Document 2

Document 2

Picture credits: © 2013 Musée du Louvre, Dist. GrandPalaisRmn / Raphaël Chipault

Brief description of the inscription:

Broken boulder with decoration of deities

Discovered during regular excavations:

Yes

Old name:

B

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:

33

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, G.-P. Basello, and G. Marchesi 2026, Linear Elamite Inscriptions and Related Cuneiform Texts, Vol. 1: Linear Elamite Texts from Susa: § 3.3.1, p. 71-79

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: 1 Line: 1 tokens images

i

n

su

ši

na

k2

ze

m

t

i

ri

Transliteration: i-n-su-ši-na-k2 ze-m-t ⸢i⸣-ri

Transcription: Insušinak zemt i-re

Translation: Insušinak, his lord

Source: 2 Line: 1 tokens images

?

Transliteration: ⸢X⸣-[…-e (?)]

Transcription: …[…-e (?)]

Translation: ?

Source: 3 Line: 1-2 tokens images

ha

t

pa

k2

su

še

ni

r

še

p2

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]

Translation: [Puzur-Sušinak,] hatpak of Susa, šepk [of the people of Hatamti]

Source: 4 Line: 3 tokens images

ši

n

pi

s

h

hu

k2

?

r

ša

i

Transliteration: ši-n-pi-s-h-hu-k2 X-r-ša i-[ri]

Transcription: Šin-pishůk …rša i-[re]

Translation: of Šin-pishůk, his predecessor

Please cite as: Document 2 <https://hatamti-elam.uliege.be/elamiteli_doc_detail/2>, in: Hatamti-Linear Elamite Database <https://hatamti-elam.uliege.be>, edited by Université de Liège.