.bk A16 .fl Wy01lC .fd description of ceramics and date of f188 .rd Vx06 .ri mKB .ed Wy01 .ei lC q 593-p2 ds typical Phase 4 jar with rib just below the rim and template line decoration on the upper portion of the shoulder wm CH q 594-p2 ds large necked jar with what may be a carination, typical Phase 4 ribbed rim wm CH q 602-p2 ds two large holes near the rim may be for hanging the vessel but seems unlikely given its size, for attaching a covering or as a special type of strainer wm CH .rd R905 q 636-p22 ds medium fired wheelmade, relatively thick walled. Shape and decoration show continuity between Phases 4b and 5a. The shape is a typical Ph 4 cup but painted in a Phase 5a color and decorated with Khabur type decoration of concentric stripes. q 677-p20 ds jar made in RC ware with crescent stamped decoration on top of rim and trace of an incised wavy line on top of shoulder. q 677-p17 ds RC ware but more orange in color than usual RC ware, flattened ribbing on the exterior of the rim with incised traingles below q 639-p19 ds dark orange thick slip, CH ware with a carbon core, decorated with template lines q 553-p15 ds an unusual type of P ware with a thick brown slip that is burnished as in the usual P ware, ribs on top of the rim. q 551-p3 ds small jar or pot, high fired, wavy line template line decoration, wet smoothed on exterior and interior, white slip-like covering on exterior or interior that may be a secondary event q 552-p9 ds bowl with holes punched on the rim and two rows on the upper body, CH ware, gray, medium fires, somewhat smoothed on the exterior and better smoothed on the interior. q 502-p4 ds Typical Phase 4 double rim jar, RC ware, medium fired, wet smoothed on exterior, very red-brown in color. Unusual in that this jar is secondarily fired above the lowest portion of the rim and all around the exterior of the rim. q 469-p7 ds Typical Phase 4 double rim jar, Ch ware, light bitumen coating on the interior of the rim and extending a short way into the interior of the body. Secondarily fired on a short portion of the rim exterior and on the interior of the rim extending down to the inside portion of the jar neck. Vessel not well made as evidenced by holes on the extrior of the body and extra pieces of clay on the interior. Rehydrated calcite on the interior. q 503-p2 ds Typical Phase 4 double rim jar, bitumen applied to the exterior lightly on the rim and the upper part of the neck and heavily applied on lower neck. Over the rim and partly inside the vessel the bitumen is applied in a thin coat. q 513-p6 ds Typical Phase 4 medium jar or pot bitumen applied on the exterior of the upper portion of the rim and on the interior but the lower border of this interior portion of the bitumen is uneven and not applied in a straight line, indicating that it was probably made quickly. q 761-p1 ds Typical Phase 4 double rim jar but the rim with the doubled portion is narrow and not as wide as the usual Phase 4 double rims are. Bitumen has been applied on the exterior of the rim, part of the neck, on the interior of the rim, and part of the way down into the neck where the b itumen is not well applied and lower edge is uneven on the interior. f 318 K80 there are very few bowls in this feature q 839-p10 ds large jar with folded rim with interior groove in rim q 893-p9 ds coarse RC jar rim with crescent-shaped incisions around top of rim q 894-p5 ds coarse large jar with traces of bitumen inside q 874-p1 ds BC bowl with rounded sides, typical shape for BC q 894-p10 ds BC bowl with an atypical narrow groove below the exterior of the rim f 338 I99 This feature had mixed pottery from Phase 3 and Phase 1. A number of S and WS sherds in this feature date to Phase 1 and probably are a result of later pits dug into the stone pavement which brought up sherds from below the pavement. See also note regarding date of f315. f 315 I80 This feature also contained a few other small bowls and medium jars, a typical round sided BC bowl, small conical cups