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Unit Book J5

The Mittani Staircase - Version 1a

J5.60

Processed on 2024-11-03

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! clay artifact
Best definition 2009-08-15 !! figurine [Input: T822JN.j]
Best image 2009-10-01 jW [Input: TX01JW1.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2009-08-15 eA figurine [Input: T822JN.j]
Description (summary) 2009-08-15 eA It is a fragment of an animal figurine. There is only the posterior part with the back legs [Input: T822JN.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2009-08-15 eA k105 [Input: T820SE2.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2009-08-15 eA r1453 (##### ##### - ##### / Relay location: bottom) [Input: T819sE.r]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2009-08-15 eA i60 (figurine) sits in f271 (accumulation D) [Input: T820SE2.j]

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
q-lot with which item is associated 2009-08-15 eA q421 (bones, pottery) [Input: T820SE2.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2012-10-16 !! s620J5B [Input: WX16JW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2012-10-16 !! h3sJ5B [Input: WX16JW.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Measurements

Roster Date Author Record
Height 2009-08-15 eA 4.3 [Input: T822JN.j]
Length 2009-08-15 eA 4.5 [Input: T822JN.j]
Width 1 or diameter of rim 2009-08-15 eA 3.1 [Input: T822JN.j]

Items Field Record

Roster Date Author Record
Field definition 2009-08-15 eA figurine [Input: T820SE2.j]
Field height 2009-08-15 eA 4.2 [Input: T820SE2.j]
Field length 2009-08-15 eA 3.1 [Input: T820SE2.j]
Field width 2 2009-08-15 eA 2.8 [Input: T820SE2.j]
Field ware or material 2009-08-15 eA clay [Input: T820SE2.j]
Field color 2009-08-15 eA brown [Input: T820SE2.j]
Notes on field record 2009-08-15 eA fragment of animal figurine [Input: T820SE2.j]

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2009-08-15 eA clay-baked [Input: T822JN.j]
Color 2009-08-15 eA light yellowish brown [Input: T822JN.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2009-08-15 eA 10YR 6/4 [Input: T822JN.j]
Notes on items 2014-03-30 rAH    The photograph V22d3802 is not diagnostic. It is taken at an angle and slightly below the artifact, thus obscuring all diagnostic measurement. If the artifact is intact and not broken with the exception of the legs this view might show a forequarter breast ridge, which is of note.
   V22d3803 seems to be a view in the caudal plane. If so, there is an indentation between the legs, as if made by a thumb, which is most interesting. There appears to be a hole for a tail above the indentation.
   I do not feel confident saying that this is an intact figurine, although there does not appear to be a break at either caudal or cranial termination. See V22d3801. If this is a dorsal view, the ratio of forequarters to either torso or the uncertain hindquarters is most unusual. I believe the figurine is in fact the cranial section (forequarters) and that the artifact is broken at the torso; the break is disguised by what may be exuberant cleaning, brushing away the rough edges at the break. It is unlikely that depositional action could account for this smooth a termination.
   Recovered from k105. [Input: Y401JW.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
Photo of individual elements (studio)

2009-08-19 dM [Input: J05_VWX.j]

2009-08-19 dM [Input: J05_VWX.j]

2009-08-19 dM [Input: J05_VWX.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Storage 2009-09-25 !! ZSB 002-023 [Input: J05ZSB.j]