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Unit Book J5

The Mittani Staircase - Version 1a

J5q484.1

Processed on 2024-11-03

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! clay artifact
Best definition 2010-08-04 !! seal impression [Input: U804JW.j]
Best image 2010-08-09 !! [Input: J05_VWX.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Labeling

Roster Date Author Record
Reference to q-lot !! !! q484 (items)

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2010-08-04 jW seal impression [Input: U804JW.j]
Description (summary) 2010-08-04 jW possible seal impression on a clay sealing which has clear string impressions on the reverse side. [Input: U804JW.j]
2015-02-25 mKB From the photograph it appears that there are two rollings preserved; the lower rolling is unclear. The upper rolling shows a standing figure with arms raised holding two horned rampant animals. The animal to the left of the standing figure appears to be reversed. The style is linear with the only modeled volumes preserved being the body of the human and the head of the reversed animal. The eye of the animal on the right of the hero is made with a circle with a dot in the center. A hero holding two animals is an ED III theme also shown in the K1 seal impressions (Mozan 1 M1 169, M1 177). [Input: ZA225CJC.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2010-08-04 !! q484.1 (seal impression) sits in f3 (wall) [Input: U804JW1.j]

Deposition

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on deposition 2010-08-04 jW This clay item was found by Su'ar while he was cleaning the area around stone wall f3 in k23. It was in the residue from wahal used to seal the cracks in the mortar between the wall stones. As such it has dubvious stratigraphic value. [Input: U804JW.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2012-10-16 !! s148J5B [Input: WX16JW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2012-10-16 !! h7mJ5B [Input: WX16JW.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Measurements

Roster Date Author Record
Height 2010-08-04 jW 1.8 [Input: U804JW.j]
Length 2010-08-04 jW 3.5 [Input: U804JW.j]
Width 2 or diameter of body 2010-08-04 jW 3.0 [Input: U804JW.j]

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2010-08-04 jW clay [Input: U804JW.j]
Color 2010-08-04 jW tan [Input: U804JW.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
Photo of individual elements (studio)

2010-08-09 eD1 [Input: J05_VWX.j]

2010-08-09 eD1 [Input: J05_VWX.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Removed (feature), discarded/missing (item) 2015-02-25 mKB The seal impression was cleaned and photographed by the conservator in 2010 and set aside to be drawn, photographed and described in 2011. There were unfortunately no excavations or study seasons possible after 2010. [Input: ZA225CJC.j]
Notes on disposition 2010-08-04 jW Hand-delivered to mKB for cleaning and analysis. [Input: U804JW.j]