# Dahl 2002: Proto-Elamite Sign Frequencies > Jacob L. Dahl, 2002. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the long-tailed sign distribution and the origin of Dahl's sign list. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D1P8VM24MNV/proto-elamite-sign-frequencies Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Proto-Elamite and Linear Elamite](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite)Dahl 2002 **0** # Proto-Elamite Sign Frequencies Jacob L. Dahl, 2002. _Cuneiform Digital Library Bulletin 2002:1_. Sign frequencies across about 1,600 Proto-Elamite texts: about 1,900 non-numerical sign forms, most attested a few times, the most frequent being grain products, containers and persons; shows how merging variants changes the picture and announces an electronic sign list. **Proto-Elamite and Linear Elamite** ArticleChecked against the original0 ## What it's used for here Source for the long-tailed sign distribution and the origin of Dahl's sign list. ## Cited by on this site 5 records [The inventory is of the order of a thousand or more signs, many rare, as in proto-cuneiform.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/answers/ANS0D1P9ARE1JMQ/the-inventory-is-of-the-order-of-a-thousand-or-more-signs) Answer ANS [Proto-Elamite sign frequencies (Dahl 2002)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D1P9CF46KDT/proto-elamite-sign-frequencies-dahl-2002) Dataset DAT [About 1,900 non-numerical sign forms are counted, most attested a few times.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/evidence/EVD0D1P9B0814X0/about-1-900-non-numerical-sign-forms-are-counted-most) Evidence EVD [Most of the roughly 1,900 non-numerical sign forms occur only a few times, unlike a phonetic inventory.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/evidence/EVD0D1P97B27SYW/most-of-the-roughly-1-900-non-numerical-sign-forms-occur) Evidence EVD [Proto-Elamite and Linear Elamite](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite) The mystery article MYS ## Cite it ``` Dahl, J. L. (2002). Proto-Elamite Sign Frequencies. Cuneiform Digital Library Bulletin 2002:1. https://cdli.earth/articles/cdlb/2002-1 ``` [Read it free at cdli.earth](https://cdli.earth/articles/cdlb/2002-1) Key **SRC** 0D1P8VM24MNV Kind Journal article Rights The publisher's Kept 27 Oct 2026, for editors Checked Against the published article Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D1P8VM24MNV/proto-elamite-sign-frequencies/csl.json)