The Invention of Cuneiform: Writing in Sumer

Jean-Jacques Glassner, 2003.

Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of UrukBook0

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Glassner's minority view that proto-cuneiform was a deliberate invention tied to language (and to divination) from the start, rather than an outgrowth of accounting devices. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press; translation of Écrire à Sumer (Paris: Seuil, 2000). Not read in this session; cited through Dahl 2025 and the Wikipedia survey. URL is a library catalogue search.

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Jean-Jacques Glassner (2003). The Invention of Cuneiform: Writing in Sumer. https://keibi.uni-tuebingen.de/Search/Results?lookfor=Glassner+Invention+of+Cuneiform

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