Mastodawn

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

A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we know it really began

A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans first represented their speech with written words

New Scientist

Glyn Moody May 5

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

Language Log » Decipherment of Linear Elamite, part 2

Rod2ik 🇪🇺 🇨🇵 🇪🇸 🇨🇱 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 ☮🕊️Apr 29

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

French researcher cracks 4,000...

French researcher cracks 4,000-year-old Elamite script from Iran

The 4,000-year-old Linear Elamite script from what is now Iran has long eluded archaeologists hoping to unlock the secrets of a near-forgotten age. French archaeologist François Desset's work on deciphering the writing system now has some comparing him to Jean-François Champollion, the famed philologist who deciphered ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.

FRANCE 24

Nikolas Kozloff Apr 28

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

French researcher cracks 4,000-year-old Elamite script from Iran

FRANCE 24

WhileWereBothRunning Feb 20

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

Une des plus anciennes écritures de l’humanité, vieille de près de 5000 ans, déchiffrée par un chercheur de l’université de Liège - RTBF Actus

Elamite linéaire. C’est un nom quelque peu étrange qui trouve son origine dans un ancien royaume d’Iran...

RTBF.be

Geeks anciens Oct 8, 2025

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

À la recherche de l'écriture oubliée - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE

Après quinze ans d'enquêtes, l'archéologue François Desset est parvenu à décoder l'élamite linéaire, écriture millénaire réputée indéchiffrable. Récit d'une fascinante aventure linguistique.

ARTE

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PoLiTiPeT Oct 1, 2025

#Elamite #ElamiteLineaire #LinearElamite ⬆️ #FrancoisDesset

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Pirsik Sep 16, 2025

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
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