essay

Third-millennium beads and pendants

Excavations at Tell Brak2 • Published In 2001 • Pages: 225-232

By: McDonald, Helen.

Abstract
McDonald describes the various types of beads, rings, pendants, and buttons found in the third-millenium BC levels at Tell Brak.. The items were made from frit/faience, gold, silver, copper/bronze, stone, shell, bone, clay, and bitumen. Three pendants were carved to form small figurines. Numerous figures that illustrate the various objects described can be found in eHRAF document number 43.
Subjects
Ornament
Processing of basic materials
Visual arts
tradition
Akkadian
HRAF PubDate
2009
Region
Middle East
Sub Region
Middle East
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Archaeologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Sarah Berry; 2008
Field Date
1976-1993 (14 field seasons)
Coverage Date
circa 4800-4100 BP(circa 2800 BC-2100 BC)
Coverage Place
Tell Brak, Syria
Notes
Helen McDonald
For bibliographical references see document 13: Oates
LCCN
00303945
LCSH
Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian/Excavations (Archaeology) Iraq/Mitanni (Ancient kingdom)/Dayr al-Zawr (Syria) Antiquities