essay

Third-millennium clay objects

Excavations at Tell Brak2 • 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.
Subjects
Ceramic technology
Visual arts
Utensils
Games
Weapons
tradition
Akkadian
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