Document 16

Picture credits: © Musée du Louvre / Département des Antiquités orientales / Imane Achouche

Brief description of the inscription:

fragment of Susa published by de Mecquenem

Discovered during regular excavations:

Yes

Old name:

Current location:

Louvre Museum

Inventory N°:Sb 17822

Material:

Gypsum

Type of writing:

Western Linear Elamite

Dating:

Period of Puzur-Sushinak (circa 2150-2100 BC)

Number of signs preserved:

Site or region:

Susa (32°11'19.06"N ; 48°14'46.96"E)

Writing direction:

Right to left

Scientific edition in:

F. Desset, K. Tabibzadeh, M. Kervran, G.-P. Basello, and G. Marchesi 2025, Linear Elamite Inscriptions and Related Cuneiform Texts, Vol. 1: Linear Elamite Texts from Susa: § 3.5.2

Bibliography:

de Mecquenem 1956, 200 Hinz 1969, fig. 17 Meriggi 1971, pl. 3

External Links:

https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010188724
https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/247646