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Unit Book A20

The eastern sector of the Palace - Version 1a

A20.27

Processed on 2024-11-15

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category 2008-08-20 eE metal artifact [Input: S820SE.j]
Best definition 2008-09-11 !! tool [Input: S917LC.j]
Best image 2008-08-23 !! [Input: A20V-^.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2008-08-20 eE rivet [Input: S820SE.j]
2008-09-11 sC tool [Input: S917LC.j]
Description (summary) 2008-08-20 eE a small cylindrical iron fragment bent along one end into a cane-shape. The piece is covered almost entirely with soil encrustation, beneath which is a thick layer of iron oxide. The consistency of the diameter makes it difficult to detect a taper or possible point to indicate a pin or needle. There is also the possibility that the piece was left over for a casting process. However, taking into account that it was found beneath topsoil, it can be compared to an iron piece from J7 topsoil (q 45.3), a dirk which preserves a rivet inserted through the tang of the blade in order to hold a wooden handle in place. The diameter of this rivet, 0.3 cm, matches well with this cylindrical piece from A20, making it the most promising interpretation for this piece. [Input: S820SE.j]
2008-09-11 sC Shaft of circular cross-section which is blunt at one terminal and bent at the other into a hook; the shaft is uniform in diameter; the surface is characterized by oxidation and the metal looks to be iron, but a fracture of the shaft seems to reveal some lead. Find below topsoil, therefore could possible it is iron. [Input: S917LC.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2008-08-16 sE k26 [Input: S819YM.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2008-08-16 yM r347 (42211 42593 - 9343 / Relay location: SW) [Input: S818YM-R.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2008-08-16 sE i27 (tool) sits in f102 (topsoil) [Input: S819YM.j]

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
q-lot with which item is associated 2008-08-16 sE q202 (items, pottery) [Input: S819YM.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2008-09-14 !! s2JPC (modern, topsoil) [Input: S914LR.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Measurements

Roster Date Author Record
Length 2008-08-20 eE 5.5 [Input: S820SE.j]
2008-09-11 sC 5 [Input: S917LC.j]
Width 2 or diameter of body 2008-08-20 eE 0.3 [Input: S820SE.j]
2008-09-11 sC 0.2 [Input: S917LC.j]
Notes on measurement 2008-08-20 eE the length measurement of the piece assumes the piece was bent over time and was once straight. Therefore, the measurement follows the bend from one end to the other. [Input: S820SE.j]

Items Field Record

Roster Date Author Record
Field definition 2008-08-16 sE metal pin [Input: S819YM.j]
Field length 2008-08-16 sE 5 [Input: S819YM.j]
Field width 1 2008-08-16 sE 1 [Input: S819YM.j]
Field ware or material 2008-08-16 sE mt [Input: S819YM.j]

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2008-08-20 eE iron [Input: S820SE.j]
2008-09-11 sC Lead with iron incrustation on whole surface [Input: S917LC.j]
Color 2008-08-20 eE reddish brown [Input: S820SE.j]
Condition 2008-08-20 eE broken [Input: S820SE.j]
Notes on items 2008-09-11 sC One fragment took for Ch. Analysis S904 (sC) [Input: S917LC.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
Photo of individual elements (studio)

2008-08-23 dm [Input: A20V-^.j]

2008-08-23 dm [Input: A20V-^.j]

2008-08-23 dm [Input: A20V-^.j]

2008-09-16 dM [Input: A20_VWX.j]

2008-09-16 dM [Input: A20_VWX.j]

2008-09-16 dM [Input: A20_VWX.j]
View/drawing of item

w36
2008-09-13 lC [Input: S913LC.J]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on disposition 2008-09-11 sC Cons Room [Input: S917LC.j]