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Run · Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk

Per-tablet heterogeneity of EN in the archaic names

Name-element enrichment against a corpus baseline: Pearson chi-square of EN-name counts against a common rate; method-of-moments between-tablet SD; leave-one-tablet-out rates.

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Result

RunMeasuredResultAgainstDecisionDate
RunPearson chi-square of EN-name counts against a common rate; method-of-moments between-tablet SD; leave-one-tablet-out rates{'p': 0.11, 'df': 40, 'chi2': 51.2, 'MS3035_rate': 0.238, 'pooled_rate': 0.167, 'MRAH_O4995_rate': 0.206, 'between_tablet_sd': 0.019, 'Ashm_1926-0566_rate': 0, 'rate_without_top2_tablets': 0.144}A common EN rate across all 41 name tabletsThe EN excess is spread across the unprovenanced Schøyen and Brussels tablets and absent from the excavated Jemdet Nasr ones. It is an archive-level difference, not the product of one or two tablets.

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Per-tablet heterogeneity of EN in the archaic names [Run RUN0DFVQREA5Q7V]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/RUN0DFVQREA5Q7V
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