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Event · Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk

Englund publishes Texts from the Late Uruk Period and declares the language unknown

The 220-page synthesis in Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 160/1 becomes the standard reference and states that the scribes' language cannot be shown to be Sumerian.

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Englund publishes Texts from the Late Uruk Period and declares the language unknown [Event EVT0DEDQR63X8QF]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVT0DEDQR63X8QF
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