Document 2

Brief description of the inscription:

Broken boulder with decoration of deities

Discovered during regular excavations:

Yes

Old name:

Current location:

Louvre Museum

Inventory N°:Sb 6

Material:

Limestone/Sandstone

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:

Left to right

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: § 3.3.1

Bibliography:

Scheil 1905, pl. 2 Hinz 1969, pl. 8 Meriggi 1971, pl. 1 André/Salvini 1989, pl. 3b

External Links:

https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010174596
https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/9391

Source: 3 Line: 1-2 tokens images

še

Transliteration: [pu-zu-r-su-ši-na-k2] ha-t-pa-k2 su-še-ni-r | še-p2-[k2 hu2-r-t ha-ta-m-ti-pi2-r]

Transcription: [Puzur-Sušinak] hatpak Sušen-ir šep[k hůrt Hatamti-p-ir]