[en] The Iranian Plateau is, in the late 4 th millennium B.C., with Mesopotamia and Egypt the birthplace of writing in the World. We propose here to consider the Proto-Elamite (Early Proto-Iranian) and Linear Elamite (Late Proto-Iranian) scripts, not as two different writing systems, but as the same system at two different chronological stages of evolution. Between 3500 and 1850 B.C., the continuous history of writing in Iran may be consequently understood according to 6 distinct phases (I: 3500-3300 B.C.; II: 3300-3000/2900 B.C.; III: 3000/2900-2300 B.C.; IV: 2300-2000 B.C.; V: 2000-1850 B.C.; VI: after 1850 B.C.).
Disciplines :
Archaeology
Author, co-author :
Desset, François ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de l'antiquité
Language :
English
Title :
Considerations on the history of writing on the Iranian Plateau (ca. 3500-1850 BC)
Alternative titles :
[fr] Considérations sur l'histoire de l'écriture sur le Plateau iranien (ca. 3500-1850 av. J.-C)
Original title :
[en] Considerations on the history of writing on the Iranian Plateau (ca. 3500-1850 BC)
