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1. Proto Elamite Corpus

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   The Proto-Elamite Corpus (PEC) refers to a collection of approximately 1,500 inscribed clay tablets discovered primarily in the region of ancient Elam (modern southwestern Iran), dating roughly from the late 4th to early 3rd millennium BCE. These tablets represent one of the earliest known complex writing systems developed outside of Sumer, exhibiting a script that is largely undeciphered but demonstrably distinct from contemporaneous [Mesopotamian cuneiform](/entries/mesopotam…