More on those third-millennium alphabetic (?) inscriptions

Evidence of oldest known alphabet unearthed among Syrian tomb treasures. Cylinders discovered in 2004 are inscribed with the earliest known examples of letters, say archaeologists (Miryam Naddaf, Nature).

I have already noted this story here. But this Nature article has additional information, including comments from other specialists. It sounds as though the proposal that these are unprecedentedly early alphabetic inscriptions is holding up so far. We'll see how it looks after the formal publication.

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