# Niek Veldhuis 2006: How Did They Learn Cuneiform? Tribute/Word List C as an Elementary Exercise

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# How Did They Learn Cuneiform? Tribute/Word List C as an Elementary Exercise

Niek Veldhuis, 2006.

**Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk** Chapter0

## What it's used for here

Argues that the Tribute list (Word List C) was an elementary scribal exercise teaching common signs, against the reading of it as the earliest literary text. In P. Michalowski and N. Veldhuis (eds.), Approaches to Sumerian Literature: Studies in Honour of Stip (H. L. J. Vanstiphout), Cuneiform Monographs 35, Brill, pp. 181-200.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[The archaic lexical lists: Professions (Lu A) and Tribute (Word List C)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/artifacts/ART0DEDRFTRF0WB/the-archaic-lexical-lists-professions-lu-a-and-tribute-word)

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[The first third of the Tribute list uses sign pairs that are rare in administrative texts (mean 15 tablets against 87…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/evidence/EVD0DEE9K9F7X14/the-first-third-of-the-tribute-list-uses-sign-pairs-that-are)

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

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Niek Veldhuis (2006). How Did They Learn Cuneiform? Tribute/Word List C as an Elementary Exercise. https://keibi.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/KEI00003972
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