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Third-millennium beads and pendantsessay 2001 • McDonald, Helen
Akkadian • Middle East > Middle East
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 pendant...Third-millennium clay objectsessay 2001 • McDonald, Helen
Akkadian • Middle East > Middle East
McDonald describes the various baked and unbaked clay objects that are not ceramic vessels. These include figurines of human or animal form, musical instruments, spindle whorls, sling bullets, lids, weights, tokens, and objects of unknown function. N...Third-millennium metalworkessay 2001 • McDonald, Helen et al.
Akkadian • Middle East > Middle East
McDonald describes the metal artifacts (copper/bronze, silver, gold, lead, and iron) found at Tell Brak. Table 22, at the end of the chapter, is a catalog of the metal objects and the molds used to make some of the metal objects. The metal collection...Referencesessay 2001 • Oates, David et al.
Akkadian • Middle East > Middle East
This is the bibliography for eHRAF documents nos. 14-46....Introductionessay 2001 • Oates, David et al.
Akkadian • Middle East > Middle East
This is the introduction to eHRAF documents nos. 14-46. Oates discusses why they worked at Tell Brak and how the data is arranged in the documents. There is a brief description of the environment and a valuable chronological chart that correlates the...Artefact drawingsessay 2001 • Oates, David et al.
Akkadian • Middle East > Middle East
This chapter contains the artifact drawings for the excavations at Tell Brak. Depicted are pottery; glass, frit, and faience objects; beads and other ornaments; copper/bronze weapons, tools, and pins; an iron object; silver and gold objects; stone it...Appendix 1essay 2001 • Oates, David et al.
Akkadian • Middle East > Middle East
This appendix contains additional information on artifact photos of ceramics and stone tools....Appendix 2essay 2001 • Oates, David et al.
Akkadian • Middle East > Middle East
Appendix 2 lists and describes the various locus mentioned in the text (ie; CH 22, level 4, Room 4, consists of fill, etc.)....