Journal article
Proto-Elamite and linear elamite, a misunderstood relationship?
- Abstract:
- In this study I address the previously abandoned, but recently resurrected assumption that the protoElamite writing system did not disappear but was continuously in use in Iran until the late Third Millennium BC when the so-called linear Elamite texts were written in, supposedly, a developed version of proto-Elamite. I suggest, as a simple explanation for the similarity of some signs between these two systems, separated by more than 500 years, that late 3rd Millennium scribes created a new script, as an act of schismogenesis, using recovered proto-Elamite tablets as part of their inspiration, as well as their extensive knowledge of Old Akkadian cuneiform.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Authors
- Publisher:
- Assyriological Center Georges Dossin
- Journal:
- Akkadica More from this journal
- Volume:
- 144
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 107-126
- Publication date:
- 2023-02-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2023-01-11
- ISSN:
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1378-5087
- Language:
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English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
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1326323
- Local pid:
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pubs:1326323
- Deposit date:
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2023-01-31
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- Copyright date:
- 2023
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Akkadica.
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