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Where have all the Ur III seals gone?
- Abstract:
- In this paper I analyse the late 3rd millennium and early 2nd millennium seals in two mid-size collections and reach the conclusion that exceedingly few of them date to the Ur III period (c 2100 – 2000 BC). I include some observations on other collections. I then ask the basic question: where have all the Ur III seals gone? After briefly exploring other options, I suggest with online visual evidence, that the vast majority of the Ur III seals were re-cut in the Old Babylonian period. At the end of the paper, I suggest that the absence or presence of seals from specific periods can be used to model larger historical trends.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.33182/aijls.v3i2.2851
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- Publisher:
- Transnational Press London
- Journal:
- Avar More from this journal
- Volume:
- 3
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 195-252
- Publication date:
- 2024-07-23
- Acceptance date:
- 2024-01-31
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2752-3535
- ISSN:
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2752-3527
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English
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1995199
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pubs:1995199
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2024-05-09
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- Copyright (c) 2024 Jacob L. Dahl. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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