Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• zehra mirashe ¹
• Kamaleddin Niknami ²
• Bahman Firouzmandy Shirejin ³

¹ Ph.D Candidate, Department of Archaeology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran

² Professor, Department of Archaeology, University of Tehran

³ Professor, Department of Archaeology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Markaz

Abstract

Considering the boom in the agricultural productions in the plains of Susiana, it seems that the proto-Elamite economic system is similar to that of feudal societies. In such a system, chiefdom organization and religious power had maintained a large part of capital resources such as land and water. But there have been evidence indicated that the exploitation of these resources have been awarded to other peoples. At the beginning of the Proto- Elamite texts some signs are visible but they may not convey a specific meaning, most researchers describe them to have been symbols for the economic enterprises. Firms that were related are partly to the system of production, distribution, service and trading systems. Some economic texts contained documentary signs indicating that economic activity is evidence and signs might be implemented by the above mentioned financial authorities. This may parallel with governmental institutions of Proto- Elamite, but as were witnessed from the texts in the beginning of this period these institutions coordinated the economy of the society. In this paper, the economic texts of Proto-Elamite on the tablets were studied and the evidence of corporation’s activity is investigated by providing some related examples.

Keywords

• Proto- Elamite Economy
• Proto- Elamite Texts Tablets
• economic enterprises
• Susiana Plain