EXCAVATIONS AT THE CITY OF DAVID
1978-1985
DIRECTED BY YIGAL SHILOH
Volume IV
VARIOUS REPORTS
BY DONALD T. ARIEL, JANE M. CAHILL, DAN GILL, ABRAHAM ERAN, DIANA
GILBERT-PERETZ, DAN GILL, YUVAL GOREN, LIORA KOLSKA HORWITZ, ERELLA
HOVERS, ELISHEVA KAMAISKI, RAZ KLETTER, STEVEN A. ROSEN, ORIT SHAMIR, ILAN
SHARON, ARIEH SHIMRON, ANN SWERSKY, EITAN TCHERNOV, JOSEPH YELLIN,
SHARON ZUCKERMAN
EDITED BY DONALD T. ARIEL AND ALON DE GROOT
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CONTENTS
Preface
VI
Lists of Figures, Plans, Plates, and Photographs VIII
Scheme of Strata - City of David Excavations (1978-1985) X
PART ONE: GEOLOGICAL REPORT
I. The Geology of the City of David and its Ancient Subterranean Waterworks - Dan Gill 1
PART TWO: REPORTS OF FINDS
II. Ceramic Figurines - Diana Gilbert-Peretz 29
Appendix A: Catalogue - Diana Gilbert-Peretz 42
Appendix B: The Faunai World as Represented by the Figur
Eitan
Tchernov
Appendix
C:
85
The
T
Pétrographie Analysis - Yuval Goren , Elisheva Kamaiski and Raz Kletter 87
Appendix D: Chemical Characterization of the City of David Figurines and Inferences
about their Origin - Joseph Yellin 90
Appendix E: Analysis of Homogeneity for the D
Ilan
Sharon
100
Appendix F: A Ceramic Two-faced Figurine - Donald T. Ariel 109
III. Loomweights and Whorls - Orit Shamir 135
IV. The Groundstone Industry - Erella Hovers 171
Appendix A: Raw Data - Erella Hovers 189
Appendix B: Pétrographie Description of Selected
Dan
V.
to
Gill
and
Weights
the
Persian
Arieh
and
Period
Shimron
193
Weighing
-
Abraham
in
Eran
204
VI. Flint Implements - Steven A. Rosen - 257
VII.
Gemstones
-
Ann
Swersky
268
VIII. Beads and Pendants - Sharon Zuckerman 276
IX. 'Horus Eye' Amulets - Jane M. Cahill 291
X. Bird Remains from Areas A, D, H and K - Liora Kolska Horwitz and Eitan Tchernov 298
XI. Faunai Remains from Areas A, B, D, H and K - Liora Kolska Horwitz 302
PART THREE: CONCORDANCE - Donald T. Ariel 318
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the
PREFACE
through theof
support
This is the third volume of themaintained
final reports
theof the Kaplan
Kushlick Foundation, founded by Mr. Mendel
excavations at the City of David, Jerusalem,
Kaplan of Johannesburg, South Africa. The Jerdirected by the late Yigal Shiloh. The work towards
usalem Foundation administers the project.
publication has been carried out by a large number
Research toward publication has been supervised
of researchers, especially the core staff, which since
Shiloh's death has been headed by Alon De Groot.by the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew
The publication strategy noted in the first volume University of Jerusalem, which is the trustee of
Shiloh's academic estate. Thanks are due to the
of the final report (Ariel 1990), which entails
Institute, now headed by Amihai Mazar, who
publication of units of material as they are
completed, has been maintained. Two chapters himself has overseen the publication efforts. The
which were not completed in time to be included tireless work of the Institute's Qedem monograph
in the Environmental Reports part of the second series' editorial assistant, Sue Gorodetsky, has been
final report (De Groot and Ariel 1992) are now
published, completing the reports of that unit. Other
invaluable.
Mention should be made here of those who
elements now included in this volume (for example, directly contributed to the processing of finds
the geological report) were originally planned for published in this volume, and who are not otherwise
the last in the series (Volume VII). That volume was thanked in the text. Photographs of the finds were
expected to contain units unable to fit into the larger made by Zev Radovan and Ilan Sztulman. The
volumes which were tó precede it. In the meantime, reconstruction of the warp-weighted looms was
it was found that these elements conformed to the
photographed by Yochai Rosen. The small finds
desired volume size of the series. Moreover, somewere
of
drawn by Sara Halbreich and Shifra Eisen-
except for one item drawn by Ada Yardeni.
the stratigraphical units originally designated stein,
for
The plates were prepared by Shifra Eisenstein and
Volume VII were prepared, and found to be too
J Rosenberg.
large to be published in what has evolved into this
It should be recalled that a number of
volume. They will now be published as the fourth
conventions - especially with regard to the str
volume of the final report ( Excavations at the City
graphical framework - were detailed in Ariel
of David 1978-1985 Directed by Yigal Shiloh , V),
(pp. XI-XII). The Preliminary Scheme of St
which is now planned to include the unit comprising
established by Shiloh in 1984 was adapted to
the inscriptions from the City of David (originally
facilitate the independent publication of volumes
Volume VI). By the same strategy, any materials
of the fiňal report. The numerical scheme of strata
originally designated for Volumes VI and VII and
based upon periods was maintained, while the
not published in this and the subsequent volume will
have to be added to a future volume.
meaning of the letters accompanying the stratum
numerals in the Preliminary Scheme was modified.
In the years following the excavation's last season
Rather than referring to the entire excavation, they
in 1985 the focus of the City of David project's work
have been used in the final reports to refer to areahas been geared towards the preservation and
specific phasing. Correlation between excavation
areas is accomplished only within the framework of
and publication of the finds of the excavations.
restoration of the architectural remains at the site
the ceramic analysis, or in summary chapters.
While work towards publication has continued, the
preservation and restoration work at the site wasIn the first two volumes of the final report we
employed the conventions summarized above. The
ultimately superseded by nationally funded activities, beginning in 1995 and carried out by the Israeluse of a Roman numeral in place of an Arabic
numeral indicated that reference is to the correlated
Antiquities Authority. Nevertheless, the financial
burden of the Society's publication efforts has been
phase given in the relevant ceramic report or
VI
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summary chapter. As of this volume, only the
Byzantine (Stratum 3) phases have been correlated.
quantities of finds, particularly from the Israelite
This volume continues those conventions.
quantities of certain categories of finds uncovered at
period. The core staff is proud that the sheer
In the previous volume (De Groot and Ariel
the City of David was so great that - coupled with
unfailing efforts by excellent specialists - compre1992) most of the reports focused on finds from the
later periods represented in the City of David.hensive
In
reports are now available for groups of
some of which are not commonly adthis volume most of the reports concentrate onartifacts,
the
major strata from the City of David, those ofdressed:
the
ceramic figurines, loomweights and spindle
whorls, the groundstone industry, scale weights,
Iron Age. Part One contains a report resulting from
a thorough geological analysis of the City of David
flint implements, gems, beads and pendants, and
hill, with particular reference to the evolution of 'Horus
the
Eye' amulets. Included also are two chapters
on the faunai remains.
ancient water systems found there. Part Two
comprises various reports on the finds of the City
D.T. Ariel, A. De Groot
of David excavations, reflecting the large range and
VII
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LIST OF FIGURES
1 . Map of the City of David and
its
48. 'Horus
Eye'waterworks
amulet No. 2 (p. 293).
