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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Authors: Buccellati, Giorgio (Author) ; Kelly-Buccellati, Marilyn (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Scholars Press 1997
In: 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.
Contains:Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeologist
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3210597