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Cambridge University Press Proto-Elamite: Writing and Society in Early Iran (Elements in Writing in the Ancient World)

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Proto-Elamite is one of the world's earliest scripts and it remains only very partly deciphered. Excavations have uncovered c. 1,700 clay tablets from Iran, dating c. 3300–2900 BCE. The tablets use a complex system involving hundreds of symbols to count commodities, people, and institutions. Despite holding a privileged place in the history of writing, the study of proto-Elamite falls outside modern disciplinary boundaries and has received very limited scholarly attention since its discovery over a century ago. Nonetheless, a handful of scholars have shown that there is much we can learn about proto-Elamite and the people who used it, especially by taking interdisciplinary approaches. The ongoing decipherment project combines mathematics, a range of comparative studies, and a sustained effort to digitize the corpus and apply new tools from computer science.

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Brand: Cambridge University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1009614525
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Ancient History & Civilisation
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 06 August 2026
Listed Since: 06 July 2026

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