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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 2025-06-29
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 98 9% andiron 1 1%
bead 5 5%
clay lump 1 1%
disk 1 1%
FIgurine or clay vessel 1 1%
handle 1 1%
kiln waste 1 1%
Numeric tablet 1 1%
plaque 1 1%
sealing 1 1%
sling ball 5 5%
uncertain 31 32%
unknown 44 45%
various 3 3%
weight 1 1%
clay artifact 387 36% bead (clay) 18 5%
brick 1 0%
clay artifact 3 1%
clay lump 96 25%
clay strainer 3 1%
figurine 104 27%
goblet 1 0%
kiln waste 19 5%
kiln waster 2 1%
seal impression 64 17%
sealing 45 12%
uncertain clay artifact 1 0%
wheel 30 8%
laf 169 16% axe 3 2%
axe or hammer 1 1%
debitage 71 42%
door socket 11 7%
flake 5 3%
grinding stone 3 2%
lithic specimen 2 1%
lithic tool 1 1%
mortar 4 2%
mortar or door socket 1 1%
pestle 6 4%
river pebble 1 1%
sample 1 1%
scraper 1 1%
stone weight 1 1%
tool 11 7%
uncertain 27 16%
unknown 15 9%
weight 4 2%
lithic artifact 181 17% bead 31 17%
blade 56 31%
debitage 10 6%
flake 1 1%
grinding stone 40 22%
lithic artifact 23 13%
lithic specimen 17 9%
lithic tool 1 1%
seal 2 1%
maf 60 6% bead 1 2%
bucket 1 2%
earring 2 3%
jewellery 1 2%
jewelry 1 2%
metal wire 1 2%
needle or pin 1 2%
pin 13 22%
pin or nail 1 2%
ring 1 2%
slag 2 3%
spearhead 1 2%
tool 4 7%
tool, pin or nail 1 2%
uncertain 13 22%
unknown 15 25%
weapon 1 2%
metal artifact 31 3% arrowhead 1 3%
earring 1 3%
jewelry 1 3%
jewelry item 14 45%
metal artifact 2 6%
nail 1 3%
pin 5 16%
slag 6 19%
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 > andiron




Total: 1

caf > disk




Total: 1

caf > handle




Total: 1

caf > plaque




Total: 1

caf > weight




Total: 1

clay artifact




Total: 387

laf > sample




Total: 1

maf > bead




Total: 1

maf > bucket




Total: 1

maf > jewellery




Total: 1

maf > jewelry




Total: 1

maf > ring




Total: 1

maf > spearhead




Total: 1

maf > weapon




Total: 1

sample




Total: 2

specimen




Total: 2