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Unit Book J5

The Mittani Staircase - Version 1a

J5.59

Processed on 2024-11-03

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! clay artifact
Best definition 2009-08-13 !! figurine [Input: T822JN.j]
Best image 2009-10-01 jW [Input: TX01JW1.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2009-08-13 eA figurine [Input: T822JN.j]
Description (summary) 2009-08-13 eA It is a fragment of an animal figurine. There are only two legs and a small part of the body. [Input: T822JN.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2009-08-13 eA k105 [Input: T820SE2.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2009-08-13 eA r1441 (##### ##### - ##### / Relay location: SE) [Input: T819sE.r]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2009-08-13 eA i59 (figurine) sits in f254 (stone installation) [Input: T820SE2.j]

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
q-lot with which item is associated 2009-08-13 eA q410 (bones, pottery) [Input: T820SE2.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2012-10-16 !! s180aJ5B [Input: WX16JW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2012-10-16 !! h7fJ5B [Input: WX16JW.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Measurements

Roster Date Author Record
Height 2009-08-13 eA 2.6 [Input: T822JN.j]
Length 2009-08-13 eA 4.8 [Input: T822JN.j]
Width 1 or diameter of rim 2009-08-13 eA 2.8 [Input: T822JN.j]

Items Field Record

Roster Date Author Record
Field definition 2009-08-13 eA figurine [Input: T820SE2.j]
Field height 2009-08-13 eA 4 [Input: T820SE2.j]
Field length 2009-08-13 eA 2.8 [Input: T820SE2.j]
Field width 2 2009-08-13 eA 4.4 [Input: T820SE2.j]
Field ware or material 2009-08-13 eA clay [Input: T820SE2.j]
Field color 2009-08-13 eA brown [Input: T820SE2.j]
Notes on field record 2009-08-13 eA fragment of animal figurine [Input: T820SE2.j]

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2009-08-13 eA clay-baked [Input: T822JN.j]
Color 2009-08-13 eA very pale brown [Input: T822JN.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2009-08-13 eA 10YR 8/3 [Input: T822JN.j]
Notes on items 2014-03-30 rAH    Once again, a fragmentary representation. The excavator feels that this is, I presume, a quadruped. This is far from certain. I would prefer to see this artifact as a badly eroded ram's head (V22d3790), although that identification is equally uncertain. Compare with A1.479, Ovis 33, a perforated exemplar from the royal storehouse. See also a comparative example from Tepe Gawra on page 171. Also see Comparative Table 8. The curved "knob" (V22d3790) is surprising. I know of only one similar detail, and this is the tail of Ovis II 203 (plate XV, page 488).
   I fear this artifact has been overcleaned; some detail may have been brushed away. The lighting of the photographs, uniform, does not help in analyzing detail.
   I have been unable to locate k105 on a grid within the Global Record. Several interesting exemplars have been recovered there. I thus am at a loss to ascertain their relationship to other artifacts in this unit. [Input: Y401JW.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
Photo of individual elements (studio)

2009-08-19 dM [Input: J05_VWX.j]

2009-08-19 dM [Input: J05_VWX.j]

2009-08-19 dM [Input: J05_VWX.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Storage 2009-09-25 !! ZSB 002-024 [Input: J05ZSB.j]