There is a lacuna of knowledge on the inland trade routes across Bronze Age central Arabia,
which this article seeks to fill based on new evidence from Wādī al‐Fāw, Saudi Arabia …

Stamp seals of the Dilmun type have kept their characteristic shape and boss decoration of
three lines and four dotted circles for several 100 years. Although the carving of the shape of …

This paper focuses on the evolution of technology and its potential for making inferences on
differentiation of urban activities over time. W. Bryan Arthur's (2009) theory of 'combinatorial …

This article presents evidence of a system of symbolic markings, which developed in Dilmun
between c. 1950 and 1500 BC. The symbols predominantly appear on pottery, tokens and …

Harappan script scholarship is an archaeological discourse debating on the linguistic nature
of the undeciphered signs, popularly known as Indus script. The article argues existence of …

At the critical junction of the Early and Middle Bronze Ages, marked by the fall of the Ur iii
polity, the city of Susa in today's southwest Iran left Mesopotamian control and became the …

Abstract As far as Indo-Mediterranean relations are concerned, until the beginning of the
21st century AD, the relevant literature deals exclusively with contacts starting from the …

Seals of Dilmun type from Bahrain and Failaka island (Kuwait) in 18 cases have depictions
of boats. Contrary to previous studies, it is argued here that these vessels represent a …

During the 1960s, fifteen stamp seals and two cylinder seals were discovered at a mass
burial site in Northern Bahrain known as the Charnel House. Soon after their discovery …

The “banquet scene”, in its different variants, is one of the most popular iconographies in
Ancient Near East figurative documentation. The depiction is mainly related to supports …