Urkesh: The First Hurrian Capital
The monumental building excavated at the margin of Tell Mozan offered its legacy in miniature: Hundreds of seal impressions, small and fragile nuggets of clay. Discarded on the building's floor, the sealings provided satisfying proof that Tell Mozan was the site of the third-millennium Hurrian...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Scholars Press
1997
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The Biblical archaeologist
Year: 1997, Volume: 60, Issue: 2, Pages: 77-96 |
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| Summary: | The monumental building excavated at the margin of Tell Mozan offered its legacy in miniature: Hundreds of seal impressions, small and fragile nuggets of clay. Discarded on the building's floor, the sealings provided satisfying proof that Tell Mozan was the site of the third-millennium Hurrian capital city Urkesh. But they also revealed the presence of a distinctive artistic style and a new phenomenon in third millennium art. Further excavations have shown that the building is attached to a much larger architectural complex. The excavators anticipate that the upcoming season of fieldwork will literally cross the threshold of a palace, entering thereby into the nerve center of one of the great seats of power of ancient Syro-Mesopotamia. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeologist
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3210597 |