Navigating Watercrafts in the Northern Persian Gulf during the early Iron Age: an Analogy between written and iconographic Evidence

Gorris, Elynn;Kalantar, Shadi
(2021) Workshop: Elam and the Persian Gulf in the early Iron Age (c. 1000-500 BC) — Location: L’Orientale University, Naples (1.December.2021)

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  • Gorris, ElynnUCLouvain
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  • Kalantar, ShadiL'Orientale University
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Abstract
Watercrafts were an indispensable means of transportation of the Marshland culture in the Northern Persian Gulf, a region where material and technological exchange between Elam and Mesopotamia found place. With the exception of several boat models, references to boats and ships in the archaeological record is currently absent. By combining iconographic and textual evidence, however, this paper can shed a light on some types of vessels which were built and used in the Northern Persian Gulf during the early Iron Age and demonstrate the relative continuity of the Marshland watercrafts throughout history. Especially the two types of watercrafts, one is gišhallimu and the other gišelippu (gišMÁ.MEŠ), mentioned in the Akkadian texts, and the maritime environment and terrestrial waters depicted on the Neo-Assyrian palace reliefs will be studied in more detail.
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Gorris, E., & Kalantar, S. (2021). Navigating Watercrafts in the Northern Persian Gulf during the early Iron Age: an Analogy between written and iconographic Evidence. Workshop: Elam and the Persian Gulf in the early Iron Age (c. 1000-500 BC), L’Orientale University, Naples. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/113669