(p. 2).
49. 'Horus Eye' amulet No. 3 (p. 293).
2. Stratigraphie column of the Cenomanian to
Senonian strata exposed in Jerusalem and
surroundings, and their subdivision into lithostratigraphic units (p. 3).
3. Geological map of southeastern Jerusalem
(p. 5).
4. East-west geological profile through the spur of
the City of David, with projected position of the
waterworks (p. 6).
5. Section and plan of Warren's Shaft Installation
(p. 7).
6. Profiles of Warren's Shaft (p. 14).
50. Comparison of bone elements for the three
main avian species (p. 299).
51. Comparison of bird remains from the City of
David and the Ophel (p. 300).
52. Sketch map showing the relative position of the
excavated areas at the City of David (p. 303).
53. Histogram of species represented in Area A
(p. 305).
54. Pie diagram showing bodypart breakdown for
caprovines and cattle for Area A (p. 306).
55. Histogram of species represented in Area B
(p. 307).
56. Histogram of species represented in Area D1
(p. 19).
(p. 307).
8. Longitudinal profile and plan of Hezekiah's
57. Pie diagram showing bodypart breakdown for
Tunnel (p. 20).
caprovines and cattle for Area D1 (p. 308).
9. 'Before and after' - a scenario for the construc58. Histogram of species represented in Area D2
tion of Hezekiah's Tunnel (p. 21).
(p. 309).
10-19. Ceramic figurines (pp. 112-21).
59. Pie diagram showing bodypart breakdown for
20. K 18330. Ceramic figurine from L. 2200B caprovines in Area D2 (p. 310).
(p. 109).
60. Histogram of species represented in Area H
21-22. Loomweights and whorls (pp. 166-67).
(p. 311).
23. Shapes of transversal cross-sections (p. 173).
61. Pie diagram showing bodypart breakdown for
24-30. Groundstone industry (pp. 195-201).
caprovines and cattle in Area H (p. 311).
31-39. Weights (pp. 243-51).
62. Histogram showing species represented in Area
40-41. Flint industry (pp. 265-66).
K(p. 311).
42-44. Beads (pp. 282-87).
63. Pie diagram showing bodypart breakdown for
45. Pendants (pp. 288-89).
caprovines in Area K (p. 312).
46. Components of 'Horus Eye' motif (p. 291).
64. Age profiles for caprovines based on bone
47. 'Horus Eye' amulet No. 1 (p. 292).
fusion rates (p. 314).
7. Plan of the tunnels near the Gihon Spring
LIST OF PLANS
1. Distribution map of finds of2.ceramic
figurines
Distribution
map of finds of loom
in Israel (p. 33).
Israel (p. 141).
LIST OF PLATES
I-10. Ceramic figurines (pp. 122-31).
14-16. Weights (pp. 252-54).
II-12. Loomweights and whorls17.
(pp.
168-69).
Beads
and pendants (p. 290).
13. Groundstone industry (p. 202).
VIII
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LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS
The letter in parentheses after the description refers to the phot
Gill, HS = Hanan Shafir, IH = Isaac Harari, IS = Ilan Sztulman, SO = Sylvia Owen, YH = Israel
Haramaty, YR = Yochai Rozen, YS = Yigal Shiloh, ZR = Zeev Radovan.
1. Looking north along the inclined tunnel in the
16. Area G, loomweights in situ in L. 1 108 and 1110
upper level of the Warren's Shaft Installation (SO) (p. 139).
(AF) (p. 6).
17. Reconstruction of warp-weighted loom, En
2. The upper opening of Warren's Shaft (IH)
Yael, Jerusalem (YR) (p. 145).
(p. 6).
18. Reconstruction of warp-weighted loom, En
3. Micro texture of the Mizzi Ahmar (DG) (p. 8).
Yael, Jerusalem (YR) (p. 145).
4. Micro texture of the Meleke (DG) (p. 8).
19. Reconstruction of warp-weighted loom, En
5. Micro texture of the Mizzi Hilu (DG) (p. 9).
Yael, Jerusalem (YR) (p. 146).
20. Area E3, chalk cylinders from L. 190 IB (ZR)
6. Looking down into Warren's Shaft (IH) (p. 13).
7. The natural cave that forms the water chamber
(p. 179).
21. Area El, mortar in situ on floor of L. 631 (YS)
at the bottom of Warren's Shaft (IH) (p. 13).
8. The natural termination of Warren's Shaft 2.8
(p. 185).
m below the floor level of Hezekiah's tunnel
22. Area El, bowl (El /2 1544) on the floor of L.
(IH) (p. 15).
2135 (YS) (p. 185).
23. Area G, lower grinding slab in situ in unexca9. Calcareous crusts and cave deposits in Warren's
vated installation L. 888, within room L. 818
Shaft (DG) (p. 15).
10. Micro texture of dolomitic wall and calcareous
(YS) (p. 186).
24. Carnelian and quartz specimens (YH) (p. 274).
crust from Warren's Shaft (DG) (p. 16).
11. A niche in the wall of Warren's Shaft, with
25. Agate, feldspar and quartz specimens (YH)
small stalactites (DG) (p. 16).
(p. 275).
12. The cave of the Gihon Spring (IH) (p. 17). 26. Lapis lazuli and hematite specimens (YH)
13. Area G, loomweights from L. 1 1 10 (YS) (p. 138). (p. 275).
14. Area G, loomweights from L. 1 108 (SO) (p. 27.
138).
'Horus Eye' amulet No. 1 (ZR) (p. 292).
15. Area G, loomweights in situ in L. 1 108 and28.
1110
'Horus Eye' amulet No. 2 (ZR) (p. 293).
(YS) (p. 139).
29. 'Horus Eye' amulet No. 3 (IS) (p. 293).
