About some animal-shaped “amulets” from northern Syria
About some animal-shaped “amulets” from northern Syria

Author(s): Frances Pinnock
Subject(s): Archaeology, Ancient World
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Northern Syria; animal amulets; Early Bronze Age
Summary/Abstract: The paper examines a small group of animal-shaped “amulets” thatare strongly unitary and apparently attested from the Early BronzeI to the Early Bronze IVB with a marked concentration of evidencefrom northern Syria. Probably sewn onto textiles, they might haverepresented domestic animals. Their chronology and relation to thecomplex social composition of the region is also discussed in the paper.

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