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A quantitative approach to Ur III Mesopotamian figurative languages: reflections, results, and new proposals

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Fig. 1 – Coding strategy. Location of the receiver (R) and the origin on two presentation scenes (BM 129492 and BM 103232, Collon 1982, nos. 397 and 440).

Fig. 1 – Coding strategy. Location of the receiver (R) and the origin on two pre...

Fig. 2 – Example of coding. Scene from Buchanan 1981, no. 631, p. 238, YBC 9665; see Fig. 3 for the explanation of the codes adopted to express specific types of objects or motifs.

Fig. 2 – Example of coding. Scene from Buchanan 1981, no. 631, p. 238, YBC 9665;...

Fig. 3 – Adopted coding. Graphical explanation of the meaning of some coding mentioned in the text.

Fig. 3 – Adopted coding. Graphical explanation of the meaning of some coding men...

Fig. 4 – Coding strategy. Possible features and relations between the character and motifs, objects, or other characters represented in the scenes (arrows indicate the direction of relations, lines the possible genres or features, and dotted lines the relevant specific possibilities).

Fig. 4 – Coding strategy. Possible features and relations between the character ...

Fig. 5 – Coding strategy. Possible features and relations recorded in the data set and concerning the integrating motifs and the legends.

Fig. 5 – Coding strategy. Possible features and relations recorded in the data s...

Fig. 6 – First analysis results. The 9 classes obtained (top-left); centroids pertaining to these classes and to the four classes into which they are encapsulated (top-right). Graphics showing the relations among the forms as they result from the first analysis and groups resulting from their interpretation (bottom).

Fig. 6 – First analysis results. The 9 classes obtained (top-left); centroids pe...

Fig. 7 – Second analysis results. Graphics showing the relations among the forms. An enlargement of the region around the origin is provided in the bottom-left graphic, while in the bottom-right one are shown the relations among external data expressing geographical origins and rough dating.

Fig. 7 – Second analysis results. Graphics showing the relations among the forms...

Fig. 8 – First analysis results. Classes 1/9-9/9. For each class, the first three prototypes are shown: 1/9) Collon 1982, no. 334, Yale, NBC 5123, Legrain 1925, no. 269; 2/9) Legrain 1951, no. 348, Legrain 1951, no. 334, Porada 1948, no. 275; 3/9) Parrot 1954, no. 125, Buchanan 1966, no. 422, Parrot 1954, no. 137; 4/9) Buchanan 1981, no. 589, Collon 1982, no. 403, von der Osten 1934, no. 136; 5/9) Amiet 1972, no. 1685, Legrain 1951, no. 336, Yale, NBC 3505; 6/9) Buchanan 1981, no. 600, Collon 1982, no. 432, Yale, YBC 1571; 7/9) Collon 1982, no. 469, Buchanan 1981, no. 636, Legrain 1951, no. 432; 8/9) Legrain 1925, no. 291, Buchanan 1981, no. 646, von der Osten 1936, no. 46; 9/9) Buchanan 1966, no. 442, Moortgat 1940, no. 255, Moortgat 1940, no. 256.

Fig. 8 – First analysis results. Classes 1/9-9/9. For each class, the first thre...

Fig. 9 – Places of origin. Map displaying the places of origin that can be directly or indirectly documented for the specimens included in the data set.

Fig. 9 – Places of origin. Map displaying the places of origin that can be direc...

Di Ludovico A., Camiz S. 2014, A quantitative approach to Ur III Mesopotamian figurative languages: reflections, results, and new proposals, Archeologia e Calcolatori 25