Die Entstehung und Entwicklung der Klassisch-Syrischen Glyptik
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The first regional and chronological categorisation of the cylinder seals used in Syria and North Mesopotamia from about 1800 - 1730 BC. The methodology is new, based firstly on dated seals, some of them only recently excavated, and secondly on the political structure and historical processes of an age which witnessed a new beginning and high point in the history of the region. The result is the identification of regional groupings of seals which coincide approximately with the regional states developing at that time. In each centre the development can be observed of an official iconography for the seals of the ruling elite at court. The groupings of seals provide evidence of immanent developments, foreign influences and mutual relationships. By localising particular topic groups and motifs, it is possible to identify gods and other figures.
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A large number of bullae bearing sealings of Šamši-Adad I and other contemporary figures were found at the Sarıkaya Palace at Acemhöyük.
“A large number of bullae (sealed clay lumps) bearing e.g. the sealings of Šamši-Adad I, king of Upper Mesopotamia, and ruler of Aššur between REL 165 and his death in REL 197 (a reign lasting 33 or 34 years [25]), were found at the Sarıkaya Palace at Acemhöyük in Anatolia (e.g. [5, 26–29]).”
From Integrated Tree-Ring-Radiocarbon High-Resolution Timeframe to Resolve Earlier Second Millennium BCE Mesopotamian Chronology (2016) · cites this paper as [28]
Numerous sealings of Šamši-Adad I in the Sarıkaya Palace suggest they are unlikely all heirlooms or a secondary deposit, and that the palace must have existed for at least several years if not a decade or few decades before his death.
“And yet there are numerous sealings of Šamši-Adad I in the Sarıkaya Palace [26–29] suggesting, first, that they are unlikely all heirlooms (or a secondary deposit), and, second, that the palace must have existed for at least several years if not a decade or few decades before his death [5, 29].”
From Integrated Tree-Ring-Radiocarbon High-Resolution Timeframe to Resolve Earlier Second Millennium BCE Mesopotamian Chronology (2016) · cites this paper as [28]
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Manning, S. W., Griggs, C. B., Lorentzen, B., Barjamovic, G., Ramsey, C. B., Kromer, B., & Wild, E. M. (2016) · PLOS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157144 · Cited by 65 · see citing works
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- Otto, A.
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- Otto, Adelheid
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- Otto, Adelheid
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- De Gruyter eBooks
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- DE GRUYTER
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- 1999-12-31
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- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient Near East History
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient Egypt and Archaeology
- Keywords
- cylinder seal, glyptic, North Mesopotamia, seal iconography, ruling elites, foreign influence, deities, Late Bronze Age I, Late Bronze Age II
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