Origin period start year places a script in the era when it first came into use. Wikipedia notes the Greek alphabet "has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early 8th century BC," making it one of the oldest alphabets still in active use. Browsing by origin period shows how old a given writing system really is.
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Era Of Emergence 32nd century BCE
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The first unequivocal written documents start with the Uruk IV period, from c. 3300 BC, followed by tablets found in Uruk III, Jemdet Nasr, Early Dynastic I Ur and Susa (in Proto-Elamite) dating to the period until c. 2900 BC.
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