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2011-08-14T01:12:27Z

Johnbrown:

<big>'''Welcome to Aktanak'''</big>

[[Aktanak]] is a repository of information of early [[stamp seals]] of the [[Middle East]] primarily focusing on artefacts from the [[Ubaid]] and earlier. It is still under construction and many elements will therefore not be complete. It has been created to accompany the PhD of [http://www.shdenham.co.uk/?page_id=8 Simon Denham], an AHRC funded Collaborative Doctoral Award between the [http://www.manchester.ac.uk/ University of Manchester] and [http://www.britishmuseum.org/ The British Museum]. It [http://www.mycaal.com loan modification] is a three year project begun in September 2009.

At present it covers {{#ask:[[ArtefactType::Stamp Seal]] | format=count}} stamp seals and {{#ask:[[ArtefactType::!Stamp Seal]] |format=count}} other objects, mostly 'pendants' or sealings.

The information can be accessed through a number of methods depending on your interests, if you wish to look specifically at the artefacts from an individual site please go to [[Regions]] and narrow down by modern geo-political boundaries, if you wish a specific artefact group via [[Artefacts]] and specific materials via [[Materials]]. These top-level categories can also be accessed from the categories section of the sidebar. Once more interpretive elements are added they too will have their own top-level category.

==Key Sites==

[[Arpachiyah]]
[[Domuztepe]]

'''At present the only section largely complete is that of [[Arpachiyah]].'''

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