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Unit Book A6

A6.63

Processed on 2024-09-12

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! lithic artifact
Best definition 2005-08-00 !! jar sealing [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Best image 1997-07-19 !! [Input: A06_VWX.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2005-08-00 mKB jar sealing [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Description (summary) 2005-08-00 mKB impressions of jar neck and rim; one wide flat surface, a narrower flat surface perpendicular to it with two cord impressions above. Three seal rollings in TIP; the rollings overlap; the seals were all rolled in the same direction. [Input: ZI827mKB.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 1996-07-11 jO k168 [Input: ZGx25aMA.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 1996-07-06 jo r117 (##### ##### - ##### / Relay location: #####) [Input: G717RK2.J]
1996-07-06 jo r117 (42895 35209 - 8273) [Input: G731FAB.J]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 1996-07-11 jO i63 (jar sealing) sits in f128 (accumulation C) [Input: ZGx25aMA.j]

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
q-lot with which item is associated 1996-07-11 jO q406 (p,b,cl) [Input: ZGx25aMA.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Measurements

Roster Date Author Record
Length 2005-08-00 mKB 3.8 [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Width 1 or diameter of rim 2005-08-00 mKB 3.3 [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Thickness 2005-08-00 mKB 1.7 [Input: ZI827mKB.j]

Items Field Record

Roster Date Author Record
Field definition 1996-07-11 jO seal impression [Input: ZGx25aMA.j]

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2005-08-00 mKB Type 1; few inclusions and no gypsum [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Color 2005-08-00 mKB light brown [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2005-08-00 mKB 7.5YR 6/4 [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Preservation 2005-08-00 mKB well preserved jar sealing [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Iconographic description, specific 2005-08-00 mKB upper rolling: bearded hero in wide hat, flat on top; he wears what appears to be a belted kilt; he is facing right holding with both hands a rampant bearded bull with his body facing the hero and his head facing right, two parallel lines just above his tail continue toward another rampant bearded bull with his body facing right and head facing left as shown by the traces of his beard above the two parallel straight lines that join the two fighting pairs. Middle rolling: lion or possibly a hero facing left with long outstretched arms holding onto an animal not preserved in this rolling, figure facing right in belt and short skirt with arms outstretched toward body of a bearded bull. Lower rolling: figure in flat hat and unclear animal in front. [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Iconographic description, generic 2005-08-00 mKB human-animal combat [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Notes on style 2005-08-00 mKB the scene is not perfectly clear but is Akkadian II in style because of the two groups of contestants composed of two contestants each, wide space between the groups, the wide space between the figures in each group, and the lack of emphasis on the musculature of any of the figures. This seal looks not carved in Urkesh but rather the seal or the object sealed was made further south. The face of the figure in the flat hat is carved with a well articulated nose (somewhat curving along its length), lips articulated with his upper lip carved longer and wider than his lower lip. A hero wearing a flat hat and kilt fighting a bull with the head reversed (eg see Boehmer no. 46 equaling Ib). In early Akkadian seals, as in the example from Boehmer, arm gestures are exaggerated. Lines between two groups are also characteristic for early Akkadian glyptics, however they continue later also. [Input: ZI827mKB.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
Drawing of individual element (studio)

1997-07-19 mTS [Input: A06_VWX.j]

1997-07-19 mTS [Input: A06_VWX.j]

Zsi. SPECIAL ROSTER: SEAL IMPRESSIONS

THEME AND OVERALL COMPOSITION

Roster Date Author Record
Background 0000-00-00 ZI612 bl [Input: ZI714 gB.j]
General Composition of Entire Seal 0000-00-00 ZI612 fr [Input: ZI714 gB.j]
Number of Compositions on Entire Seal 0000-00-00 ZI612 01 [Input: ZI714 gB.j]
Theme of Each Composition 0000-00-00 ZI612 fi [Input: ZI714 gB.j]

MAJOR COMPOSITIONAL ELEMENTS

Roster Date Author Record
Identification of Figures: gender 0000-00-00 ZI612 ma [Input: ZI714 gB.j]
Identification of Figures: Animal 0000-00-00 ZI612 bu [Input: ZI714 gB.j]
0000-00-00 ZI612 li? [Input: ZI714 gB.j]
Identification of Figures: Human 0000-00-00 ZI612 bh [Input: ZI714 gB.j]
Dress 0000-00-00 ZI612 bl [Input: ZI714 gB.j]
0000-00-00 ZI612 ss [Input: ZI714 gB.j]
Head Covering 0000-00-00 ZI612 fc [CHECK] [Input: ZI714 gB.j]
Posture of Figure: General 0000-00-00 ZI612 ra [Input: ZI714 gB.j]
Posture of Figure: View Shown: Body 0000-00-00 ZI612 sh [CHECK] [Input: ZI714 gB.j]
Posture of Figure: View Shown: Head 0000-00-00 ZI612 fl [Input: ZI714 gB.j]
0000-00-00 ZI612 fl+ because of bottom of beard [Input: ZI714 gB.j]
0000-00-00 ZI612 fr [CHECK] [Input: ZI714 gB.j]
Role of Figure in Composition 0000-00-00 ZI612 fo [Input: ZI714 gB.j]

MINOR COMPOSITIONAL ELEMENTS: ATTRIBUTES

Roster Date Author Record
Objects and Other Elements 0000-00-00 ZI612 OR [Input: ZI714 gB.j]