A15.260

File: "/MZ/A/A15/D/I/0260.htm".
Processed on 2023-03-20.

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! metal artifact
Best definition 2003-09-14 !! jewelry item [Input: Nx27jw.j]
Best image 2023-03-18 !! [Input: A15_VWX.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

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Definition 2003-09-14 jw jewelry item [Input: Nx27jw.j]
Description (summary) 2003-09-14 jw cache of beads and copper alloy pieces tht 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

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Locus 2003-08-02 jw k15 [Input: N808MS1.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2003-08-04 jw 839 (38676 37702 - 8740 / Relay location: E baulk k15) [Input: N804JW-R.J]

Contact Association

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

Spatial Aggregation

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

Time Sequencing

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Stratum (to which element belongs) 2004-06-13 !! s490A15A [Input: O613jw1.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2004-06-13 !! h4rA15A [Input: O613jw1.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Items Field Record

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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

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Notes on typology 2003-09-14 jw the gold beads apperar 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

Site Presentation

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

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

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Disposition

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