Editing Writing (section)

=== Elamite scripts ===
Over the centuries, three distinct Elamite scripts developed. [[Proto-Elamite]] is the oldest known writing system from Iran. In use ({{cx|3200|2900&nbsp;BC}}), clay tablets with Proto-Elamite writing have been found at different sites across Iran, with the majority having been excavated at [[Susa]], an ancient city located east of the [[Tigris]] and between the Karkheh and Dez rivers.{{sfnp|Dahl|2018|pp=383–396}} The Proto-Elamite script is thought to have developed from early [[cuneiform]] (proto-cuneiform). The Proto-Elamite script consists of more than 1,000 signs and is thought to be partly [[logographic]]. The [[Elamite cuneiform]] script was used from about 2500 to 331&nbsp;BC, and was adapted from the Akkadian cuneiform. At any given point within this period, the Elamite cuneiform script consisted of about 130 symbols, and over this entire period only 206 total signs were used. This is far fewer than most other cuneiform scripts.{{sfnp|Daniels|Bright|1996|p=56}}