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Unit Book A6

The Palace Kitchen (Version 1a)

A6q385.3

Processed on 2025-01-30

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Best definition 1996-07-08 jO i [Input: ZGx18aMA.j]
Best image 2003-08-25 !! [Input: A06_VWX.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Labeling

Roster Date Author Record
Reference to q-lot !! !! q385 (bones, pottery)

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2005-08-00 mKB good peg impression (diameter 3.5 cm) [Input: ZI827mKB.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 1996-07-08 jO k169 [Input: ZGx18aMA.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 1996-07-08 jO q385.3 (i) sits in f110 (accumulation C) [Input: ZGx18aMA.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Measurements

Roster Date Author Record
Length 2005-08-00 mKB 3.0 [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Width 1 or diameter of rim 2005-08-00 mKB 5.0 [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Thickness 2005-08-00 mKB 1.1 [Input: ZI827mKB.j]

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2005-08-00 mKB Type 1 [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Color 2005-08-00 mKB light brown [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2005-08-00 mKB 7.5YR 6\4 [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Iconographic description, specific 2005-08-00 mKB seated figure facing left with rays coming out of the shoulder. Woman facing right with crown with single pair of horns, her hair is turned up in the back and held in the middle, long dress with a prominent v-neck or a necklace of that shape. Left hand raised holding a cone shaped object, right arm lowered carrying a pail (see pail excavated from a grave in Urkesh, see British Museum No. 228), bearded man taller than the woman behind. He wears a rounded cap and patterned hair, unclear objects on his far side at waist level, one appears to be straight and the other curved. He is wearing a long skirt with a line of X-pattern decoration running down the front. He is balancing with both hands flattened a round object, perhaps a cup, above his hands is a crescent moon. This scene in all likelihood a presentation scene to the seated god Shamash. [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Iconographic description, generic 2005-08-00 mKB presentation scene [Input: ZI827mKB.j]
Notes on typology 2005-08-00 mKB For a figure holding a cup in both hands see above i121. i121 is not the same scene but does contain the same gesture. [Input: ZI827mKB.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
Photo of individual elements (studio)

2003-08-25 gg [Input: A06_VWX.j]

2003-08-25 gg [Input: A06_VWX.j]

2003-08-25 gg [Input: A06_VWX.j]
Drawing of individual element (studio)

1996-07-18 pP1 [Input: A06_VWX.j]

1996-07-18 pP1 [Input: A06_VWX.j]

Zsi. SPECIAL ROSTER: SEAL IMPRESSIONS

THEME AND OVERALL COMPOSITION

Roster Date Author Record
General Composition of Entire Seal 2024-12-10 vL antithetical [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]
Groundline 2024-12-10 vL under individual figure(s) [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]
Number of Compositions on Entire Seal 2024-12-10 vL one [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]
Theme of Each Composition 2024-12-10 vL beseeching – fervent appeal to a deity indicated through body position and gesture [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]

MAJOR COMPOSITIONAL ELEMENTS

Roster Date Author Record
Identification of Figures: gender 2024-12-10 vL female [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]
2024-12-10 vL male [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]
2024-12-10 vL unknown [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]
Identification of Figures: Human 2024-12-10 vL unknown [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]
Distinctive Physical Characteristics 2024-12-10 vL UK patterned hair, NO CODE FOR PATTERNED HAIR [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]
2024-12-10 vL bearded [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]
2024-12-10 vL hair styled in bun [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]
Dress 2024-12-10 vL lo line of X-pattern decoration running down the front [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]
2024-12-10 vL lo with a prominent v-neck [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]
Head Covering 2024-12-10 vL cap: rounded [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]
2024-12-10 vL hat rounded top: one pair of horns [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]
Jewelry 2024-12-10 vL necklace [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]
Posture of Figure: General 2024-12-10 vL seated [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]
Posture of Figure: View Shown: Head 2024-12-10 vL facing left [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]
2024-12-10 vL facing right [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]
Posture of Figure: Left Arm 2024-12-10 vL arm raised, elbow up, forearm down [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]
Posture of Figure: Right Arm 2024-12-10 vL arm down, elbow bent, forearm extended [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]

MINOR COMPOSITIONAL ELEMENTS: ATTRIBUTES

Roster Date Author Record
Objects and Other Elements 2024-12-10 vL UK cone shaped object [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]
2024-12-10 vL crescent [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]
2024-12-10 vL pa arm carrying a pail [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]
2024-12-10 vL ra coming out of the shoulder [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]
Location of Attributes 2024-12-10 vL figure holding [Input: ZJ116 vL.j]