2 Documenta Praehistorica LII (2025) DOI: 10.4312/dp.52.16 KLJUÈNE BESEDE – bakrena doba; peèatnik; valjast peèatnik; Centrali Zagros; Tepe Gheshlagh IZVLEÈEK – Tepe Gheshlagh je eno najpomembnejših najdišè bakrene dobe na vzhodnem obmoèju osrednjega Zagrosa. Osrednje raziskovalno vprašanje te študije sta organizacija administrativnih siste- mov in koncept lastništva v tem obdobju. S pomoèjo deskriptivno-analitiène metode podrobneje obrav- navamo zbirko peèatnikov iz Gheshlagha, ki dokazujejo sistem lastništva in trgovinske izmenjave. Strukturna analiza ikonografije peèatnikov kae, da linearni, kroni in ponavljajoèi se vzorci niso bili zgolj osebni simboli, namenjeni prepreèevanju ponarejanja ali spreminjanja, temveè so predstavljali znake v okviru doloèenega sistema pred vpeljavo pisave. Vsak znak ali simbol je verjetno oznaèeval doloèeno vrsto blaga, ki se je prenašalo ali izmenjevalo. Kljub veliki raznolikosti geometrijskih motivov je njihova sestava sledila doloèenim konvencijam, kar nakazuje na standardizirano vizualno komuni- kacijo znotraj skupnosti. Bakrenodobni pečatniki iz Tepe Gheshlagh in njihova uporaba v sistemih lastništva in izmenjave KEY WORDS – chalcolithic; stamp seal; cylinder seal; Central Zagros; Tepe Gheshlagh ABSTRACT – Tepe Gheshlagh is one of the major sites with deposits of the Chalcolithic period in the east of the Central Zagros. The central question in the present study was the administrative system and ownership in the Chalcolithic period. With a descriptive-analytical method, an attempt was made to expound on Gheshlagh’s glyptic assemblage that attest to the existence of an ownership system and commercial exchanges. A structural analysis of the glyptic iconography suggested that each of the lin- ear, circular, or repeating patterns were less mere personal insignias intended to exclude the possibility of alteration or forgery than they were marks belonging to a pre-literate system where each sign/symbol stood for individual commodity types that were transported or exchanged as such. At the same time, the composition of these widely varying geometric motifs followed certain conventions. Mahnaz Sharifi 1 , Abbas Motarjem 2 1 Iranian Center for Archaeological Research (ICAR), Research Instute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, Tehran, IR; mhsharifi588@yahoo.com 2 Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Bu – Ali Sina University, Hamadan, IR; motarjem.motarjem@basu.ac.ir Chalcolithic stamp seals from Tepe Gheshlagh, and a look into their applicaon in ownership and exchange systems