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Excerpt from The Origin and Development of Babylonian Writing, Vol. 1: A Genealogical Table of Babylonian and Assyrian Signs With Indices Here and there in the table, (viz: under Nos. 151, 203, 207, 211, 215, 299 and proto-elamite signs have been included where the comparison seemed particularly close or an old syllabary identified a sign with its Babylonian equivalent'. As the work proceeded, however, the writer became convinced that in the present state of our knowledge no certain connection can be established with the Elamite script, the whole meaning of which, to say nothing of its origin, awaits elucidation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.