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Author(s):
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Dahl, Jacob |
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URL:
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http://cdli.ucla.edu/pubs/cdlj/2005/cdlj2005_003.html |
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Article |
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Publisher:
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Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI) |
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Los Angeles |
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Date:
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2005 |
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Source:
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Cuneiform Digital Library Journal (CDLJ) |
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Volume:
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2005 |
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Number:
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3 |
" The proto-Elamite material offers a unique opportunity to survey the early development of a pristine, or at least only partially derivative writing system. Albeit unquestionably inspired by the slightly earlier writing system of southern Mesopotamia conventionally called proto-cuneiform, proto-Elamite exhibits a high degree of independent development of both sign repertoire and text structure. The present study explores how complex graphemes are formed in proto-Elamite. That information is subsequently used to isolate specialized vocabularies and text-groups..."
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