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Unit Book A15

A15.212

Processed on 2024-09-16

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! clay artifact
Best definition 2003-09-11 !! clay artifact [Input: Nx25jw1.j]
Best image 0000-00-00 !! [Input: A15_VWX.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2001-09-15 MKB clay model [Input: L915mkb2.j]
2003-09-11 jw clay artifact [Input: Nx25jw1.j]
Description (summary) 2001-09-15 MKB on the broken reverse the piece is very rough with a granulated texture. The interior portion of the door facade is roughly smoothed with a stick with a thick self-slip applied. The paint is thick and cracked in some places. The piece is probably built up in sections (slab technique) and it is broken between two of these sections. [Input: L915mkb2.j]
2003-09-11 jw from mkb. This piece is the central portion of a model of a rectangular building facade. The facade is modeled in three rectangular sections placed one inside the other, which resemble nitches in the typical nitched doorways and facades of temple architecture. While it is not carefully painted, the exterior ond the interior portions of the door nitching are highlighted by the addition of straight but somewhat irregular lines in black paint. One dot of this paint has been placed directly over the center of the door. On the left hand side the exterior-most line is thick, extending around the edge of the model and upward, beyond the exterior line of the frame. This upper portion is not preserved sufficiently to determine whether or not it is the continuation of the door or a part of some upper architectural element. The model is three-dimensional in that part of the left side is preserved and it too has two nitches both with traces of paint placed in veritcal straight lines but on this side also with a horizontal line joining them. Since the horizontal line is thick but not well-preserved it may also have been part of a decorative design. In all likelihood the right side is also modeled in this fashion as the small trace of the edge is rounded and painted. On the broken reverse, the piece is very rough with a granulated texture. The interior portion of the door facade is roughly smoothed with a stick. The piece is probably build up in sections(slab technique) and it is broken between two of these sections. One seal impression from A6(A6q348.1, f105) shows in its iconography a small portion of a monumental doorway. This doorway is not nitched all the way across the facade, but may be partially nitched near the doorjamb. The seal is slightly earlier than the door model. [Input: Nx25jw1.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2001-08-18 jw k13 [Input: L915jlw1.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2001-08-18 jlw r435 (##### ##### - ##### / Relay location: k13) [Input: L819JW2.R]
Notes on volumetric localization 2003-09-11 jw found in accumulation within north kiln [Input: Nx25jw1.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2001-08-18 jw i212 (clay artifact) sits in f327 (accumulation) [Input: L915jlw1.j]

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
Aggregate (to which element belongs) 2003-08-04 !! a30 (kiln) [Input: N921jw3.j]
q-lot with which item is associated 2001-08-18 jw q700 (items, pottery) [Input: L915jlw1.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2024-03-13 !! s250A15A [Input: ZI901jW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2024-03-13 !! h6hMZA [Input: ZI901jW.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Measurements

Roster Date Author Record
Height 2003-09-11 jw 1.8 [Input: Nx25jw1.j]
Length 2001-09-15 MKB 8.5 [Input: L915mkb2.j]
2003-09-11 jw 7.2 [Input: Nx25jw1.j]
Width 1 or diameter of rim 2001-09-15 MKB 4.6 [Input: L915mkb2.j]
2003-09-11 jw 4.5 [Input: Nx25jw1.j]
Thickness 2001-09-15 MKB 2.1 [Input: L915mkb2.j]
Notes on measurement 2001-09-15 MKB measured with lintel portion of door up [Input: L915mkb2.j]

Items Field Record

Roster Date Author Record
Field definition 2001-08-18 jw clay artifact [Input: L915jlw1.j]
Field height 2001-08-18 jw 2 [Input: L915jlw1.j]
Field length 2001-08-18 jw 8.5 [Input: L915jlw1.j]
Field width 1 2001-08-18 jw 4.5 [Input: L915jlw1.j]
Field ware or material 2001-08-18 jw cl [Input: L915jlw1.j]
Notes on field record 2001-08-18 jw from N kiln-perhaps for pottery [Input: L915jlw1.j]

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2001-09-15 MKB clay [Input: L915mkb2.j]
Color 2001-09-15 MKB background pale yellow, painted decoration 2.5Y 3/1 very dark gray [Input: L915mkb2.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2001-09-15 MKB background 5Y 8/2, painted decoration 2.5Y 3/1 [Input: L915mkb2.j]
2003-09-11 jw 2.5Y8/2 object; 2.5Y2/0 paint [Input: Nx25jw1.j]
Iconographic description, specific 2001-09-15 MKB This piece is the central portion of a model of a rectangular building facade. The facade is modeled in three rectangular sections placed one inside the other which resemble nitches in the typical nitched doorways and facades of temple architecture. While it is not carefully painted, the exterior and the interior portions of the door nitching are highlighted by the addition of straight but somewhat irregular lines in black paint. One dot of this paint has been placed directly over the center of the door. On the left hand side the exterior most line is thick, extending around the edge of the model and upward, beyond the exterior line of the frame. This upper portion is not preserved sufficiently to determine whether or not it is the continuation of the door or a part of some upper architectural element. The model is three dimensional in that part of the left side is preserved and it too has two nitches both with traces of paint placed in vertical straight lines but on this side also with a horizontal line joining them. Since the horizontal line is thick but not well preserved it may also have been part of a decorative design. In all likelihood the right side is also modeled in this fashion as the small trace of the edge is rounded and painted. [Input: L915mkb2.j]
Notes on typology 2001-09-15 MKB As to ware, much sand and some mica, little calcite, no visible chaff [Input: L915mkb2.j]
2001-09-15 MKB one seal impression from A6 (A6q348.1 f105) shows in its iconography a small portion of a monumental doorway. This doorway is not nitched all the way across the facade but may be partially nitched near the doorjamb. The seal is slightly earlier than the door model. [Input: L915mkb2.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
Photo of individual elements (studio)

0000-00-00 !! [Input: A15_VWX.j]

0000-00-00 !! [Input: A15_VWX.j]

0000-00-00 !! [Input: A15_VWX.j]

0000-00-00 !! [Input: A15_VWX.j]

2002-10-10 ms [Input: A15_VWX.j]

2002-10-10 ms [Input: A15_VWX.j]
Drawing of individual element (studio)

2001-08-24 yt [Input: A15_VWX.j]

2001-08-24 yt [Input: A15_VWX.j]

2002-09-17 cw [Input: A15_VWX.j]

2003-07-17 am [Input: A15_VWX.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Storage 2003-09-11 jw to drafting and photography, then to Deir ez-Zor museum [Input: Nx25jw1.j]