IX
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This volume is dedicated to the hundreds of volunteers at the excavations,
without whom the City of David Archaeological Project
would not have been possible
Scheme of Strata - City of David Excavations (1978-1985)
Stratum
Period
Date
1 Medieval and later 14th-20th centuries CE
2 Islamic-Ayyubid 7th-13th centuries CE
3 Byzantine 4th-7th centuries CE
4 Late Roman Ist-3rd centuries CE
5 Early Roman 1st century CE
6 Early Roman 37 BCE-70 CE
7 Hellenistic (Hasmonean) 2nd half of 2nd century
to 1st century BCE
8 Early Hellenistic 4th-2nd centuries BCE
9 Persian 6th-4th centuries BCE
10 Iron Age II 2nd half of 7th century
to 586 BCE
1 1 Iron Age II 7th century BCE
12 Iron Age II 8th century BCE
13 Iron Age II 9th century BCE
14 Iron Age II 10th century BCE
15 Iron Age I 12th-l 1th centuries BCE
16 Late Bronze Age II 14th-13th centuries BCE
17 Middle Bronze Age IIA-B 18th century BCE
18 Middle Bronze Age IIA-B 18th century BCE
19 Early Bronze Age II 29th (?) century BCE
20 Early Bronze Age I 31st century BCE
21 Chalcolithic 2nd half of 4th millennium BCE
X
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CHAPTER ONE
THE GEOLOGY OF THE CITY OF DAVID AND ITS
ANCIENT SUBTERRANEAN WATERWORKS
Dan Gill
Geological Survey of Israel
This study is dedicated to the memory of Father Louis Hugues Vincent, one of the pre-eminent expl
ancient Jerusalem, whose meticulous and conscientious survey of the subterranean waterworks of the Cit
David between 1909 and 1911 still stands out as the most comprehensive composition on the subject
1882; Clermont-Ganneau 1897; Vincent 1911; Sulley 1929; Simons 1952; Hecker 1956; Amiran 1968;
1976;
Issar 1976).
The early city of Jerusalem, Canaanite
'Shalem'
or Recently (Gill 1991; 1994a), I
have presented
'Yevus' ('Jebus') and later the early Israelite
'City ofevidence to show that the waterworks were fashioned along the pre-existing tracks
David,' was built on a narrow, southward-sloping
ofthe
a natural
spur of the Temple Mount, flanked on
west karst
by system of shafts and conduits
which were
by dissolution of the limestones
the valley that was later called 'Tyropoeon'
andformed
on
the east by the Kidron Valley (Fig. and
1). dolomites
The onlyupon which Jerusalem is built. In
those articles
the geology of the site was described
perennial water source nearby is the Gihon
Spring,
only briefly.
which issues in a cave on the right bank
of the This study presents a fuller account of
geological
aspects which are important for
Kidron Valley, at the foot of the easternvarious
slope of
the
understanding
the design and construction of the
spur. For efficient utilization of the Gihon's
waters
INTRODUCTION
the ancient inhabitants constructed at various times
waterworks.
three water supply systems, today known as the In order to evaluate the relationship between the
Warren's Shaft Installation, the Siloam Channel water supply systems and the geology, the latter
and Hezekiah's Tunnel. The Siloam Channel carried
must be known and documented in sufficient detail,
on a scale which is compatible with the size of the
artificially raised spring water southward alongside
waterworks. The geological information about the
the right bank of the Kidron Valley; the other two
area provided by earlier studies is not detailed
systems are entirely subterranean. Detailed descriptions of the waterworks can be found in Conder
enough for this purpose (see below). Thus, for this
evaluation the vertical rock succession was divided
(1882), Vincent (1911), Simons (1952), Kenyon
into mappable rock units in the most detailed way
(1967) and Shiloh (1981; 1984).
The subterranean water supply systems of the possible, and a new geological map of the area was
City of David are among the most impressive prepared, depicting the distribution of these units
engineering accomplishments of the biblical period.and the position of faults. The new map, together
Nevertheless, they display many seemingly trivialwith the columnar stratigraphie section, provide a
planning mistakes and numerous apparent blundersdefinitive three-dimensional picture of the surface
in construction. These imperfections have puzzledand subsurface geology of southeastern Jerusalem.
scholars ever since the waterworks were rediscovThey document the geological setting of the waterworks and thus enable the examination of any
ered in the mid- 19th century, and many attempts
hypothesis about the relations between the waterhave been made to account for them (e.g. Conder
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Israel. The earliest studies were conducted by Fr
(1867) and Blanckenhorn (1905). They were f
lowed by Shalem (1925; 1927; 1928), Blake (1936
Picard (1938a; 1956), Bentor (1945) and Avnimele
(1951; 1968). These authors studied the stratigr
phy, lithology and paleontology of Jerusalem
its vicinity and laid the foundations for mo
detailed later investigations. Several geolog
maps of Jerusalem have been published in the p
though none are sufficiently fine-scaled for th
study of the waterworks. The maps by Blanck
horn (1905; also presented in Vincent 1912)
Picard (1956) do not portray the local geology of th
City of David adequately (see below). Israeli
(1977) map does not cover the City of David, an
the map by Arkin et al. (1976) lacks the stra
graphic resolution that is needed in order to portra
the lithological differences which exist in the area
interest. Therefore, a more detailed geological m
of the City of David area had to be prepared.
STRATIGRAPHY AND STRATIGRAPHIC
NOMENCLATURE
The bedrock exposed in Jerusalem and its vicini
consists of limestone, dolomite and chalk strata
Late Cretaceous age. Two stratigraphie groups a
distinguished, the Judea Group, of Albian t
Turonian age, and the Mount Scopus Group,
Senonian age. Fig. 2 shows a representative
columnar section of the rock sequence and its
formal subdivision into finer rock units. The
subdivision into the Weradim, Bina and Menuha
Formations follows the formal regional stratigraphic nomenclature proposed by Arkin et al.
Fig. 1. Map of the City of David and its waterworks.
works and the underlying geology. In addition, the
local geology and the geology of correlative rock
units in the vicinity were studied in order to collect
(1965). To provide a faithful reflection of the
lithological variations which are of interest to the
present study, the rock column has been further
subdivided, applying the local rock unit names that
were used by Picard (1938a; 1956). The Mizzi
Yahudi is equivalent to the Weradim Formation.
The Mizzi Ahmar, Meleke and Mizzi Hilu are the
additional pertinent geological information that
may shed light on the design and construction of
three subunits of the Bina Formation. The
the waterworks.
Formation.
Ka'akuhle forms the lower part of the Menuh
The Arabic names applied to these units are
PREVIOUS GEOLOGICAL STUDIES
adaptations of stonemasons' terms, which did not
originally signify any stratigraphie position or status
A chronological review of geological investigations
(for further details, see Blake 1936; Picard 1938b;
of Jerusalem and its environs reflects the
Bentor
beginning
1960; Perath 1984). 'Mizzi' denotes a hard
and development of the geological profession
rock; 'yahudi'
inmeans Jewish; 'ahmar' means red;
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subdivision into lithostratigraphic units.
