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Abstract
In the Early Levant and Mesopotamia, stone vessels functioned at different levels of ancient societies. Key areas - Egypt, Crete, the Gulf, Iran and Southern Mesopotamia -produced distinctive shapes with characteristic stones, using manufacturing techniques that differed across the region. Using the ARCANE Regional and chronological framework, key shapes, stone types, and the movement of stone vessels are outlined. With emphasis on exchange mechanisms in the Levant, it is demonstrated that stone vessels purposed beyond the strictly utilitarian were a prestige item, coveted and acquired by elites for religious, political or funerary display, and as a means of projecting state ideologies.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Associated Regional Chronologies for the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean |
| Subtitle of host publication | ARCANE Interregional Vol. II: Artefacts |
| Editors | Marc Lebeau |
| Place of Publication | Turnhout |
| Publisher | Brepols |
| Pages | 245-276 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9782503549880 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| Event | 5th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East - University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain Duration: 3 Apr 2006 → 8 Apr 2006 Conference number: 11 http://www.orientlab.net/icaane/5icaane/ |
Publication series
| Name | Associated Regional Chronologies for the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean |
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| Publisher | Brepols |
Conference
| Conference | 5th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East |
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| Abbreviated title | ICAANE |
| Country | Spain |
| City | Madrid |
| Period | 3/04/06 → 8/04/06 |
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Keywords
- Levant
- Material culture--Egypt
- Stone Artefacts
- Stone vessels
- Egypt--Old Kingdom
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Sowada, K. (2018). Stone Vessels. In M. Lebeau (Ed.), Associated Regional Chronologies for the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean: ARCANE Interregional Vol. II: Artefacts (pp. 245-276). (Associated Regional Chronologies for the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean). Turnhout: Brepols.