Thoughts on the possible Iranian origins of the Jemdet Nasr painting style
Abstract
Dates: ca. 3150-2900 B.C.E.
Places: Western Iran and Central Mesopotamia
Main argument: It is admitted that Iran had an influence on the southern Mesopotamian region during the Jemdet Nasr period, but the mechanisms of this influence are not clear. This talk would like to suggest some Iranian influence arrived in Central Mesopotamia during the collapse of the so-called "Uruk system", which coincides with the reappearance of painting on ware.
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Delougaz, P. 1952
Pottery from the Diyala Region, O. I. P., LXIII, Chicago.
Ghirshman, R. 1938
Fouilles de Sialk pres de Kashan 1933, 1934, 1937, Paris.
Helwing, B. 2011
"Proto-Elamite Pottery from Area A, C, D and E", in Vatandoust, A., Parzinger, H., & Helwing, B. (ed.), Early Mining and
Metallury on the Western Central Iranian Plateau, in Archäologie in Iran und Turan, Band 9, Mainz, pp. 196-253.
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Archaeological Studies, 1:2, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, pp. 35-48.
Le Breton, A. 1957
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Matthews, R. 2002
Secrets of the Dark Mound, Jemdet Nasr 1926-1928, Warminster.
Nicholas, I. M. 1990
The Proto-Elamite Settlement at TUV, Malyan Excavation Report, vol. I, Summer, W. M. (ed.), Philadelphia.
Wilson, K. L. 1986
"Nippur: the Definition of a Mesopotamian Ğamdat Nasr assemblage", in Finkbeiner, U., & Röllig, W., (ed.), Ğamdat Nasr:
Period or Regional Style?, Wiesbaden, pp. 57-89.
On the same topic, see also:
Nagel, W. 1964: Djamdat Nasr-kulturen und frühdynastische Buntkeramiker, Berliner Beiträge zur vor-und Frühgeschichte, 8, Berlin.
Pottery from the Diyala Region, O. I. P., LXIII, Chicago.
Ghirshman, R. 1938
Fouilles de Sialk pres de Kashan 1933, 1934, 1937, Paris.
Helwing, B. 2011
"Proto-Elamite Pottery from Area A, C, D and E", in Vatandoust, A., Parzinger, H., & Helwing, B. (ed.), Early Mining and
Metallury on the Western Central Iranian Plateau, in Archäologie in Iran und Turan, Band 9, Mainz, pp. 196-253.
Hessan, M. 2011
"New Evidence of the Emergence of Complex Societies Discovered on the Central Iranian Plateau", in Iranian Journal of
Archaeological Studies, 1:2, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, pp. 35-48.
Le Breton, A. 1957
"The Early Periods of Susa, Mesopotamian Relations", in Iraq, XIX, London, pp. 79-124.
Matthews, R. 2002
Secrets of the Dark Mound, Jemdet Nasr 1926-1928, Warminster.
Nicholas, I. M. 1990
The Proto-Elamite Settlement at TUV, Malyan Excavation Report, vol. I, Summer, W. M. (ed.), Philadelphia.
Wilson, K. L. 1986
"Nippur: the Definition of a Mesopotamian Ğamdat Nasr assemblage", in Finkbeiner, U., & Röllig, W., (ed.), Ğamdat Nasr:
Period or Regional Style?, Wiesbaden, pp. 57-89.
On the same topic, see also:
Nagel, W. 1964: Djamdat Nasr-kulturen und frühdynastische Buntkeramiker, Berliner Beiträge zur vor-und Frühgeschichte, 8, Berlin.
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2017-01-16
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Ossman, M. (2017). Thoughts on the possible Iranian origins of the Jemdet Nasr painting style. BAF-Online: Proceedings of the Berner Altorientalisches Forum, 1. https://doi.org/10.22012/baf.2016.13
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Panel 3: Localising influence and identity
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