1. OVERVIEW
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | !! | !! | lithic artifact |
| Best definition | 2003-08-17 | !! | seal [Input: N830sb3.j] |
| Best image | 2003-08-21 | !! |  [Input: A15_VWX.j] |
2. IDENTIFICATION
Designation
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2003-08-17 | sb | seal [Input: N830sb3.j] |
| Description (summary) | 2023-04-07 | jW | seal depicting butchering [Input: ZH407jW.j] |
3. STRATIGRAPHY
Volumetric Localization
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locus | 2003-08-12 | ms | k14 [Input: N921jw.j] |
| Relays (applicable to elements) | 2003-09-17 | jw | r961 (38934 37813 - 8645 / Relay location: center) [Input: N917JW.R] |
Contact Association
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items | 2003-08-12 | ms | i270 (seal) sits in f486 (accumulation) [Input: N921jw.j] |
Spatial Aggregation
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| q-lot with which item is associated | 2003-08-12 | ms | q1129 (bones, pottery) [Input: N921jw.j] |
Time Sequencing
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stratum (to which element belongs) | 2024-03-13 | !! | s520A15A [Input: ZI313jW.j] |
| Phase (to which element belongs) | 2024-03-13 | !! | h4lMZA [Input: ZI313jW.j] |
4. TYPOLOGY
Items Field Record
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Field definition | 2003-08-12 | ms | se [Input: N921jw.j] |
| Field height | 2003-08-12 | ms | 2.6 [Input: N921jw.j] |
| Field width 1 | 2003-08-12 | ms | 1.6 [Input: N921jw.j] |
| Notes on field record | 2003-08-12 | ms | cylinder seal [Input: N921jw.j] |
Morphology
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ware or Material, species | 2003-08-17 | sb | lithic [Input: N830sb3.j] |
| 2023-04-07 | jW | clay [Input: ZH407jW.j] | |
| 2024-06-29 | mKB | probably steatite [Input: ZI629mKB.j] | |
| Preservation | 2003-08-17 | sb | whole cilinder seal [Input: N830sb3.j] |
| Iconographic description, specific | 2024-06-29 | mKB | palm tree with a large necked jar placed on top and with the head of the horned bull at the base. Seated woman in long pleated dress facing right, the stool has two rectangular designs at the top; she is stirring, with a long wide implement, something in a rectangular vessel. In front of her face is a crescent moon and next to that over the vessel is a sun. Standing bearded priest facing right. He wares a short belted skirt decorated with a fringe down the front; his head covering is an almost flat hat that appears to be attached under his chin. In his right hand he holds a butchering knift and in his left the tail of the bull. Reversed headless bull held up by a priest wearing the same short fringed skirt and head covering as the first priest. [Input: ZI629mKB.j] |
| Iconographic description, generic | 2024-06-29 | mKB | ritual bull slaughter [Input: ZI629mKB.j] |
| Notes on typology | 2023-04-07 | jW | Sent to the SME directly from the field for analysis and safekeeping. No results report has been received back for incorporation into the A15 portion of the UGR. See the -procedures entry under incidentals dated 2023-04-07 for more detail. [Input: ZH407jW.j] |
5. TREATMENT
Conservation
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current conditions | 2003-08-17 | sb | very well preserved, seems carved in steatite, the colour range from buff to grey;the engraving is very sharp and neat [Input: N830sb3.j] |
| Procedures employed | 2003-08-12 | sb | cleaned by BA [Input: N830sb3.j] |
6. REFERENCE
Analogical Record
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photo of individual elements (studio) | |||
| Drawing of individual element (studio) | |||
Disposition
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storage | 2003-08-12 | sb | To Museum [Input: N830sb3.j] |
Files and Publications
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project publications | 2024-06-29 | mKB | see video clip https://urkesh.org/mz/a/MZS/TEXTS/c2/video.htm#video and scroll down to VC9, 10 and 11 [Input: ZI629mKB.j] |
| Other publications | 2024-06-29 | mKB | see Laerke Recht, "Identifying sacrifice in Bronze Age Near Eastern iconography" in Defining the Sacred, Oxbow Books 2015 pp. 24-37. [Input: ZI629mKB.j] |