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Unit Book J5

The Mittani Staircase - Version 1a

J5q104.1

Processed on 2024-11-03

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! clay artifact
Best definition 2008-07-28 !! clay lump [Input: S803SNP.j]
Best image 2008-08-06 !! [Input: J05_VWX.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Labeling

Roster Date Author Record
Reference to q-lot !! !! q104 (bones, pottery)

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2008-07-28 sNP clay lump [Input: S803SNP.j]
Description (summary) 2008-07-28 sNP Three clay fragments in more or less a cylindrical shape, possibly a figurine leg. On it, some sign of uncertain origin. Burnished color. Given measurement of the total item shape. [Input: S803SNP.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2008-07-30 !! q104.1 (clay lump) sits in f68 (accumulation D) [Input: S730DL2.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2012-10-16 !! s70J5B [Input: WX16JW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2012-10-16 !! h8mJ5B [Input: WX16JW.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Measurements

Roster Date Author Record
Height 2008-07-28 sNP 1.74 [Input: S803SNP.j]
Length 2008-07-28 sNP 2.77 [Input: S803SNP.j]
Width 2 or diameter of body 2008-07-28 sNP 1.42 [Input: S803SNP.j]

Items Field Record

Roster Date Author Record
Field definition 2008-07-30 lH unknown [Input: S730DL3.j]
Field ware or material 2008-07-30 lH clay [Input: S730DL3.j]
Field shape 2008-07-30 lH broken [Input: S730DL3.j]
Field color 2008-07-30 lH black [Input: S730DL3.j]
Notes on field record 2008-07-30 lH three fragments of a cilindrical object [Input: S730DL3.j]

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2008-07-28 sNP clay [Input: S803SNP.j]
Color 2008-07-28 sNP dark grayish brown [Input: S803SNP.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2008-07-28 sNP 4/2 10YR [Input: S803SNP.j]
Condition 2008-07-28 sNP fragmentary [Input: S803SNP.j]
Notes on items 2014-03-30 rAH    The excavator identifies these three fragments as part of the same figuring leg. It is an object fragmented in three pieces; not baked, I would wager. Does it resemble in form a column? Certainly, the object bears none of the definition of a "figurine leg," as the excavator surmises. There is neither muscular definition of the haunches nor is there articulation at a possible "knee-joint." This seems to be merely a pellet or possibly a cylindrical token. Illustration V21d4710 shows three segments; are the top two the obverse of the upper fragment? If so, this token/object might be assembled from 2-3 "rods" of clay; a rather unusual detail. [Input: Y401JW1.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
Photo of individual elements (studio)

2008-08-06 dM [Input: J05_VWX.j]

2008-08-06 dM [Input: J05_VWX.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Storage 2009-09-25 !! ZSB 007-071 [Input: J05ZSB.j]