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Unit Book A6

The Palace Kitchen (Version 1a)

A6.88

Processed on 2024-12-20

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Best image 2024-12-10 !! [Input: A06_VWX.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2005-08-00 mKB semi convex base, five cord impressions. Rolled in TIP [Input: ZI827mKB.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Relays (applicable to elements) 1996-07-15 jo r211 (42462 34710 - 8202) [Input: G731FAB.J]

4. TYPOLOGY

Measurements

Roster Date Author Record
Length 2005-08-00 mKB 4.0 [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Width 1 or diameter of rim 2005-08-00 mKB 3.0 [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Thickness 2005-08-00 mKB 1.5 [Input: ZI827mKB.j]

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2005-08-00 mKB Type 4 [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Color 2005-08-00 mKB very dark gray [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2005-08-00 mKB 10YR 3/1 [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Iconographic description, specific 2005-08-00 mKB three rollings: Top rolling head and arm of figure facing right. Middle rolling: head and portion of body of figure facing right holding a long pole inside a tall container the bottom of which is unclear, opposite is a second figure holding a pole in the same container, seated person in a long dress facing right holding a deep, wide bowl on the lap which he/she may be stirring, small portion of seated figure in long dress facing left. Lower rolling: head of human facing left. [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Iconographic description, generic 2005-08-00 mKB food preparation [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Notes on style 2005-08-00 mKB carved in Dotted Eye style of Innin Shadu with rhomboid heads with large eye in center and the nose made with a line which extends from the forehead. In this seal the noses are more bulbous than the Innin Shadu seal and the lips more accentuated. The subject is one of performing tasks common at Urkesh but very unusual in Akkadian seals. The figures are all engaged in work which appears to involve making something in containers as would be the case with food preparation; they are not making the primary containers as a pottery making scene (which also occurs in Urkesh) but rather are all engaged with something inside the containers, one large for which two working people are necessary and the other medium sized in which one person alone can work [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Notes on typology 2005-08-00 mKB may be rolled with the same seal as A12.34 from A12 feature 131 [Input: ZI827mKB.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
Photo of individual elements (studio)

2024-12-10 !! [Input: A06_VWX.j]

2024-12-10 !! [Input: A06_VWX.j]

2024-12-10 !! [Input: A06_VWX.j]
Drawing of individual element (studio)

0000-00-00 xx [Input: A06_VWX.j]

2000-07-30 eD [Input: A06_VWX.j]

Zsi. SPECIAL ROSTER: SEAL IMPRESSIONS

THEME AND OVERALL COMPOSITION

Roster Date Author Record
Background 2024-11-26 vL blank [Input: ZIz06 vL.j]
General Composition of Entire Seal 2024-11-26 vL symmetrical group(s) (2/3 figures, can be as many as 4 or 5) [Input: ZIz06 vL.j]
Groundline 2024-11-26 vL under individual figure(s) [Input: ZIz06 vL.j]
Number of Compositions on Entire Seal 2024-11-26 vL one [Input: ZIz06 vL.j]
Theme of Each Composition 2024-11-26 vL dining – formal context in which eating or drinking are implied [Input: ZIz06 vL.j]

MAJOR COMPOSITIONAL ELEMENTS

Roster Date Author Record
Identification of Figures: gender 2024-11-26 vL unknown [Input: ZIz06 vL.j]
Dress 2024-11-26 vL long garment [Input: ZIz06 vL.j]
Posture of Figure: General 2024-11-26 vL se holding wide bowl on the lap which he/she may be stirring [Input: ZIz06 vL.j]
2024-11-26 vL seated [Input: ZIz06 vL.j]
Posture of Figure: View Shown: Body 2024-11-26 vL facing left [Input: ZIz06 vL.j]
2024-11-26 vL facing right [Input: ZIz06 vL.j]
Role of Figure in Composition 2024-11-26 vL holding [Input: ZIz06 vL.j]

MINOR COMPOSITIONAL ELEMENTS: ATTRIBUTES

Roster Date Author Record
Furniture 2024-11-26 vL st [Input: ZIz06 vL.j]
Tools and Weapons 2024-11-26 vL po inside a tall container the bottom of which is unclear [Input: ZIz06 vL.j]
Objects and Other Elements 2024-11-26 vL UK wide bowl, NO CODE FOR BOWL [Input: ZIz06 vL.j]