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Unit Book A16

The Courtyard of the Tupkish Palace - Version 2

A16a20

Processed on 2024-11-03

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Best definition 2002-09-14 !! ^ burial [Input: -MX12-99.j]
Best image 2011-12-12 lC
v110a [Input: VZ12LC.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2002-09-14 aP ^ burial [Input: -MX12-99.j]
Description (summary) 2002-09-14 lR Child burial lying across the inside of a broken/split ceramic vessel. The child was found with a pair of bronze earrings on the side of the head facing west. [Input: N303LR.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Daily notes about recovery of elements 2002-09-18 aP Yesterday while digging the fill of the presumed pot smash i114 and i115, we found that is was another burial labeled as a20. The pot smash belongs to a single jar as we can argue from the ware and from the thickness. Inside the jar we discovered a human body, belonging to a baby, of female sex (presence of earrings). The position is not fetal, the legs are open and the arms go down along the hips so it seems that the baby is sleeping. On the right and on the left ear lie small ring shaped bronze earrings. The bones, except for the skull are in a good state of preservation (we also found the metacarpals/fingers). Below the left foot, attached to the jar, are small salt crystals. The funerary set consisted of a pair of bronze earrings i124 and i137. No jars or bowls were found except for the jar in which the body was deposed i114. This burial may be associated with another burial that is emerging below this burial. [Input: M917AP.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2002-09-14 aP k205 [Input: -MX12-99.j]

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
Features within aggregate 2000-12-18 !! f251 (^ various), f304 (^ fill) [Input: A-CUMUL.j]
Items within aggregate 2000-12-18 !! i114 (jar), i115 (jar), i123 (^ human body), i124 (^ jewelry item), i125 (earring), i130 (bowl), i134 (^ jewelry item) [Input: A-CUMUL.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2000-12-18 !! s330AAH [Input: A-CUMUL.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2000-12-18 !! h5hAAH [Input: A-CUMUL.j]
2015-05-20 !! h5hAAH [Input: ZA520CJC.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
Photo of context (v view)

v99
2002-09-29 lR [Input: -MX12-99.j]

v107
2002-09-29 lR [Input: -MX12-99.j]
View/drawing of aggregate

v110
2007-08-03 pC [Input: R803PC.j]

v110a
2007-08-03 pC [Input: R803PC.j]

v110b
2007-08-03 pC [Input: R803PC.j]

v112
2007-08-03 pC [Input: R803PC.j]

v113
2007-08-03 pC [Input: R803PC.j]

v117
2007-08-03 pC [Input: R803PC.j]

v117a
2007-08-03 pC [Input: R803PC.j]

v117b
2007-08-03 pC [Input: R803PC.j]

v118
2007-08-03 pC [Input: R803PC.j]

v118b
2007-08-03 pC [Input: R803PC.j]