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Unit Book A15

A15.260

Processed on 2024-03-21

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! other
Best definition 2003-09-14 !! mixed component jewelry [Input: Nx27jw.j]
Best image 0000-00-00 !! [Input: A15_VWX.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2003-08-13 sb jewelry item [Input: N830sb3.j]
2003-09-14 ms mixed component jewelry [Input: Nx27jw.j]
Description (summary) 2003-09-14 ms cache of beads and copper alloy pieces that probably comprised a necklace in antiquity. It consists of 42 round, faience beads(typical w2 of 0.55cm and th of 0.28cm), one round white stone bead(w2 of 0.55cm and th of 0.31cm), three miniature gold beads(typical w2 of 0.25cm and th of 0.25cm), and one carved rectangular lapis lazuli bead (lg of 1.10cm, w1 of 1.03cm, and ht of 0.51cm). The bronze pieces are rectangular and may have originally been joined(first has lg of 1.90cm, w1 of 0.98cm, and th of 0.30cm; second has lg of 1.73cm, w1 of 0.96cm and th of 0.27cm). Restoration will be needed to determine the function of the bronze pieces as they are badly corroded, although one piece appears to have been bent back over itself. [Input: Nx27jw.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2003-08-02 jw k15 [Input: N808MS1.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2003-08-04 jw r839 (38676 37702 - 8740 / Relay location: E baulk k15) [Input: N804JW.R]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2003-08-02 jw i260 (mixed component jewelry) sits in f450 (lens type b) [Input: N808MS1.j]

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
q-lot with which item is associated 2003-08-02 jw q928 (bones, pottery) [Input: N808MS1.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2024-03-13 !! s18A15A [Input: ZI3130jW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2024-03-13 !! h3bAAE [Input: ZI3130jW.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Items Field Record

Roster Date Author Record
Field definition 2003-08-02 jw bd [Input: N808MS1.j]
Notes on field record 2003-08-02 jw cache of beads, frit, gold, lapis [Input: N808MS1.j]

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2003-08-13 sb mt,la [Input: N830sb3.j]
2003-09-14 ms metal [Input: Nx27jw.j]
Preservation 2003-08-13 sb various beads from a necklace [Input: N830sb3.j]
Notes on typology 2003-09-14 ms the gold beads appear to be cylindrical and formed by bending a thin strip of gold into a circle and joining the ends. The lapis bead has two holes, both toward the outer edges of opposite narrow sides. One large side of the lapis bead has goove down the middle, while the other is carved into a set of four concentric circles, piled one atop the other into a hemisphere. [Input: Nx27jw.j]

5. TREATMENT

Conservation

Roster Date Author Record
Current conditions 2003-08-13 sb 23 stone beads, one large lapis with 4 holes,2 in each side, 3 tiny gold beads.The stone ones range from white to light blue to reddish hue [Input: N830sb3.j]
Procedures employed 2003-08-05 sb cleaned slightly the beads in ethanol, strung the beads on a nylon fish wire [Input: N830sb3.j]

Site Presentation

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on conservation or analysis 2003-09-14 ms the bronze needs restoration [Input: Nx27jw.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
Photo of individual elements (studio)

0000-00-00 !! [Input: A15_VWX.j]

0000-00-00 !! [Input: A15_VWX.j]

0000-00-00 !! [Input: A15_VWX.j]

0000-00-00 !! [Input: A15_VWX.j]

2003-08-29 gg [Input: A15_VWX.j]

2003-08-29 gg [Input: A15_VWX.j]

2003-08-29 gg [Input: A15_VWX.j]

2003-08-29 gg [Input: A15_VWX.j]

2003-08-29 gg [Input: A15_VWX.j]

2003-08-29 gg [Input: A15_VWX.j]

2003-08-29 gg [Input: A15_VWX.j]

2003-08-29 gg [Input: A15_VWX.j]

2003-08-29 gg [Input: A15_VWX.j]

2003-08-29 gg [Input: A15_VWX.j]

2003-08-29 gg [Input: A15_VWX.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on disposition 2003-09-14 ms to photography and drafting, then to Deir ez-Zor museum. [Input: Nx27jw.j]