Another Look at an Aramaic Astral Bowl

Younger discusses the study of Aramaic Astral bowl. In 1966, R. D. Barnett published a shallow bronze bowl (18 cm in diameter and 3.5 cm in depth), apparently obtained in Luristan, engraved with a sophisticated astral scene (sun, moon, various stars and constellations) that at the time was in the Fo...

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Published in:Journal of Near Eastern studies 2012-10, Vol.71 (2), p.209-230
Main Author: Younger, K. Lawson
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ancient civilizations
Ancient civilizations of the near east
Andre, Lemaire
Art and archaeology
Art collections
Astronomy
Generalities
Historic artifacts
Iconography
Inscriptions
Iran
Mesopotamia and Near East
Object
Publishing
Research principies
Synthesis
Traditions
Typology and technology
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Summary:Younger discusses the study of Aramaic Astral bowl. In 1966, R. D. Barnett published a shallow bronze bowl (18 cm in diameter and 3.5 cm in depth), apparently obtained in Luristan, engraved with a sophisticated astral scene (sun, moon, various stars and constellations) that at the time was in the Foroughi collection in Teheran. Barnett studied the bronzework and the astronomical iconographic data of the artifact, dating it to the 8th-7th century B.C.E., but he did not observe that the object contained seven tiny Aramaic inscriptions that label some of the astronomical entities. In 1999, Andre Lemaire published a full study of the object and its inscriptions.
ISSN:0022-2968
1545-6978
DOI:10.1086/666862