# Glenn M. Schwartz 2010: Early Non-Cuneiform Writing? Third-Millennium BC Clay Cylinders from Umm el-Marra

> Glenn M. Schwartz, 2010. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. In S. C. Melville and A. L. Slotsky (eds), Opening the Tablet Box: Near Eastern…

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# Early Non-Cuneiform Writing? Third-Millennium BC Clay Cylinders from Umm el-Marra

Glenn M. Schwartz, 2010.

**Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet** Chapterdoi: **[10.1163/9789004186569_024](https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004186569_024)** 0

## What it's used for here

In S. C. Melville and A. L. Slotsky (eds), Opening the Tablet Box: Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Benjamin R. Foster, Leiden: Brill, 375-395. First publication of the four inscribed clay cylinders from Tomb 4 at Umm el-Marra (Early Bronze IVA, c. 2450-2300 BC): twelve signs, eight distinct.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[The Umm el-Marra inscribed clay cylinders](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/artifacts/ART0DEDT7N59F26/the-umm-el-marra-inscribed-clay-cylinders)

ART

[Sign-like marks used without being writing are common in the region, and the cylinder sequences correspond to no known…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/evidence/EVD0DEEB20JT663/sign-like-marks-used-without-being-writing-are-common-in-the)

Evidence

EVD

[Twelve signs of eight shapes cannot show whether a system is alphabetic, and nothing comparable is known for the next…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/evidence/EVD0DEEB12E7SF2/twelve-signs-of-eight-shapes-cannot-show-whether-a-system-is)

Evidence

EVD

[Four clay cylinders with eight distinct signs are placed in Tomb 4 at Umm el-Marra, Syria; whether they are alphabetic is disputed](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/events/EVT0DEDRMDTV17J/four-clay-cylinders-with-eight-distinct-signs-are-placed-in)

EVT

[Glenn M. Schwartz](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/people/FIG0DEDQCEX5A9T/glenn-m-schwartz)

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[Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic)

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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Glenn M. Schwartz (2010). Early Non-Cuneiform Writing? Third-Millennium BC Clay Cylinders from Umm el-Marra. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004186569_024
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