Hacinebi Excavations:

Selected Finds from the Achaemenid/Hellenistic Phase

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For discussion of Achaemenid/Hellenistic levels at Hacinebi, see McMahon 1996 and 1997 in on the publications page of this website.

Grave goods from Achaemenid burial Op. 13 locus 38 (McMahon 1997:figure 16)
HN2282.1 and 2. Silver earrings from Achaemenid burial Op. 7 locus 28 (McMahon 1996:fig.14j-k)
"Astarte figurines" - molded ceramic plaques - a common find in Achaemenid and Hellenistic period occupations at sites across the Near East.
"Persian Horseman" ceramic figurines - contemporaneous with the Astarte figurines - a common find in Achaemenid and Hellenistic period occupations at sites across the Near East.
Silver signet ring with griffin motif from Achaemenid burial Op. 7 locus 28
(after conservation) - fifth century BC (McMahon 1996:227)
Scarab seal with griffin motif from Achaemenid burial Op. 7 locus 28.
HN1263 Op. 4 locus 12 Hellenistic "Fish Plate" - 3rd-2nd centuries BC
(McMahon 1996:figure 16a)
HN3175 Op. 9 Hellenistic oil lamp dated by stylisic parallels with material from Tarsus and Corinth to the mid-late second century BC (McMahon 1996:229).
HN3456,3477, and 3480. Op. 9 locus 7. Unbaked clay biconical loom weights. Loomweights are extremely common in the Hellenistic deposits. HN3764 Op. 9 locus 32. Worked bone weaving tool - commonly found in association with loom weights.

 


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Gil J. Stein
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Anthropology Department, Northwestern University
Last modified - July 20, 2001