Spheres of interest: Hollow clay balls at the dawn of ancient Near Eastern history
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/117268Identifikátory
Kolekce
- Číslo 2 [2]
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Datum vydání
2019Nakladatel
Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakultaPraha
Praha
Zdrojový dokument
Chatreššar (web)ISSN: 2571-1393
Rok vydání periodika: 2019
Ročník periodika: 2019
Číslo periodika: 2
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/Klíčová slova (anglicky)
prehistory, archaeology of the ancient Near East, reciprocity, redistribution, tokens of clay, writingThis paper discusses hollow clay spheres containing clay symbols (“tokens”) from sites of the prehistoric and early historic Near East. A list of them is provided, and an interpretation as information conveyors to sites with central functions is suggested. The hollow clay balls (HCB) represent an important source for the administration of the socially engineered flow of goods in the preliterate societies of Western Asia, and they do constitute a predecessor of writing