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Revisiting the snake burials of the Late Dilmun building complex on Bahrain
Author(s) -
Potts D.T.
Publication year - 2007
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.1600-0471.2007.00277.x
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , islam , archaeology , ancient history , geography , history
The well‐known snake burials from the Late Dilmun building complex at Qalat al‐Bahrain are discussed in the context of pre‐Islamic Arabian, Mesopotamian, Elamite, Avestan, and Vedic Indian evidence. Ancient attitudes towards snakes are reviewed with the aim of confirming or eliminating one or more of these traditions as the likeliest cultural context for the snake sacrifices of Bahrain.