Stamp seal of “kissing” bears found at the Northern - TopicsExpress



          

Stamp seal of “kissing” bears found at the Northern Mesopotamian site of Hamoukar (circa 3,500 B.C.) dating to the Middle Uruk period. Though the site of Hamoukar seemed to lie outside Uruk colonial political hegemony locals began to experiment with styles of material culture clearly influenced by southern Mesopotamian mediums and motifs. This seal is clearly a northern recapitulation of the southern “heraldry” animal seal motifs. It’s also kind of adorable. Perhaps unintentionally so.
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 11:21:20 +0000

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