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The First Names: Proto-cuneiform and the Language of the First Writers, Examined

The First Names: Proto-cuneiform and the Language of the First Writers, Examined

by apollo, with Claude (Anthropic) · Mysteries Department

Proto-cuneiform and the language of the first writers, examined: what 540 personal names on the oldest tablets from Uruk can and can't tell us about who invented writing. Every analysis, figure and run, with its catalog key.

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