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i 34
S4 The sherd seems to have been worked so as to be level at the upper edges, see <a href="https://urkesh.org/mz/a/V14/G/LoRes/V14d45/L_V14d4519%20A16.34%20L727%20ms.jpg" target"_blank">this image</a> from one side, and <a href="https://urkesh.org/mz/a/V23/G/LoRes/V23d40/L_V23d4073%20A16i34%20U818%20dM%20cv.jpg" target"_blank">this one</a> from the other. I assume that this may have been in function of the use to be made in the burial: the sherd was to serve as a pillow for the head of the deceased, so that it may not be in contact with the dirt. The <a href="https://urkesh.org/mz/a/A16/G/T/LoRes/A16t0040a%20V14d4132%20L718%20tr.jpg" target="_blank">template</a> of the context shows this well. This suggests a special level of care for the deceased. -- It is interesting that there should be no complete ceramic vessel in this burial, even though there were two silver rings (<a href="https://urkesh.org/mz/a/A16/D/I/0033.htm" target="blank">i33</a> and <a href="https://urkesh.org/mz/a/A16/D/I/0036.htm" target="_blank">i36</a>) and one bronze bucket (<a href="https://urkesh.org/mz/a/A16/D/I/0029.htm" target="_blank">i29</a>). The unusual shape of the sherd i34 may perhaps be reminiscent of the shape of the bucket.