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J6

The Eastern End of the Plaza and the Betili (Version 1a)

J6.28

Processed on 2025-05-30

2. IDENTIFICATION

Labeling

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on labeling 1985-05-22 mKB other label: M1 54 [Input: ZJ525_rL_items_cv.j]

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 1985-05-22 mKB ceramic vessel [Input: ZJ525_rL_items_cv.j]
2009-09-04 mKB seal impression [Input: TX05MKB.J]
Notes on designation 2009-09-04 mKB f284 [Input: TX05MKB.J]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2025-02-27 rL i28 (seal impression) sits in f16 (lens type d) [Input: ZJ525_rL_items_cv.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2025-05-30 !! s60J6B [Input: ZJ530pC.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2009-09-04 mKB Phase 5a [Input: TX05MKB.J]
2025-05-30 !! h8rJPD [Input: ZJ530pC.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Measurements

Roster Date Author Record
Height 2009-09-04 mKB 2.3 [Input: TX05MKB.J]
Length 2009-09-04 mKB 4.2 [Input: TX05MKB.J]
Width 1 or diameter of rim 1985-05-22 mKB 8.3 [Input: ZJ525_rL_items_cv.j]
Thickness 1985-05-22 mKB 0.4 [Input: ZJ525_rL_items_cv.j]
2009-09-04 mKB 1.2 [Input: TX05MKB.J]
Notes on measurement 2009-09-04 mKB measured with narrowest part on top [Input: TX05MKB.J]

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Components (within element) 2009-09-04 mKB coarse dark gray clay with many small inclusions [Input: TX05MKB.J]
Ware or Material, species 1985-05-22 mKB Simple Ware [Input: ZJ525_rL_items_cv.j]
2009-09-04 mKB cl [Input: TX05MKB.J]
Shape, form 1985-05-22 mKB pot [Input: ZJ525_rL_items_cv.j]
2009-09-04 mKB container sealing flat on the bottom. one cord impression, peg impression [Input: TX05MKB.J]
Color 2009-09-04 mKB grayish brown [Input: TX05MKB.J]
Color number (Munsell) 2009-09-04 mKB 10YR 5/2 [Input: TX05MKB.J]
Iconographic description, specific 2009-09-04 mKB parts of three rollings parallel to each other and rolled in the classic fashion from bottom to top. Only central rolling clear: figure facing right holding? the leg of a reversed lion, figure facing left holding? leg of the same lion, so that the composition in this part of the seal shows a central reversed lion held by two flanking human figures [Input: TX05MKB.J]
Style 2009-09-04 mKB drill holes evident in heads and bodies of human figures, many small drill holes indicating the mane of the lion. Outstretched hand of one of the figures shown with three fingers [Input: TX05MKB.J]
Notes on typology 1985-05-22 mKB Incomplete wheelmade, heavily fired, outcurving rim, sharp fracture, fine surface texture, no carbon streak, no firing cloud, in destruction layer and refired. Mid-late third millennium. [Input: ZJ525_rL_items_cv.j]
2025-02-27 rL shape updated during horizon review [Input: ZJ525_rL_items_cv.j]
Zca.SHAPE: Type 2025-02-27 rL 107 [Input: ZJ525_rL_items_cv.j]
Zca.SHAPE: Rim/base/handle 1985-05-22 mKB spout [Input: ZJ525_rL_items_cv.j]