Chlorite vessel
Chlorite vessels are vessels made from the chlorite minerals . They can be found at many sites of the third millennium BC in the Middle East and were a popular commodity in the third millennium BC. Chr.
The vessels are usually decorated with raised relief and show architectural representations or animal scenes. Among the animal scenes, fighting snakes are particularly popular.
The westernmost example was found in Palmyra , the easternmost in Mohenjo-Daro , in the Indus Valley and in Sochte , in present-day Uzbekistan . Most of the specimens come from Mesopotamia and above all from the island of Tarut , in Saudi Arabia (over 200 specimens, which, however, did not come to light in scientific excavations) and from Tepe Yahya in today's southeastern Iran . There are also many chlorite deposits there and it is believed that the production center is there, especially because Tepe Yahya is also an important site and an urban center of that time. The widespread use of these vessels is a prime example of the well-developed trade network in the third millennium BC.
More chlorite vessels
Vase from the Jiroft region
literature
- Michael Roaf: Mesopotamia . Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1998, pp. 78-79, ISBN 3-86047-796-X .
