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 archa ...

Elamite cuneiform Elamite cuneiform was a logo-syllabic script used to write the Elamite language. The complete corpus of Elamite cuneiform consists of over 30,000 tablets and fragments. The majority belong to the Achaemenid era, and contain primarily economic rec ...

: 𒈾𒀊𒅕 ''Na-pi-ir'') was the Elamite god of the

moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of ...

.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".

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