# The clay documents are administrative accounts of commodities and quantities, and the seal inscriptions carry the…

> Still possible: The clay documents are administrative accounts of commodities and quantities, and the seal inscriptions carry the names or titles of the…

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# The clay documents are administrative accounts of commodities and quantities, and the seal inscriptions carry the…

The clay documents are administrative accounts of commodities and quantities, and the seal inscriptions carry the names or titles of the seal holders.

**Still possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Totals on clay documents equal the sum of their entries when numerals and fractions are read.
- Sequences on surviving seals recur on the nodules and clay documents of the same deposit.

## What would rule it out

- Clay documents without logograms or numerals turn out to be the majority once the corpus is tabulated.
- Seal sequences prove to vary with the commodity sealed rather than with the seal.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[Contributors to the 2024 volume read the seal sequences as owners' names or offices, with seal shape and stone tied to…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/evidence/EVD0DEECQC3E2S4/contributors-to-the-2024-volume-read-the-seal-sequences-as)

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[The clay documents come from administrative deposits and combine sign groups with logograms and decimal numerals, the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/evidence/EVD0DEECQ8D3GPB/the-clay-documents-come-from-administrative-deposits-and)

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## The questions it answers

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