The Middle-Late Halaf (ca 5755-5450 BC) stamp seals from Domuztepe in Southeastern Turkey are presented. Four major types of stamp seals are described : 1. Bead seals ; 2. Seals with suspension loops ; 3. Seal-pendants ; 4. Block Seals. The most common seals are those with suspension loops (Type II) made in geometric shapes with incised lines that cross and re-cross each other decorating the seal face. The design principles, such as centering the pattern on the seal face around parallel, intersecting diagonal or intersecting perpendicular lines, were used across the Halaf horizon, suggesting that the seals like the pottery may indicate the participation of the residents of Domuztepe in a larger trans-regional cultural network. Only a few ve...
Since the mid-1970s, scarab-shaped seals have been the subject of an increasing number of publicatio...
This dissertation presents a stylistic, functional and locational analysis of the seals and sealings...
The author studies those instances of clay sealings from the site of Susa (SW Iran, ca. 4000-2340 B....
Cylinder seals appeared in the eastern Anatolia in the end of the 4th millennium BC, together with o...
A short encyclopedia entry about seals and signet rings, and their use, from antiquity to modernity
This study has attempted to explain the emergence and development of the socio-economic complexity d...
Different ideas have been put forward by the researchers for the functions of the seals made of bake...
Paper given (but not published) at the VIth International Aegean Symposium, Athens, Greece, 31 Augus...
This paper discusses the Kassite relations with Dilmun under iconografical aspects. Since impression...
This article focuses on handled stamp seals, their typological classification, archaeological contex...
This study systematically establishes a methodology for the dating of scarabs and stamp seals from t...
The research presented here is based on some considerations related to the so-called Fara Style and ...
Here we present 29 silver and copper stamp seals and seal fragments and 19 ceramic stamp sealings fr...
Domuztepe is located in south central Turkey between the modern cities of Kahramanmaraş and Gaziante...
The Wolfe Collection was assembled in order to give a wider perspective of stamp seals which, until ...
Since the mid-1970s, scarab-shaped seals have been the subject of an increasing number of publicatio...
This dissertation presents a stylistic, functional and locational analysis of the seals and sealings...
The author studies those instances of clay sealings from the site of Susa (SW Iran, ca. 4000-2340 B....
Cylinder seals appeared in the eastern Anatolia in the end of the 4th millennium BC, together with o...
A short encyclopedia entry about seals and signet rings, and their use, from antiquity to modernity
This study has attempted to explain the emergence and development of the socio-economic complexity d...
Different ideas have been put forward by the researchers for the functions of the seals made of bake...
Paper given (but not published) at the VIth International Aegean Symposium, Athens, Greece, 31 Augus...
This paper discusses the Kassite relations with Dilmun under iconografical aspects. Since impression...
This article focuses on handled stamp seals, their typological classification, archaeological contex...
This study systematically establishes a methodology for the dating of scarabs and stamp seals from t...
The research presented here is based on some considerations related to the so-called Fara Style and ...
Here we present 29 silver and copper stamp seals and seal fragments and 19 ceramic stamp sealings fr...
Domuztepe is located in south central Turkey between the modern cities of Kahramanmaraş and Gaziante...
The Wolfe Collection was assembled in order to give a wider perspective of stamp seals which, until ...
Since the mid-1970s, scarab-shaped seals have been the subject of an increasing number of publicatio...
This dissertation presents a stylistic, functional and locational analysis of the seals and sealings...
The author studies those instances of clay sealings from the site of Susa (SW Iran, ca. 4000-2340 B....