| Roster |
Date |
Author |
Record |
| Ware or Material, species |
2009-08-09 |
eA |
clay-baked [Input: T830EA4.j] |
| Color |
2009-08-09 |
eA |
pinkish white [Input: T830EA4.j] |
| Color number (Munsell) |
2009-08-09 |
eA |
7.5YR 8/2 [Input: T830EA4.j] |
| Condition |
2009-08-09 |
eA |
It is broken. [Input: T830EA4.j] |
| Notes on items |
2014-03-30 |
rAH |
In studying Bos 206, a related stratified find from the Bos corpus in the royal storehouse, some parallels can be seen, although i54 is less clearly articulated. However, the exercise may call attention to the fact that the sexual parts of cattle are carried forward in the belly. This may explain the interruption of the painted pattern on the ventral surface of this representation.
The representation compares favorably to Bos 206 in ventral, dorsal and right median plane views. The angle at which the representation is held in V22d3632 (the caudal section of the right median plane) falsifies somewhat the curve of the back; in fact, it is rather more gradual in its decline, and in the same plane, rather than descending as the photograph would indicate.
It is not unusual for w3 to be ever so slightly wider than the forequarters and the torso. That is the case here, so at least in the last two measurements, the ratio would appear to be 1 : : 1, a solid Bos characteristic. [Input: Y401JW.j] |
| 2014-03-30 |
rAH |
This is a most interesting object, albeit fragmentary. There is painted decoration, perhaps saddle bags, or a coverlet/blanket thrown over the dorsal surface. The patterning is grid-like, quite regular. It does not appear to be in imitation of animal hair, but rather a covering. Interesting that the "net" effect continues under the body to the ventral surface. This might argue for an abstract rendering of bodily fur (but unlikely). Munsell value of the paint is Khabur red.
In photograph V22d3633, which I take to be the ventral view of the fragment, the pattern of the lines is disrupted, just to the front of the genital area. There is a triangular/pointed extension of the painted decoration to just below the tail, as if indeed the covering were terminated there, a sort of unusual "all weather wrap" -- ?
Fingerprints do their part to interrupt the pattern. This is a most unusual manufacturing detail; as, apparently, the fingerprints come on top of the paint. Why this is so is difficult to say. The handling and modeling of such figures, particularly those with painted decoration, must surely have something to do with the making and unmaking of these representations. [Input: Y401JW.j] |