Packet K: Bonus 14
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]
<Durham A, Other History> | Packet K - UCF A, Notre Dame B, Durham A, Michigan State A, Swarthmore A, Cambridge B
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | 13.79 | 85% | 40% | 14% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California (South) | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 25% | 0% |
| Canada | Main Site | ✓ | 11 | 15.45 | 91% | 46% | 18% |
| Great Lakes | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 9 | 14.44 | 89% | 33% | 22% |
| Northeast | Main Site | ✓ | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Overflow | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| Southeast | Main Site | ✓ | 7 | 12.86 | 71% | 43% | 14% |
| UK | Main Site | ✓ | 6 | 10.00 | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 8 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |