# Linear Elamite scribes imitated Proto-Elamite signs after a break, so the resemblance is archaising, not…

> Still possible: Linear Elamite scribes imitated Proto-Elamite signs after a break, so the resemblance is archaising, not descent.

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# Linear Elamite scribes imitated Proto-Elamite signs after a break, so the resemblance is archaising, not…

Linear Elamite scribes imitated Proto-Elamite signs after a break, so the resemblance is archaising, not descent.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The shared signs are the most frequent Proto-Elamite signs, as copying from surviving tablets would give.
- No intermediate stage is found in dated contexts.

## What would rule it out

- A dated intermediate text with mixed features is published from an excavation.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[About 800 years separate the two corpora.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/evidence/EVD0D1P98SY6F4R/about-800-years-separate-the-two-corpora)

Established

FOR

[Linear Elamite sign forms are unstandardised and may include pseudo-glyphs, as expected of a script with few…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/evidence/EVD0D1P991R5YHM/linear-elamite-sign-forms-are-unstandardised-and-may-include)

Suggestive

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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Mysteries Department. (2026). Linear Elamite scribes imitated Proto-Elamite signs after a break, so the resemblance is archaising, not… [Answer ANS0D1P98J4122W]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D1P98J4122W
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