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Unit Book A14

The lower sacral area - Version 1a

A14q487.1

Processed on 2024-10-01

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! clay artifact
Best definition 2004-07-01 !! figurine [Input: O702GM.j]
Best image 2004-07-20 !! [Input: A14_VWX.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Labeling

Roster Date Author Record
Reference to q-lot !! !! q487 (bones, pottery)

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2004-07-01 jw figurine [Input: O702GM.j]
Description (summary) 2004-07-01 jw Fragment showing two big round eyes surrounded by two semi circular frames, each one composed by 6 rectangles; the rest of the preserved object shows several clay pieces jutting out, but their interpretation isn't clear. [Input: O702GM.j]
2004-09-05 mkb Stylized female head with wide frame around eyes; nose and small mouth not preserved. Hair is worn in a large rectangular bun at the back and two smaller ones on either side of the face. On top of the head there is aprotrusion as if she had an elaborate headress or carried something on her head. The neck may have been inserted into another object beause it is smoothly terminated in a semi-circular shape. [Input: O702GM.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2004-07-01 !! q487.1 (figurine) sits in f204 (topsoil) [Input: O702GM2.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2004-08-24 !! s2JPA [Input: O824JW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2004-08-24 !! h7JPA [Input: O824JW.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Measurements

Roster Date Author Record
Height 2004-07-01 jw 4.80 [Input: O702GM.j]
Length 2004-07-01 jw 3.65 [Input: O702GM.j]
Width 1 or diameter of rim 2004-07-01 jw 3.60 [Input: O702GM.j]

Items Field Record

Roster Date Author Record
Field definition 2004-07-01 jw figurine [Input: O702GM3.j]
Field height 2004-07-01 jw 3 [Input: O702GM3.j]
Field length 2004-07-01 jw 4 [Input: O702GM3.j]
Field width 1 2004-07-01 jw 4 [Input: O702GM3.j]
Field ware or material 2004-07-01 jw cl [Input: O702GM3.j]
Field color 2004-07-01 jw tan [Input: O702GM3.j]
Notes on field record 2004-07-01 jw owl head? [Input: O702GM3.j]

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2004-07-01 jw cl [Input: O702GM.j]
Color 2004-07-01 jw very pale brown [Input: O702GM.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2004-07-01 jw 10YR8/2 [Input: O702GM.j]
Notes on typology 2004-07-01 sdp Head of a female figurine; it belongs to the group of anthropomorphic figurines typical of the High Euphrates region, and known by many specimens discovered in the 70s in many sites, like Tell Selenkahiyeh, Tell Habuba Kabira, Tell Hadidi, etc. This production is characterized especially by terracotta figurines with column body, flattened chest, arms folded up on breasts, applied pierced pastilles for the eyes and solids to the sides of the face, quadrangular plaques on the forehead and a complex hair dressing on the back of the head (chignon, plait, etc.). These figurines belong to the horizon of the Early Bronze Age IV, last centuries of the Third millennium B.C. [Input: O702GM.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
Drawing of individual element (studio)

2004-07-20 vve [Input: A14_VWX.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on disposition 2004-07-01 jw To Dier ez-Zor [Input: O702GM.j]
2004-07-01 sdp to Dier ez-Zor museum [Input: O702GM.j]