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Art, Literature & Music

[] Art (Shutter, 14-16) Literature
 * the Elamites had the tendency to focus on the spiritual profundities (dark side of nature)
 * their art work was often of hybirds and bizarre monsters
 * an example of a hybird is the gryphon which is a winged lion with the head and taloned forefeet of a bird (original Elamite invention)
 * Art pieces found, were dug up in the cities of Susa, and Persepolis
 * Metal pieces and work sculptures found in Elam
 * From text on tablets, it is proven there was an industry in weaving, and tapestry
 * the language they spoke was called Elamite
 * it is extinct now (no genetic relationship with any living language)
 * They wrote on tablets, which were pieces of clay
 * used pictographs like the Egyptians
 * The Elamite language later transformed into Old Persian
 * Not many stories or fables found
 * One story on the floods of the 2 great rivers of Mesopotamia

Music
 * No music found from the Late/Neo Elamite Periods
 * It was very rare to find instruments, or sculpture with instruments on them
 * Most of the sculptures seem to be holding drums

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