but no string cut bases. I99 This feature had mixed pottery from Phase 3 and Phase 1. A number of S and WS ware sherds in this feature date to Phase 1 and probably are a result of later pits dug into the stone pavement which brought up sherds from below the pavement. See also note regarding date of f338 q 847-p1 ds jar with squared outturned rim typical for Phase 1 q 847-p4 ds jar in RC ware, shape may be a shouldered jar q 847-p11 ds small bowl with slanted rim, in Other shape category in UGR q 847-p2 ds small bowl with inturned rim i 59 ds carinated bowl with body of the vessel wheel made but ring base, body above the carination and the rim are all hand made. Firing is poor, has carbon core, much chaff with some sand including mica temper. K91 This vessel was not produced by a craftsman specialized in making ceramics but rather is a household produced vessel made by a non-specialized potter. This type of coarse and poorly made pottery was usually made for grave offerings and was found in A16 in f206, part of a grave. Handmade or partially handmade ceramics as grave offerings only occurred in the Khabur period and more than likely point to a level of socio-economic stress due to the local political situation described in the Mari letters regarding the political situation in Urkesh. i 164 ds medium fired stand in typical RC ware with a “sandwich” section. It is unusual to have a stand made in this ware. Medium fired. i 168 ds small bowl or cup, RC ware, handmade, medium fired, shaped like a crucible but no traces of secondary firing on interior or exterior. q 902.1 ds lower portion of a conical cup, thick sided, wheelmade, medium fired, no carbon core, FC ware, wet smoothed exterior. Traces of secondary firing on the interior. q 752.1 ds small bowl in FC ware with a flat base. Secondarily used as a lamp q 886.1 ds straight necked jar, CH ware, green-buff slip on exterior and interior, rehydrated calcite on exterior surface, many template decoration lines at base of neck f 309 I11 Phase 3-MZA, probably the later part of the phase, so Phase 3b-MZA I11 some Phase 2-MZA sherds mixed in with Phase 3-MZA sherds and at least 2 sherds from Phase 1-MZA. There are many bowls in this feature but few with a rounded carination, indicating that the date of the feature is in the later part of the phase, as bowls with a round carination are common in Phase 4-MZA. Bowls with plant wiped lower bodies and flat bases continued throughout Phase 3-MZA. The importation of BC ware bowls began to be more substantial in late Phase 3-MZA. q 814-p38 ds exterior color of this conical cup is light buff toward the rim and orange-buff on the lower body q 814-p42 ds round sided bowl with a narrow notch below rim wm FC but possible WS q 825-p7 ds groove just under rim and template decoration on widest part of the body; template decoration is typical for Phase 4 but this round sided bowl shape is not typical for Phase 4 q 814-p5 ds bowl with rounded carination q 814-p12 ds small round sided bowl with slightly inturned rim q 825-p8 ds small round sided bowl with three notches on top and exterior of the rim, incised line on the exterior of the rim q 825-p9 ds small round sided bowl with outturned rim q 814-p11 ds shallow bowl with rounded carination q 814-p4 ds small indentation on top of slightly pointed rim q 814-p40 ds straight sided bowl with simple rim, possible firing cloud as buff near rim but brown-buff on body q 814-p13 ds typical bowl shape for this ware q 814-p37 ds typical Phase 1-MZA necked jar with ribbed rim; ware is redder than the usual WS ware wm WS q 814-p37 ds typical Phase 1-MZA necked jar with ribbed rim; ware is redder than the usual WS ware wm WS q 814-p69 ds this cooking pot has more of an outturned rim than the usual cooking pots wm P q 814-p71 ds deep bowl or necked jar with rim rounded on top with slight overhand below wm CH q 814-p51 ds base with a slight ring around the edge wm RC q 814-p25 ds flat base with slight lip around the exterior wm