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Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk
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Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk: mystery brief
Version 1.0 · 3 November 2026
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Page 1 · Where it stands
Page 2 · A · Reading a tablet
Page 3 · B · The names
Page 4 · C and D · When Sumerian arrives, and the readings
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