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Unit Book J5

The Mittani Staircase - Version 1a

J5q341.3

Processed on 2024-11-03

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category 2009-08-04 eA specimen [Input: T830EA3.j]
Best definition 2009-08-04 !! lithic specimen [Input: T830EA3.j]
Best image 2009-08-10 !! [Input: J05_VWX.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Labeling

Roster Date Author Record
Reference to q-lot !! !! q341 (bones, pottery)

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2009-08-04 eA lithic specimen [Input: T830EA3.j]
Description (summary) 2009-08-04 eA Curiously shaped stone with encrustations. One analyst saw the shape of human legs and pelvis. [Input: T830EA3.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2009-08-03 !! q341.3 (lithic specimen) sits in f235 (volumetric material) [Input: T805SE1.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2012-10-16 !! s0J5B [Input: WX16JW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2012-10-16 !! h9sJ5B [Input: WX16JW.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Measurements

Roster Date Author Record
Height 2009-08-04 eA 6.1 [Input: T830EA3.j]
Length 2009-08-04 eA 7.1 [Input: T830EA3.j]
Width 2 or diameter of body 2009-08-04 eA 3.9 [Input: T830EA3.j]

Items Field Record

Roster Date Author Record
Field definition 2009-08-03 sE figurine [Input: T823JN2.j]
Field height 2009-08-03 sE 4 [Input: T823JN2.j]
Field length 2009-08-03 sE 8 [Input: T823JN2.j]
Field width 1 2009-08-03 sE 6.5 [Input: T823JN2.j]
Field ware or material 2009-08-03 sE clay [Input: T823JN2.j]
Field color 2009-08-03 sE brown [Input: T823JN2.j]
Notes on field record 2009-08-03 sE Fragment of big figurine [Input: T823JN2.j]

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2009-08-04 eA lithic [Input: T830EA3.j]
Color 2009-08-04 eA beige [Input: T830EA3.j]
Condition 2009-08-04 eA It is broken. [Input: T830EA3.j]
Notes on items 2014-03-30 rAH    The excavator's contention that this may be a human figurine is interesting. This must be based on the joining of the two columnar forms in V22d3607, which might be taken to be the legs of a standing figurine. In the main, however, contemporaneous figurines of humanoids do not separate the legs sculpturally. They are rather part of a columnar representation, divided by an incision or indentation indicating a separation of the two members.
   V22d3606 seems to show a termination that is part of the original manufacture. I am perplexed; how the separate images relate is problematic and to be determined. [Input: Y401JW1.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
Photo of individual elements (studio)

2009-08-10 dM [Input: J05_VWX.j]

2009-08-10 dM [Input: J05_VWX.j]

2009-08-10 dM [Input: J05_VWX.j]