Wall painting techniques in Early Bronze Syria. Clues of parallelism with the traditions of the Mediterranean and Mesopotamian regions
The excavation of Building FF2 at Ebla provided new important data related to the tradition of wall paintings in Early Bronze Age Syria. This tradition still remains quite poorly known and understood, and the way to an interpretation of the relevant features, meanings and developments is thus mostly made of comparisons with findings from other regions and periods. The main difficulties are here represented by the lack of shared approaches in recording and publishing information on this kind of material witness, in particular in relation to technical and technological aspects. This contribution is based on efforts that point at collecting as many evidences as possible to outline a profile of the Early Syrian wall painting techniques. The main aim is here to find enough evidence supporting the placement of the Ebla wall painting
findings within the Early Syrian tradition and its chronological developments, as
well as in the context of the artistic and artisan cultures of the ancient Near East and
Mediterranean regions.