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Paso Doble: Note on an early Old Babylonian seal found at Abu Tbeirah
No full textThe paper analyzes the peculiar iconography of an Early Old Babylonian seal recently discovered at Abu Tbeirah. The dancing scene depicted, together with the secondary moments, seems to suggest a connection of the representation with the goddess Ištar. Furthermore, the identification of the kind of dance in honor of the goddess is tentatively related to the celebrations established by Ea in the coeval Agušaya Poem
Institutional symbols in Early Dynastic glyptic art?
No full textThe research presented here is based on some considerations related to the so-called Fara Style and the “Contest Scenes”. The numerous seals ascribed to this style are usually described as uniform, as far as the subject is concerned. If it is true that such a big amount of seals bears so similar designs that we cannot distinguish them and that we are forced to ascribe the group to a unique and quite uniform style, Fara seals should be considered not attending to their basic function. A seal is, in fact, required to be immediately recognized in order to mark and certify ownership, and thus to warrant the reliability of what was sealed. In this article, Fara and Abu Salabikh sealings will be analyzed in order to understand if these ED Glyptic representations bear a value that goes beyond their aesthetic one, correlating the recurrence of specific symbols and motifs to a specific function in the administration
Banchetto e simposio nella Mesopotamia del Protodinastico
No full textIl volume analizza le testimonianze iconografiche, archeologiche e testuali delle occasioni di celebrazione del simposio e del banchetto nella Mesopotamia Protodinastica (III mill. a.C.
Recensione al volume: Margueron, J.-Cl., Mari. Métropole de l’Euphrate au IIIe et au debut du IIe millénaire av. J.-C., Paris 2004
No full textA Fragment of a potter's wheel from Abu Tbeirah
No full textThe present contribution is devoted to the analysis of a fragment of a potter’s wheel, made of baked clay, discovered at Abu Tbeirah during the survey of winter 2012. The focus of the discussion will be the surface treatment of the fragment, specifically the series of regularly-spaced perforations arranged in concentric bands, which offers clues to the actions and choices made by the Sumerian potter
A temple lifecycle: rituals of construction, restoration, and destruction of some ED Mesopotamian and Syrian sacred buildings
No full textA study of the “lifecycle” of the “Temple of the Rock” from Early Bronze Age Ebla serves as an example of ritual cycles of temples in the northern Levant and Mesopotamia. These “lifecycles” are demonstrated through the author’s interpretation of the stratification of two favissae that are associated with this temple, in which various events and functions are identifi
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