Napir (

Linear Elamite Linear Elamite was a writing system used in Elam during the Bronze Age between , and known mainly from a few extant monumental inscriptions. It was used contemporaneously with Elamite cuneiform and records the Elamite language. The French archae ...

Elamite cuneiform Elamite cuneiform was a logo-syllabic script used to write the Elamite language. The corpus of Elamite cuneiform consists of tablets and fragments. The majority were created during the Achaemenid era, and contain primarily economic records. Hi ...

: 𒈾𒀊𒅕 ''Na-pi-ir'') was the

Elamite Elamite, also known as Hatamtite and formerly as Scythic, Median, Amardian, Anshanian and Susian, is an extinct language that was spoken by the ancient Elamites. It was recorded in what is now southwestern Iran from 2600 BC to 330 BC. Elamite i ...

god of the

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.Jeremy Black and Anthony Green,
Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia
', page 75 The name was likely derived from the Elamite word ''nap'' or ''napir'' meaning "god". Not much is known on Elamite gods, however Napir is often depicted as having bull horns.

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