essay
Third-millennium BC stone objects
Excavations at Tell Brak • 2 • Published In 2001 • Pages: 263-268
By: Oates, Joan.
Abstract
Oates describes various stone objects from the fifth millenium BP (third millennium BC), with the majority of those described from the Akkadian period. The objects include figurines; stone vessels; possible stone weights; semi-precious stones that probably came from eastern Iran or Afghanistan; ornaments; a possible stone gaming board; many querns, mortars, and grinding stones; celts; maceheads; pigments; part of a potters' wheel; and a brief description of the chipped stone tools that will be more fully described in Volume 3. Numerous figures that illustrate the various objects described can be found in eHRAF document number 43.
- 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
- 4250 BP-4100 BP (2250 BC-2100 BC)
- Coverage Place
- Tell Brak, Syria
- Notes
- Joan Oates
- For bibliographical references see document 13: Oates
- LCCN
- 00303945
- LCSH
- Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian/Excavations (Archaeology) Iraq/Mitanni (Ancient kingdom)/Dayr al-Zawr (Syria) Antiquities