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Proto-Elamite script
Proto-Elamite is one of the world's earliest writing systems, used in Iran around 3100–2900 BC. Its roughly 1,600 clay tablets are administrative records, and the script remains only partly deciphered.
Proto-Elamite tablets (Tepe Yahya)
The Proto-Elamite tablets of Tepe Yahya are a small archive of 26 administrative clay tablets, written in the undeciphered Proto-Elamite script and excavated at Tepe Yahya in Kerman province, southeastern Iran.
Puzur-Inshushinak
Puzur-Inshushinak, also known as Kutik-Inshushinak, was the twelfth and last king of Awan, who ruled from Susa in southwestern Iran in the late 22nd century BC.
Removal of the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin to Susa
The removal of the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin to Susa was the transfer of the stele from Sippar to Susa as Elamite war booty in the 12th century BC.
Rimush's campaign against Elam and Warahshe
Rimush's campaign against Elam and Warahshe was a military expedition of Rimush, second king of the Akkadian dynasty and son of Sargon, against Elam and Parahshum around 2278–2270 BC, known from his own inscriptions.
Sack of Susa and removal of the Statue of Marduk
The sack of Susa and removal of the Statue of Marduk refers to Elamite kings' campaigns against Kassite Babylonia around 1158–1155 BC, ending the Kassite dynasty.
Shilhaha
Shilhaha, also written Silhaha, was an early ruler of Elam of the Sukkalmah dynasty around 1880 BC, later invoked by Elamite kings as a legitimizing ancestor.
Shilhak-Inshushinak
Shilhak-Inshushinak (Šilḫak-Inšušinak) was king of Anshan and Susa, son of Shutruk-Nahhunte, who led campaigns against Mesopotamia and rebuilt Susa from about 1150 to 1120 BC.
Shilhina-hamru-Lagamar
Shilhina-hamru-Lagamar was an Elamite royal figure of the Shutrukid dynasty, attested only in a later king's inscription as ruler after Hutelutuš-Inšušinak, around the end of the 2nd millennium BC.
Shimashki dynasty
The Shimashki dynasty (Šimaški) ruled Elam and western Iran from about 2100 to 1970 BC, destroying the Ur III empire when Kindattu captured Ur in 2004 BC.
Shimut-wartash I
Shimut-wartash I was an Elamite ruler of the early Sukkalmah dynasty who served as sukkal of Susa, deputy governing Susiana, under the sukkalmah Shilhaha in the early second millennium BC.
Shirukduh
Shirukduh was a sukkalmah, or grand regent, of Elam, ruling Anshan and Susa in the early 18th century BC as a contemporary of Shamshi-Adad I of Assyria.
Shushun-Tarana
Shushun-Tarana was the fifth king of Awan, a dynasty of Elamite rulers of the late third millennium BC, known only from a king-list tablet found at Susa.
Shutruk-Nahhunte
Shutruk-Nahhunte, also written Šutruk-Nakhunte, was king of Elam around 1185–1155 BC who raided Babylon and carried the stele of Hammurabi and the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin to Susa.
Shutruk-Nahhunte II
Shutruk-Nahhunte II (Šutruk-Naḫḫunte II) was king of Elam from about 717 to 699 BC, of the first Neo-Elamite Dynasty, who fought Assyrian expansion and was succeeded by his brother Hallušu.
Shutrukid dynasty
The Shutrukid dynasty, also written Sutrukid or Šutrukid, ruled Elam from Susa around 1210–1100 BCE, founded by Shutruk-Nahhunte and ending the Kassite kingdom of Babylon.
Shutur-Nahhunte (son of Indada)
Shutur-Nahhunte, son of Indada, was a late Neo-Elamite ruler of the late seventh and early sixth centuries BC, known from the Izeh valley reliefs in Iran.
Sirukduh
Sirukduh, also spelled Siruk-tuh, was a sukkalmah of Elam in the early 18th century BC, when Elam acted as powerbroker among Assyria, Babylonia, Eshnunna, and Mari.
Sit-Shamshi bronze
The Sit-Shamshi bronze is a 12th-century BC Elamite bronze model of a sunrise ritual, made for King Šilhak-Inšušinak I and found at Susa, now in the Louvre.
Siwe-palar-huppak
Siwe-palar-huppak, also written Siwe-palar-huhpak, was a sukkalmah, or grand regent, of Elam in the early 2nd millennium BC, a contemporary of Hammurabi who ruled over Mesopotamia for two years.
Siwe-Palar-Khuppak
Siwe-Palar-Khuppak, also spelled Siwe-palar-huppak, was a grand regent (sukkalmah) of Elam who briefly ruled Mesopotamia before an alliance led by Hammurabi of Babylon ended Elamite power in the west.
Sukkal of Elam and Shimashki
The sukkal of Elam and Shimashki was a delegated high office of the Sukkalmah state of Elam, held by the ruler's children who governed the eastern provinces.
Sukkal of Susa
The sukkal of Susa was a delegated vice-regal office of Sukkalmah Elam, governing Susiana around the capital Susa in southwestern Iran during the early second millennium BC.
Sukkalmah dynasty
The Sukkalmah dynasty, also called the Epartid dynasty, ruled Elam and Anshan from about 1970 to 1600 BCE, when Elam became a major powerbroker across Western Asia.
Tammaritu (son of Teumman)
Tammaritu was an Elamite prince of the mid-7th century BC, a son of King Teumman who died with his father at the Battle of Ulai in 653 BC.
Tammaritu I
Tammaritu I was an Elamite prince, son of King Urtak, whom Assurbanipal installed as client king in Hidalu after defeating Te'umman at Til-Tuba in 653 BC.
Tammaritu II
Tammaritu II was a king of Elam from about 652 to 649 BC, installed by Ashurbanipal of Assyria, deposed by his own servant Indabibi, and briefly restored in 647 BC.
Tan-Ruhurater
Tan-Ruhurater (Tan-Ruhuratir) was a ruler of the Shimashki dynasty of Elam, known from the Susa King List as the son of Idadu and father of Kindattu, who conquered Ur.
Tapah Gutwand
Tapah Gutwand (Gutwand/Gūtwand) is a Pleiades gazetteer record for the findspot of an ancient brick with an Elamite inscription, at Gotvand, Khuzestan, Iran; the four-line cuneiform text is attributed to Untash-Gal and dedicated to the temple of Chogha.
Temti-agun
Temti-Agun, rendered Zemt-Akone in Linear Elamite, was a ruler of Elam around 2000 BC, attested on silver gunagi vessels and cuneiform texts; scholars debate whether the name covers one ruler or two.