# Pandey 2023: Proposal to encode Proto-Elamite in Unicode (L2/23-196)

> Anshuman Pandey, 2023. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the sign-list counts and the encoding status of Proto-Elamite.

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# Proposal to encode Proto-Elamite in Unicode (L2/23-196)

Anshuman Pandey, 2023. _Unicode Technical Committee document register_.

Proposes 1,636 Proto-Elamite characters (58 numerical, 1,576 ideographic) based on CDLI's EPS image set, with a possible extension of about 340 more; compares Dahl's working list (1,434 signs) and older lists (Meriggi's 393), and counts 1,741 sign names in the transliterated corpus. Supersedes L2/20-192. Dated 18 August 2023.

**Proto-Elamite and Linear Elamite** ReportChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Source for the sign-list counts and the encoding status of Proto-Elamite.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[Proto-Elamite sign list and EPS sign images](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D1P9C7A0RPN/proto-elamite-sign-list-and-eps-sign-images)

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

The mystery article

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[How many distinct signs does Proto-Elamite have?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/questions/QST0D1P92YE69E3/how-many-distinct-signs-does-proto-elamite-have)

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## Cite it

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Pandey, A. (2023). Proposal to encode Proto-Elamite in Unicode (L2/23-196). Unicode Technical Committee document register. https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2023/23196-proto-elamite.pdf
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