A script combining logograms, signs standing for a word or morpheme, with a syllabary used for grammatical elements and phonetic spelling, per Daniels and Bright. Belongs here: Cuneiform, Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Maya Script. Does not belong here: a script built from logograms with no syllabic component, grouped under Logographic Scripts instead.
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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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