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Unit Book A15

A15.3

Processed on 2024-03-21

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! ceramic vessel
Best definition 2001-09-15 !! jar [Input: L915mkb2.j]
Best image 2001-09-08 !! [Input: A15_VWX.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2001-09-15 MKB jar [Input: L915mkb2.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on recovery 2001-09-05 okk This vessel was the first excavated, a large storage type vessel which only appeared to be the the central part of a vessel. After clearing out the dirt from inside of it and from around the outside we saw that in fact it was the rim and part of the neck of a large open vessel, with the rim sitting and slightly embedded in floor f26. The depression made by the rim is still visible in the floor. [Input: L905okk.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2001-06-27 sb k100 [Input: L909okk.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2001-07-13 okk r3 (40617 38095 - 8910 / Relay location: center of item) [Input: L713OKK.R]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2001-06-27 sb i3 (jar) sits in f26 (floorsurface in general) [Input: L909okk.j]

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
Aggregate (to which element belongs) 2001-07-01 okk a2 (room), a16 (house) [Input: L916okk3.j]
2023-12-12 jw a52 (courtyard) [Input: ZHz12jW.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2024-03-13 !! s13A15A [Input: ZI3130jW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2024-03-13 !! h5cAAE [Input: ZI3130jW.j]
Notes on time sequencing 2001-09-15 MKB Phase 4 [Input: L915mkb2.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Measurements

Roster Date Author Record
Width 1 or diameter of rim 2001-09-15 MKB 68 [Input: L915mkb2.j]

Items Field Record

Roster Date Author Record
Field definition 2001-06-27 sb ja [Input: L909okk.j]
Field ware or material 2001-06-27 sb cl [Input: L909okk.j]
Notes on field record 2001-06-27 sb on N baulk, E corner [Input: L909okk.j]

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2001-09-15 MKB Chaff Tempered [Input: L915mkb2.j]
Shape, form 2001-09-15 MKB jar [Input: L915mkb2.j]
Color 2001-09-15 MKB very pale yellow [Input: L915mkb2.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2001-09-15 MKB 10YR 8/2 [Input: L915mkb2.j]
Preservation 2001-09-15 MKB broken and not restored in MZ 14 [Input: L915mkb2.j]
Notes on typology 2001-09-15 MKB large hole mouth jar [Input: L915mkb2.j]
2001-09-15 MKB much mica in clay, carbon core, heavy clay, external edge of rim cut with a sharp tool, thick self-slip, exterior smoothed, interior smoothed but wheel marks visible [Input: L915mkb2.j]
2001-09-15 MKB shape type from 2001 Shape Catalog is jh-3 but with a much wider rim [Input: L915mkb2.j]
Zca.SHAPE: Family 2022-09-30 rL hole mouth [Input: ZG930rL gB.j]
Zca.SHAPE: Type 2022-09-30 rL 3 [Input: ZG930rL gB.j]

Function

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on function 2001-09-05 okk It is possible that this piece of broken vessel could have been in secondary use as a pot-stand. Peter Feldsner suggested that this is a common use for a vessel which is broken and then cut around the shoulder, embedded in the earth and plastered. This vessel is quite large, at least 50cm in rim diameter. If this was a pot stand the pot which would have been placed in it would have been even larger than this, and as the rim of the vessel was in front of a doorway, it would have completely blocked the doorway. At this time this still appears to be the most plausible explanation, although it could also have been used for storage of some type. [Input: L905okk.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
Drawing of individual element (studio)

2001-09-08 kih [Input: A15_VWX.j]
View/drawing of item

v32
2001-07-09 cc [Input: L916okk1.j]

v108
2001-07-28 ed [Input: ZI203jW.j]

v108a
2001-07-28 ed [Input: ZI203jW.j]

v108b
2001-07-28 ed [Input: ZI203jW.j]

v36
2023-12-09 jW [Input: ZHz09jW.j]

v55
2023-12-09 jW [Input: ZHz09jW.j]

v40
2024-01-30 jw [Input: ZI130jW.j]

v42
2024-01-30 jw [Input: ZI130jW.j]

v42a
2024-01-30 jw [Input: ZI130jW.j]

v59c
2024-01-30 jw [Input: ZI130jW.j]

v59d
2024-01-30 jw [Input: ZI130jW.j]
Notes on analogical record 2023-11-10 jW photos/drawings missing from record [Input: ZHy10jW.j]