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Unit Book A9

Version 1a)

Typological index with Frequency Computations
Objects (excluding ceramics) and samples
typologically by definition

Processed on 2025-02-25
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
clay artifact 363 47% bead (clay) 1 0%
brick 3 1%
clay artifact 86 24%
clay lump 97 27%
clay strainer 1 0%
dish (small platter) 1 0%
figurine 69 19%
jar shoulder 2 1%
pot 8 2%
seal impression 53 15%
sealing 15 4%
strainer 2 1%
wheel 25 7%
lithic artifact 266 34% bead 28 11%
door socket 4 2%
grinding stone 3 1%
lithic artifact 222 83%
seal 8 3%
stone tool 1 0%
metal artifact 50 6% ax(head) 1 2%
metal artifact 40 80%
metal blade 1 2%
metal bowl 1 2%
metal pin 1 2%
slag 6 12%
organic 38 5% animal bone 6 16%
bead (shell) 1 3%
bitumen 1 3%
bone artifact 6 16%
burnt material 1 3%
carbon sample 1 3%
human body 7 18%
shell artifact 15 39%
other 46 6% sample 21 46%
soil sample 2 4%
specimen 23 50%
unknown 11 1% unknown 11 100%
Total 774 100%

clay artifact




Total: 363

lithic artifact




Total: 266