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Unit Book A20

The eastern sector of the Palace - Version 1a

Typological index with Frequency Computations
Objects (excluding ceramics) and samples
typologically by definition

Processed on 2024-11-15
Included here are movable elements, which are
  • either artifactual (objects such as seals ans seal impression, figurines or ceramic vessels), or
  • natural (samples and specimens such as charred wood, animal bones or botanical remnants).
They include both items and q-items, a distinction that is based on stratigraphic criteria.
Sherds are excluded and listed elsewhere, because, given the large amounts in which they occur, they would unduly skew the frequencies.

The main typological categories (surfaces, build-up, etc.) are listed according to types as defined in the pertinent section of the Grammar.


Category Total Percentage Definitions Sub-Total Percentage
clay artifact 110 32% andiron 1 1%
bead (clay) 5 5%
brick 2 2%
clay artifact 1 1%
clay lump 17 15%
disk 1 1%
figurine 21 19%
goblet 1 1%
kiln waste 18 16%
kiln waster 4 4%
sealing 1 1%
stand 1 1%
tannur (item) 9 8%
uncertain 3 3%
unknown 21 19%
weight 2 2%
wheel 2 2%
lithic artifact 173 50% arrowhead 1 1%
bead 7 4%
blade 46 27%
core 2 1%
debitage 21 12%
door socket 8 5%
flake 1 1%
grinding stone 47 27%
lithic artifact 1 1%
lithic specimen 9 5%
mortar 1 1%
pestle 1 1%
seal 1 1%
spindle whorl 1 1%
stone 1 1%
stone tool 4 2%
tool 9 5%
uncertain 4 2%
unknown 6 3%
weight 2 1%
metal artifact 17 5% metal artifact 4 24%
metal strainer 1 6%
metal tool 1 6%
nail 2 12%
pin 2 12%
slag 1 6%
tool 3 18%
uncertain 1 6%
unknown 2 12%
organic 18 5% carbon sample 5 28%
human body 1 6%
sh 1 6%
shell artifact 9 50%
specimen 2 11%
other 8 2% sample 5 62%
specimen 1 12%
weapon 2 25%
sample 7 2% brick 2 29%
carbon sample 1 14%
lithic specimen 1 14%
organic 1 14%
tannur (item) 1 14%
unknown 1 14%
specimen 13 4% brick 1 8%
carbon sample 2 15%
seed 2 15%
shell artifact 8 62%
unknown 1 0% unknown 1 100%
Total 347 100%

organic > sh




Total: 1

unknown




Total: 1