1. OVERVIEW
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | !! | !! | clay artifact |
| Best definition | 2025-02-27 | !! | seal impression [Input: ZJ226_rL_si.j] |
| Best image | 2025-03-21 | !! |  [Input: K01_VWX.j] |
2. IDENTIFICATION
Labeling
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notes on labeling | 2025-02-27 | rL | other label: M1 168 [Input: ZJ226_rL_si.j] |
Designation
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1984-11-09 | arB | tag [Input: ZJ226_rL_items_log.j] |
| 2025-02-27 | rL | seal impression [Input: ZJ226_rL_si.j] | |
| Description (summary) | 1988-01-01 | mKB | This clay tag is tempered with some chaff and sand; it was burnt red-brown in the secondary fire and in places is almost blue. It is fairly flat on the back with traces of finger impressions. Design: Early Dynastic motif of antithetical animals with their legs crossed in the middle and heads probably turned back (heads missing in this rolling); a smaller duck(?) stands to the right. At the bottom is a horizontally placed figure. In typical Mesopotamian motifs of this type the crossing of the animal's legs is much more gracefully patterned; however in this seal an overall patterned effect was achieved, if somewhat in a disorganized manner. Part of this effect comes from the horizontal placement of the human figure(?) at the bouom of the seal which is not found in southern models. The emphasis on the linear aspect of the modelling probably indicates an ED I1 date. [Input: ZJ226_rL_si.j] |
3. STRATIGRAPHY
Contact Association
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items | 1984-11-09 | arB | i8 (seal impression) sits in f13 [Input: ZJ226_rL_items_log.j] |
4. TYPOLOGY
Measurements
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Height | 2025-02-27 | rL | 3.2 (of impression) [Input: ZJ226_rL_si.j] |
| Length | 2025-02-27 | rL | 4 (of impression) [Input: ZJ226_rL_si.j] |
| 2025-02-27 | rL | 4 (of tag) [Input: ZJ226_rL_si.j] | |
| Width | 2025-02-27 | rL | 4.3 (of tag) [Input: ZJ226_rL_si.j] |
| Thickness | 2025-02-27 | rL | 0.6 [Input: ZJ226_rL_si.j] |
Morphology
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Color | 2025-02-27 | rL | red [Input: ZJ226_rL_si.j] |
| Color number (Munsell) | 2025-02-27 | rL | 10Y 5/6 [Input: ZJ226_rL_si.j] |
| Notes on typology | 2025-02-26 | rL | The original label of this item is m8 [Input: ZJ226_rL_item_notes.j] |
6. REFERENCE
Analogical Record
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drawing of individual element (studio) | |||
Files and Publications
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project publications | 2025-02-27 | rL | Mozan 1, pp. 79-80, fig. 33, illustration 29. [Input: ZJ226_rL_si.j] |
Zsi. SPECIAL ROSTER: SEAL IMPRESSIONS
EXTERNAL CHARACTERISTICS
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type of Object on Which Impression is Found | 2025-02-27 | rL | Tag [Input: ZJ226_rL_si.j] |