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Elamite

Elamite is attested in southwestern Iran, including later Achaemenid multilingual inscriptions.

The dedicated study site is coming soon. This overview records the planned scope and evidence.

Chogha Zanbil; regional context

At a glance

Evidence and writing

Evidence / period
Third to first millennia BCE
Region
Southwestern Iran
Writing system
Cuneiform; earlier local writing requires separate treatment
Site status
Coming soon

Dates describe surviving written evidence or textual traditions, not necessarily when a spoken language began or ended. Map points indicate a representative centre of evidence, not a language boundary.