File:Samarra bowl.jpg
Summary
The Samarra bowl (ca. 4000 BC) at on exhibit at the Pergamonmuseum, Berlin.
The bowl was excavated as Samarra by Ernst Herzfeld in the 1911-1914 campaign, and described in a 1930 publication. The design consists of a rim, a circle of eight fish, and four fish swimming towards the center being caught by four birds. As is typical of cultures from this region, the use of a base six numerical system can be seen in the lines surrounding the bowl, so that there are a total of 120 lines, or four quarters with 30 lines each. At the center is a swastika symbol.
The bowl was broken, part of the rim is missing, and one crack ran right across the central symbol, so that the swastika symbol should be considered a reconstruction.
Literature:
- Ernst Herzfeld, Die vorgeschichtlichen Töpfereien von Samarra, Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra 5, Berlin 1930.
- Stanley A. Freed, Research Pitfalls as a Result of the Restoration of Museum Specimens, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 376, The Research Potential of Anthropological Museum Collections pages 229–245, December 1981
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| current | 07:35, 3 January 2017 | | 800 × 812 (167 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | The Samarra bowl (ca. 4000 BC) at on exhibit at the Pergamonmuseum, Berlin. <p>The bowl was excavated as Samarra by Ernst Herzfeld in the 1911-1914 campaign, and described in a 1930 publication. The design consists of a rim, a circle of eight fish, and four fish swimming towards the center being caught by four birds. As is typical of cultures from this region, the use of a base six numerical system can be seen in the lines surrounding the bowl, so that there are a total of 120 lines, or four quarters with 30 lines each. At the center is a swastika symbol. </p> <p>The bowl was broken, part of the rim is missing, and one crack ran right across the central symbol, so that the swastika symbol should be considered a reconstruction. </p> <p>Literature: </p> <ul> <li>Ernst Herzfeld, <i>Die vorgeschichtlichen Töpfereien von Samarra</i>, Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra 5, Berlin 1930.</li> <li>Stanley A. Freed, <i>Research Pitfalls as a Result of the Restoration of Museum Specimens</i>, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 376, The Research Potential of Anthropological Museum Collections pages 229–245, December 1981</li> </ul> |
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