# Glenn M. Schwartz 2021: Non-cuneiform writing at third-millennium Umm el-Marra, Syria: Evidence of an early alphabetic tradition?

> Glenn M. Schwartz, 2021. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Pasiphae 15. Schwartz's argument that the cylinder signs are best compared with early…

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# Non-cuneiform writing at third-millennium Umm el-Marra, Syria: Evidence of an early alphabetic tradition?

Glenn M. Schwartz, 2021.

**Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet** Articledoi: **[10.19272/202133301018](https://doi.org/10.19272/202133301018)** 0

## What it's used for here

Pasiphae 15. Schwartz's argument that the cylinder signs are best compared with early alphabetic letters, with tentative values (about seven sounds) and a cautious conclusion; the claim was restated more firmly at the ASOR meeting in November 2024.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

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

ART

[The cylinder signs resemble Early Alphabetic letter forms, and their position on the tomb floor under collapsed…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/evidence/EVD0DEEAYVVG4DQ/the-cylinder-signs-resemble-early-alphabetic-letter-forms)

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 Schwartz presents the Umm el-Marra cylinders as alphabetic writing of about 2400 BC](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/events/EVT0DEDS39RRDQF/glenn-schwartz-presents-the-umm-el-marra-cylinders-as)

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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[Are the Umm el-Marra clay cylinders of about 2400 BC alphabetic writing?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/questions/QST0DEDW8MZFBEA/are-the-umm-el-marra-clay-cylinders-of-about-2400-bc)

Question

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## Cite it

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Glenn M. Schwartz (2021). Non-cuneiform writing at third-millennium Umm el-Marra, Syria: Evidence of an early alphabetic tradition?. https://doi.org/10.19272/202133301018
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