A Lapis-Lazuli Cylinder Seal Found at Oylum Höyük
Öz
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.
Anahtar Kelimeler
cylinder Seal, Oylum Höyük, Old Babylonian Period, Kilis, glyptic
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