Posted on 01/02/2022 9:53:27 AM PST by SunkenCiv
“The clay tablet bears some signs some of which depict the types and quantity of shipped goods… it also has signs that are still unfamiliar for us.” ...
The figurines include various animal designs, especially cows, as well as human statues, which are in the form of sitting women and standing men... a kiln has been unearthed... not yet determined to be a pottery oven or a metal smelting furnace...
...archaeologists have already discovered the remains of a prehistoric monkey... Based on surveys and scientific studies on the monkey’s skeleton, the animal was dead in captivity in a cage and it was buried by its owner like a child within a beautiful container...
Founded around 3200 BC, Burnt City was populated during four main periods up to 1800 BC...
Situated in a region inside the modern-day provinces of Ilam and Khuzestan, Elam was one of the most impressive civilizations of the ancient world. It was never a cohesive ethnic kingdom or polity but rather a federation of different tribes governed at various times by cities such as Susa, Anshan, and Shimashki until it was united during the Middle Elamite Period, briefly, as an empire.
The name Elam was given to the region by others... and is thought to be their version of what the Elamites called themselves – Haltami (or Haltamti) – meaning “those of the high country”...
Elamite language, extinct language spoken by the Elamites in the ancient country of Elam, which included the region from the Mesopotamian plain to the Iranian Plateau. According to Britannica, Elamite documents from three historical periods have been found. The earliest Elamite writings are in a figurative or pictographic script and date from the middle of the 3rd millennium BC.
(Excerpt) Read more at tehrantimes.com ...
I was going to post a pic of ol’ Jack until I saw your post!.................
If that was shown to me and I was asked “what is it?”, I’d guess it was a scorecard for a game.
Each point scored moves a marker to the next slot.
B 26- Bingo!
Elamites followed the Kayellites and preceded the Emenites.
/rimshot
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