Answer · Proto-Elamite and Linear Elamite
Proto-Elamite is an administrative notation recording quantities, commodities, persons and institutions…
Proto-Elamite is an administrative notation recording quantities, commodities, persons and institutions without encoding speech.
Where it stands
Most likelyIts tests partly supported it: three pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- Non-numerical signs fall into commodity, person and institution classes that predict the numeral system used.
- No sign shows phonetic behaviour.
What would rule it out
- A set of signs is shown to spell words of a known language with consistent values.
Evidence 3 for · none against
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The questions it answers
Most likelyProto-Elamite is an administrative notation recording quantities, commodities, persons and institutions…
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Proto-Elamite is an administrative notation recording quantities, commodities, persons and institutions… [Answer ANS0D1P96KM2FPS]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D1P96KM2FPS
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year = {2026},
note = {Answer, catalog key ANS0D1P96KM2FPS},
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