The discovery and interpretation of various kinds of script is simply an attempt to explain the origins of writing. These provide pieces of the puzzle from distant and prehistoric cultures, a puzzle to which the characters on the pottery of Dinggong are sure to add some important links.
各種刻文的發現與釋讀，只是人們解答文字源頭的嘗試，在歷史悠遠的史前文化中，這些刻文都提供了一部分的解答，而丁公陶文，確也打通一些重要的環節。