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Unit Book A12

A12.89

Processed on 2024-09-12

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Best definition 2000-07-12 !! ta [Input: K715JL.j]
Best image 2000-07-17 !! [Input: A12_VWX.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2000-07-12 jl ta [Input: K715JL.j]
Description (summary) 2000-07-12 jl unepigraphic, uninscribed tablet [Input: K715JL.j]
2000-07-31 jl sb did an excellent job cleaning this, enough to discover that it is not an unepigraphic tablet, but instead a tablet envelope, with what appears to be a fragment of a tablet still within it. If so, then this might be inscribed. [Input: K731JL.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2000-07-13 jl k27 [Input: K713JL.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2000-07-13 jl i89 (ta) sits in f331 (accumulation C) [Input: K713JL.j]

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
q-lot with which item is associated 2000-07-13 jl q661 (bones, pottery) [Input: K713JL.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2000-07-10 !! s4, s5 [Input: K710JL1.j]
2001-09-16 !! s6 [Input: L915JL1.j]
2024-08-11 !! s180A12A, s400A12A [Input: ZI811mS.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2024-08-11 !! h6zMZA [Input: ZI811mS.j]
2024-08-11 !! h7cMZA [Input: ZI811mS.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Measurements

Roster Date Author Record
Length 2000-07-12 jl 5.7 [Input: K715JL.j]
Width 1 or diameter of rim 2000-07-12 jl 3.7 [Input: K715JL.j]
Thickness 2000-07-12 jl 2.5 [Input: K715JL.j]

Items Field Record

Roster Date Author Record
Field definition 2000-07-13 jl clay artifact [Input: K713JL.j]
Notes on field record 2000-07-13 jl possible tablet blank [Input: K713JL.j]

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2000-08-04 sb cl [Input: K804SB.j]
Color 2000-07-12 jl pale brown [Input: K715JL.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2000-07-12 jl 10YR6/3 [Input: K715JL.j]
Preservation 2000-08-04 sb 2/3 of a clay envelope with part of a tablet still in place [Input: K804SB.j]

5. TREATMENT

Conservation

Roster Date Author Record
Current conditions 2000-08-04 sb incrusted with soil, it seemed at the beginning an unepigraphic tablet [Input: K804SB.j]
Procedures employed 2000-08-04 sb while cleaning the object it turned out to be a tablet within its clay envelope. There are sign visible in negative (in relief) in the internal side of the envelope; only the bottom part of the tablet is preserved. GB said that after photography the envelope should be broken to read the extant part of tablet [Input: K804SB.j]

Site Presentation

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on conservation or analysis 2000-08-04 sb after the piece was photographed the small fragment of tablet fell down by itself; it is really just a corner and does not show signs [Input: K804SB.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
Photo of individual elements (studio)

2000-07-17 gg [Input: A12_VWX.j]

2000-07-17 gg [Input: A12_VWX.j]

2000-07-17 gg [Input: A12_VWX.j]

2000-07-17 gg [Input: A12_VWX.j]

2000-07-17 gg [Input: A12_VWX.j]

2000-07-17 gg [Input: A12_VWX.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on disposition 2000-07-12 jl sent to sb for conservation [Input: K715JL.j]