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Dilmun stamp seals and the royal cap
Author(s) -
HØJLUND FLEMMING
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
arabian archaeology and epigraphy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.384
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1600-0471
pISSN - 0905-7196
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0471.2000.aae110103.x
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , history , archaeology , geography , ancient history , visual arts , genealogy , art , philosophy , epistemology
It will be argued in this article that the specific shape of the stamp seals used around 2000 BC in eastern Arabia (ancient Dilmun) was charged with a meaning that can be retrieved when viewed within a culturally and historically specific situation (1).