Objekt:

 Siegelabrollung, Keramik.

Datierung:

 FB III (2750-2350).

Herkunft:

 Numeira, Numeira only occupied in EB III, with several phases within that period. Field reg. nos.: NU 81 NE 5-2, loc. 13, bkt. 23, sherd .10765 (No. 4314), loc. 14, bkt. 29, sherd .10841 (No. 4315), loc. 13, bkt. 23, sherd .10846 (No. 4316), loc. 13, bkt. 23, sherd .10847 (No. 4317). Object reg. Nos. 4314-4317).

Sammlung:

 Pittsburgh, Bible Lands Museum, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.

Darstellung:

 Two horned animals with another animal; fish, or fillers in background, perhaps to represent herd; fillers or grass represented on plane with horned animals. The animal herd is an old Mesopotamian motif dating back to Protodynastic and Early Dynastic times and continues in many Syrian seals. Animals executed schematically have been dated to EB II in Palestine. See bibliography below.

Bibliographie:

Bourke/Descoeudres 1995: 48-50; Eggler/Keel 2006: 198f, Numeira Nr. 9.

DatensatzID:

12574
  

Permanenter Link:

  https://bodo.unifr.ch/bodo/id/12574