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- Elamite Scripts - Illustrated survey of the three known scripts used for writing Elamite.
- Encyclopaedia of the Orient - Elamite - Short entry on the Elamite language (with map), including its history.
- Elam between Assyriology and Iranian Studies - Paper by the Italian scholar Gian Pietro Basello. It outlines the history of Elamite studies, including an extensive bibliography.
- Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions Project - The aim of this project, carried out at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, is to create an electronic study edition of the inscriptions of the Achaemenid Persian kings in Old Persian, Elamite, Akkadian, and, where appropriate, Aramaic and Egyptian. Translations, glossaries, and grammatical indexes are included, as are basic bibliographic information and some text criticism.
- The Genetic Unity of Black African, Elamite, Dravidian, and Sumerian Languages - Attempt at showing a genetic relationship among four language groups not normally thought of as related.
- Archaeological Evcavations and Research at Tal-e Malyan - Anshan, a great city, comparable to Elamite Susa and the Sumerian cities of Mesopotamia in size and importance.
- Oldest Iranian Stylus Discovered in Fars Province - From the Persian Journal, oldest Iranian Stylus, dating to the Middle Elamite era, 1550-1000 BC, which were used for inscribing mud tablets, has been discovered from Bondul Tepe, Fars province.
- Clock Ticks Away for Salvaging Elamite Site from Dam Flooding - Persian Journal Latest Iran news - No description
Wikipedia Articles
- Linear Elamite - Linear Elamite is a Bronze Age writing system used in Elam, known from a few monumental inscriptions only. It was used contemporarily with Elamite Cuneiform and likely records the Elamite language.
- Elamite Cuneiform - The Elamite Cuneiform is a script which was used from about 2500 BC to 331 AD and was adapted from Akkadian Cuneiform. The Elamite Cuneiform script consisted of about 130 symbols, far fewer than most other cuneiform scripts.
- Elamite language - Elamite is an extinct language, which was spoken by the ancient Elamites (also known as Ilamids). Elamite was an official language of the Persian Empire from the sixth to fourth centuries BC.
- Proto-Elamite - The Proto-Elamite period is the time of ca. 3200 BC to 2700 BC when Susa, the later capital of the Elamites began to receive influence from the cultures of the Iranian plateau.
- Jabru - Jabru was the Elamite god of the underworld. He was the father of all Elamite gods.