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Cluster · 1 line of comparison · 1 without an established route · 1 motif family · 3 registered objects
Assyrian imagery↔
1 separate line of comparison join these two traditions in this collection. 1 of them has no established route.
Motif families: Handled forms
Cultural context
Assyrian imagery A documented Neo-Assyrian palace context. Earlier Mesopotamian literature is a separate cluster.
Registered dated episodes: 883 BCE to 859 BCE.
Nimrud protective figure c. 883–859 BCE · production Cultural context
Olmec La Venta This edition represents La Venta with one monument; it cannot estimate variation across Olmec imagery.
Registered dated episodes: 900 BCE to 400 BCE.
La Venta · Monument 19 c. 900–400 BCE · site context · site context Line 01 · Sources partly checked
The so-called handbags Arched forms and carried containers: how much of the resemblance survives context?
Nimrud protective figure Nimrud↔ La Venta · Monument 19 La VentaWhat appears to correspond
An arch or handle rises over a roughly enclosed lower form in the selected images. What differs or remains uncertain
Pillar 43’s forms are arranged overhead and are not visibly carried. The Nimrud bucket belongs to a cone-and-bucket ritual ensemble. La Venta’s small carried object has its own local interpretation; shared shape does not establish shared function. Transmission check
No route established in this review No transmission sequence for this specific comparison has been established in the sources reviewed. That is not proof that contact was impossible.
This comparison also reaches Neolithic Anatolia.
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Keep in the frame
What would move this cluster forward? Collected comparisons accumulate; they do not compound into proof. Each line still needs its own dated sequence.
Collect handled forms and plausible non-container alternatives without selecting only good matches. Trace each interpretation to an object-specific source. Follow the evidence
Sources & scope Provisional editorial records with no independent specialist sign-off. Review stages describe how far sources were checked, not the probability of a historical connection.
claim · Ryan Seven; hosted by Graham Hancock Guest article, 11 March 2019. Proposes a shared geometric reading of handled forms, including Göbekli Tepe.
excavation · Oliver Dietrich / DAI Excavation-team discussion of the depicted animals and competing readings of the disc and upper forms.
museum · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Exact object pictured here: Nimrud, reign of Ashurnasirpal II, ca. 883–859 BCE. Bucket and cone in a protective ritual context.
research · INAH Page 18, figure 17: figure within a serpent and a possible copal bag. This does not establish the meaning of distant handled forms.
project · Deep Memory Records comparisons assembled from this repository and supplied material. An external first proposer has not been traced for every pair.
