| Roster |
Date |
Author |
Record |
| Ware or Material, species |
2008-08-26 |
sNP |
clay [Input: S826SNP.j] |
| 2008-09-24 |
jW |
clay-baked [Input: S924JW2.j] |
| Color |
2008-08-26 |
sNP |
very pale brown [Input: S826SNP.j] |
| Color number (Munsell) |
2008-08-26 |
sNP |
10YR 7/3 [Input: S826SNP.j] |
| 2008-09-24 |
jW |
10YR8/2 [Input: S924JW2.j] |
| Condition |
2008-08-26 |
sNP |
broken [Input: S826SNP.j] |
| 2008-09-24 |
jW |
The front legs, parts of the head, and the hindquarters are missing. [Input: S924JW2.j] |
| Notes on items |
2014-03-30 |
rAH |
Once again, the angles chosen to photograph this object do not help with the identification. "Humped" animals are exceptionally rare; zebus are practically the only examples of such representations.
If photograph V21d7688 can be construed as a dorsal view of the forequarters, then one most interesting detail appears: the feet, not broken, each display marks in a triangular pattern. These marks are mere dots, and quite shallow. One might surmise that they mark the pads of an animal foot. The detail is similar to the cloverleaf pattern of dots that surrounds the penis of Felis 302. See Plate XL, page 516.
The appendage visible in photograph V21d7689 is difficult to explain; the representation appears to be in the process of modeling, as a fingerprint may be visible at the top of the so-called "appendage"/tab. The indentation is quite deep, yet the so-called tab does not appear to be finished. Perhaps the representation was discarded during the very process of its making-"unmade," as it were. [Input: Y401JW.j] |