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Palette with double bird heads from HK27 at Hierakonpolis, ca. 3500-3300 BC

Tablet (P006034), Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), ca. 3200-3000 BC

Proto-cuneiform ZATU825 →

Proto-cuneiform MASZ

Proto-cuneiform RAD~a

Proto-cuneiform BAR

Tablet (P006024), Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), ca. 3200-3000 BC

Tablet (P006056), Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), ca. 3200-3000 BC

Tablet (P006109), Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), ca. 3200-3000 BC

Tablet (P001214), Uruk, ca. 33500-3200 BC

Wall painting from Tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis, ca. 3500-3200 BC

References:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/547362
https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/6034
https://cdli-gh.github.io/proto-cuneiform_signs/
https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/6024
https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/6056
https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/6019
https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/1214
https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/quibell1902bd2/0100/image,info

January 21, 2025 Takahiko Nakagawa