Complex Graphemes in Proto-Elamite
Jacob L. Dahl · Max Planck Digital Library · 2005
Introduction §1.1.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.§1.2.The present study explores how complex graphemes are formed in proto-Elamite.That information is subsequently used to isolate specialized vocabularies and text-groups.In the course of the article, the text MDP 17, 77+212+226, is discussed.Tablets that were not available for collation have only been included in this study when necessary to strengthen an argument, but due to the questionable quality of the majority of primary publications, no argument concerning proto-Elamite can be made without reference to the original tablets.Throughout this study, I have noted whether or not a tablet has been collated.