'meleke' means rayai; 'hilu' means sweet, meant in a
complimentary sense; and 'Ka'akuhle' is a general
term for dressable hard chalk or chalky limestone.
Mizzi Yahudi ('Jewish hard stone') was presumably
in the middle parts of the Judea Group, below the
Weradim Formation. Curiously, the Turonian
Meleke in Jerusalem does not meet these specifications, being a rather soft and porous rock. It was
so named because the Jewish builders of the turn of
used extensively throughout history for large
the century, who introduced modern quarrying foundations and fortifications. Huge ashlar blocks,
techniques, were the first to utilize this rather hardsome weighing two to three hundred tons, used by
stone for masonry and concrete. Another version
King Herod in the 1st century BCE to build the
relates the name to the hardness of the rock, which
retaining walls of the Temple Mount (see Ritmeyer
and Ritmeyer 1989 and Warszawski and Peretz
is likened in uncomplimentary fashion to Jewish
1992 for recent discussions) were quarried from this
stubbornness and tenacity. Mizzi Ahmar designates
formation, as were many of the stones used by the
a hard reddish rock. Mizzi Hilu, meaning 'sweet
16th century Ottoman emperor Suleiman the
(beautiful) hard stone' is, presumably, a compliMagnificent to build the walls of Jerusalem. As
mentary term, probably referring to its pleasing
appearance and frequent decorative role in build-such, it served royal structures, and this may explain
ings.
the origin of the name. In many instances, the walls
To stonemasons, the term Meleke designates a
hard white stone. This rock type is quite abundant
of the ancient stone quarries were subsequently
plastered and the hollowed-out spaces were used as
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water cisterns and reservoirs. Furthermore, because
dual structures. The city of Jerusalem, at an
of its softness and massive bedding, the Meleke
strata were sought after in ancient times as a
elevation of about 750 m, is located in a structural
saddle at the center of the range, between the
southern plunge of the Ramallah anticline and the
tombs (see below). This may be another reason fornorthern plunge of the Hebron anticline, which is
naming the unit 'royal.' Blanckenhorn (1905: 87), offset to the east of the former by some 10 km (Rot
who was aware of this characteristic of the Meleke, 1972; Shaliv 1980: Fig. 4). Structurally, the spur of
aptly proposed that the unit be named 'Graberfels' the City of David is situated on the eastern flank of
the Ramallah anticline.
(in German) or 'sepulchral rock.'
In Jerusalem and its vicinity, these different types
The geological makeup of the area is shown in the
of building stones are found in different strati- geological outcrop map (Fig. 3) and the E-W
graphic horizons, and they coincide with a natural geological cross-section (Fig. 4). Structurally, the
subdivision of the sedimentary sequence into well- spur of the City of David is a step-faulted block in
defined rock units. These units have very distinctive which the strata dip to the southeast (azimuth
lithologies and a characteristic appearance in the N140E) with inclinations of 10-15°. The surface
landscape. Therefore, this division and nomencla- consists of Mizzi Ahmar, exposed along the lower
ture is also well suited for lithostratigraphic eastern slope of the spur, and of Meleke, exposed on
preferred formation for the hewing of monumental
classification and mapping purposes; this is thethe upper slopes and the crest. The boundary
division used here. Thus, the units shown in the between these rock units is visible, running N-S
geological map (Fig. 3) are the three subunits of thealong the center of the eastern slope. Two groups of
Bina Formation (marked MA, M and MH), the small faults, with vertical displacements of 20-30
Menuha Formation (marked Me) and an additional meters, pass through the area: one strikes about
unit, the Mishash Formation (marked Mi), consist- N15E and the other about N105E. In the first group
ing of bedded chert, which overlies the Menuha downfaulting is to the east, while in the second it is
Formation in the Mount of Offense above the
to the south. Both the Kidron and the Tyropoeon
village of Silwan. The Weradim Formation Valleys
(Mizzi are superimposed on north-trending faults.
Yahudi) crops out in the western parts of Jerusalem,
Of the west-trending faults, two cross the Mount of
west of the area included in the geological map.
Offense
Theeast of the Kidron Valley in the center of
Menuha Formation is exposed in the southern
and of Silwan. A third fault passes south of
the village
eastern parts of the mapped area, and is widespread
the spur, along the lower bend of the Ben Hinnom
further to the east throughout the Judean Valley.
Desert.
Joints and fractures are common, showing
The unit which is of principal interest to the present
two dominant orientations, roughly N-S and
study is the Bina Formation, which underlies
the
approximately
E-W. Both systems are essentially
vertical.
Old City of Jerusalem and its immediate surround-
ings. We shall be concerned in particular with its
two lower members, the Mizzi Ahmar and the
Meleke, since they are the formations that form the
GEOLOGICAL SETTING OF THE ANCIENT
WATERWORKS
bedrock and the shallow underground in the City of
David. The Mizzi Hilu is exposed along the western The location of the waterworks relative to the
slope of the Mount of Olives, south of the cliffs of bedrock units is shown in the geological crossthe Ben Hinnom Valley, and it caps the Temple section (Fig. 4), and in greater detail in Fig. 5. The
Mount.
steep tunnel and the upper part of the dead-end
shaft are within the Meleke. The boundary between
GEOLOGICAL SETTING
the Meleke and the Mizzi Ahmar is at the bottom of
the scarp. This boundary is marked clearly all along
The Judea and Samaria Mountains are a
prominent
the
walls of the inclined tunnel (Photo 1), visible as
mountain chain which extend from north to south
an abrupt change in both color and surface texture.
along the central part of Israel. Their crestline is the
The Meleke, which forms the ceiling and upper part
principal water divide between the Mediterranean
of the walls, has a lighter hue and an irregular
and the Jordan Rift Valley. Structurally, the range surface,
is
indented by irregular cavities. In contrast,
an anticlinorium consisting of a number of indivithe Mizzi Ahmar, in the floor and lower part of the
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David; 5. Hezekiah's Tunnel; 6. Gihon Spring; 7. Kidron Valley; 8. Ben Hinnom Valley; 9. Silwan Village; A-A' - line of
geological profile shown in Fig. 4.
tunnel walls, is of darker color and has a very
massive appearance. The passage, today blocked,
Mizzi Ahmar, which forms their floor.
