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

• Published in: Levant (London) Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 147 - 152
• Main Author: Vieweger, Dieter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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; Print; Glyptics; Iconography; Cylinder seal; Zoomorphism

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...