Halaf Culture - Halaf Culture

Japanese: ハラフ文化 - ハラフぶんか

A prehistoric culture of northern Mesopotamia, characterized by painted pottery excavated by MF von Oppenheim of Germany in 1911-13 and 1929 at Tell Halaf, located on the River Khabur near the Turkish border in Syria. This pottery is a masterpiece that is considered the pinnacle of West Asian pottery. The main part of the ruins is the ancient walled city of Guzana, where the palace of the Aramese prince Kapara, built around 900 BC, was located. When deep digging was carried out in connection with the investigation of the palace ruins, a large number of painted pottery of a new type was unearthed, and it was later named Halaf pottery. However, the details of the remains are unknown, and it was only through stratigraphic excavations at other sites that it was possible to place the culture as part of the prehistoric culture of northern Mesopotamia, as the Hassuna period (Samarra period), the Halaf period, and the Ubaid period.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

シリアのトルコ国境近くのハーブール川沿いにあるテル･ハラフTel Halafで，ドイツのオッペンハイムM.F.von Oppenheimが1911‐13,29年に発掘した彩文土器を標式とする北部メソポタミアの先史時代文化。この土器は西アジア陶芸の白眉とされるすばらしいものである。遺跡の主体は城壁をめぐらした古代都市グザナGuzanaで，アラム王国の王子カパラの前900年ころの宮殿があった。宮殿跡の調査に関連して深く掘り下げたとき，新型式の多数の彩文土器が出土したことから，のちにハラフ式土器と命名されたが，遺構の詳細は不明で，北部メソポタミア先史文化のなかに，ハッスナ期(―サーマッラー期)―ハラフ期―ウバイド期として位置づけることができたのは，他の遺跡における層位的発掘であった。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

<<: Parapet

>>: Varakhsha (English spelling)