that leads out to the eastern slope was created by the
the Mizzi Ahmar as it descends eastward. The top of
Warren's Shaft is 4.25 m below the top of the Mizzi
coalescence of natural caves in the bottom part of
the Meleke, along its contact with the underlying
The inclined tunnel cuts progressively deeper into
Ahmar (Photo 2). It should be pointed out that,
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Mount
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from an engineering standpoint, there was no
reason whatsoever to deepen the tunnel into the
All the remaining elements of the waterworks are
within the Mizzi Ahmar. This includes the bottom
hard Mizzi Ahmar rather than remain within the
half of the dead-end shaft and the entire length of
softer Meleke; the latter would have made the
Warren's Shaft. Likewise, the Gihon Spring and the
hewing much easier and would have resulted in an entire length of Hezekiah's Tunnel are within the
almost horizontal tunnel, an important convenience Mizzi Ahmar.
in itself. Photos 1 and 2 also demonstrate that the
dimensions of the tunnel, which reaches a height of
6.3 m and is 4 to 6 m wide, are much too large for
the minimum needed for carrying water, even in
vessels on the head. If the tunnel was deliberately
planned in this way, it would have involved an
immense amount of superfluous hewing for no
practical reason and no obvious benefit.
Photo 1. Looking north along the inclined tunnel in Photo
the 2. The upper opening of Warren's Shaft. The
upper level of the Warren's Shaft Installation. The
approach to the shaft is extremely inconvenient and
horizontal line in the middle of the side walls marks the
dangerous. Water can be drawn only while standing on a
contact between the dark-colored, hard Mizzi Ahmar
platform above the center of the shaft. It is unlikely that a
below the line, and the white cavernous Meleke above the well would be so crude in construction. The stick rests on
line. Note the excessive spaciousness of the tunnel (AF). the top of the Mizzi Ahmar (IH).
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Shiloh (1984). The numbers in the section are elevations in meters above mean sea level. Note the position of the
boundary between the Meleke and the Mizzi Ahmar strata (in the section view).
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LITHOLOGY OF THE BINA FORMATION
Mizzi Ahmar
The Mizzi Ahmar consists of homogeneous, fine
crystalline dolomite. The rock is very dense and
hard, pinkish-gray to yellowish-cream on fresh
fractures. Irregular reddish-brown patches and thin
red streaks are abundant and conspicuous, hence
the name 'ahmar' (Arabic for red). Microscopically
the rock consists of a homogeneous, dense mosaic
of subhedral to euhedral dolomite crystals, about 40
microns in size (Photo 3). The rock is devoid of any
Photo
4. Micro texture of the Meleke: abundant fossil
fragments (white grains) in a microcrystalline matrix
remains of fossil fragments. Ghosts of well-rounded
(dark grey material). The rock is very porous (black voids)
micritic pellets are occasionally abundant. The rock
due to the dissolution of fossil fragments (DG).
appears to be impervious, without any visible
porosity of any kind. Petrophysical analyses of six
samples from the eastern slope of the spur measured
have recrystallized into a dense mosaic of
porosities of 1.36% to 4.54%, with an averagewhich
of
anhedral calcite crystals, mostly less than 10
2.64%, and permeabilities of 0.04 to 0.49 millidarcies, with a mean of 0.13 md.
microns in size. The degree of matrix recrystallization determines the hardness of the rock, its
resistance to weathering and its overall appearance
in the field. Where the recrystallization is more
pervasive, the matrix consists of a mosaic of closely
interlocking, large subhedral crystals. Average
crystal size is about 50 microns, reaching up to 0.2
mm. Rock of this texture is cliff-forming.
The Meleke is very porous and permeable. Its
vugular nature is conspicuous both in hand specimens and thin sections. The porosity was created by
the dissolution and leaching of fossil fragments,
most likely by fresh groundwater. Petrophysical
analyses of the more porous variety (four samples
taken in tombs within the City of David) measured
Photo 3. Micro texture of the Mizzi Ahmar: a dense
porosities of 28.6% to 33.1%, with an average of
mosaic of euhedral to subhedral dolomite crystals, about
30.2%,
40 microns in size. The rock lacks porosity and
is and permeabilities of 50 to 319 md, with an
average of 135 md.
practically impervious (DG).
Meleke
Mizzi Hilu
The Meleke is a fossiliferous limestone that has
The Mizzi Hilu is a fine crystalline limestone with
abundant remains of foraminifera (mostly Milioliundergone diagenetic alterations. In pétrographie
and other microfossils (foraminiferal biomiterms it is a biosparite or skeletal grainstone dea)
(Photo
crite).
4). Fossil fragments comprise about 30% of
theIt is even-textured, with a uniform creamywhite color that hardly weathers. The rock is very
rock. The skeletal grains, poorly sorted and angular,
range in size from 0.1 mm to 1 mm. The dense,
fossil often almost lithographic, and contains
abundant stylolites. In every aspect - field appearassemblage includes several species of rudistids,
bivalves and some corals (Blanckenhorn 1905:ance,
90; as well as in hand specimens and microfacies
- it
is very different from the other two members of
Picard 1938a). The original matrix consisted of
very
the Bina
Formation (Photo 5).
fine-grained and dense lime-mud (micrite), parts
of
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Supreme Court building on Giv'at Ram. All these
sites display abundant karstie dissolution and
weathering features in the Mizzi Ahmar. The Mizzi
Ahmar does not contain large caves. The main
karstie features are irregular dissolution cavities
which are filled with dark brown terra rossa. In
several sites, well-defined vertical dissolution shafts
have been observed, which are filled with terra rossa
and unsorted, angular rock debris.
The rock surface cleared by Shiloh's excavation in
Area E (in the lower part of the eastern slope of the
Photo 5. Micro texture of the Mizzi Hilu: abundant
spur) displays many small-scale dissolution marks.
In one place a small irregular sinkhole, about one
foraminifera (miliolidea) cemented by very fine crystalline
meter in diameter and four meters deep, was
calcite (DG).
exposed.
MORPHOLOGY AND KARST FEATURES OF
Meleke
THE BINA FORMATION
The Meleke is widespread throughout the mapped
area. It occurs as thick, massively bedded strata,
forming high ledges and vertical cliffs that are
prominent in the landscape. When
The Mizzi Ahmar is the lowermost unit exposed sometimes
in
freshly cut the rock is stark white, darkening slightly
the map area. Its more conspicuous exposures are
upon weathering. The unit varies in thickness from
the vertical cliffs of the Ben Hinnom Valley and the
10 m in the southern part of the mapped area to 24
bowl of Birket es-Sultan further upstream. To the
Mizzi Ahmar
north and west it underlies much of modern
m in its center. For the most part, its contacts with
the Mizzi
Jerusalem (see geological maps in Picard 1956
and Ahmar and the Mizzi Hilu are abrupt and
conformable. Along the Kidron Valley and on the
particularly Israeli 1977). The unit is thickly
westerntoslope of Mount Zion, the transition from
stratified with marly interlayers that weather
terra rossa soil.
the Mizzi Ahmar to the Meleke is gradual over a
vertical interval of 1-2 m, which is composed of
Karst features are common throughout the unit.
