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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 2025-04-08
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
caf 85 12% andiron 1 1%
bead 2 2%
brick 1 1%
cart 1 1%
ceramic vessel 1 1%
chariot model 1 1%
clay artifact 8 9%
clay disc 1 1%
clay lump 1 1%
figurine 1 1%
kiln waste 1 1%
lithic artifact 2 2%
slag 2 2%
sling ball 8 9%
sling missile 1 1%
soil 1 1%
uncertain 2 2%
unknown 50 59%
clay artifact 230 34% bead (clay) 4 2%
brick 2 1%
chariot model 1 0%
clay artifact 9 4%
clay lump 50 22%
clay strainer 1 0%
figurine 58 25%
kiln waste 81 35%
seal impression 7 3%
sealing 1 0%
sling ball 1 0%
wheel 15 7%
laf 131 19% blade 2 2%
chipped stone 3 2%
clay lump 1 1%
core stone 3 2%
debitage 20 15%
doorsocket 1 1%
flake 43 33%
grinding stone 5 4%
ground stone 3 2%
kiln waste 1 1%
li 1 1%
lithic artifact 17 13%
lithic specimen 2 2%
ob 2 2%
pestle 1 1%
quartz 1 1%
shapeless stone 3 2%
specimen 2 2%
stamp seal 1 1%
stone 1 1%
stone phallus 1 1%
stone weight 2 2%
unknown 14 11%
various 1 1%
lithic artifact 162 24% bead 11 7%
blade 17 10%
door socket 1 1%
grinding stone 41 25%
IS 1 1%
li 1 1%
lithic artifact 76 47%
lithic specimen 11 7%
seal 1 1%
uc laf 2 1%
maf 10 1% arrow 1 10%
pin 1 10%
tool 1 10%
uncertain 1 10%
unknown 6 60%
metal artifact 6 1% coin 1 17%
metal artifact 2 33%
nail 1 17%
pin 1 17%
slag 1 17%
organic 29 4% carbon sample 10 34%
seed 5 17%
sh 14 48%
other 19 3% sample 12 63%
specimen 7 37%
sample 12 2% brick 2 17%
cb 2 17%
lithic specimen 3 25%
sh 1 8%
sherd 1 8%
soil 2 17%
specimen 1 8%
specimen 1 0% sh 1 100%
unknown 1 0% unknown 1 100%
Total 686 100%

caf > andiron




Total: 1

caf > brick




Total: 1

caf > cart




Total: 1

caf > soil




Total: 1

laf > doorsocket




Total: 1

laf > li




Total: 1

laf > pestle




Total: 1

laf > quartz




Total: 1

laf > stone




Total: 1

maf > arrow




Total: 1

maf > pin




Total: 1

maf > tool




Total: 1

sample > sh




Total: 1

specimen




Total: 1

unknown




Total: 1