essay
Third-millennium clay objects
Excavations at Tell Brak • 2 • Published In 2001 • Pages: 269-278
By: McDonald, Helen.
Abstract
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. 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
- 4400 BP-3900 BP (2400 BC-1950 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