Corpus Asher-Greve. Dealing with "Data form the Past"

Abstract

SNF-Project (1.722-0.83): Naturwissenschaftliche und typologische Untersuchungen an Rollsiegeln.

When?         1983-1986

Who?           Dr. Julia Asher-Greve and Prof. Dr. Willem Stern, University of Basel

Material?     1017 cylinder seals from Mesopotamia and neighbouring regions covering all periods from Uruk to Achaemenid period.

What?

• XRD (X-ray diffraction) -> mineralogical composition
• EDXRF (energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence) -> chemical composition
• Iconographical typology

Project couldn’t be brought to an end, data not interpreted

PhD-Project based on the corpus and analyses of the project Asher-Greve

When?         2017-2020 (?)

Who?           Nicole Gäumann

Material?     Same

What?

• Interpretation of XRD- and EDXRF from previous project
• Further analyses on existing powder samples (?)
• Typology

Bringing together the results of the material analyses and the archaeological data, the material ought to be interpreted in terms of connections between material, colour, dating, provenance, theme, owner…