essay

The evidence of the sealings

Excavations at Tell Brak • 2 • Published In 2001 • Pages: 121-140

By: Oates, Joan.

Abstract
The seals and sealing from Tell Brak constitute not only one of the most important excavated colletions but the largest published body of third-millennium material from northern Mesopotamia and Syria.The purpose of this article is not to republish these seals, which have been extensively treated in the volume by D. Matthews (1997), but to focus on the evidence they provide both for the dating of the site and for its administration. The illustrations published here include selected examples of the many styles represented at the site, and some general representation of the different uses to which such seals were put (p. 121).
Subjects
Property in movables
Visual arts
Mnemonic devices
Accounting
Numeration
Chronologies and culture sequences
tradition
Akkadian
HRAF PubDate
2009
Region
Middle East
Sub Region
Middle East
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Archaeologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle; 2008
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
4334-4112 BP (2334-2112 BC)
Coverage Place
Tell Brak, Mesopotamia
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