Proto-Elamite period

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Bronze Age culture archaeological period historical period

The Proto-Elamite period was an early Bronze Age phase in southwestern Iran marked by the emergence of one of the earliest writing systems and complex urban societies preceding the Elamite civilization.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Proto-Elamite period canonical 2
Proto-Elamite 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bronze Age culture ⓘ
archaeological period ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
endTime circa 2700 BCE ⓘ
early 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
follows Uruk period ⓘ
hasCapital Susa ⓘ
hasChronologicalPosition early Bronze Age ⓘ
hasCulturalInfluenceFrom Mesopotamian urbanism ⓘ
Uruk period ⓘ
surface form: Uruk culture
hasEconomyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
hasFeature centralized administration ⓘ
development of complex urban societies ⓘ
economic specialization ⓘ
emergence of one of the earliest writing systems in Iran ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
standardized metrology ⓘ
use of clay tablets ⓘ
use of numerical tablets and tokens ⓘ
hasMajorSite Anshan ⓘ
Kerman region ⓘ
surface form: Jiroft region

Susa ⓘ
Tepe Sialk ⓘ
hasMaterialCulture administrative sealings ⓘ
beveled-rim bowls ⓘ
clay tablets with numerical notations ⓘ
cylinder seals ⓘ
hasResearchField Assyriology ⓘ
Elamite ⓘ
surface form: Elamite studies

Iranian archaeology ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Proto-Elamite script ⓘ
hasWritingSystemStatus partially undeciphered ⓘ
hasWritingSystemType logo-syllabic script ⓘ
languageStatus underlying spoken language unknown ⓘ
locatedIn Iranian plateau ⓘ
surface form: Iranian Plateau

southwestern Iran ⓘ
partOf Ancient Near East ⓘ
surface form: ancient Near East

prehistory of Iran ⓘ
precedes Elam ⓘ
surface form: Elamite civilization

Old Elamite period ⓘ
significance provides evidence for early state formation in southwestern Iran ⓘ
represents earliest known urban civilization in Iran ⓘ
startTime circa 3300 BCE ⓘ
late 4th millennium BCE ⓘ
usedFor administrative accounting ⓘ
economic record-keeping ⓘ

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Description of subject: The Proto-Elamite period was an early Bronze Age phase in southwestern Iran marked by the emergence of one of the earliest writing systems and complex urban societies preceding the Elamite civilization.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anshan → hasChronologicalPhase → Proto-Elamite period ⓘ
Anshan (Persia) → civilizationPhase → Proto-Elamite period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Elamite
Old Elamite period → follows → Proto-Elamite period ⓘ