Viggen Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Excavations in the Harran district of Şanlıurfa have uncovered a stamp dating back to 4,000-5,000 B.C., said the excavation leader on Saturday, reported the Anatolia news agency. Harran excavation team leader Nurettin Yardımcı said the excavations have been ongoing since 1983 and that recent work in the area has focused on the Harran tumulus and Ulu Cami as well as the Neolithic settlement of Tellidris. full article at Turkish Daily News Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil25 Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 So does this stamp pre-date the Penny Black then? Was it self-adhesive? Did postage prices increase as much then as they do now? Have they found the post box they put their scrolls in? Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantagathus Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Ha ha Phil... Another bit of evidence that goes to show that the Neolithic world was much more complex than we moderns generally give them credit for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Was it junk mail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecimusCaesar Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 An interesting find. It is strange considering the wealth of neolithic finds discovered in Turkey. It's either cities or now postage stamps. Maybe one day they will find the stone age cars from the Flintstones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callaecus Posted December 17, 2006 Report Share Posted December 17, 2006 These so-called "stamps" certainly had nothing to do with our modern world stamps. Notice that they were found in a tumulus, which means that they were probably symbols with some sort of religious meaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dalby Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 These so-called "stamps" certainly had nothing to do with our modern world stamps. Notice that they were found in a tumulus, which means that they were probably symbols with some sort of religious meaning. I take it they really mean either a seal (the engraved stone that makes the picture) or or a seal-impression (the resulting picture, impressed in clay). The translator on the Turkish Daily News didn't quite choose correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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