Archeology (arts and humanities); Archeology; writing; Iran
Abstract :
[en] Linear Elamite writing was used in southern Iran in the late 3rd/early 2nd millennium BCE (ca. 2300-1880 BCE). First discovered during the French excavations at Susa from 1903 onwards, it has so far resisted decipherment. The publication of eight inscribed silver beakers in 2018 provided the materials and the starting point for a new attempt; its results are presented in this paper. A full description and analysis of Linear Elamite of writing, employed for recording the Elamite language, is given here for the first time, together with a discussion of Elamite phonology and the biscriptualism that characterizes this language in its earliest documented phase.
Disciplines :
Languages & linguistics
Author, co-author :
Desset, François ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de l'antiquité ; Cnrs Team Archéorient, Umr 5133, University Of Tehran, Lyon, France
Tabibzadeh, Kambiz; Eastern Kentucky University, Eku College Of Business, Richmond, United States
Kervran, Matthieu; Independent Researcher, Paris, France
Basello, Gian Pietro; L'Orientale University Of Naples Dipartimento Asia, Africa E Mediterraneo, Naples, Italy
Marchesi, Gianni; University Of Bologna, Italy
Language :
English
Title :
The Decipherment of Linear Elamite Writing
Publication date :
July 2022
Journal title :
Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie
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