CHARIOT TERRACOTTA MODELS FROM TELL ARBID
CHARIOT TERRACOTTA MODELS FROM TELL ARBID

Summary/Abstract: The sample of chariot models from Tell Arbid has contributed significantly to the study of ancient Near Eastern terracotta chariot models by being sufficiently large (40 complete and fragmentary models), providing a complete range of model types and spanning a period from the beginning of the 3rd through the middle of the 2nd millennium BC. The author presents his typology: six different types based on major morphological features, providing an effective tool for future analyses of ancient Near Eastern terracotta models. The assemblage is subsequently analyzed in terms of the different types, the chronological distribution of types over a period from the Ninevite V (beginning of 3rd millennium BC) through the Khabur Ware period (beginning of 2nd millennium BC), and their contextual provenience (cultic, domestic and public).

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