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Unit Book A16

Version 1a

A16.172

Processed on 2024-08-10

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Best definition 2002-09-25 !! ^ seal impression [Input: -MX12-99.j]
Best image 2007-07-19 sG [Input: R719SG.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2002-09-25 aP ^ seal impression [Input: -MX12-99.j]
Description (summary) 2002-09-27 sB large piece, possibly whole seal impression; 3 rolling on 3 faces, animal lines in 2 register [Input: N304LR.j]
2002-10-12 fLP rim impression visible with two large cord impressions (leather?) present [Input: MX12FLP.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2002-09-25 aP k205 [Input: -MX12-99.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2002-09-23 fab r449 (41993 37936 - 8423 / Relay location: bottom of si) [Input: R7QFAB1R.j]
Method of measurement 2002-10-12 fLP measured with largest visible rolling at bottom and at a 45-degree angle-figures are upright [Input: MX12FLP.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2002-09-25 aP i172 (^ seal impression) sits in f289 (^ fill) [Input: -MX12-99.j]

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
Aggregate (to which element belongs) 2000-12-18 !! a22 (^ pit), a28 (^ pit) [Input: A-CUMUL.j]
Nature of association 2002-09-25 aP associated q-lot: 887 [Input: -MX12-99.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2015-05-20 !! s330AAH [Input: ZA520CJC.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2015-05-20 !! h5hAAH [Input: ZA520CJC.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Measurements

Roster Date Author Record
Height 2002-10-12 fLP 4.15 [Input: MX12FLP.j]
Length 2002-10-12 fLP 3.4 [Input: MX12FLP.j]
Thickness 2002-10-12 fLP 2.5 [Input: MX12FLP.j]

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2002-09-27 sB cl [Input: MX05SB.j]
Color 2002-10-12 fLP outside-pinkish grey inside-light brown [Input: MX12FLP.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2002-10-12 fLP inside-7.5YR 6/4 [Input: MX12FLP.j]
2002-10-12 fLP outside-7.5YR 7/2 [Input: MX12FLP.j]
Preservation 2002-09-27 sB large piece, possibly whole si [Input: MX05SB.j]
Iconographic description, specific 2002-10-12 fLP This seal-impressed object contains three separate rollings of the same seal. The first rolling, at the top of the object, is the smallest and only depicts part of the head of a dog, which nips at the tail of a suckling ewe. Its head is clearly represented, but its facial features are obscured. Only the hindquarters of the ewe are seen with part of the head of the suckling young. Above these figures is a ladder-like partition dividing this lower register from an upper register. It consists of alternating diagonals creating triangles between two straight lines above and below. Only part of this divider is depicted. The second rolling, below the uppermost rolling, reveals more of the figures and the ladder-like partition. Half of the suckling couple is represented and the dog nipping at the ewe's tail is seen in whole. It has a stubbed tail and a saddle-bag section of the torso. Again, its facial features are unclear. The register divider is clear and separates the lower figures from one/two figure/s in the upper register. These figures are unclear. The third rolling, the largest of all three rollings, is on the bottom-most section of the object. Again, the dog with the open mouth is present, and here its facial features are distinguishable. [Input: MX12FLP.j]
2002-10-12 fLP (continue) The suckling duo is represented in whole and follows, or at least stands behind, a nude, human figure (sex is unidentifiable) facing right with well defined musculature in his/her legs and left buttock. He/she is the largest figure in the seal and his/her body crosses the ladder-like partition to stand in both registers. A mound obscures his/her upper body, possibly to mask a hole in the seal in antiquity. Preceding this human figure are the hindquarters of an animal, presumably the dog as the leg musculature and the dimensions match that of the dog represented in whole in the second rolling. These hindquarters are slightly flattened by thumbprints. The head is missing, so we can only assume that this figure is the same dog represented nipping at the tail of the suckling ewe. Above these figures is the ladder-like partition. On the upper register on the far left side of the rolling, above the head of the dog, are two legs and the head of a goat with a well-defined beard. It follows another animal with a clearly defined belly, decorated so as to indicate a coat of fur or hide. On the right side of the human figure, on the upper register, is the same unintelligible object in the second rolling above the whole dog. The most logical assumption is that this unclear object is the repetition of the goat with the beard as he is depicted above the dog. If this is true, then we have the seal and its asymmetrical iconography in its entirety. [Input: MX12FLP.j]

5. TREATMENT

Conservation

Roster Date Author Record
Current conditions 2002-09-27 sB light reddish clay, finished face well preserved, weaker along breaks in the back [Input: MX05SB.j]
Procedures employed 2002-09-27 sB consolidated the breaks, cleaned [Input: MX05SB.j]

Site Presentation

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on conservation or analysis 2002-09-27 sB 3 rolling on 3 faces, animal lines in 2 register [Input: MX05SB.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
Photo of individual elements (studio)

2002-09-29 gg [Input: A16V-M^.j]

2002-09-29 gg [Input: A16V-M^.j]

2002-09-29 gg [Input: A16V-M^.j]

2002-10-14 fab [Input: W522LC.j]

2002-10-14 fab [Input: W522LC.j]

2002-10-14 fab [Input: W522LC.j]

2002-10-14 fab [Input: W522LC.j]

2002-10-14 fab [Input: W522LC.j]

2002-10-14 fab [Input: W522LC.j]

2002-10-14 fab [Input: W522LC.j]

2002-10-14 fab [Input: W522LC.j]

2002-10-14 fab [Input: W522LC.j]

2002-10-14 fab [Input: W522LC.j]

2002-10-14 fab [Input: W522LC.j]

2002-10-14 fab [Input: W522LC.j]

2002-10-14 fab [Input: W522LC.j]

2002-10-14 fab [Input: W522LC.j]

2002-10-14 fab [Input: W522LC.j]

2002-10-14 fab [Input: W522LC.j]

2002-10-14 fab [Input: W522LC.j]

2002-10-14 fab [Input: W522LC.j]

2002-10-14 fab [Input: W522LC.j]

2003-08-02 gg [Input: A16V-N^.j]
Drawing of individual element (studio)

2002-10-06 fk2 [Input: A16W15.j]

2002-10-06 fk2 [Input: A16W15.j]

2002-10-06 fk2 [Input: A16W15.j]

2002-10-06 fk2 [Input: A16W15.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Storage 2002-09-27 sB to mKB [Input: MX05SB.j]