The Bullroarer Atlas

15 records · Near East

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.

Cyprus 1

  1. Five Cypriot village noisemakersFunction not recorded

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 11

  1. Anitkaya (Egret) firildakAfyonkarahisar - Play / practical
  2. Toothed bullroarers from Aziziye Köyü, BurdurBurdur / Aziziye Koyu - Play / practical
  3. Boncuklu Tarla figured bone plaque (Kemik Plak 3)c. 8550–8300 BC - Upper Tigris / Dargeçit, Mardin province, southeastern Anatolia - Function not recorded
  4. Bullroarer (fırıldak), Çakmak Köyü, EdirneEdirne / Cakmak Koyu - Play / practical
  5. Çatalhöyük antler bullroarer 11910.X1c. 6700–6500 BC - Konya Plain / Central Anatolia - Function not recorded
  6. Çatalhöyük Building 59 antler pendantc. 6610–6250 BC - Konya Plain / Central Anatolia - Function not recorded
  7. Turkish toothed bullroarers, Eldivon (fırıldak)Cankiri / Eldivon - Play / practical
  8. Göbekli Tepe decorated bone spatulaec. 9500–8000 BC - Pre-Pottery Neolithic southeastern Anatolia - Function not recorded
  9. Hasankeyf Höyük elongated bone plaquec. 9500–9000 BC - Upper Tigris / Batman region - Function not recorded
  10. Körtik Tepe decorated perforated bone plaquesc. 10,400–9300 BC - Upper Tigris / southeastern Anatolia - Function not recorded
  11. Phrygian Cybele / Mt DindymonPhrygia / Mysia (Cyzicus region; Hellenistic aetiology) - Sacred / spirit