Elamite - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

One writing system for this language was first partially deciphered from the Table au Lion in the Louvre thanks to its similarities with Akkadian cuneiform. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this ancient language. In 2022, François Desset proposed a complete decipherment of this language’s “Linear” script after identifying the names of two rulers of the Sukkalmah or Epartid dynasty on silver beakers.

ANSWER: Elamite [accept Linear Elamite]

[10e] One of the oldest records in the Elamite language is one of these documents, which states “Naram-Sin’s friend is my friend, Naram-Sin’s enemy is my enemy.” Another of these documents was created after the Battle of Kadesh.

ANSWER: treaty [accept peace treaty; accept treaty of alliance; prompt on agreement]

[10m] Elamite inscriptions after the Sukkalmah period began referring to rulers of Elam as kings of Anshan and this city. Herodotus described a road connecting Sardis to this city, the site of a mass wedding of Alexander the Great’s generals.

ANSWER: Susa [accept Shushan]

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California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%
Canada	Main Site	Y	11	15.45	91%	46%	18%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	9	14.44	89%	33%	22%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	6	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	7	12.86	71%	43%	14%
UK	Main Site	Y	6	10.00	33%	33%	33%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	15.00	100%	50%	0%

Data


UC Irvine	Arizona State	0	10	0	10
UCSD B	UCLA B	0	10	0	10
UCLA A	UCSD A	0	0	0	0
UC Santa Barbara	UCSD C	0	10	10	20
Brock	Western C	0	10	0	10
Carleton University	Waterloo B	0	10	10	20
McGill A	Guelph	10	10	10	30
Queen's	Ottawa	0	10	0	10
Simon Fraser	McGill B	0	0	10	10
UBC A	Toronto B	10	10	10	30
Toronto G	Toronto C	0	10	10	20
UBC B	Toronto E	0	10	0	10
Toronto F	Toronto Metropolitan	0	10	0	10
McMaster A	Waterloo A	0	10	0	10
Western B	Toronto D	0	10	0	10
Michigan B	Michigan A	0	10	10	20
Ohio State A	Pittsburgh	10	10	0	20
Ohio State C	CWRU B	0	10	0	10
Ohio State B	CWRU A	0	10	0	10
Duke	Liberty B	0	10	0	10
Liberty A	Wake Forest	10	10	0	20
NC State A	James Madison B	0	10	10	20
North Carolina A	North Carolina C	0	10	0	10
James Madison A	South Carolina A	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech A	VCU	10	0	10	20
Virginia Tech B	North Carolina B	0	10	0	10
Virginia	Liberty C	0	10	0	10
William and Mary	South Carolina B	0	10	0	10
Dartmouth B	Bowdoin A	0	10	10	20
MIT	Bowdoin B	0	10	10	20
Brandeis B	Brown	0	10	10	20
Brandeis A	Harvard A	0	10	0	10
Harvard B	Southern Connecticut State	0	10	0	10
Dartmouth A	Yale	0	10	0	10
Iowa State	Missouri B	0	10	0	10
Minnesota A	Missouri A	0	10	10	20
Washington A	Washington B	0	10	0	10
Bruin	Louisville B	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech D	0	10	0	10
Mississipi State	Kentucky	0	10	0	10
Tennessee A	Alabama A	0	10	10	20
Alabama B	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech B	WashU A	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt B	WashU B	0	0	0	0
Cardiff	Oxford C	0	0	0	0
Southampton A	Birmingham	0	0	0	0
Cambridge A	Imperial B	10	10	10	30
Manchester	Southampton B	10	0	0	10
Edinburgh A	Warwick A	0	10	10	20
Montpellier	Warwick B	0	0	0	0
NYU A	Catholic	0	10	10	20
Columbia A	Rutgers B	0	10	10	20
Columbia B	Columbia C	0	10	10	20
NYU B	Georgetown	0	10	0	10
Rutgers A	John Jay	0	10	10	20
Johns Hopkins A	Maryland A	0	10	0	10
Maryland C	Johns Hopkins B	0	10	0	10
Maryland B	NYU C	0	10	0	10