Other objects from unit J4

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Shell artifacts

The number of shells recovered from J4 is very low (5 shells). Only one shell is perforated, while the rest are in their natural state. The shells were retrieved from various layers (two from modern mixed layer and sifter dirt, and others from Mittani and Imperial Akkadian layer).

The scarcity of such type of objects is consistent with the nature of J4, a unit that consist of mostly accumulation layer with no major activities.

Shells

q202.4

q278.1

q998.1

q845.2

q283.1

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Beads

Only two clay beads have been found in J4 and they come from Mittani accumulation layer, and a mixed brick fall layer with no association to a domestic sphere.

Beads

q245.1

q263.3

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Chariots and wheels

The excavations of J4 yealded one fragment of a chariot and four fragments of wheels (q254.1, q223.2, q41.1, q37.1), which possibly belong to clay chariots.

Chariot

q18.1

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Weight

Only one example of a loom weight has been found in J4.

Weight

q156.1

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Kiln wastes

10 pieces of kiln waste were retrieved from J4, without a trace of a kiln nearby. Most of them were found in Mittani layers (two from the Akkadian level), in a context consistant with accmulations and fills.