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Unit Book A16

The Courtyard of the Tupkish Palace (Version 2)

A16q166.1

Processed on 2024-12-04

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category 2007-08-15 mkb ceramic vessel [Input: R815MKB2.j]
Best definition 2007-08-15 !! jar stopper [Input: R815MKB2.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Labeling

Roster Date Author Record
Reference to q-lot !! !! q166

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2002-08-14 sB tablet [Input: N304LR.j]
2007-08-15 mkb jar stopper [Input: R815MKB2.j]
Description (summary) 2002-08-14 sB part of a tablet with an envelope, missing large part of surface, very crumbly and poor clay; one side is flat and smooth, dark as a result of secondary firing, 3 fragments detached [Input: N304LR.j]
2007-08-15 mkb dark gray burnished on top surface, all of the interior and the lowest part made of coarse red clay with white clacite inclusions. This is the type of clay that is found in the fields nearby. [Input: R815MKB2.j]
2007-08-15 sv clay artifact not better definible; judging by the shape, it could be a tablet, probably "blank", whose 'reverse' is only preserved. [Input: R815PC.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Harmonization 2007-08-15 pC this is a jar stopper, but at first was interpreted as a tablet. [Input: R815PC.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2007-08-15 mkb q166.1 (jar stopper) sits in f34 (^ brickfall) [Input: R815MKB2.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2015-05-20 !! s230AAH [Input: ZA520CJC.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2015-05-20 !! h6sAAH [Input: ZA520CJC.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Measurements

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on measurement 2007-08-15 mkb measurements taken with round edge on left [Input: R815MKB2.j]

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Color 2007-08-15 mkb dark reddish gray [Input: R815MKB2.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2007-08-15 mkb 2.5YR 3/1 [Input: R815MKB2.j]
Condition 2002-08-14 sB in three fragments, very crumbly [Input: N304LR.j]
Preservation 2007-08-15 mkb one round top edge preserved [Input: R815MKB2.j]
Iconographic description, specific 2007-08-15 mkb not sealed [Input: R815MKB2.j]

5. TREATMENT

Conservation

Roster Date Author Record
Current conditions 2002-10-04 sB very crumbly and poor clay;one side is flat and smooth, dark for secondary firing, 3 frags detached [Input: MX12SB.j]
Procedures employed 2002-08-14 sB glued the fragments, consolidated [Input: N304LR.j]

6. REFERENCE

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Storage 2010-09-08 bH in MKB office [Input: V908YM.j]