Elamitic

American

[ee-luh-mit-ik] / ˌi ləˈmɪt ɪk /

noun

Elamite.

adjective

Elamite.

Etymology

Origin of Elamitic

Elamite + -ic

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Elamitic

The Elamitic invasion was not a passing raid.

From Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria by Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna) Ragozin

In the course of the second dynasty it received a vast increase, being carried in one direction to the Elamitic mountains, and in another to the Mediterranean, by the conquest of Kudur-Nakhunta and Chedor-laomer.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by George Rawlinson

Dur-ilu, Ass. city near Elamitic frontier; cult of Kadi, 232.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow

Kadi, in Ass. pantheon, 188; Elamitic god, 232; worshipped in Dur-ilu, 232; minor god, 234.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow

This explanation of the name Ḫuwawa disposes of suppositions hitherto brought forward for an Elamitic origin.

From An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic by Morris Jastrow

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