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Unit Book J2

The Temple Staircase (Version 1a)

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

Processed on 2026-04-08
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
clay artifact 354 44% andiron 2 1%
bead 2 1%
bead (clay) 5 1%
brick 5 1%
ceramic vessel 1 0%
chariot model 3 1%
clay artifact 22 6%
clay lump 52 15%
clay strainer 1 0%
figurine 66 19%
kiln waste 84 24%
kiln waster 1 0%
lithic artifact 1 0%
pipe 2 1%
seal 2 1%
seal impression 7 2%
sealing 5 1%
slag 1 0%
sling ball 11 3%
soil 1 0%
unknown 58 16%
wheel 22 6%
lithic artifact 350 44% bead 10 3%
blade 31 9%
clay lump 1 0%
core 4 1%
core stone 1 0%
debitage 31 9%
door socket 5 1%
flake 64 18%
grinding stone 75 21%
ground stone 3 1%
lithic artifact 67 19%
lithic specimen 19 5%
loom weight 3 1%
pestle 4 1%
seal 1 0%
soil 1 0%
specimen 1 0%
stamp seal 1 0%
stone 1 0%
stone phallus 1 0%
unknown 25 7%
weight stone 1 0%
metal artifact 18 2% arrowhead 1 6%
coin 1 6%
jewelry item 1 6%
metal artifact 8 44%
pin 4 22%
tool 1 6%
uncertain 1 6%
unknown 1 6%
organic 49 6% animal bone 1 2%
carbon sample 4 8%
charcoal 19 39%
seed 4 8%
sh 5 10%
shell artifact 16 33%
other 14 2% sample 7 50%
specimen 7 50%
sample 11 1% brick 2 18%
charcoal 2 18%
lithic specimen 2 18%
shell artifact 2 18%
sherd 1 9%
soil 2 18%
specimen 1 0% shell artifact 1 100%
Total 797 100%

clay artifact




Total: 354

lithic artifact




Total: 350

specimen




Total: 1