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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 2025-12-04
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 45% andiron 1 0%
bead (clay) 5 1%
brick 5 1%
ceramic vessel 1 0%
chariot model 3 1%
clay artifact 16 5%
clay disc 1 0%
clay lump 52 15%
clay strainer 1 0%
figurine 66 19%
kiln waste 84 24%
kiln waster 1 0%
lithic artifact 1 0%
pipe 1 0%
seal 2 1%
seal impression 7 2%
sealing 3 1%
slag 2 1%
sling ball 10 3%
sling missile 1 0%
soil 1 0%
uncertain 1 0%
unknown 67 19%
wheel 22 6%
lithic artifact 348 44% bead 10 3%
blade 31 9%
chipped stone 3 1%
clay lump 1 0%
core 3 1%
core stone 4 1%
debitage 31 9%
door socket 3 1%
doorsocket 1 0%
flake 60 17%
grinding stone 75 22%
ground stone 3 1%
lithic artifact 63 18%
lithic specimen 14 4%
pestle 3 1%
shapeless stone 3 1%
soil 1 0%
specimen 1 0%
stamp seal 1 0%
stone 1 0%
stone pestol 1 0%
stone phallus 1 0%
stone weight 3 1%
unknown 29 8%
various 1 0%
weight stone 1 0%
metal artifact 18 2% arrow 1 6%
bronze pin 1 6%
coin 1 6%
maf 1 6%
metal artifact 2 11%
nail 1 6%
pin 2 11%
tool 1 6%
uncertain 1 6%
unknown 7 39%
organic 47 6% carbon sample 4 9%
charcoal 18 38%
seed 4 9%
sh 6 13%
shell artifact 15 32%
other 14 2% sample 7 50%
specimen 7 50%
sample 12 2% brick 2 17%
charcoal 2 17%
lithic specimen 3 25%
shell artifact 2 17%
sherd 1 8%
soil 2 17%
specimen 1 0% shell artifact 1 100%
Total 794 100%

clay artifact




Total: 354

lithic artifact




Total: 348

specimen




Total: 1