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Cover 1 Half Title 2 Endorsement 3 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication 6 Table of contents 8 Plates 10 Preface and acknowledgments 27 List of abbreviations, text sigla, and other abbreviations 30 About this book 33 The land of Elam 34 The Elamite collections 37 Art historical considerations 40 Chronological table 42 Part I Elam before Elam (CA. 4200–2900 BC) 44 1 The Birth of Susa (CA. 4200–3800 BC) 46 Architecture 46 Pottery 50 Manufacture and technical characteristics 55 Painted vessels 58 Motifs 58 Susa I pottery: Between naturalism and abstraction 62 Glyptic 63 Meaning and function 67 Sculpture 67 Metalwork 68 A view from the highlands: Tall-e Bakun A (ca. 4500–4000 BC) 68 Glyptic 69 Pottery: Black on buff painted vessels 69 The end of an era 71 Notes 71 2 From Village to City (CA. 3800–3100 BC) 77 Architecture 77 Pottery 78 Glyptic: The information revolution 79 Clay bullae 80 Stamp seals 80 Cylinder seals 81 Animals and hybrids 81 Humans and their mundane activities 81 Cultic-ritual scenes 83 Bows and archers 85 Imagery in context 88 Sculpture 88 Luxury cosmetic vessels 91 Animal and human statuettes 93 Metalwork 97 Notes 98 3 The Proto-Elamite Period: Susa and the high

Author

Javier Álvarez-Mon

Published

2020

Language

EN