An Early Bronze Age Handle with Cylinder Seal Impression from Dayr Qiqub, Jordan

A cylinder seal impression showing an animal motif on a handle of a large vessel was found at Dayr Qiqub in the northern part of Transjordan during the Pella Hinterland Survey 1994 under the direction of Dr Pamela M. Watson. The handle is provisionally dated within the Early Bronze I(/II) period. Th...

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Published inLevant (London) Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 147 - 152
Main Author Vieweger, Dieter
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, MA Routledge 01.01.1997
Maney
London :British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem,1969
Subjects
Ancient civilizations of the near east
Art and archaeology
Mesopotamia and Near East
Palestine
Praehistoric epochs
Jordan
Bronze age
Palestine
Jordan
Palestine
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Glyptics
Iconography
Cylinder seal
Zoomorphism
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Summary:A cylinder seal impression showing an animal motif on a handle of a large vessel was found at Dayr Qiqub in the northern part of Transjordan during the Pella Hinterland Survey 1994 under the direction of Dr Pamela M. Watson. The handle is provisionally dated within the Early Bronze I(/II) period. The seal impression establishes the continuity of the Elamite-Syrian style and its cultural influence through Palestine in this period.
ISSN:0075-8914
1756-3801
DOI:10.1179/lev.1997.29.1.147