# The 2022 sign values are correct in substance and Linear Elamite writes Elamite; the texts can now be read.

> Most likely: The 2022 sign values are correct in substance and Linear Elamite writes Elamite; the texts can now be read.

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# The 2022 sign values are correct in substance and Linear Elamite writes Elamite; the texts can now be read.

The 2022 sign values are correct in substance and Linear Elamite writes Elamite; the texts can now be read.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: three pieces of evidence for, two against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The values give the same readings of royal and divine names on independent texts, including the bilinguals with Akkadian.
- Texts not used to build the values (new finds, or texts held back) read as sensible Elamite with the values fixed in advance.
- Independent groups working from their own corpus reach the same values.

## What would rule it out

- An excavated text or a new bilingual reads as nonsense under the 2022 values, or the Akkadian parallel contradicts the Elamite reading.

## Evidence 3 for · 2 against

[Stolper, Steinkeller and Krebernik, uninvolved in the work, judged the decipherment coherent and plausible.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/evidence/EVD0D1P93NW4SHB/stolper-steinkeller-and-krebernik-uninvolved-in-the-work)

Suggestive

FOR

[The Bern team, whose OCLEI corpus is independent of Desset's, lists a paper offering external and…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/evidence/EVD0D1P93XP5GZD/the-bern-team-whose-oclei-corpus-is-independent-of-dessets)

Suggestive

FOR

[The values read the royal name Puzur-Inshushinak and the god Inshushinak in the Susa bilinguals, where the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/evidence/EVD0D1P93E22YC6/the-values-read-the-royal-name-puzur-inshushinak-and-the-god)

Supported

FOR

[Dahl called the 2022 paper full of errors in 2025.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/evidence/EVD0D1P94DA635N/dahl-called-the-2022-paper-full-of-errors-in-2025)

Speculative

AGAINST

[The readings rest heavily on names in short, formulaic texts, and the authors concede Elamite is imperfectly…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/evidence/EVD0D1P945G4RYA/the-readings-rest-heavily-on-names-in-short-formulaic-texts)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Has Linear Elamite been read?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/questions/QST0D1P91Z67YF2/has-linear-elamite-been-read)

Most likelyThe 2022 sign values are correct in substance and Linear Elamite writes Elamite; the texts can now be read

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The 2022 sign values are correct in substance and Linear Elamite writes Elamite; the texts can now be read. [Answer ANS0D1P936800MA]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D1P936800MA
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