Typological, functional and chronological issues of ceramic kiln furniture with prismatic and «crescent shaped» morphologies (traditionally associated with pottery production mainly as supports or spacers) are studied in this paper.... more
Typological, functional and chronological issues of ceramic kiln furniture with prismatic and «crescent shaped» morphologies (traditionally associated with pottery production mainly as supports or spacers) are studied in this paper. Although known in regional foregoing historiography, this ceramic tools so far have received limited attention but are considered really interesting for historical analysis, so a first systematization of their morphological evolution and a diachronic approach to their diffusion in Iberian peninsula is proposed. Also we make some considerations about the relationship of these stilts with other technology-transfer processes between phoenician-punic settlers and indigenous societies in ancient Iberia. To complement this analysis of the archaeological evidence of Iberian sites we finally expose a contextualization of the finds in the Mediterranean focusing attention on the use of auxiliary equipment in ancient pottery workshops, trying to trace the origins of this kind of kiln furniture found in Iberian peninsula.
Publication of Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform texts in private collections from various periods: * Presargonic: letter-unknown provenance in Northern Babylonia * Ur III: administrative document-Umma) * Old Assyrian: letters-Kanes... more
Publication of Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform texts in private collections from various periods: * Presargonic: letter-unknown provenance in Northern Babylonia * Ur III: administrative document-Umma) * Old Assyrian: letters-Kanes (Anatolia) * Old Babylonian: lexical series Ugumu-unknown provenance; contract-unknown provenance; silver loan-Southern Mesopotamia; administrative-Southern Mesopotamia.
