essay
The development of writing and of glyptic art
gamdat nasr : period or regional style? : papers given at a symposium held in tübingen, november 1983 • Wiesbaden • Published In 1986 • Pages: 316-331
By: Nissen, Hans Jörg.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Nissen summarizes what was known about tablets, seals, and sealings from Ur, Uruk, 'Uquair, Jemdet Nasr, and the Diyala region in 1986 and briefly discusses their development. Most of these artifacts came from poor stratigraphic contexts. They probably had a short use-life and were quickly discarded. As many of these have been found in building fill, Nissen describes their stratigraphic contexts in detail so that they can be dated.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Writing
- Property in movables
- Mnemonic devices
- Cultural stratigraphy
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Jemdet Nasr
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Epigrapher
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Late Uruk - Early Dynastic I periods
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Iraq
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Hans J. Nissen
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87100454
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Jamdat Nasr Site (Iraq)