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Unit Book A16

The Courtyard of the Tupkish Palace (Version 2, Beta release)

A16 constituents

Ceramic assemblages: overview

Laerke Recht, Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati – August 2015, September 2016, May 2025

Assemblages within the A16 book were put together based on stratigraphic, typological, and functional groupings. The assemblages were created during the excavations as a way to help understand the stratigraphy and typology of the ceramics. Some are grouped solely by feature. Assemblages were not intended to be comprehensive and the full ceramic catalogs can be found in the ceramics book in the Shapes by Horizon section.
    An extensive review of the ceramics, including the ceramic assemblages, were carried out in 2015 (see also table below).

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Sequential list by assemblage label


    b (assemblage) f (feature) description
    1 f212, f245 decorated
    2 f325
    3 f211 unusual shapes
    4 f289, f330 interesting shapes
    5 f178 diagnostic
    6 f184 diagnostic
    8 f306
    9 f202
    11 f1
    12 f21 diagnostic
    13 f84 diagnostic
    14 f110
    16 f157
    17 f163
    18 f165
    19 f171
    20 f173 cooking vessels
    21 f175
    23 f177
    24 f183
    25 f185
    26 f190
    29 f256
    30 f266
    31 f301
    32 f302
    34 f318
    41 f128
    48 f153
    49 f188
    51 f166 snake jar
    53 f216
    55 f242 cooking vessels
    57 f244
    58 f264 diagnostic
    59 f277
    62 f289
    63 f309
    64 f313 diagnostic
    200 various cooking vessels
    201 various unusual shapes



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    Assemblages removed during ceramic review:


    b (assemblage) description note from review
    10 Sherds in f314 and f319 too few sherds, not from same feature
    15 Sherds in f131 Not added because only contains three sherds, and two of them do not belong to f131
    22 Sherds in f176 Not included because only three sherds, two have been removed or do not belong to this feature
    27 Sherds in f202 Not included because duplicate of b9
    28 Sherds in f206 Not included because only two sherds, one of which does not belong to f206
    33 Sherds in f306 Not included because duplicate of b8
    35 Sherd in f15 Not included because only one sherd
    36 Sherd in f57 Not included because only one sherd
    37 Sherd in f88 Not included because only one sherd
    38 Sherd in f100 Not included because only one sherd
    39 Sherd in f104 Not included because only one sherd
    40 Sherd in f111 Not included because only one sherd
    42 Sherd in f129 Not included because only one sherd
    43 Sherd in f133 Not included because only one sherd
    44 Sherd in f134 Not included because only one sherd
    45 Sherd in f137 Not included because only one sherd
    46 Sherd in f148 Not included because only one sherd
    47 Sherd in f152 Not included because only one sherd
    50 Sherd in f195 Not included because only one sherd
    52 Sherd in f215 Not included because only one sherd
    54 Sherd in f240 Not included because only one sherd
    56 Sherd in f243 Not included because only one sherd
    60 Sherd in f282 Not included because only one sherd
    61 Sherd in f288 Not included because only one sherd

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