there are only a few old elamite documents available today; however there are more than 500 legal documents from susa, written in akkadian, that provide us with a unique chance to study legal and social institutions of elam in the sukkalmah period. the present study will edit and translate three lease documents from the sukkalmah period, which are known as esip-tabal contracts. a comparative st...

the hoard of kalmakarra cave that includes hundreds of golden and silver objects has been unearthed in 1989 in pol-e dokhtar located at loristān province by villagers. in addition to aesthetical values, these objects bear archeological significance. their unique value, with respect to inscriptions in old aramaic, neo- assyrian and neo- elamite on some of them. deciphering these inscriptions by ...

the geographic location of the elamite terrain which lies in parts of today's khuzestan caused a middle-man-role for this region situated in between water-ways leading to the head of the persian gulf and iranian plateau and mesopotamia. in addition to the fact that this territory, possessing several rivers, was very fertile, the reality that of one of the most important iranian trade-route...

following the rise of darius i to power in 522 bc, many of countries became rebellious against him. three of nine of those revolts which took place in first and second years of darius was in elam. in this paper it has been tried based on texts, in particular bisitun inscription and new research and by using historical method of research to examine the nature of elamite uprising against darius. ...