Document 33

Picture credits: Unknown

Brief description of the inscription:

Central Asian gold seal

Discovered during regular excavations:

Old name:

Current location:

Unknown

Inventory N°:.

Material:

Gold

Type of writing:

Eastern Linear Elamite

Dating:

Beginning of the 2nd millennium BC

Number of signs preserved:

Site or region:

Unknown - Central Asia

Writing direction:

Unknown

Scientific edition in:

F. Desset, K. Tabibzadeh, M. Kervran, G.-P. Basello, and G. Marchesi 2026, Linear Elamite Inscriptions and Related Cuneiform Texts, Vol. 2: Linear Elamite Texts from Fars, Kerman, and ... : § 4.2.2

Bibliography:

Christie’s London, 14/04/2011, ‘Antiquities including property from the collection of Baron Edouard Jean Empain’, lot no. 321, said to come from the Surena collection https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-5425490

External Links:

https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/513376