Proto-Elamite script

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ancient script logographic-numerical script undeciphered script writing system

Proto-Elamite script is an early, undeciphered writing system used in southwestern Iran during the late 4th to early 3rd millennium BCE, primarily for administrative and economic records.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Proto-Elamite script canonical 3
Proto-Elamite 2
Proto-Elamite script (in early phases) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient script ⓘ
logographic-numerical script ⓘ
undeciphered script ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Kerman region ⓘ
surface form: Jiroft region

Susa ⓘ
Tal-e Malyan ⓘ
Tepe Yahya ⓘ
chronologicalPhase Uruk period ⓘ
surface form: Uruk IV–Jemdet Nasr horizon
chronologicalRelation roughly contemporary with late proto-cuneiform in Mesopotamia ⓘ
contains metrological signs ⓘ
numerical signs ⓘ
signs for commodities ⓘ
signs for institutions ⓘ
signs for persons ⓘ
culturalContext early Elamite civilization ⓘ
deciphermentStatus partially understood numerical system ⓘ
sign values largely unknown ⓘ
earliestAttestation circa 3100 BCE ⓘ
followedBy Linear Elamite ⓘ
geographicRegion Fars Province ⓘ
surface form: Fars

Khuzestan NERFINISHED ⓘ
latestAttestation circa 2900 BCE ⓘ
materialCulture bullae and tokens tradition ⓘ
medium clay tablets ⓘ
notDerivedFrom Mesopotamian cuneiform ⓘ
numberOfKnownTablets over 1600 ⓘ
precededBy proto-cuneiform accounting traditions ⓘ
primaryFunction recording agricultural products ⓘ
recording labor ⓘ
recording livestock ⓘ
recording rations ⓘ
relatedTo proto-cuneiform ⓘ
researchField Assyriology ⓘ
Elamite studies ⓘ
epigraphy ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
scriptType abstract signs ⓘ
pictographic signs ⓘ
status undeciphered ⓘ
timePeriod early 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
late 4th millennium BCE ⓘ
usedFor accounting ⓘ
administrative records ⓘ
economic records ⓘ
usedIn Elam ⓘ
Susa ⓘ
southwestern Iran ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Anshan → hasWritingSystem → Proto-Elamite script ⓘ
Susiana → writingSystemUsed → Proto-Elamite script ⓘ
Proto-Elamite period → hasWritingSystem → Proto-Elamite script ⓘ
Old Elamite period → writingSystem → Proto-Elamite script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Elamite script (in early phases)
Linear Elamite → relatedToScript → Proto-Elamite script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Elamite
Linear Elamite → distinctFrom → Proto-Elamite script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Elamite