Proto-Elamite Pictographs: Early Symbolic Script from Ancient Iran #2368233 (License: Personal Use)

This image shows two abstract, stylized human-like figures from Proto-Elamite script (c. 3100-2900 BCE), one seated and one reclining, each with a circular head and sinuous limbs-features common in early Near Eastern iconography. Above them runs a horizontal ruling line, typical of administrative or proto-literate tablets from Susa and surrounding regions. These signs may denote individuals, deities, or roles within early bureaucratic records.

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