# Reviews of the proposed early rebus spellings find no secure Uruk IV case, and the first secure syllabic signs appear…

> Reviews of the proposed early rebus spellings find no secure Uruk IV case, and the first secure syllabic signs appear in the Archaic Ur texts, chiefly in…

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[Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform)Evidence

Evidence · Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk

# Reviews of the proposed early rebus spellings find no secure Uruk IV case, and the first secure syllabic signs appear…

Reviews of the proposed early rebus spellings find no secure Uruk IV case, and the first secure syllabic signs appear in the Archaic Ur texts, chiefly in personal names.

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## What it means

Key question[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)

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**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[Phonetic spelling begins at Archaic Ur, c. 2900 BC](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/answers/ANS0DEE99VTJW8C/phonetic-spelling-begins-at-archaic-ur-c-2900-bc)

Supports1 for, 1 against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Sources 2

[The Early Development of the Cuneiform Writing System, and Its Regional Adaptation](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK8RPEY2P/the-early-development-of-the-cuneiform-writing-system-and)

Dahl 2025

SRC

[The Sumerian Question: Reviewing the Issues](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHQE9W64H/the-sumerian-question-reviewing-the-issues)

Whittaker 2005

SRC

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