# Lawler 2022: Have Scholars Finally Deciphered a Mysterious Ancient Script?

> Andrew Lawler, 2022. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Journalism, used for the recorded reactions of named scholars.

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# Have Scholars Finally Deciphered a Mysterious Ancient Script?

Andrew Lawler, 2022. _Smithsonian Magazine_.

Reports the Desset claim with reactions from uninvolved scholars: Vidale, Krebernik, Stolper and Steinkeller broadly convinced; Dahl and Kelley disputing the Proto-Elamite continuity claim; caution pending detailed translations and over the vessels' provenance. 1 August 2022.

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## What it's used for here

Journalism, used for the recorded reactions of named scholars.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

[The values are not established; the corpus is too small and the decisive texts too poorly provenanced to…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/answers/ANS0D1P954R77JG/the-values-are-not-established-the-corpus-is-too-small-and)

Answer

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[About 800 years separate the two corpora.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/evidence/EVD0D1P98SY6F4R/about-800-years-separate-the-two-corpora)

Evidence

EVD

[Metallurgical analysis is reported to show the vessels are ancient.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/evidence/EVD0D1P99S67A6B/metallurgical-analysis-is-reported-to-show-the-vessels-are)

Evidence

EVD

[Stolper, Steinkeller and Krebernik, uninvolved in the work, judged the decipherment coherent and plausible.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/evidence/EVD0D1P93NW4SHB/stolper-steinkeller-and-krebernik-uninvolved-in-the-work)

Evidence

EVD

[Proto-Elamite and Linear Elamite](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite)

The mystery article

MYS

[Has Linear Elamite been read?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/questions/QST0D1P91Z67YF2/has-linear-elamite-been-read)

Question

QST

[Is Linear Elamite a descendant of Proto-Elamite?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/questions/QST0D1P92ET6QY3/is-linear-elamite-a-descendant-of-proto-elamite)

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QST

## Cite it

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Lawler, A. (2022). Have Scholars Finally Deciphered a Mysterious Ancient Script?. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/have-scholars-finally-deciphered-a-mysterious-ancient-script-180980497/
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