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Unit Book A15

The Reception Area - Version 1a

A15.226

Processed on 2024-11-15

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! other
Best definition 2001-09-15 !! statue [Input: L915mkb3.j]
Best image 2001-08-24 !! [Input: A15_VWX.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2001-09-15 MKB statue [Input: L915mkb3.j]
Description (summary) 2001-09-15 MKB Male head. The head and neck are modeled first with the nose and chin pinched from this clay. Next the head covering clay pieces were attached to the head. Lastly the head was painted. [Input: L915mkb3.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2001-08-21 jw k13 [Input: L915jlw1.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2001-08-21 jlw r472 (##### ##### - ##### / Relay location: f353) [Input: L821JW2.R]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2001-08-21 jw i226 (statue) sits in f353 (accumulation) [Input: L915jlw1.j]

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
Aggregate (to which element belongs) 2003-08-04 !! a30 (kiln) [Input: N921jw3.j]
q-lot with which item is associated 2001-08-21 jw q713 (pottery) [Input: L915jlw1.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2024-03-13 !! s250A15A [Input: ZI901jW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2024-03-13 !! h6hMZA [Input: ZI901jW.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Measurements

Roster Date Author Record
Length 2001-09-15 MKB 3.5 [Input: L915mkb3.j]
Thickness 2001-09-15 MKB 1.7 [Input: L915mkb3.j]

Items Field Record

Roster Date Author Record
Field definition 2001-08-21 jw figurine [Input: L915jlw1.j]
Field height 2001-08-21 jw 1.5 [Input: L915jlw1.j]
Field length 2001-08-21 jw 3.5 [Input: L915jlw1.j]
Field width 1 2001-08-21 jw 2.5 [Input: L915jlw1.j]
Field ware or material 2001-08-21 jw cl [Input: L915jlw1.j]
Notes on field record 2001-08-21 jw face of woman in the same style as i228 [Input: L915jlw1.j]

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2001-09-15 MKB clay [Input: L915mkb3.j]
Color 2001-09-15 MKB pale yellow [Input: L915mkb3.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2001-09-15 MKB 2.5Y 8/3 [Input: L915mkb3.j]
Preservation 2001-09-15 MKB overfired [Input: L915mkb3.j]
Iconographic description, specific 2001-09-15 MKB long narrow neck which flares slightly at the base so probably attached to a torso, face with pointed chin, line of cheeks and nose; no mouth indicated but in the position of the mouth is a short black thick line of paint indicating a moustache, large irregular rectangles of paint indicate he eyes, the head covering is made with several strips of clay which cover only the front part of the head, the strip of clay immediately covering the head extends down behind the place of his left ear, a second strip on top of the first protrudes slightly as it extends across the head. Two other shorter strips of clay have been added down the side of the face covering the area of the ears. All of these strips were painted in the front but not the back. The reverse of the head has a piece of clay extending slightly in a v-shaped pattern; it is not clear if this is meant to indicate hair. The back of the neck is slightly modeled. [Input: L915mkb3.j]
Notes on typology 2001-09-15 MKB as to material, clay with much sand, little calcite [Input: L915mkb3.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
Drawing of individual element (studio)

2001-08-24 yt [Input: A15_VWX.j]

2001-08-24 yt [Input: A15_VWX.j]