1. OVERVIEW
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | !! | !! | ceramic vessel |
| Best definition | 2000-07-20 | !! | ceramic vessel [Input: K720JL.j] |
| Best image | 2001-02-26 | jl | V13d1112 [Input: M815JL.j] |
| 2001-02-26 | jl | V13d1635 [Input: M815JL.j] | |
| 2001-02-26 | jl | V13d1657 [Input: M815JL.j] | |
| 2001-02-26 | jl | W13c2504 [Input: M815JL.j] |
2. IDENTIFICATION
Designation
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2000-07-20 | jl | ceramic vessel [Input: K720JL.j] |
| Description (summary) | 2000-07-20 | jl | a small tripod vessel, two legs intact, with a woman's face, arms, and body on one side, and what appears to be her hair surrounding the pot neck and continuing in a stripe down the other side. The neck was right next to the vessel, broken off, and the rim itself is missing. [Input: K720JL.j] |
3. STRATIGRAPHY
Volumetric Localization
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locus | 2000-07-20 | ed | k27 [Input: K720JL.j] |
Axial Definition
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inclination | 2000-07-20 | jl | lying on side, slightly tilted down to N, face down [Input: K720JL.j] |
| Orientation | 2000-07-20 | jl | top of pot points NNE (spout), as does top of head [Input: K720JL.j] |
| Rotation | 2000-07-20 | jl | one intact leg sticking straight up, person's face pointing down [Input: K720JL.j] |
Contact Association
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items | 2000-07-20 | ed | i108 (ceramic vessel) sits in f343 (accumulation A) [Input: K720JL.j] |
Spatial Aggregation
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| q-lot with which item is associated | 2000-07-20 | ed | q709 (bones, items, pottery) [Input: K720JL.j] |
4. TYPOLOGY
Items Field Record
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Field definition | 2000-07-20 | ed | cv [Input: K720JL.j] |
| Field ware or material | 2000-07-20 | ed | cl [Input: K720JL.j] |
| Notes on field record | 2000-07-20 | ed | anthropomorphic vessel [Input: K720JL.j] |
Morphology
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shape, form | 2000-08-04 | sb | small vessel shaped as a woman [Input: K804SB.j] |
| Color | 2000-07-20 | jl | greenish [Input: K720JL.j] |
| 2000-08-04 | sb | dark grey [Input: K804SB.j] | |
| Preservation | 2000-08-04 | sb | almost complete; two of the three small feet at the base are partially broken; the small vase on top of the head was broken while digging, it is broken in 2 halves [Input: K804SB.j] |
| Notes on typology | 2000-08-04 | yt | textual analysis - a. texture: clay body is soft(ash like). Since the clay had high viscosity, the surface is uneven. Several finger prints are observed. Light gray colour. It does not have enough oxidation firing. Chaff tempers remain as carbon in clay matrix. Particle size is uniform. b. inclusions: fibre remains(carbon) ++ (fairly), calareous ++ (fairly), pebbles - (few) [Input: K804SB.j] |
Manufacturing
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notes on manufacturing | 2000-08-04 | yt | technical examination - This small jar with a woman's figure was made by wheel-forming and hand-forming. The small pot on her head is located in the perfect center of jar. The hair, arms, face, breasts and legs were added on the ceramic body by hand. Three legs and top part of the small pot are partly missing. Her braied hair part, face details, necklace, bangles on both arms and triangle-shaped genitalia are incised with a sharp tool. The nipples, the genitalia and the necklace were decorated as round pressed pattern with cylindrical tools. The surface was carefully burnished. [Input: K804SB.j] |
5. TREATMENT
Conservation
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current conditions | 2000-08-04 | sb | the piece was completely covered by a thick hard layer of soil [Input: K804SB.j] |
| Procedures employed | 2000-08-04 | sb | removed the soil by scalpel and brushes, reattached the small vase; one small fragment is missing [Input: K804SB.j] |
