# Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk: mystery brief

> Four pages on the language of the first writers: how a proto-cuneiform tablet is read, the names test, when Sumerian arrives, and every proposed reading with where it stands.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/releases/brief/1.0  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
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Version 1.0 · 3 November 20264 pages**SRC** 0DGCNJMWNZS2Free to use with credit

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![Page 1: Where it stands](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/site/pc-brief-p1.jpg)

Page 1 · Where it stands

![Page 2: A · Reading a tablet](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/site/pc-brief-p2.jpg)

Page 2 · A · Reading a tablet

![Page 3: B · The names](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/site/pc-brief-p3.jpg)

Page 3 · B · The names

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Page 4 · C and D · When Sumerian arrives, and the readings