A lead figurine from Toprakhisar Hoyuk: magico-ritual objects in the Syro-Anatolian Middle Bronze Age

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dc.authoridAKAR, MURAT/0000-0001-5485-8465
dc.contributor.authorAkar, Murat
dc.contributor.authorKara, Demet
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-18T21:03:15Z
dc.date.available2024-09-18T21:03:15Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentHatay Mustafa Kemal Ãœniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThis article examines supra-regional trends in magico-ritual objects through a mould-made lead figurine in the form of a foundation peg found in a disturbed Early Bronze IVB to Middle Bronze I transitional deposit at Toprakhisar Hoyuk (Altinozu, Hatay). The stylised object is interpreted as a bull standing atop a peg, pointing to the adoption of hybrid Syro-Anatolian and Mesopotamian technological, iconographic and apotropaic values. It is suggested the object is ritual paraphernalia, likely in relation to the cult of the Storm God, used in a foundation ritual. Together with this peculiar metal product, the presence of other magico-ritual objects that point to northern Mesopotamian connections at the small hinterland site of Toprakhisar Hoyuk, on the outskirts of the Amuq valley, is considered to be a possible material reflection of new groups in the region, including Hurrians and Amorites, which contributed to the unity and regionality of the cults and rituals of Syro-Anatolian communities of the Middle Bronze Age.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTurkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Hatay Mustafa Kemal University [16481]; AKMED Suna & Inan Kirac Research Center for Mediterranean Civilizations [2018/P.1019]; TUBITAK [119Y222]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Toprakhisar Hoyuk Rescue Excavation is funded by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Hatay Mustafa Kemal University (Scientific Research Project no. 16481). The palaeo-climate and geoarchaeological research is funded by AKMED Suna & Inan Kirac Research Center for Mediterranean Civilizations (Project #2018/P.1019) and TUBITAK (Project no. 119Y222). We would like to thank K. Aslihan Yener, Muge Bulu, Tara Ingman, Ekin Kozal, Ulas Avsar, Evangelia Piskin, Michael Johnson, Hasan Peker and the anonymous reviewers and the editorial board of Anatolian Studies for their valuable and rigorous comments. We are also grateful to Tara Ingman for proofreading the final text.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0066154622000023
dc.identifier.endpage36en_US
dc.identifier.issn0066-1546
dc.identifier.issn2048-0849
dc.identifier.startpage17en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0066154622000023
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/13323
dc.identifier.volume72en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000972884500003en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge Univ Pressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAnatolian Studiesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectAncienten_US
dc.titleA lead figurine from Toprakhisar Hoyuk: magico-ritual objects in the Syro-Anatolian Middle Bronze Ageen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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