The Study of Pictorial Signs of the " Weaving Lady" Tablet from New-Elamite Period

This article studies the “Elamite weaving (spinning) Lady” tablet, which dates back to Neo-Elamite era, through an analytical- comparative approach& by comparing its elements with other historical texts, such as stamps, tablets, and remained sculptures,this tablet has a narrative context, and through a collection of visual signs helps the addressee of its time to form meaning. The question is that whether this tablet gets placed at a lower level of semiology and is only a narrative of the weaving of a prosperous lady from the Elamite society, or represents a higher level of meaning and symbolizes a goddess? Since the social-cultural context of the artist of work has disappeared (with a history of 2500 years), no oral traces have been discovered, and no documents have proved the place of the discovery of the work, this article tries to present a new interpretation (reading) on the bases of formal similarities with patterns and forms remained from Mesopotamia and Elamite civilization, and also the symbolism of goddesses of historical and ancient civilizations. According to the visual signs used in the narrative of this scene, it is apparent that this tablet does not represent just a weaving lady from Elamite, but a goddess who is weaving; probably the threads of fate.