essay

Fish offerings from Tell Brak?: comments on an articulated specimen found in the 1990 season

Excavations at Tell Brak • 2 • Published In 2001 • Pages: 339-345

By: Rosello´ Izquierdo, Eufrasia, Morales, Arturo.

Abstract
This article describes a find of the yellow-fin black porgy (<highlight rend="italic">Acanthopagrus latus</highlight>) retrieved as an articulated specimen at the Syrian site of Tell Brak (2100 BC). The find has taphonomical and palaeocultural interest for it attests commerce with lower Mesopotamia. Furthermore, its status might have more to do with symbolism or ritual than with any strictly utilitarian purpose, although complementary information is necessary in order to substantiate such a hypothesis (p 339).
Subjects
Fauna
Cultural stratigraphy
Diet
Internal trade
Preservation and storage of food
Transportation
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
Analyst
John Beierle; 2008
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
4334-4113 BP (2334-2113 BC)
Coverage Place
Tell Brak, Syria
Notes
Eufrasia Roselló Izquierdo, Arturo Morales Muñiz
For bibliographical references see document 13: Oates
LCCN
00303945
LCSH
Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian/Excavations (Archaeology) Iraq/Mitanni (Ancient kingdom)/Dayr al-Zawr (Syria) Antiquities