Typology of Neo-Assyrian Pottery and its Rereading in the West and Northwest of Iran

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1 Esfahan uni

2 Associate Professor of the Archaeology Department, Art University of Isfahan

10.22084/nb.2023.27987.2604

Abstract

One of the most important powers of the ancient Middle East in the first millennium BC was ‎Neo-Assyrian Empire. The pottery of this period is the‏ ‏most recognized archaeological ‎evidence, which is classified by previous studies into two main forms, “Standard ware” and ‎‎“Palace ware.” The unique characteristics of form and function distinguish the ‎pottery ‎from‏ ‏the other sorts of previous and later times. Furthermore, various ‎regions of the ‎empire’s vast territory display specific characteristics of ‎pottery. In such a way, the ‎combination of the distinctive pottery of the ‎empire in the main domain with the local pottery ‎causes a unique type of ‎pottery that is different from the local ones and has specific ‎typological ‎affinities to the imperial pottery.‎‏ ‏

The main issue of this research is to identify the indices of Neo-Assyrian pottery in the west ‎and northwest of Iran. In this regard, Neo-Assyrian pottery on the western, central, and ‎eastern regions of the empire has been library studied and compared with those of Iron Age ‎sites in the west and northwest of Iran. The broached questions that require to be answered ‎are the determination of the indices of Neo-Assyrian pottery in the west and northwest of ‎Iran and the types of Neo-Assyrian pottery which have been obtained in the west and ‎northwest of Iran. The results reveal that Neo-Assyrian “Standard ware” has been identified ‎in the western, central, and eastern regions, but the “Palace ware” has not been found in the ‎eastern regions. The typology and comparison of Neo-Assyrian “Standard ware” indicate that ‎this type of pottery exists in the west and northwest of Iran. Since the recognition of Neo-‎Assyrian pottery is of crucial importance for researchers of the Iron Age in the west and ‎northwest of Iran, a regular and comprehensive typological model of common and distinctive ‎Neo-Assyrian pottery has been codified in this research. ‎

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pazhoheshha-ye Bastan shenasi Iran

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Available Online from 30 October 2023

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