Making Distance Approachable. The Migration of Images betwen Ancient Near East and Caucasus in the II millennium BC

This paper provides an introduction to some preliminary tenets concerning the transmission of culture in antiquity, with particular reference to the Ancient Near East and South Caucasus during the III-II millennium BCE. This topic is part of a two-year joint-research program started in 2016 on "Transmission of Knowledge and Culture in Antiquity: the Concept of Translation in Arts and Crafts. A Case-Study: Ancient Near East and South Caucasus in III-II millennium BC.". It, headed by Marina Puturidze and myself, is funded by the Italian National Council of Research and Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation.