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Answer · Proto-Elamite and Linear Elamite

The inventory is of the order of a thousand or more signs, many rare, as in proto-cuneiform.

The inventory is of the order of a thousand or more signs, many rare, as in proto-cuneiform.

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Where it stands

Most likelyIts tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

  • Image-based clustering keeps most of the listed signs distinct.

What would rule it out

  • Image-based models merge most rare signs into a few hundred classes with the same distributions.

Evidence 1 for · none against

The questions it answers

Most likelyThe inventory is of the order of a thousand or more signs, many rare, as in proto-cuneiform

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The inventory is of the order of a thousand or more signs, many rare, as in proto-cuneiform. [Answer ANS0D1P9ARE1JMQ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D1P9ARE1JMQ
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