Run · Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk
Archaic names split by context: workers, other headers, title headers
Name-element enrichment against a corpus baseline: Element odds ratio (Englund's list without EN) per context group, with a tablet-cluster bootstrap; compared with the Early Dynastic benchmark.
Result
| Run | Measured | Result | Against | Decision | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run | Element odds ratio (Englund's list without EN) per context group, with a tablet-cluster bootstrap; compared with the Early Dynastic benchmark | {'OTHERS': {'n': 269, 'or_95': [0.93, 1.65], 'odds_ratio': 1.27}, 'TITLED': {'n': 61, 'or_95': [0.6, 2.34], 'odds_ratio': 1.38}, 'WORKERS': {'n': 245, 'or_95': [0.88, 1.77], 'odds_ratio': 1.4}, 'NO_HEADER': {'n': 26, 'or_95': [0.52, 3.62], 'odds_ratio': 1.93}, 'ED_dependents': 4.72, 'ED_benchmark_range': [4.47, 5.84]} | Uruk III administrative non-name entries · Early Dynastic Sumerian benchmark from RUN0DFVQR5WN96F and RUN0DG2CWRH4M9P | No context group approaches the Sumerian range. The upper 95% bounds are 1.65–2.34 for the groups of useful size, against 4.5 and up for Sumerian names. The foreign-workforce explanation finds no support among the names available, but the groups come from the same personnel tablets and do not include a clean sample of officials. |
What it used and found
Figures 1
Figure 1
No group of archaic names, whatever list it sits in, comes near the Sumerian name profile
Odds ratio of Englund's Sumerian name elements (without EN) in names against other words, 95% bootstrap intervals; CDLI Uruk III and Oracc ePSD2 ED IIIb
odds ratio95% low95% high
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Parameters
header_rule = nearest preceding non-name case with the same top-level case number, title_signs = ['SANGA', 'EN', 'PA', 'GAL', 'NAMESZDA', 'SUKKAL', 'NAM2', 'UMBISAG', 'APIN', 'SIMUG', 'NAGAR', 'MUHALDIM', 'SZABRA'], primary_measure = S (without EN), since EN is also a title sign, human_category_signs = ['SAL', 'KUR', 'AL', 'TUR', 'ERIM', 'GURUSZ', '|SAL.KUR|', 'NITA', '|U4xN(N57)|']
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Archaic names split by context: workers, other headers, title headers [Run RUN0DG2F4F55YJ8]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/RUN0DG2F4F55YJ8
@misc{mysteriesdept_run0dg2f4f55yj8,
title = {Archaic names split by context: workers, other headers, title headers},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Run, catalog key RUN0DG2F4F55YJ8},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/RUN0DG2F4F55YJ8}
}