#elamite — Public Fediverse posts

Time for proto - #Elamite

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2524042-a-lost-ancient-script-reveals-how-writing-as-we-know-it-really-began/?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4 #linguistics #archaeology

Decipherment of Linear #Elamite, part 2 - https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=73472 "I believe that what he discovers will lead to unexpected interconnections in the rise of writing in the Middle East — and beyond." #linguistics

Good work #iran #archaeology #linguistics #elamite www.france24.com/en/french-re...

French researcher cracks 4,000...

Good work

https://www.france24.com/en/french-researcher-cracks-4-000-year-old-script-from-iran?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4 #iran #archaeology #linguistics #elamite

Linear Elamite: 4,800 years old, one of humanity's three oldest scripts. The other two were cracked in the 1800s. This one held until a team at ULiège broke it.

77 signs. Each one = one sound. No logograms. Pure phonetic writing, centuries before cuneiform got there.

The method: find royal names already known from cuneiform, then spot them in the unknown script. "We always proceed from the known toward the unknown."

The critical mass detail is wild: only 20 inscriptions existed for decades. Not enough to see the pattern. Then eight silver vessels surfaced in London in 2015. With 45 texts, the code cracked open.

https://www.rtbf.be/article/une-des-plus-anciennes-ecritures-de-l-humanite-vieille-de-pres-de-5000-ans-dechiffree-par-un-chercheur-de-l-universite-de-liege-11682894

#LinearElamite #archaeology #linguistics #writing #Elamite #ULiege #Belgium

Un documentaire d'Arte retrace le déchiffrement de l'élamite linéaire, écriture employée vers la fin du IIIe millénaire avant J.-C. par la civilisation d'Elam, voisine de la Mésopotamie.
Documentaire disponible jusqu'au 25 novembre.
https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/109776-000-A/a-la-recherche-de-l-ecriture-oubliee/
#écriture #Antiquité #Mésopotamie #Elam #Elamite #LinearElamite #Arte

#Elamite #ElamiteLineaire #LinearElamite ⬆️ #FrancoisDesset

@artefr.bsky.social

Discover the land of Elamite & Parthian empires! This price (per person) is considered for a group of 4 to 6 people. The tour price may vary slightly with an increase or decrease in the number of people.
https://www.pirsik.com/tours/t-25545
#Iran #Elamite #Ahvaz #Shiraz #travel #tours #history

The Deciphering of Linear #Elamite. - https://languagehat.com/the-deciphering-of-linear-elamite/ an amazing tale #linguistics

A 5000 year old Elamite silver vessel engraved with cuneiform script, Iran.

National Museum of Iran

#archaeohistories #cuneiform #Iran #Elamite #history #silver

A #review of a couple of #books on the invention of the #alphabet in #scripts used for #writing:

"Alphabet Politics", The New York Review (https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2023/01/19/alphabet-politics-the-greatest-invention-silvia-ferrara/ or https://archive.is/rfWaQ).

#History #Elamite #LinearElamite #Akkadian #Cuneiform #Script #Language #BookReview

Late reminder: tomorrow, 9 November 2022, #ISAWNYU Visiting Research Scholar Christina Chandler will present "#Seals and Status: Text and Images from the #Persepolis Fortification Archive" at 1pm US Eastern Time. Free and online, but registration required in advance.

More info and to register: https://isaw.nyu.edu/events/seals-and-status

#ancientHistory #ancientNearEast #epigraphy #Aramaic #archaeology #BeforeModernTimes #cuneiform #Elamite