Linear Elamite
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Linear Elamite is an ancient script used in southwestern Iran during the late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE to write the Elamite language.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Linear Elamite canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4027551 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Linear Elamite Context triple: [Elamite, writingSystem, Linear Elamite]
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A.
Proto-Elamite script
Proto-Elamite script is an early, undeciphered writing system used in southwestern Iran during the late 4th to early 3rd millennium BCE, primarily for administrative and economic records.
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B.
Elamite
Elamite is an ancient language of southwestern Iran, historically used in the kingdom of Elam and later as an administrative language under the Achaemenid Empire.
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C.
Old Persian cuneiform
Old Persian cuneiform is an ancient semi-alphabetic cuneiform script used to write the Old Persian language of the Achaemenid Empire, notably in royal inscriptions such as those of Darius the Great.
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D.
Mesopotamian cuneiform
Mesopotamian cuneiform is one of the earliest known systems of writing, characterized by wedge-shaped impressions made in clay tablets and used across ancient Mesopotamia for languages such as Sumerian and Akkadian.
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E.
Cuneiform Luwian
Cuneiform Luwian is an extinct Indo-European Anatolian language once spoken in ancient Anatolia and written using a modified form of Mesopotamian cuneiform script.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Linear Elamite Target entity description: Linear Elamite is an ancient script used in southwestern Iran during the late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE to write the Elamite language.
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A.
Proto-Elamite script
Proto-Elamite script is an early, undeciphered writing system used in southwestern Iran during the late 4th to early 3rd millennium BCE, primarily for administrative and economic records.
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B.
Elamite
Elamite is an ancient language of southwestern Iran, historically used in the kingdom of Elam and later as an administrative language under the Achaemenid Empire.
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C.
Old Persian cuneiform
Old Persian cuneiform is an ancient semi-alphabetic cuneiform script used to write the Old Persian language of the Achaemenid Empire, notably in royal inscriptions such as those of Darius the Great.
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D.
Mesopotamian cuneiform
Mesopotamian cuneiform is one of the earliest known systems of writing, characterized by wedge-shaped impressions made in clay tablets and used across ancient Mesopotamia for languages such as Sumerian and Akkadian.
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E.
Cuneiform Luwian
Cuneiform Luwian is an extinct Indo-European Anatolian language once spoken in ancient Anatolia and written using a modified form of Mesopotamian cuneiform script.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient script
ⓘ
writing system ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfInscriptions | few dozen ⓘ |
| archaeologicalContext |
royal monuments
ⓘ
votive objects ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture |
Elam
ⓘ
surface form:
Elamite civilization
|
| associatedWithRuler | Puzur-Inshushinak ⓘ |
| attestedOn |
inscriptions of Anshan
ⓘ
inscriptions of Shahdad ⓘ inscriptions of Susa ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | Bronze Age ⓘ |
| chronologicalPeak | reign of Puzur-Inshushinak ⓘ |
| culturalFunction | expression of Elamite royal identity ⓘ |
| deciphermentStatus | subject of ongoing research ⓘ |
| directionOfWriting | left-to-right ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Proto-Elamite script
ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Elamite
cuneiform ⓘ |
| geographicContext | ancient Near East ⓘ |
| hasScriptCategory | logo-syllabary ⓘ |
| hasSignInventorySize | about 80–100 signs ⓘ |
| hasSignType |
logograms
ⓘ
numerals ⓘ syllabic signs ⓘ |
| hasUndecipheredStatus | partially deciphered ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeStatus | not yet encoded in Unicode (as of early 2020s) ⓘ |
| languageFamilyWritten | Elamite (language isolate) ⓘ |
| relatedToScript |
Proto-Elamite script
ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Elamite
|
| replacedBy | Elamite cuneiform ⓘ |
| scriptFamilyStatus | isolated ⓘ |
| scriptNameForm | Linear Elamite self-link ⓘ |
| scriptNameLanguage | English ⓘ |
| scriptType | logo-syllabic script ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
Mesopotamian cuneiform
ⓘ
surface form:
Akkadian cuneiform
|
| usedFor |
monumental inscriptions
ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ |
| usedInRegion |
Elam
ⓘ
southwestern Iran ⓘ |
| usedInTimePeriod |
early 2nd millennium BCE
ⓘ
late 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| writingMedium |
clay
ⓘ
metal objects ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| writingSupport |
rock reliefs
ⓘ
statues ⓘ tablets ⓘ |
| writingSystemFor |
Elamite
ⓘ
surface form:
Elamite language
|
| writingSystemScope | primarily monumental ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Linear Elamite Description of subject: Linear Elamite is an ancient script used in southwestern Iran during the late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE to write the Elamite language.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.