# Krecher identified regular sign substitutions (UD for AN, GAL for EN, NUN for LIL) across the Fara and Abu Salabikh…

> Krecher identified regular sign substitutions (UD for AN, GAL for EN, NUN for LIL) across the Fara and Abu Salabikh literary tablets, and every later…

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# Krecher identified regular sign substitutions (UD for AN, GAL for EN, NUN for LIL) across the Fara and Abu Salabikh…

Krecher identified regular sign substitutions (UD for AN, GAL for EN, NUN for LIL) across the Fara and Abu Salabikh literary tablets, and every later edition works from his system.

Supported0

## What it means

Key question[Why do the Early Dynastic literary texts from Fara and Abu Salabikh resist reading, and can they be read without later duplicates?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/questions/QST0DEDT3AM4NHK/why-do-the-early-dynastic-literary-texts-from-fara-and-abu)

3 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[UD.GAL.NUN is a recoverable orthography](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/answers/ANS0DEDWTEHR4KW/ud-gal-nun-is-a-recoverable-orthography)

Supports1 for, 1 against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Next steps 1

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Compile the full UD.GAL.NUN substitution table from Krecher, Krebernik and Lisman and test its regularity across the Fara and Abu Salabikh tablets on CDLI.

~20 h

[On: Why do the Early Dynastic literary texts from Fara and Abu Salabikh resist reading, and can they be read without later duplicates?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/questions/QST0DEDT3AM4NHK/why-do-the-early-dynastic-literary-texts-from-fara-and-abu)

**—** not judged

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

## Sources 2

[Sumerische Literatur der Fara-Zeit: Die UD.GAL.NUN-Texte (I)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJ8E54H39/sumerische-literatur-der-fara-zeit-die-ud-gal-nun-texte-i)

Krecher 1978

SRC

[The Sumerian Zame Hymns from Tell Abū Ṣalābīḫ, with an appendix on the Early Dynastic colophons](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJ5N9KSRA/the-sumerian-zame-hymns-from-tell-abu-salabih-with-an)

Krebernik 2020

SRC

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Krecher identified regular sign substitutions (UD for AN, GAL for EN, NUN for LIL) across the Fara and Abu Salabikh… [Evidence EVD0DEDYQRHMP6Q]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDYQRHMP6Q
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