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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
ABBREVIATIONS x
FOREWORD xii
CHAPTER 1 - STATE OF RESEARCH 1
CHAPTER 2 - CERAMIC CHRONOLOGY
Chronology 6
Dating of Contexts Containing Seals and Sealings 8
Conclusions
CHAPTER 3 - SHAPE CLASSES
Introduction 24
Class 1: Amygdaloids 31
2: Arch-incised Class 33
3: Bottles 33
4: Buttons 36
5: Concave-convex Plates 38
6: Conoids 39
7: Cubes 44
8: Cushions 44
9: Cylinder Seals 47
10: Discs 47
11: Discoids 50
12: Epomia (shoulder shape) 54
13: Foliate Backs 55
14: Gables 56
15: Half-Conoids 58
16: Half-Ovoids 58
17: Hemicylinders 59
18: Hemispheroids 61
19: Lentoids 63
20: Plano-convex Buttons 64
21: Four-sided Prisms 65
22: Three-sided Prisms 66
23: Pyramids 69
24: Pyramidoids 69
25: Quatrefoils 71
26: Rectangular Plates 72
27: Reels 74
28: Rings 75
29: Scarabs 78
30: Scaraboids 79
31: Signets 81
32: Stamp Cylinders 89
33: Zoomorphic and Anthropomorphic Seals 91
34: Miscellaneous Shapes 100
General Observations on Typology 103
CHAPTER 4 - DECORATIVE ELEMENTS
Introduction 118
Motif 1: Men 118
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
ABBREVIATIONS x
FOREWORD xii
CHAPTER 1 - STATE OF RESEARCH 1
CHAPTER 2 - CERAMIC CHRONOLOGY
Chronology 6
Dating of Contexts Containing Seals and Sealings 8
Conclusions
CHAPTER 3 - SHAPE CLASSES
Introduction 24
Class 1: Amygdaloids 31
2: Arch-incised Class 33
3: Bottles 33
4: Buttons 36
5: Concave-convex Plates 38
6: Conoids 39
7: Cubes 44
8: Cushions 44
9: Cylinder Seals 47
10: Discs 47
11: Discoids 50
12: Epomia (shoulder shape) 54
13: Foliate Backs 55
14: Gables 56
15: Half-Conoids 58
16: Half-Ovoids 58
17: Hemicylinders 59
18: Hemispheroids 61
19: Lentoids 63
20: Plano-convex Buttons 64
21: Four-sided Prisms 65
22: Three-sided Prisms 66
23: Pyramids 69
24: Pyramidoids 69
25: Quatrefoils 71
26: Rectangular Plates 72
27: Reels 74
28: Rings 75
29: Scarabs 78
30: Scaraboids 79
31: Signets 81
32: Stamp Cylinders 89
33: Zoomorphic and Anthropomorphic Seals 91
34: Miscellaneous Shapes 100
General Observations on Typology 103
CHAPTER 4 - DECORATIVE ELEMENTS
Introduction 118
Motif 1: Men 118