Unit Book J4

The Eastern Top of the Main Staircase (Version 1a)
Typology/Objects

Other objects from unit J4

Yasmine Mahmoud – July 2023

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Shell artifacts

The number of shells recovered from J4 is very low (only 4 shells). Only one has working trace (a perforation), the rest are in their natural state. The shells were retrieved from various layers mostly mixed layers (2 shells from modern mixed layer and the sifter and 2 from Mittani layer and imperial Akkadian layer). The scarcity of such type of objects is consistent with the nature of J4, a unit that consist of mostly accumulation layer with no major activities.

Shells
q202.4

q278.1

q998.1

q845.2

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Beads

Only two clay beads have been found in J4 and they come from Mittani accumulation layer and a mixed brick fall layer with no association to a domestic sphere.

Beads
q245.1

q263.3

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Chariots

Some fragments of wheels (q254.1, possibly belonging to clay chariots have been found. However, there is no photographic documentation of the objects.

Chariot
q18.1

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Weight

Only one example of a loom weight has been found in J4.

Weight
q156.1

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