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Unit Book A16

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

A16.123

Processed on 2025-11-17

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! organic
Best definition 2002-09-14 !! human body [Input: M917LR.j]
Best image 2011-12-12 lC
v110a [Input: VZ12LC.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2002-09-14 lR human body [Input: M917LR.j]
Description (summary) 2002-09-18 aP Inside the jar we discovered a human body, belonging to a baby, of female sex (presence of earrings). The position is not fetal, the legs are open and the arms go down along the hips so it seems that the baby is sleeping. On the right and on the left ear lie small ring shaped bronze earrings. The bones, except for the skull are in a good state of preservation (we also found the fingers/fingers). Below the left foot, attached to the jar, are small salt crystals. The funerary set consisted of a pair of bronze earrings i124 and i134. No jars or bowls were found except for the jar in which the body was deposed i114. This burial may be associated with another burial that is emerging below this burial. [Input: M917AP.j]
2002-09-20 MISSING Skeletal remains of a small child laid across the ceramic jar i114 and i115. [Input: N116LR3.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2002-09-14 lR k205 [Input: M917LR.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2002-09-14 ap r404 (41719 37003 - 8510 / Relay location: @bottom of item) [Input: R7QFAB1R.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2002-09-14 lR i123 (human body) sits in f304 (fill) [Input: M917LR.j]

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
Aggregate (to which element belongs) 2000-12-18 !! a20 (burial)
a28 (pit) [Input: A-CUMUL.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

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Color 2002-09-14 lR remains of a small child laid across two halves of a ceramic vessel [Input: M917LR.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
Photo of individual elements (studio)

2007-08-14 lR [Input: A16_VWX.j]
View/drawing of item

v110
2007-08-03 pC [Input: R803PC.j]

v110a
2007-08-03 pC [Input: R803PC.j]

v110b
2007-08-03 pC [Input: R803PC.j]

v112
2007-08-03 pC [Input: R803PC.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on disposition 2012-02-04 lC to Natural science Lab [Input: W204LC.j]

Files and Publications

Roster Date Author Record
Project publications 2025-03-07 mDP Kharobi 2014, p. 140. [Input: ZJ225_biblio_mDP.j]

Zpa. PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

IDENTIFICATION

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2007-08-06 lr hs [Input: R815LR.j]
Minimum number of individuals 2007-08-06 lr 1 [Input: R815LR.j]

SKELETAL ANALYSIS

Roster Date Author Record
Biological sex 2007-08-06 lr unknown [Input: R815LR.j]
Biological age 2007-08-06 lr infant [Input: R815LR.j]
Data on biological age 2007-08-06 lr infant, 5-12 months of age estimated through multiple aging techniques. The diaphyseal length of the long bones; Humerus 66mm, Ulna 85mm, radius 74mm, tibia 95mm, femur 113 mm using Hoppa 1992 suggests this is an infant of 12 months. Bone ossification places this infant within 9-12 months of age with the mandible fused (>6-9 months) while the vertebral bodies remain un-fused (<12 months) via Buikstra and Ubelaker 1994. Deciduous teeth formation estimates this infant within 5-10 months; canine at stage Crc= 5-8 months, molar 1 at stage r1/4= 5-10 months, and permanent molar 1 at Coc= 6 months via Moorees, Fanning and Hunt 1963; Smith 1991. [Input: R815LR.j]

PATHOLOGY

Roster Date Author Record
Pathology type 2007-08-06 lr pr [Input: R815LR.j]
Pathology location 2007-08-06 lr left ulna, left fibula [Input: R815LR.j]
Pathology description 2007-08-06 lr The left ulna and fibula show signs of periostitis, an inflammation of the periosteum either through trauma or infection, with evidence of woven bone formation on the shaft that takes on a porous appearance. The inflammation is nonspecific resulting from either periostitis as the primary disease or as a secondary reaction of another disease. No other skeletal lesions where noted. In archaeological skeletal material, periosteal inflammation of the long bones forms the most common pathological condition recorded (Ortner 2003). [Input: R815LR.j]

PRESERVATION

Roster Date Author Record
Condition of skeleton 2007-08-06 lr gd [Input: R815LR.j]
Convervation notes 2007-08-06 lr The bones were found in good condition with 43% post cranium, 85% skull, and <75% of the ribs complete. [Input: R815LR.j]

BURIAL CONTEXT

Roster Date Author Record
Burial type 2007-08-06 lr sj [Input: R815LR.j]
Grave orientation 2007-08-06 lr W-E [Input: R815LR.j]
Body orientation 2007-08-06 lr supine [Input: R815LR.j]
Skull facing 2007-08-06 lr north [Input: R815LR.j]
Time period 2007-08-06 lr early Khabur [Input: R815LR.j]

MEASUREMENTS

Roster Date Author Record
Max length ulna 2007-08-06 lr 85 [Input: R815LR.j]
Max length radius 2007-08-06 lr 74 [Input: R815LR.j]
Max length Tibia 2007-08-06 lr 95 [Input: R815LR.j]
Max lenght Femur 2007-08-06 lr 113 [Input: R815LR.j]