A small cave is found on the left bank of the Ben
dolomitic limestone.
Hinnom Valley, opposite the Cinematheque Thea-Most notable among the Meleke outcrops is the
ter. Jerusalem water well No. 4, located in the vertical
Ben
cliff on the left bank of the Kidron Valley,
within the village of Silwan and further to the
Hinnom Valley, encountered loss of circulationpartly
in
north. The famous sepulchral monuments of the
the Mizzi Ahmar section, indicating a cavernous
Temple period (the so-called cenotaph of
zone in the subsurface. In the built-up area Second
of
Absalom and the tombs of Benei Hezir, Zachariah
modern Jerusalem natural exposures of the Mizzi
Ahmar have become rather scarce. However, in and
the Yehoshafat) are all hewn in this cliff, as are also
smaller burial caves from the First Temple period
process of excavating and ground leveling for new
in Silwan village (see Ussishkin 1993).
building, quite extensive temporary exposures found
become available for study. These, to mention only the Meleke is also exposed along the right bank of the
Ben Hinnom Valley. Here it is only about 10 m
larger ones, include the Wolfson-Megiddo Towers
thick and contains numerous natural caves, some of
complex on President Ben Zvi Boulevard, the
served as tombs. Particularly large caves are
Ministry of Education and Culture buildingwhich
in
found near and in the monastery of Haqal Dama
Debora Street, the Zion Square office building, the
(Aceldama), near the confluence of the Ben Hinnom
underground car park at the southern end of Yoel
and Kidron Valleys.
Salomon Street, a large pit at the corner of Yaffo
In some areas, the contact between the Meleke
and Sarei Yisrael Streets, the new Jerusalem
and
the overlying Mizzi Hilu is very irregular. At
Municipality near the Russian Compound, a build-
these localities, large detached blocks of thinlying project in the Schneller Compound, and the
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bedded Mizzi Hilu appear to have slid into pits and
14. Bedrock exposures along the western side of
irregular depressions within the Meleke. These
features mark post-depositional events in which
the Byzantine Cardo of Jerusalem are mostly in the
blocks of already consolidated and lithified Mizzi
Hilu collapsed into sinkholes formed by dissolution
in the upper part of the Meleke. This phenomenon
is well developed in the sunken courtyard of the
Tomb of the Kings and at the base of the Herodian
staircase which leads to the Double Gate in the
southern wall of the Temple Mount.
Other historical monuments where the Meleke is
well exposed include:
uppermost part of the Meleke.
15. The foundations of the Church of the Holy
Sepulchre are in the Turonian Bina Formation. The
formation that forms the ground surface of the
church compound is the Mizzi Hilu. Excellent
Meleke exposures, 13 m high, are found in the rear
parts of the church, in the Chapel of St. Vartan and
the Chapel of the Cross. The chapels are within a
stone quarry, thought to have been excavated at the
time of the First Temple (Broshi and Barkay 1985;
Barkay 1985). Here the contact between the Mizzi
1. Burial caves of the First Temple period at
Hilu and the Meleke is unconformable. In the
Ketef Hinnom, adjacent to St. Andrew's Presbytersoutheastern corner of St. Vartan's Chapel there is a
ian Church (near the Khan Theater).
dissolution shaft in the Mizzi Hilu. The cisterns
2. The foundation of the Turkish city wall,
between Jaffa Gate and Mt. Zion.
under the 'Convent of Abraham,' in the southern
3. Tombs on Mt. Zion.
4. Cisterns and ancient cellars at St. Peter in
part of the church compound, are hewn in Meleke.
16. The 'Garden Tomb' and the First Temple
Gallicantu, on the eastern slope of Mt. Zion.period tombs in the grounds of the nearby Ecole
Biblique
on Nablus Road; Father L.H. Vincent
5. Rock-hewn galleries in the southeastern part
of
(1872-1960)
was buried in the adjoining chapel.
the City of David (at one time thought to be
the
tombs of the Davidic Dynasty or the Royal
17. The 'Tombs of the Sanhédrin' in the Ramat
Eshkol suburb.
Necropolis of the Kings of Judah).
6. Cisterns on the slope south of the Double Gate 18. The 1st century mausoleum of Queen Helena
of Adiabene in Salah ed-Din Street north of the Old
in the Ophel Archaeological Park.
7. The Church and Tomb of the Virgin Mary and City (commonly referred to as the 'Tombs of the
the Grotto of Gethsemane in the Kidron Valley.
Kings').
8. The Pool of Bethesda (Piscina Probatica) at St.
Anna's Church in the Muslim Quarter.
Mizzi Hilu
9. The roofed cisterns (Struthion) under the
convent of the Sisters of Zion, originally the northUnlike the Mizzi Ahmar and the Meleke, the Mizzi
moat of the Antonia Fortress.
Hilu is a well-bedded unit with beds 30-70 cm thick.
Typical outcrops run along Sultan Suleiman Road,
10. The lower part of the Hasmonean (?) water
east of the Damascus Gate, where this unit forms
conduit that runs from the Struthion cisterns to the
Temple Mount. This conduit was excavated from the foundation of the northern part of the Ottoman
city wall. Well-exposed sections of the unit are
the surface down, mostly through Mizzi Hilu.
1 1 . The underground northwestern corner of the found along the southern segment of the Herodian
retaining walls of the Herodian Temple Mount Temple Mount platform. The monumental staircase
platform. This is an artificial scarp, lately excavatedthat led into the Double and Triple Hulda Gates in
(the 'Kotel tunnel'). It is hewn in the same ashlar the southern wall was built on this unit. As
pattern as the entire western wall that stands on it.mentioned above, the Hasmonean water conduit
Adjacent to it lies an ancient stone quarry of Meleke that runs from the Struthion pools to the Temple
Mount was dug mostly in Mizzi Hilu. This unit has
building stones.
12. The scarp on which the Omaria School is a very special distinction in that it forms the
built, north of the Haram al-Sharif.
bedrock where some of the most venerated shrines
13. Zedekiah's Cave (or Solomon's Quarries) east to both Christianity and Islam are located. It crops
of the Damascus Gate, which is an ancient quarry.out at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre as the rock
Its proximal part is in Mizzi Hilu, and in its distalof Calvary (Golgotha, the traditional site of the
parts one can see some of the best non-weathered Crucifixion). Although the bedrock at the tomb of
Jesus cannot be observed, it appears that this shrine,
exposures of Meleke in Jerusalem.
