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Detecting word endings in an unknown script

Authors :
Michael Mäder
Source :
BAF-Online: Proceedings of the Berner Altorientalisches Forum. 2
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
University of Bern, 2018.

Abstract

Date : Around 2200 BC. Location : Western, southern and eastern Iran. Type : Syllabic Script. Text Corpus : 22 (known a long time), plus 15 (known since 2015). Sign Corpus : 110 sign type, 1340 sign tokens. Status : Principally undeciphered, except the sound values for in , su , us, si , na , and k , drawn from the divine name Insusinak found in the only bilingual inscription. Several further sound values were proposed. In our paper, some of them are being corroborated, and a new one is presented. Language behind the signs : Based on graphotactical patterns found in the texts, this paper claims that it must be Elamite or a language closely related to it.

Details

ISSN :
25042076
Volume :
2
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
BAF-Online: Proceedings of the Berner Altorientalisches Forum
Accession number :
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