# Anshuman Pandey 2023: Revised proposal to encode Proto-Cuneiform in Unicode (L2/23-190)

> Anshuman Pandey, 2023. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Unicode proposal built on Englund's CDLI sign list: 2,095 distinct signs (349…

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# Revised proposal to encode Proto-Cuneiform in Unicode (L2/23-190)

Anshuman Pandey, 2023.

**Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk** Report0

## What it's used for here

Unicode proposal built on Englund's CDLI sign list: 2,095 distinct signs (349 numerical, 1,106 single ideographic, 640 compound) plus 280 variants; notes that most scholars take the language to be Sumerian while Englund held it unknown.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[Proto-cuneiform sign repertoire for Unicode (L2/23-190 tables)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0DEDSEDVX6XG/proto-cuneiform-sign-repertoire-for-unicode-l2-23-190-tables)

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[Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform)

The mystery article

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[How many distinct signs does proto-cuneiform have, and which of the ZATU and CDLI entries are variants or compounds of one sign?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/questions/QST0DEDT7GXF0VT/how-many-distinct-signs-does-proto-cuneiform-have-and-which)

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## Cite it

```
Anshuman Pandey (2023). Revised proposal to encode Proto-Cuneiform in Unicode (L2/23-190). https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2023/23190-proto-cuneiform.pdf
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[Find it at unicode.org](https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2023/23190-proto-cuneiform.pdf)

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**SRC** 0DEDJRTRVC36

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Report

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The publisher's

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31 Oct 2026, for editors

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