# Linear Elamite developed from Proto-Elamite in a continuous tradition.

> Most likely: Linear Elamite developed from Proto-Elamite in a continuous tradition.

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Answer · Proto-Elamite and Linear Elamite

# Linear Elamite developed from Proto-Elamite in a continuous tradition.

Linear Elamite developed from Proto-Elamite in a continuous tradition.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Many sign forms are shared, and the shared signs keep related functions.
- Dated inscriptions from the third millennium fill the gap with intermediate forms.

## What would rule it out

- Securely dated texts show no writing in Iran between about 2900 and 2300 BC and the shared signs have unrelated functions.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[50.5 per cent of sign forms are identical and 16.8 per cent similar between the two scripts; seven…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/evidence/EVD0D1P982G281B/50-5-per-cent-of-sign-forms-are-identical-and-16-8-per-cent)

Suggestive

FOR

[A new inscription from Shahr-e Sokhte dated about 2600 BC is reported as an intermediate.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/evidence/EVD0D1P98AA77W2/a-new-inscription-from-shahr-e-sokhte-dated-about-2600-bc-is)

Speculative

FOR

## The questions it answers

[Is Linear Elamite a descendant of Proto-Elamite?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/questions/QST0D1P92ET6QY3/is-linear-elamite-a-descendant-of-proto-elamite)

Part of [Does Proto-Elamite record a language?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/questions/QST0D1P9270104G/does-proto-elamite-record-a-language)

Most likelyLinear Elamite developed from Proto-Elamite in a continuous tradition

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