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Unit Book J5

The Mittani Staircase - Version 1a

J5.22

Processed on 2024-11-03

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category 2008-08-27 sNP clay artifact [Input: S827SNP.j]
Best definition 2008-08-27 !! figurine [Input: S827SNP.j]
Best image 2009-10-01 jW [Input: TX01JW.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2008-08-27 sNP figurine [Input: S827SNP.j]
Description (summary) 2008-08-27 sNP fragmentary body of a woman figurine. Head, legs and arms are missing. Breast badly preserved, but recognizable. The shape of the figurine suggest a torsion of the body towards the left side. [Input: S827SNP.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2008-07-30 sNP k34 [Input: T323JW.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2008-07-30 sNP i22 (figurine) sits in f63 (floor, type b) [Input: T323JW.j]

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
q-lot with which item is associated 2008-07-30 sNP q108 (pottery) [Input: T323JW.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2012-10-16 !! s130J5B [Input: WX16JW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2012-10-16 !! h7sJ5B [Input: WX16JW.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Measurements

Roster Date Author Record
Height 2008-08-27 sNP 3.4 [Input: S827SNP.j]
Length 2008-08-27 sNP 3.7 [Input: S827SNP.j]
Width 2 or diameter of body 2008-08-27 sNP 1.8 [Input: S827SNP.j]

Items Field Record

Roster Date Author Record
Field definition 2008-07-30 sNP figurine [Input: T323JW.j]
Field height 2008-07-30 sNP 3.5 [Input: T323JW.j]
Field length 2008-07-30 sNP 3 [Input: T323JW.j]
Field width 2 2008-07-30 sNP 1.5 [Input: T323JW.j]
Field ware or material 2008-07-30 sNP cl [Input: T323JW.j]
Field color 2008-07-30 sNP pale brown [Input: T323JW.j]
Notes on field record 2008-07-30 sNP fragmented figurine of a woman [Input: T323JW.j]

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2008-08-27 sNP clay-baked [Input: S827SNP.j]
Color 2008-08-27 sNP light brown [Input: S827SNP.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2008-08-27 sNP 7.5YR 6/4 [Input: S827SNP.j]
Condition 2008-08-27 sNP fragmentary, very badly preserved [Input: S827SNP.j]
Notes on items 2014-03-30 rAH    Once again, the damage to this representation is so extreme as to render it unidentifiable. It is doubtful that this representation is humanoid. It appears that only one, perhaps two appendages are missing. Orientation might help with the identification, but the angles chosen for the photography do not reveal diagnostic detail and provide little clue as to the proper way to view this object. Thus, I am unable to provide an identification at this time. It would have been interesting if the humanoid identification could have been established, as this representation was recovered in K34 and near, I gather, humanoid figurine i8.
   The Munsell color "light brown" is notable.
   A protocol should be established for photographing objects that are, for all practical purposes, nondescript. This requires some thought. [Input: Y401JW.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
Photo of individual elements (studio)

2008-08-23 dM [Input: J05_VWX.j]

2008-08-23 dM [Input: J05_VWX.j]

2008-08-23 dM [Input: J05_VWX.j]
View/drawing of item

p2
2009-03-23 jW [Input: T323JW1.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Storage 2009-09-25 !! ZSB 001-004 [Input: J05ZSB.j]