Once more about cylinder-seal impressions on ceramic vessels: an anthropological point of view on a find from Tilbeshar
Once more about cylinder-seal impressions on ceramic vessels: an anthropological point of view on a find from Tilbeshar

Author(s): Christine Kepinski
Subject(s): Archaeology, Ancient World
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: cylinder seal impression on jar; southeast Turkey; Early Bronze; social rituals
Summary/Abstract: The Tilbeshar excavations provided a sherd with a cylinder sealimpression. The sherd is from a jar attributed to the Early MiddleEuphrates (=EME) 4 phase. The zigzag motif corresponds todecoration that is intended to distinguish a pot offered or used in thecontext of a specific social ritual.

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