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WINE FROM MAMMA: ALLUḪ ARUM-POTS IN 17TH-CENTURY BC TRADE NETWORKS

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Morgan, KR; Richardson, S
Published in: Iraq
December 1, 2020

New evidence allows us to demonstrate that a regional trade connected North Syria with both central Anatolia and Babylonia well into the 17th-Century BC. Archaeological evidence indicates that a specific type of vessel, the globular flask, was produced at Zincirli Höyük in the mid-17th century for the purpose of storing and transporting wine. The simultaneous appearance of these vessels as far afield as Kültepe and Sippar-Amnānum lines up with Late Old Babylonian attestations of alluḫarum-pots in 17th-c. texts from Sippar, Babylon, and Dūr-Abiešuḫ. These, we argue, must refer to the same vessels called aluārum in earlier Old Assyrian texts from Kültepe from the 19th century. Taken together, this evidence points towards the existence of a previously unsuspected trade network centered on the ancient Syrian state of Mamma that thrived in the decades between the collapse of the Old Assyrian Trade Network and the accession of Hattušili I. Through a dialogue between textual and archaeological materials, we are not only able to reveal the persistence of long-distance exchange for a century previously believed to lack it, but provide more context for the political transformations taking place at the end of the Middle Bronze Age.

Duke Scholars

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Iraq

DOI

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2053-4744

ISSN

0021-0889

Publication Date

December 1, 2020

Volume

82

Start / End Page

179 / 205

Related Subject Headings

  • 4702 Cultural studies
  • 2002 Cultural Studies
 

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Morgan, K. R., & Richardson, S. (2020). WINE FROM MAMMA: ALLUḪ ARUM-POTS IN 17TH-CENTURY BC TRADE NETWORKS. Iraq, 82, 179–205. https://doi.org/10.1017/irq.2020.6
Morgan, K. R., and S. Richardson. “WINE FROM MAMMA: ALLUḪ ARUM-POTS IN 17TH-CENTURY BC TRADE NETWORKS.” Iraq 82 (December 1, 2020): 179–205. https://doi.org/10.1017/irq.2020.6.
Morgan KR, Richardson S. WINE FROM MAMMA: ALLUḪ ARUM-POTS IN 17TH-CENTURY BC TRADE NETWORKS. Iraq. 2020 Dec 1;82:179–205.
Morgan, K. R., and S. Richardson. “WINE FROM MAMMA: ALLUḪ ARUM-POTS IN 17TH-CENTURY BC TRADE NETWORKS.” Iraq, vol. 82, Dec. 2020, pp. 179–205. Scopus, doi:10.1017/irq.2020.6.
Morgan KR, Richardson S. WINE FROM MAMMA: ALLUḪ ARUM-POTS IN 17TH-CENTURY BC TRADE NETWORKS. Iraq. 2020 Dec 1;82:179–205.
Journal cover image

Published In

Iraq

DOI

EISSN

2053-4744

ISSN

0021-0889

Publication Date

December 1, 2020

Volume

82

Start / End Page

179 / 205

Related Subject Headings

  • 4702 Cultural studies
  • 2002 Cultural Studies