Research Article

A Lapis-Lazuli Cylinder Seal Found at Oylum Höyük

Number: 10 June 1, 2011
Veysel Donbaz
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A Lapis-Lazuli Cylinder Seal Found at Oylum Höyük

Abstract

The below presented lapis lazuli cylinder seal with the inventory number OY 10 Env. 106 is unearthed at Oylum Höyük during the excavations 09.08.2010 carried out by Yrd. Doç. Dr. Attila Engin in the layer of ÖBY 97 No. 4, in the ditch of L22 and the find spot of north 5.62 m – west 0.2 m It measures, height: 1.65 cm; width: 1.65 cm and hole-diameter: 0.6 cm. According to the description and the estimation of Dr. Engin, the seal is uncovered under a hole belonging to Early Iron Age and in the debris, from the west of a mud-brick wall which can be dated to the Middle Bronze Age II. is in a cylindric structure. Just under the both edges there are two raws of horizontally arranged grooves which bear an inscription written in cuneiform. I thank Prof.Dr. Engin Özgen for assigning me the publication of this important find.

Keywords

cylinder Seal, Oylum Höyük, Old Babylonian Period, Kilis, glyptic

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Hittite Archeology

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Veysel Donbaz This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

June 1, 2011

Submission Date

February 16, 2011

Acceptance Date

April 20, 2011

Published in Issue

Year 2011 Number: 10

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA88NN79EG

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APA
Donbaz, V. (2011). A Lapis-Lazuli Cylinder Seal Found at Oylum Höyük. Colloquium Anatolicum, 10, 95-102. https://izlik.org/JA88NN79EG
AMA
1.Donbaz V. A Lapis-Lazuli Cylinder Seal Found at Oylum Höyük. Colloquium Anatolicum. 2011;(10):95-102. https://izlik.org/JA88NN79EG
Chicago
Donbaz, Veysel. 2011. “A Lapis-Lazuli Cylinder Seal Found at Oylum Höyük”. Colloquium Anatolicum, nos. 10: 95-102. https://izlik.org/JA88NN79EG.
EndNote
Donbaz V (June 1, 2011) A Lapis-Lazuli Cylinder Seal Found at Oylum Höyük. Colloquium Anatolicum 10 95–102.
IEEE
[1]V. Donbaz, “A Lapis-Lazuli Cylinder Seal Found at Oylum Höyük”, Colloquium Anatolicum, no. 10, pp. 95–102, June 2011, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA88NN79EG
ISNAD
Donbaz, Veysel. “A Lapis-Lazuli Cylinder Seal Found at Oylum Höyük”. Colloquium Anatolicum. 10 (June 1, 2011): 95-102. https://izlik.org/JA88NN79EG.
JAMA
1.Donbaz V. A Lapis-Lazuli Cylinder Seal Found at Oylum Höyük. Colloquium Anatolicum. 2011;:95–102.
MLA
Donbaz, Veysel. “A Lapis-Lazuli Cylinder Seal Found at Oylum Höyük”. Colloquium Anatolicum, no. 10, June 2011, pp. 95-102, https://izlik.org/JA88NN79EG.
Vancouver
1.Veysel Donbaz. A Lapis-Lazuli Cylinder Seal Found at Oylum Höyük. Colloquium Anatolicum [Internet]. 2011 Jun. 1;(10):95-102. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA88NN79EG

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