Writing Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Elamite scripts=== Over the centuries, three distinct Elamite scripts developed. [[Proto-Elamite]] is the oldest known writing system from Iran. In use only for a brief time ({{circa|3200}}β2900 BC), clay tablets with Proto-Elamite writing have been found at different sites across Iran, with the majority having been excavated at [[Susa]], an ancient city located east of the [[Tigris River|Tigris]] and between the Karkheh and Dez Rivers.<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.4324/9781315658032-20 |chapter=The proto-Elamite writing system |title=The Elamite World |year=2018 |last1=Dahl |first1=Jacob L. |pages=383β396 |isbn=978-1-315-65803-2 }}</ref> The Proto-Elamite script is thought to have developed from early [[cuneiform]] (proto-cuneiform). The Proto-Elamite script consists of more than 1,000 signs and is thought to be partly [[logogram|logographic]]. [[Linear Elamite]] is a writing system attested in a few monumental inscriptions in Iran. It was used for a very brief period during the last quarter of the 3rd millennium BC. It is often claimed that Linear Elamite is a syllabic writing system derived from Proto-Elamite, although this cannot be proven since Linear-Elamite has not been deciphered. Several scholars have attempted to decipher the script, most notably [[:de:Walther Hinz|Walther Hinz]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hinz |first=Walther |date=1975 |title=Problems of Linear Elamite |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25203649 |journal=The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland |volume=2 |pages=106β115 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> and [[:it:Piero Meriggi|Piero Meriggi]]. The [[Elamite cuneiform]] script was used from about 2500 to 331 BC, and was adapted from the [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] [[cuneiform (script)|cuneiform]]. At point within this period, the Elamite cuneiform script consisted of about 130 symbols, and over this entire period only 206 total signs were used. This is far fewer than most other cuneiform scripts.<ref name=":0" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page