The Bullroarer Atlas

Records by area · 16 records

Bullroarer records — Near East

Bullroarer record pages from Near East, grouped by present-day country. Each page keeps the record text, source line, image credit, and a link back to the same point on the interactive map.

Shared traditions: Europe

Cyprus 1

  1. Five Cypriot village noisemakersPlay / practical

Iraq 2

  1. Erbil Turkmen warwara bullroarerErbil Governorate / Iraqi Kurdistan · Play / practical
  2. Bahdinani Kurdish badbadak bullroarerBahdinan (Behdinan) / Dohuk - Amadiya, Iraqi Kurdistan · Play / practical

Israel 1

  1. Nahal Hemar Cave elongated bone plaquesc. 8000–7000 BC · Judean Desert / Dead Sea region · Function not recorded

Turkey 12

  1. Afshar vanvanı, caller of the south windTomarza district, Kayseri province · Weather / fertility magic
  2. Anitkaya (Egret) firildakAfyonkarahisar · Play / practical
  3. Toothed bullroarers from Aziziye Köyü, BurdurBurdur / Aziziye Koyu · Play / practical
  4. Boncuklu Tarla figured bone plaque (Kemik Plak 3)c. 8550–8300 BC · Upper Tigris / Dargeçit, Mardin province, southeastern Anatolia · Function not recorded
  5. Bullroarer (fırıldak), Çakmak Köyü, EdirneEdirne / Cakmak Koyu · Play / practical
  6. Çatalhöyük Building 52 antler bullroarerc. 6700–6500 BC · Konya Plain / Central Anatolia · Function not recorded
  7. Çatalhöyük Building 59 antler pendantc. 6610–6250 BC · Konya Plain / Central Anatolia · Function not recorded
  8. Turkish toothed bullroarers, Eldivan (fırıldak)Cankiri / Eldivon · Play / practical
  9. Göbekli Tepe decorated bone spatulaec. 9500–8000 BC · Pre-Pottery Neolithic southeastern Anatolia · Function not recorded
  10. Hasankeyf Höyük elongated bone plaquec. 9600–8800 BC · Upper Tigris / Batman region · Function not recorded
  11. Körtik Tepe decorated perforated bone plaquesc. 10,400–9300 BC · Upper Tigris / southeastern Anatolia · Function not recorded
  12. The Mountain Mother's rhombos and drumPhrygia / Mysia (Cyzicus region; Hellenistic aetiology) · Sacred / spirit