# Proto-Elamite tablets from Tepe Yahya

> Proto-Elamite tablets from Tepe Yahya

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**ART** 0D1P9E5T6CGN·Artifact · document

# Proto-Elamite tablets from Tepe Yahya

PhotographCC0C. 3000 BC

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Proto-Elamite tablets from Tepe Yahya: photograph

Hnapel. CC0

## Copies 1

**Photograph** Hnapel · commons.wikimedia.org · CC01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clay_Tablet_3000_BCE_Tappeh_Yahya_Iran_01.jpg)

## Where it was made

[Tepe Yahya](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D1P8X2Y4XMW/tepe-yahya) · Archaeological site

## Sources 1

- [The Proto-Elamite Texts from Tepe Yahya](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D1P8SXC5Q5F/the-proto-elamite-texts-from-tepe-yahya)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Proto-Elamite tablets from Tepe Yahya [Artifact ART0D1P9E5T6CGN]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D1P9E5T6CGN
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Key

**ART** 0D1P9E5T6CGN

Kind

Document

Held by

National Museum of Iran (reported); casts and photographs at Harvard

Dated

c. 3000 BC

Licence

CC0

Place

[Tepe Yahya](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D1P8X2Y4XMW/tepe-yahya)

Part of

[Proto-Elamite and Linear Elamite](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-elamite)

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