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which is situated nearby, is also founded in the
Mizzi Hilu. The bedrock on top of Mount Moriah,
the Temple Mount compound, also consists of this
unit. Hence, the rocky floor of natural bedrock, the
centerpiece of the Dome of the Rock, known to
Jews as the Foundation Stone, consists of Mizzi
Hilu.
Mediterranean Sea. The newly elevated highlands,
coupled with a lowering of the erosion base levels on
either side of the water divide, created steep
hydraulic gradients and induced the development
of a new hydrodynamic regime that exposed deeplying strata to the effects of groundwater flow,
rejuvenating old subsurface drainage systems and
Natural caves or other large-scale karst features creating new ones (e.g., Kafri and Arad 1978).
are not typical of this unit, although dissolution Karst formation was further enhanced by higher
rainfall during the pluvial interludes of the Pleistopipes (as in the Chapel of St. Vartan) are
occasionally found. The Mizzi Hilu contains in
cene (Horowitz 1979).
places intra-formational karstie dissolution cavities Thus, the carbonate formations in Israel, and the
which were filled by fluvial sands (Weiler 1966; Judea Group in particular, were affected by karstWeiler and Sass 1972; Sandler and Zilberman 1985). forming processes during at least three periods: Late
GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF KARST
DEVELOPMENT IN ISRAEL
Turonian (90 my), Late Miocene (6.5 my) and
Pliocene to Pleistocene (5.0 to 0.01 my). In the
northern part of Israel, where precipitation exceeds
750 mm per year, karst processes are still active
today (e.g., Horowitz 1979: 161-66). It should,
Carbonate minerals (calcite and dolomite) are
susceptible to chemical dissolution by circulatingtherefore, come as no surprise that certain formations of the Judea Group are intensely karstifled
groundwater. With sufficient rainfall and a suitable
hydrogeological setup, carbonate formations are
both in outcrops and especially in the subsurface. In
fact, karst is a second nature to most formations in
prone to the development of cavernous karstie
dissolution networks and their attendant reprecipi- the Judea Group.
tation products (for recent comprehensive treatments of this broad subject see, for example, Burger
and Dubertret 1975; Bogli 1980; Jennings 1985;
Dreybrodt 1988; Ford and Williams 1989).
All the ingredients for the evolution of mature
karst systems are present in Israel. The mountainous parts of Israel are built of carbonate forma-
KARST IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA
Karst in the Judea Group west of the water divide in
country was affected by several phases of tectonic
the central part of the Judea Mountains has been
described by Arkin (1980) and by Michaelson and
Movshovitz (1980). The outcrops that are affected
by karst belong to the Aminadav, Weradim an
Bina Formations. The largest caves in the area ar
stress that fractured and jointed the rocks (e.g., Eyal
in the Weradim Formation: these includes the
and Reches 1983), setting up the pattern for
picturesque Avshalom Cave in Nahal Soreq (Bar-
tions (the Judea Group of Cretaceous age). The
dissolution by groundwater. The calcareous forma- Matthews et al. 1991), and the Cave of the Twins
tions have repeatedly been subjected to dissolution and Shimshon Cave near the town of Beth Shemesh.
East of thie water divide the karst features are
by groundwater for geologically long periods since
the end of the Turonian (e.g., Buchbinder et al.
even more pronounced. Here, especially in the
1983). The intensity of these processes, and the southern parts of Samaria and the northern parts
depth to which they reached, have been increased by
of Judea, are found some of the largest caves in the
the morphotectonic changes that have affected the country. In southern Samaria, a concentration of
region since the Neogene, and especially the
large caves is found in Nahal Daliya (Frumkin
Pliocene, which shaped the present physiography 1981a; 1981b) and in Wadi Makkuk (Tsuk 1983;
and landscape of the terrain. The main changes
Frumkin 1988a; 1988b; Begin 1988). All the caves in
entailed the upwarping of the central parts of the these two ephemeral streams are in the Shivta
country into mountain ranges, the formation of the
Formation, which is stratigraphically equivalent to
Jordan Rift Valley in the east, and the frequent sea the Meleke unit in Jerusalem. In northern Judea,
large caves are found in Nahal Teqo'a near
of the Mediterranean) in the west, culminating in Herodion (Frumkin 1986a; 1986b). Among them
the Messinian 'salinity crisis' and desiccation of the is the Hareitun Cave, one of the longest caves in the
level changes of the Paratethys Ocean (the precursor
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country. This cave has 55 large galleries; it spreads
vertically over four distinct levels, and the total
interconnected conduits, which characterize mature
karst systems.
length of its labyrinthine passageways and corridors
is about four kilometers (Strobel 1967; Mann 1976).
The different levels are interconnected by dissolu-
STYLES OF KARST DEVELOPMENT IN THE
MIZZI AHMAR AND THE MELEKE
tion shafts which in origin, and often also in their
shape and dimensions, are very similar to Warren's
The pétrographie and petrophysical properties
Shaft in Jerusalem.
the Meleke and the Mizzi Ahmar determine their
All the aforementioned caves are in the Shivta
permeability to water and, consequently, the style of
karst that will develop in each unit. The fact that the
Formation which, as mentioned above, is equivalent
to the Meleke unit in Jerusalem. Numerous caves in
two units possess very different petrophysical
properties and that they are juxtaposed vertically
the Shivta Formation are found in the ephemeral
determines
the style of the karst that will develop in
stream gorges of the Judean Desert. In Samaria,
the combined sequence.
large vertical dissolution shafts are also well
The carbonate skeletal grains of the Meleke
developed in the Aminadav Formation, below the
Shivta Formation, which overlies the Motsa Marl dissolve more readily than the fine-grained (micritic)
matrix, leaving a network of partly connected voids.
aquiclude (Frumkin 1984).
The intense karstification of the formations is
Water moves easily in all directions within this
and permeable unit. In contrast, the undermanifested by their hydraulic characteristics andporous
by
lying
the overall hydrology of the carbonate aquifers
of Mizzi Ahmar is impervious, obstructing the
downward percolation of water. Consequently,
the Judea Group. Water from karst aquifers
accounts for about 70% of the total water supplywater that reaches the base of the Meleke cannot
move further down, and is forced to continue its
of Israel (Mandel 1961; Gvirtzman 1994; Schwarz
1994; Weinberger et al. 1994). The regional hydro-flow along the boundary between the two formations. This enhances dissolution in the lower part of
geological situation of the eastern watershed drainage system has been described in several studiesthe already porous Meleke, leading to the development of caves above the contact between the two
(e.g., Rofe and Raffety 1963; 1965; Shaliv 1980;
units.
