| Proto-cuneiform | |
|---|---|
 Kish tablet | |
| Script type | |
Time period | c. 3500–2900 BC[1] |
| Direction | Left-to-right |
| Languages | Unknown, possibly Sumerian |
| Related scripts | |
Child systems | Cuneiform |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Pcun (015), Proto-Cuneiform |
The proto-cuneiform script was a system of proto-writing that emerged in Mesopotamia, eventually developing into the early cuneiform script used in the region's Early Dynastic I period. It arose from the token-based system that had already been in use across the region in preceding millennia. While it is known definitively that later cuneiform was used to write the Sumerian language, it is still uncertain what the underlying language of proto-cuneiform texts was.
- ^ Finegan, Jack (2019). Archaeological History Of The Ancient Middle East. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780429726385.