elamite in English
noun
1
a native or inhabitant of ancient Elam.
This new empire lasted until roughly 2000 when pressure from the Elamites and Amorites reached its culmination with the capture and devastation of Ur.
2
the language of ancient Elam, of unknown affinity and spoken from the 3rd millennium to the 4th century bc.
This system developed over the succeeding centuries to form Akkadian, Eblaite, Elamite , Hititte, Hurrian, and Old Persian.
adjective
1
relating to the ancient Elamites or their language.
Elam, whose capital was at Susa, was a part of Sumerian-Mesopotamian cultural region although the Elamite language does not seem to be related to Sumerian.
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1. 2700 BC (Proto-Elamite script in Susa) Old Elamite period: c.
2. Now, most proto-Elamite is abstract, but I was able to decipher one phrase from Metatron's footnotes.
3. Anshan (or ANZAN), the name of an important Elamite region in western Fārs and of its chief city
4. It also indicates that Elamite archers may have been in the army threatening Jerusalem in Hezekiah’s day.