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The Early Development of the Cuneiform Writing System, and Its Regional Adaptation
Jacob L. Dahl, 2025.
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Recent survey of proto-cuneiform and its adaptation (proto-Elamite), restating Englund's case against Sumerian (no Sumerian-pattern names; numeral-before-noun syntax), dating the first secure syllabic signs to the Archaic Ur texts (c. 2900-2700 BC), and discussing Sproat's simulation and Glassner's divination theory. Oxford Research Archive preprint; year inferred from its latest references.
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Jacob L. Dahl (2025). The Early Development of the Cuneiform Writing System, and Its Regional Adaptation. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:4e617379-45da-444b-a9aa-1ca2d01f10bf/files/s9s161833v
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