Spinning or sailing?: the boat models from Eridu. (prehistoric pottery vessels from Mesopotamia) From: Antiquity | Date: September 1, 1997| Author: Bourriau, Janine; Oates, Joan | COPYRIGHT 1997 Antiquity Publications, Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

It has been hypothesized that the prehistoric pottery vessels from Eridu, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) and dating back to the early 5th millenium BC were models of sailing vessels. A researcher has argued that the models are spinning bowls. The Eridu boats come from a period of which no record, physical evidence or account of spinning bowls exists anywhere. The pottery was also found in a culture where yarn and thread were traditionally produced from hand held spindles.

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