# The share transliterated across the whole corpus has not been measured; "under half" is inferred from CDLI's two…

> The share transliterated across the whole corpus has not been measured; "under half" is inferred from CDLI's two million lines and the size of the read…

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[Unread cuneiform: half a million tablets and the limits of Sumerian](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform)Evidence

Evidence · Unread cuneiform: half a million tablets and the limits of Sumerian

# The share transliterated across the whole corpus has not been measured; "under half" is inferred from CDLI's two…

The share transliterated across the whole corpus has not been measured; "under half" is inferred from CDLI's two million lines and the size of the read blocks.

Speculative0

## What it means

Key question[How many cuneiform tablets survive, and what share has been published or transliterated?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/questions/QST0DEDT2T64VQB/how-many-cuneiform-tablets-survive-and-what-share-has-been)

No answer ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[500,000+ survive; under half transliterated](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/answers/ANS0DEEANK5JS75/500-000-survive-under-half-transliterated)

Bears on1 for, none against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Next steps 1

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Tabulate the CDLI catalogue by period and genre with the share transliterated.

~6 h

[On: How many cuneiform tablets survive, and what share has been published or transliterated?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/unread-cuneiform/questions/QST0DEDT2T64VQB/how-many-cuneiform-tablets-survive-and-what-share-has-been)

**—** not judged

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

## Sources 2

[About CDLI (Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHPH2QMG3/about-cdli-cuneiform-digital-library-initiative)

Initiative 2026

SRC

[CDLI bulk data (daily dump of catalogue and transliterations)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D1P8PZM6DZE/cdli-bulk-data-daily-dump-of-catalogue-and-transliterations)

Initiative

SRC

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The share transliterated across the whole corpus has not been measured; "under half" is inferred from CDLI's two… [Evidence EVD0DEEB1N3ZD1T]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEB1N3ZD1T
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