Elamitic
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Elamitic
Example Sentences
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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.
The invaders were victorious; and for twelve years Bera and his allies were content to own themselves subjects of the Elamitic king, whom they "served" for that period.
In Elam an aggressive spirit had sprung up, and military expeditions had been conducted by Elamitic kings, which started from the shores of the Persian Gulf and terminated in Southern Syria and Palestine.
From Ancient Egypt by Rawlinson, George
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 Jastrow, Morris
The Elamitic invasion was not a passing raid.
From Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria by Ragozin, Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna)
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