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Unit Book A16

The Courtyard of the Tupkish Palace (Version 2, Beta release)

Typological index with Frequency Computations
Objects (excluding ceramics) and samples
typologically by definition

Processed on 2026-05-21
Included here are movable elements, which are
  • either artifactual (objects such as seals ans seal impression, figurines or ceramic vessels), or
  • natural (samples and specimens such as charred wood, animal bones or botanical remnants).
They include both items and q-items, a distinction that is based on stratigraphic criteria.
Sherds are excluded and listed elsewhere, because, given the large amounts in which they occur, they would unduly skew the frequencies.

The main typological categories (surfaces, build-up, etc.) are listed according to types as defined in the pertinent section of the Grammar.


Category Total Percentage Definitions Sub-Total Percentage
baf 1 0% uncertain 1 100%
bone artifact 1 0% uncertain 1 100%
caf 37 3% bead 1 3%
clay lump 1 3%
sealing 1 3%
uncertain 14 38%
unknown 19 51%
weight 1 3%
clay artifact 448 42% andiron 1 0%
bead 2 0%
bead (clay) 20 4%
brick 1 0%
clay artifact 3 1%
clay lump 96 21%
clay strainer 3 1%
disk 1 0%
figurine 104 23%
goblet 1 0%
handle 1 0%
kiln waste 20 4%
kiln waster 2 0%
Numeric tablet 1 0%
plaque 1 0%
seal impression 64 14%
sealing 45 10%
sling ball 5 1%
uncertain 18 4%
uncertain clay artifact 1 0%
unknown 25 6%
various 3 1%
wheel 30 7%
laf 63 6% debitage 41 65%
door socket 1 2%
flake 2 3%
grinding stone 1 2%
lithic specimen 2 3%
lithic tool 1 2%
mortar 2 3%
pestle 2 3%
scraper 1 2%
tool 1 2%
uncertain 7 11%
unknown 2 3%
lithic artifact 287 27% ax(head) 2 1%
bead 31 11%
blade 56 20%
debitage 40 14%
door socket 10 3%
flake 4 1%
grinding stone 42 15%
lithic artifact 23 8%
lithic specimen 17 6%
lithic tool 1 0%
mortar 2 1%
mortar or door socket 1 0%
pestle 3 1%
river pebble 1 0%
sample 1 0%
seal 2 1%
stone ax(head) 1 0%
stone tool 3 1%
stone weight 1 0%
tool 9 3%
uncertain 20 7%
unknown 13 5%
weight 4 1%
maf 28 3% bead 1 4%
earring 1 4%
jewellery 1 4%
jewelry 1 4%
metal wire 1 4%
pin 6 21%
ring 1 4%
slag 1 4%
spearhead 1 4%
tool 1 4%
uncertain 10 36%
unknown 3 11%
metal artifact 63 6% arrowhead 1 2%
bucket 1 2%
earring 1 2%
jewelry 1 2%
jewelry item 15 24%
metal artifact 2 3%
nail 1 2%
needle or pin 1 2%
pin 12 19%
pin or nail 1 2%
slag 7 11%
tool 3 5%
tool, pin or nail 1 2%
uncertain 3 5%
unknown 12 19%
weapon 1 2%
organic 51 5% bone artifact 2 4%
carbon sample 1 2%
charcoal 4 8%
human body 38 75%
sh 4 8%
shell artifact 2 4%
other 78 7% sample 68 87%
specimen 3 4%
tool 5 6%
various 2 3%
sample 2 0% soil 2 100%
shell artifact 1 0% inlay 1 100%
specimen 2 0% animal bone 1 50%
animal bones 1 50%
Total 1062 100%

baf




Total: 1

caf > bead




Total: 1

caf > weight




Total: 1

clay artifact




Total: 448

laf > tool




Total: 1

lithic artifact




Total: 287

maf > bead




Total: 1

maf > earring




Total: 1

maf > jewellery




Total: 1

maf > jewelry




Total: 1

maf > ring




Total: 1

maf > slag




Total: 1

maf > spearhead




Total: 1

maf > tool




Total: 1

sample




Total: 2

specimen




Total: 2