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Unit Book K1

Citadel Wall (Version 1)

K1.78b

Processed on 2025-03-03

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2025-02-28 rL seal impression [Input: ZJ226_rL_si.j]
Description (summary) 0000-00-00 mKB The flat portion against the wood of the door comes to a rounded end, indicating that it is complete on one end. One strand of rope impression is preserved. Design: The upper surface is not well preserved; the trace of a beautifully upcurving tail (perhaps of a lion) and the hind quarters of another animal also with an upturned tail. The seal is at least 1.3 cm. high. Upwardly curving tails are found in ED I11 and early Akkadian seals. [Input: ZJ226_rL_si.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2025-02-28 rL i78b (seal impression) sits in f16 (accumulation C) [Input: ZJ226_rL_si.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Measurements

Roster Date Author Record
Thickness 2025-02-28 rL 2.2 [Input: ZJ226_rL_si.j]

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on typology 2025-02-28 rL Two si were labelled i78 in the publication, and this one has therefore here been re-labelled i78b. [Input: ZJ226_rL_si.j]

6. REFERENCE

Files and Publications

Roster Date Author Record
Project publications 2025-02-28 rL Mozan 1, p. 76 (the second i78 description) [Input: ZJ226_rL_si.j]