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Some notes on the Akkadian glyptic from Tell Brak

Excavations at Tell Brak • 2 • Published In 2001 • Pages: 141-150

By: Felli, Candida.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

Felli discusses 'chronological issues related to the Brak glyptic and [investigates] some aspects of the broader questions of seal use and the meaning of seal imagery.' page 141. Felli demonstrates the contemporaneity of some of the styles, the likelyhood that some were used by Akkadian officials, and examines the Scribe's Seal. Felli suggests the evidence indicates an Akkadian presence in the north earlier than Narim-Sin.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Property in movables

Visual arts

Chronologies and culture sequences

Provinces

traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Akkadian

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2009

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 TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

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

5: Excellent Primary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

Sarah Berry; 2008

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

April 1999

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

Akkadian period; circa 4340 BP-4110 BP (circa 2340 BC-2110 BC)

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Tell Brak, Syria

NotesAdditional notes

Candida Felli

For bibliographical references see document 13: Oates

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

00303945

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian/Excavations (Archaeology) Iraq/Mitanni (Ancient kingdom)/Dayr al-Zawr (Syria) Antiquities