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Unit Book A16

The Courtyard of the Tupkish Palace (Version 2, Beta release)

A16q834.1

Processed on 2025-12-06

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! clay artifact
Best definition 2002-09-21 !! seal impression [Input: M921MKB.j]
Best image 2011-12-16 lC [Input: VZ16LC.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Labeling

Roster Date Author Record
Reference to q-lot !! !! q834

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2002-09-21 mKB seal impression [Input: M921MKB.j]
Description (summary) 2002-09-21 mKB one sloping flat surface, one long narrow for that extends the whole length of the object. Impression is a dark gray color and secondarily fired [Input: M921MKB.j]
2002-09-21 mKB seal impression recovered from the sifter [Input: M921MKB.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Measurements

Roster Date Author Record
Length 2002-09-21 mKB 4 [Input: M921MKB.j]
Width 1 or diameter of rim 2002-09-21 mKB 2.7 [Input: M921MKB.j]
Thickness 2002-09-21 mKB 1.1 [Input: M921MKB.j]

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2002-09-21 mKB cl [Input: M921MKB.j]
Color 2002-09-21 mKB DARK GRAY SECONDARILY FIRED [Input: M921MKB.j]
2002-09-21 mKB Dark Gray [Input: M921MKB.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2002-09-21 mKB N/4 [Input: M921MKB.j]
Iconographic definition, generic 2025-11-20 mKB rolled three times but only clear rolling is the top one. Leg of a caprid as if the animal has been pushed down. Rampant lion facing left with body bent and one leg forward as if attacking the animal. Hero facing left and holding dagger toward the lion, reversed horned animal also facing left, legs of a human facing right. [Input: ZJy20mKB A16si.J]
Iconographic description, specific 2002-09-21 mKB rolled three times but only clear rolling is the top one. Unclear objects, rampant lion with body facing left and head facing right, hero holding dagger with hair or feathers coming from the top of his head, unclear objects, hero facing right [Input: M921MKB.j]
Iconographic description, generic 2025-11-20 mKB animal human combat [Input: ZJy20mKB A16si.J]
Style 2002-09-21 mKB space completely filled with figures, humans modeled with full bodies, lion mane stylized [Input: M921MKB.j]
2025-11-20 mKB Many pointed details, for instance the first animal foot, the hair on the back of the lion, the nose, neck and elbows of the figure with a dagger. The body of the horned animal is depiced as a long oval. One leg of the human is also a long oval and the other leg straight and thinner than the oval leg. The eye of the reversed animal is roughly triangular with a dot in the center; that of the human is triangular and has no dot. [Input: ZJy20mKB A16si.J]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
Photo of individual elements (studio)

2002-10-04 fab [Input: A16_VWX.j]

2002-10-04 fab [Input: A16_VWX.j]
Drawing of individual element (studio)

2002-09-22 fLP [Input: A16_VWX.j]

2002-09-22 fLP [Input: A16_VWX.j]

2002-09-22 flp [Input: A16_VWX.j]

2002-09-22 flp [Input: A16_VWX.j]

2002-09-22 flp [Input: A16_VWX.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Storage 2007-08-16 hQ missing [Input: R816HQ.j]

Files and Publications

Roster Date Author Record
Project publications 2025-02-26 mDP Buccellati, G. & Kelly-Buccellati 2002, p. 33. [Input: ZJ225_biblio_mDP.j]