Answer · Proto-Elamite and Linear Elamite

The values are largely right but the system includes logograms or misassigned signs, so some readings will…

The values are largely right but the system includes logograms or misassigned signs, so some readings will change.

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Where it stands

Still possibleIts tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

A minority of signs (about 30 per cent on Mäder's estimate) behave distributionally like logograms rather than syllables.
Corrections are local; the core of royal names and common words survives.

What would rule it out

Every sign's distribution fits a phonographic value and no reading needs a logogram.

Evidence 1 for · none against

Mäder argues from distributional statistics that only about 70 per cent of signs are phonographic.

Speculative

FOR

The questions it answers

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

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). The values are largely right but the system includes logograms or misassigned signs, so some readings will… [Answer ANS0D1P94N40K89]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D1P94N40K89

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