# The vessels are ancient and come from looting in the Kam-Firuz area of Fars.

> Still possible: The vessels are ancient and come from looting in the Kam-Firuz area of Fars.

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# The vessels are ancient and come from looting in the Kam-Firuz area of Fars.

The vessels are ancient and come from looting in the Kam-Firuz area of Fars.

**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

- Metallurgy and corrosion are consistent with long burial and with Bronze Age silver.
- Their names and formulae fit the excavated Susa texts.

## What would rule it out

- Tool marks, alloy or corrosion show modern manufacture or modern engraving on old metal.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[A silver kunanki with a royal inscription is said to have been found in the Kam-Firuz region in the 1920s.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/evidence/EVD0D1P9A106ZRM/a-silver-kunanki-with-a-royal-inscription-is-said-to-have)

Suggestive

FOR

[Metallurgical analysis is reported to show the vessels are ancient.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/evidence/EVD0D1P99S67A6B/metallurgical-analysis-is-reported-to-show-the-vessels-are)

Suggestive

FOR

## The questions it answers

[Are the inscribed silver vessels genuine and where do they come from?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/questions/QST0D1P92PM16MQ/are-the-inscribed-silver-vessels-genuine-and-where-do-they)

Part of [Has Linear Elamite been read?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite/questions/QST0D1P91Z67YF2/has-linear-elamite-been-read)

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The vessels are ancient and come from looting in the Kam-Firuz area of Fars. [Answer ANS0D1P99HC2WS1]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D1P99HC2WS1
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