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Unit Book J5

The Mittani Staircase - Version 1a

J5q180.1

Processed on 2024-11-03

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! clay artifact
Best definition 2008-08-16 !! figurine [Input: S818SNP.j]
Best image 2008-08-17 !! [Input: J05_VWX.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Labeling

Roster Date Author Record
Reference to q-lot !! !! q180 (pottery)

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2008-08-16 sNP figurine [Input: S818SNP.j]
Description (summary) 2008-08-16 sNP head of an animal figurine, possibly a gazelle. Its left ear seems broken, buthas a globular part jutting out in the bottom, which may indicate a different shape of thew two ears. The long snout is flat in the vertical way, and the mouth lightly shaped. Some soil encrustation on the top. [Input: S818SNP.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2008-08-10 !! q180.1 (figurine) sits in f129 (accumulation D) [Input: S810DL1.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 2008-08-16 sNP 5.87 [Input: S818SNP.j]
Length 2008-08-16 sNP 6.08 [Input: S818SNP.j]
Width 2 or diameter of body 2008-08-16 sNP 3.23 [Input: S818SNP.j]

Items Field Record

Roster Date Author Record
Field definition 2008-08-10 sNP figurine [Input: S810DL3.j]
Field height 2008-08-10 sNP 6.3 [Input: S810DL3.j]
Field length 2008-08-10 sNP 5.2 [Input: S810DL3.j]
Field width 2 2008-08-10 sNP 3 [Input: S810DL3.j]
Field ware or material 2008-08-10 sNP clay [Input: S810DL3.j]
Field shape 2008-08-10 sNP broken [Input: S810DL3.j]
Field color 2008-08-10 sNP pale brown [Input: S810DL3.j]
Notes on field record 2008-08-10 sNP head of an anima figurine, possibly a camel [Input: S810DL3.j]

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2008-08-16 sNP clay [Input: S818SNP.j]
Color 2008-08-16 sNP very pale brown [Input: S818SNP.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2008-08-16 sNP 10YR 7/3 [Input: S818SNP.j]
Condition 2008-08-16 sNP broken [Input: S818SNP.j]
Notes on items 2014-03-30 rAH    The excavator surmises that this representation may be a "gazelle." She is right to notice the tapering muzzle. The appropriate comparandum is, I believe, Capra. A look at Comparative Table 2A in Reading Figurines gives a range of possibilities.
   Once the researcher has determined the genus, the manner in which the representation will be shown in the photographic documentation must be determined. It is equally important. The photographs should be chosen so as to lead the reader or viewer to an appreciation of the aptness of the identification the researcher has made. [Input: Y401JW1.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
Photo of individual elements (studio)

2008-08-17 dM [Input: J05_VWX.j]

2008-08-17 dM [Input: J05_VWX.j]

2008-08-17 dM [Input: J05_VWX.j]
Drawing of individual element (studio)

2013-02-08 kF [Input: J05_VWX.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Storage 2008-08-16 sNP ZSB 2-21 [Input: S818SNP.j]
2009-09-25 !! ZSB 002-021 [Input: J05ZSB.j]
Notes on disposition 2008-09-23 jW Completion of drawing has not been verified. [Input: S926JW2.j]