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proto-Elamite script

script used for writing Elamite language in the early Bronze Age
Intangible writing_system Q25474080

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
writing system, notation, natural writing system, unicase alphabet, syllabary[3][4][5][6]
Inception
3500 BC[9]
Country
Elam[2]
Language of work or name
Elamite[8]
End time
2000 BC[10]
Name
Proto-Elamite, proto-élamite[12][13]
Named after
Elam[7]
Script directionality
left-to-right[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Pelm en Proto-Elamite en proto-Elamite script en Proto-Elamite script es escritura protoelamita fr écriture proto-élamite fr proto-élamite id Proto-Elam it proto-elamita nl Proto-Elamitisch schrift ru Протоэламское письмо uk Протоеламське письмо
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Proto-Elamite tablet with transcription.jpg ↗
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/113qbtgqm
ISO 15924 alpha-4 code
Pelm
ISO 15924 numeric code
016

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 4
writing system, syllabary, notation, unicase alphabet
Country 1
Elam
Language of work or name 1
Elamite
Named after 1
Elam
← Based on 1
Linear Elamite
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Summary

proto-Elamite script is a writing system[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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