FC q 814-p33 ds this type of plant wiped flat base typical for Phase 3-MZA wm FC q 814-p33 ds this type of plant wiped flat base typical for Phase 3-MZA wm FC q 814-p48 ds flat base slightly concave in center, plant wiped typical for Phase 3-MZA wm CH q 814-p39 ds Phase 1 footed base .rd Vx06 q 448-p3 ds cup with red painted triangles on upper body filled with either hatching or diagonal lines, heavy clay, carbon core, relatively few inclusions, thicker and heavier than usual Khabur period cups with globular body, flat base not the usual low footed base. wm CH q 446-p7 ds cup rim and upper body decorated with diagonal lines forming triangles, few inclusions q 513-p8 ds tab handle just below the rim, heavy clay, probably Late Chalcolithic in date q 471-p13 ds this is an unusually closed shape for a cooking vessel q 398-p8 ds bowl with flat rim and rib on upper body q 458-p3 ds deep bowl with flat rim decorated with inscisions on the exterior part of the rim and red painted lines on top of this flat rim; these lines are unusuaal in that they are parallel to the opening of the vessel q 455-p9 ds thick and heavy deep bowl rim with ribbing on the exterior of the rim, secondarily burnt on interior and exterior q 398-p2 ds deep bowl with wide rim generally flat but in this example a slight indentation toware the interior of the vessel, possibly to hold more securely a lid q 513-p11 ds new type of heavy base, that can be either flat or as in this case, ring. Decorated with deep notches around the ring and irregular incised wavy lines on the lower body wm CH q 559-p7 ds new type of Khabur base, flat, decorated with deep notches around exterior of base wm CH ;q 571-p5 - ZA823 cJC renumbered to q571.1 ;ds handmade, could be a part of a flat base or more likely, part of a house model q 517-p11 ds rectangular portion of a handle? q 584-p2 ds handmade, part of a stand? q 448-p4 ds wheel, firing cloud wm RC f 178 I11 transition from Phasae 4b-5a-MZA. Most sherds date to Phase 4b-MZA and there are no typical Khabur painted sherds but q462-p21 has a dark red thick slip over the rim and upper body and a rim type present in the Khabur period q 462-p21 ds jar with thick carbon core, dark red-orange slip on the exterior and over the rim, smoother on the exterior, slanting pointed rim found in the Khabur period q 462-p27 ds typical Phase 4b-MZA rim and vessel shape with ribbing on exterior of the rim and template lines on the upper body wm RC q 462-p37 ds typical Phase 4b-MZA deep bowl shape with ribbing on the top of the rim wm RC q 525-p41 ds typical Phase 4b-MZA shape but ribs on the top of the rim are sharply pointed although rib on the upper part of the body is poorly done. Brown slip on the exterior and over the rim, reddish interior, carbon core. May date to the beginning of the Khabur period q 462-p44 ds string cut base, coarse exterior and strong wheel marks on the interior; may be an imitation of an earlier conical cup q 462-p43 ds high ring base typical for the Khabur period, carbon core q 462-p38 ds unusual base in that it is similar to a ring base but the exterior portion is inturned, carbon core, secondary firing on the exterior f 202 I11 Phase 4-MZA some bitumen painted sherds and a few Khabur period sherds so there may be a slight mixture of late Phase 4 (Phase 4b-MZA) and Khabur I11 one Phase 1-MZA jar sherd q 683-p11 ds sharply carinated bowl more common in late Phase 4-MZA q 683-p38 ds carinated bowl with slight ribbing on the top of the rim q 683-p23 ds jar typical of Phase 1-MZA q 683-p41 ds typical jar for Phase 4b-MZA with ribbing on exterior of rim q 683-p33 ds typical Phase 4b-MZA jar with bitumen paint on the exterior of the ribbed rim q 683-p45 ds typical Phase 4b-MZA jar with folded rim q 683-p57 ds typical Phase 4-MZA jar with folded rim q 683-p50 ds typical folded rim jar for Phase 4-MZA secondarily fired q 683-p62 ds flat jar base with hole in the center of the base found in Phase 4-6-MZA, secondarily fired on interior and exterior