essay
Equid figurines and 'chariot' models
Excavations at Tell Brak • 2 • Published In 2001 • Pages: 279-293
By: Oates, Joan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
'This section has examined the evidence of the terracotta model wagons, the equid figurines, the seal impressions and the Ebla, Beydar and Brak cuneiform evidence with respect to the types and use of equids and associated 'transport' at Brak. This evidence is ... discussed ... in the context of the Area FS monumental complex, a public institution which we believe to have been in some way connected with at least the employment if not also the breeding of equids, specifically the BAR.AN hybrid.' (page 293). Oates also describes what actual vehicles the various model vehicles represented, the possible speicies of equid represented and the types ofharnesses depicted.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Visual arts
- Animal transport
- Vehicles
- Domesticated animals
- Property in movables
- 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.
- Archaeologist
- 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
- 1976-1993 (14 field seasons)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4250 BP-4100 BP (2250 BC-2100 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
- Joan Oates
- 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