cd95e) Category Epigraphy; statistics Version 1.0 · 2 Nov 2026 Licence MIT Language Python Inputs Multi-sign name entries with their signs in transliteration order. Output For each sign: names containing it, how often it is first and last, the expected first count, a 95% shuffle interval and a one-sided p-value. Cite [BibTeX](https://mysteriesdept.com/methods/MTH0DFQRKBRYDX3/within-name-position-test-against-a-shuffle/cite.bib) · [APA](https://mysteriesdept.com/methods/MTH0DFQRKBRYDX3/within-name-position-test-against-a-shuffle/cite.txt) Develop this method Methods are versioned like code. 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