Footnote

e ¹⁴ It is from this time that the considerable collection of inscriptions from Shushan dates. (G. R. Driver, ibid., page 4) The Shushan writing does not seem to be derived from the Shinar writing, but both seem to have a common source in some older writing.—G. R. Driver, ibid., page 2; D. Diringir, The Alphabet (1948), page 54.