# Rollston first suspected the cylinders were intrusive from the second millennium before accepting the stratigraphy.

> Rollston first suspected the cylinders were intrusive from the second millennium before accepting the stratigraphy.

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# Rollston first suspected the cylinders were intrusive from the second millennium before accepting the stratigraphy.

Rollston first suspected the cylinders were intrusive from the second millennium before accepting the stratigraphy.

Speculative0

## What it means

Key question[Are the Umm el-Marra clay cylinders of about 2400 BC alphabetic writing?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/questions/QST0DEDW8MZFBEA/are-the-umm-el-marra-clay-cylinders-of-about-2400-bc)

3 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[None of these.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/answers/ANS0DEDYPP227N7/none-of-these)

Bears onnone for, none against

**Still possible** was No evidence yet

## Next steps 1

1

Compare the eight Umm el-Marra sign shapes with Early Bronze Syrian potters' marks as a null model, alongside the Early Alphabetic forms.

~10 h

[On: Are the Umm el-Marra clay cylinders of about 2400 BC alphabetic writing?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/questions/QST0DEDW8MZFBEA/are-the-umm-el-marra-clay-cylinders-of-about-2400-bc)

**—** not judged

Ranked by how likely each is to move the key question, for the time it takes

## Sources 1

[Tell Umm el-Marra (Syria) and Early Alphabetic in the Third Millennium: Four Inscribed Clay Cylinders as a Potential Game Changer](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJPS7A1RQ/tell-umm-el-marra-syria-and-early-alphabetic-in-the-third)

Rollston 2021

SRC

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Rollston first suspected the cylinders were intrusive from the second millennium before accepting the stratigraphy. [Evidence EVD0DEEB345M1PT]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEB345M1PT
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