Bronze Age glyptics of Eastern Jazmurian, Iran
Résumé
Here we present 29 silver and copper stamp seals and seal fragments and 19 ceramic stamp sealings from three sites of Central-Eastern Jazmurian (Chegerdak, Spidej and Keshik) in Iranian Baluchistan. These seals and sealings were recovered by the Iranian Cultural Heritage Organisation (ICCHTO), Zahedan, from disturbed contexts and illegal excavations, but have been typologically dated between the first half of the 3 rd and the beginning of the 2 nd millennium BC. This paper presents descriptions and comparisons of the stamp seals and sealings, and also includes a preliminary qualitative elemental analysis of micro-fragments of the metallic seal fragments. These seals and sealings improve our knowledge of the Bronze Age glyptics of SouthEastern Iran and have wider implications for our understanding of local identity and connectivity in this period.
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