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Definition of Elamitic
1. Noun. An extinct ancient language of unknown affinities; spoken by the Elamites.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elamitic
Literary usage of Elamitic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"Elamitic Gulf, rich in pasturage. There seems to be a probability, however, that
Strabo did not distinguish clearly between ..."
2. The Civilization of Babylonia and Assyria: Its Remains, Language, History by Morris Jastrow (1915)
"The decipherment of the older Elamitic inscriptions, successfully inaugurated by
Scheil, is not, however, complete. More material will no doubt be ..."
3. Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin: An Historical Study of the Fifth Chapter of Daniel by John Dyneley Prince (1893)
"(Note that the language of Ansan was Elamitic—See Weisbach, ... With reference
to the fact that the Elamitic Susa was the seat of the Persian power, ..."
4. A Critical Commentary on the Book of Daniel by John Dyneley Prince (1899)
"... inscriptions has affinity with the Elamitic or Susian language, the people
who used the doubtful idiom of the Persian documents were of ..."
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