# Proponents of a Sumerian reading cite a handful of Uruk III sign uses as rebus spellings, which would push phonetic…

> Proponents of a Sumerian reading cite a handful of Uruk III sign uses as rebus spellings, which would push phonetic use earlier than Archaic Ur.

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# Proponents of a Sumerian reading cite a handful of Uruk III sign uses as rebus spellings, which would push phonetic…

Proponents of a Sumerian reading cite a handful of Uruk III sign uses as rebus spellings, which would push phonetic use earlier than Archaic Ur.

Speculative0

## 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)

No answer ahead yet

**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)

Counts against1 for, 1 against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Sources 3

[ED LÚ A und die Sprache(n) der archaischen Texte](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJ55568QD/ed-lu-a-und-die-sprache-n-der-archaischen-texte)

Wilcke 2005

SRC

[Proto-Cuneiform and Sumerians](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJ5Y2YR8H/proto-cuneiform-and-sumerians)

Monaco 2014

SRC

[Review of M. W. Green and H. J. Nissen, Zeichenliste der archaischen Texte aus Uruk](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJ5J5GFCK/review-of-m-w-green-and-h-j-nissen-zeichenliste-der)

Steinkeller 1995

SRC

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Proponents of a Sumerian reading cite a handful of Uruk III sign uses as rebus spellings, which would push phonetic… [Evidence EVD0DEE9GGPD7HF]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEE9GGPD7HF
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