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Unit Book A16

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

Typological index with Frequency Computations
Objects (excluding ceramics) and samples
typologically by definition

Processed on 2026-02-28
Included here are movable elements, which are
  • either artifactual (objects such as seals ans seal impression, figurines or ceramic vessels), or
  • natural (samples and specimens such as charred wood, animal bones or botanical remnants).
They include both items and q-items, a distinction that is based on stratigraphic criteria.
Sherds are excluded and listed elsewhere, because, given the large amounts in which they occur, they would unduly skew the frequencies.

The main typological categories (surfaces, build-up, etc.) are listed according to types as defined in the pertinent section of the Grammar.


Category Total Percentage Definitions Sub-Total Percentage
baf 1 0% uncertain 1 100%
bone artifact 1 0% uncertain 1 100%
caf 44 4% bead 3 7%
clay lump 1 2%
sealing 1 2%
uncertain 14 32%
unknown 24 55%
weight 1 2%
clay artifact 441 42% andiron 1 0%
bead (clay) 20 5%
brick 1 0%
clay artifact 3 1%
clay lump 96 22%
clay strainer 3 1%
disk 1 0%
figurine 104 24%
goblet 1 0%
handle 1 0%
kiln waste 20 5%
kiln waster 2 0%
Numeric tablet 1 0%
plaque 1 0%
seal impression 64 15%
sealing 45 10%
sling ball 5 1%
uncertain 18 4%
uncertain clay artifact 1 0%
unknown 20 5%
various 3 1%
wheel 30 7%
laf 79 7% debitage 43 54%
door socket 3 4%
flake 3 4%
grinding stone 3 4%
lithic specimen 2 3%
lithic tool 1 1%
mortar 2 3%
pestle 2 3%
scraper 1 1%
stone weight 1 1%
tool 2 3%
uncertain 12 15%
unknown 3 4%
weight 1 1%
lithic artifact 271 26% ax(head) 2 1%
bead 31 11%
blade 56 21%
debitage 38 14%
door socket 8 3%
flake 3 1%
grinding stone 40 15%
lithic artifact 23 8%
lithic specimen 17 6%
lithic tool 1 0%
mortar 2 1%
mortar or door socket 1 0%
pestle 3 1%
river pebble 1 0%
sample 1 0%
seal 2 1%
stone ax(head) 1 0%
stone tool 3 1%
tool 8 3%
uncertain 15 6%
unknown 12 4%
weight 3 1%
maf 29 3% bead 1 3%
earring 1 3%
jewellery 1 3%
jewelry 1 3%
metal wire 1 3%
pin 7 24%
ring 1 3%
slag 1 3%
spearhead 1 3%
tool 1 3%
uncertain 10 34%
unknown 3 10%
metal artifact 62 6% arrowhead 1 2%
bucket 1 2%
earring 1 2%
jewelry 1 2%
jewelry item 15 24%
metal artifact 2 3%
nail 1 2%
needle or pin 1 2%
pin 11 18%
pin or nail 1 2%
slag 7 11%
tool 3 5%
tool, pin or nail 1 2%
uncertain 3 5%
unknown 12 19%
weapon 1 2%
organic 51 5% bone artifact 2 4%
carbon sample 1 2%
charcoal 4 8%
human body 38 75%
sh 4 8%
shell artifact 2 4%
other 78 7% sample 68 87%
specimen 3 4%
tool 5 6%
various 2 3%
sample 2 0% soil 2 100%
shell artifact 1 0% inlay 1 100%
specimen 2 0% animal bone 1 50%
animal bones 1 50%
Total 1062 100%

baf




Total: 1

caf > weight




Total: 1

clay artifact




Total: 441

laf > weight




Total: 1

lithic artifact




Total: 271

maf > bead




Total: 1

maf > earring




Total: 1

maf > jewellery




Total: 1

maf > jewelry




Total: 1

maf > ring




Total: 1

maf > slag




Total: 1

maf > spearhead




Total: 1

maf > tool




Total: 1

sample




Total: 2

specimen




Total: 2