Gvirtzman 1994; Scarpa 1994). Recent studies
A change in the overall hydraulic regime, such as
utilizing modern isotopie age determination and
a
lowering
of the regional drainage base level or
geochemical water-type fingerprinting methods
tectonic tilting, sets up new steep hydraulic gradients and lowers the regional water table, thereby
have made it possible to identify water bodies and
trace their movement in space and time (Rosenthal
1978; Rosenthal and Kronfeld 1982; Kroitoru et al.
1985; Kroitoru 1987; Kroitoru et al. 1992). Data are
exposing previous water-saturated phreatic strata to
the enhanced dissolution processes of the vadose
available for the uppermost aquifer of the Judea
Group, which consists of the Weradim, Shivta and
strata in the vadose zone the water creates new
Netzer Formations (equivalent to the Weradim,
Meleke and Mizzi Hilu in Jerusalem). This aquifer is
zone environment. Upon encountering impervious
passageways by dissolving the rock. Preferred sites
for initial dissolution are surfaces and partings of
characterized by high hydraulic conductivities and
sedimentary and tectonic origin, such as bedding
consequent high flow velocities, on the order of 1.2-
planes, faults and joints. Such natural partings,
1.5 km per year (Kroitoru et al. 1985). The aquifer
carries contemporary water, as determined by the
presence of 'post-bomb' tritium, which indicates
that at least part of the water entered the system
after 1953. The residence time of the waters in the
especially if caused by tectonic shear, often become
filled with crushed material that is much more
permeable than the enclosing bedrock. Once an
initial passageway has been dissolved, it will attract
more water and be continuously enlarged. Thus, in
an impervious carbonate unit like the Mizzi Ahmar,
aquifer is very short and their chemical interaction
the karst features that are more likely to develop are
with the host rock is negligible. As a result, the
vertical dissolution shafts ('domepits'), which may
water is almost fresh, with only about 10 meq/1 total
form along faults and joint systems, and narrow,
dissolved ions and less than 1 meq/1 (about 25 mg/1)
well-defined irregular conduits along anastomosing
of chloride (Kroitoru et al. 1985; Kroitoru 1987).
joints
and fissure systems.
These findings point to a well-developed network
of
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KARST PHENOMENA IN THE JERUSALEM
WATERWORKS
Karstie dissolution features on various scales are
ubiquitous and pervasive throughout the waterworks. The more conspicuous ones were already
very lucidly described by Vincent (1911). Terms like
caves, cavities, fissures, cavernous limestone, calcar-
eous accretions, concretions a$d encrustations, with
or without the adjective 'natural,' are common
throughout his narrative. In the following paragraphs only the most conspicuous larger features
are described, often making use of Vincent's
impeccable account, which can hardly be improved
upon. In addition, attention is drawn in passing to
seemingly anomalous features and other enigmatic
questions concerning the construction of the waterworks which are also adequately accounted for by
the karst thesis.
Photo 7. The natural cave that forms the water chamber
at the bottom of Warren's Shaft. Note the fissure across
the floor. The scale bar is graduated at 10 cm intervals
(IH).
Warren's Shaft Installation
Warren's Shaft is a natural dissolution shaft, as is
evident from its irregular shape (Fig. 6; Photo 6),
the absence of hewing marks on its walls and the
antiquity of the calcareous crusts lining its walls.
The shaft is 'an oval cylinder... it is crooked,
between its two extremes it is very uneven, and
some of the sections are yet even more irregular...
the oval is rectilinear in no place... it narrows down
and expands, now on one side, now on the other, it
is adorned with protuberances or cavities... The
incrustation on the sides here is exactly the same as
in shaft B [the dead-end shaft - D.G.]' (Vincent
1911: 13). The shaft developed along a natural joint
striking N70E, which is visible along its entire
length and especially on the floor of the water
Photo 6. Looking down into Warren s Shaft. Note the
irregular shape of the shaft and the calcareous crusts on chamber, at the base of the shaft (Photo 7). The
water chamber at the base of the shaft is described
its walls (IH).
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Fig. 6. Profiles of Warren's Shaft. Scale bar at right marks absolute elevation in meters above se| level. A: E-W profile
across the shaft, also showing the shaft's extension below the floor of Hezekiah's Tunnel. B: Profile across the partly
dammed passage that leads from Hezekiah's Tunnel to Warren's Shaft, with the extension of the shaft below the level of
Hezekiah's Tunnel, which is actually located slightly to the east of the passage, projected on to it. C: NW-SE profile.
Note the very irregular shape of the shaft's walls. The height of the shaft above the floor of the passage that leads to the
Gihon is 12.3 m. The natural end of the shaft is 2.8 m below the floor level of Hezekiah's Tunnel.
by Vincent as 'a rather roomy natural cave'
and it looks in every respect like a natural feature.
(Vincent 1911: 10, 14). Removal of accumulated As in the case of all the many other apparent design
mud by Shiloh's expedition revealed that the shaft anomalies, here too it is unlikely that this unnecessary prolongation of the shaft was constructed by
Hezekiah's Tunnel, ending in a blind funnel (Fig. design.
6;
Photo 8). The extension is offset some 3 m to theA characteristic feature of natural caves is the
extends for an additional 2.80 m below the floor of
east of the bottom of Warren's Shaft. Its walls are
calcareous crusts on their walls. These crusts are
irregular and rough without any signs of hewing,
referred to variously as travertine, cave deposits,
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dripstone or speleothems. The formation of the
crusts is due to a reversal of the chemical reaction
which causes carbonate dissolution. Water percolating through organic-rich soils becomes enriched in
carbonic acid and has the power to dissolve calcium
carbonate. When such carbonate-saturated water
enters an open cave environment where the concentration (partial pressure) of gaseous C02 is lower
than in the solution, a solid mineral phase of
calcium carbonate (calcite) will precipitate out of
the solution and crystallize as a thin crust. The
solution can also become supersaturated through
loss of water by evaporation. If the water flows
along a stalactite or along the cave walls, the latter
will be encrusted. Crusts appear in different shapes
and forms. Microscopically, they display a characteristic crystal structure and mode of growth.
Calcitic crusts typical of limestone caves are
found along the entire length of Warren's Shaft.
The commonest form is an undulating layer some
1-3 cm thick (Photo 9). Microscopically examined
Photo 9. Calcareous crusts and cave deposits in Warren s
Shaft (DG).
in thin section, it appears to consist of very coarse
crystals of calcite growing perpendicular to the walls
(Photo 10) - the usual mode of crystal growth into
unconfined open space. More ornate deposits,
including small stalactites, develop in small niches
(Photo 11).
The absolute age of calcareous speleothems can
(sometimes) be determined by radiocarbon dating
(e.g. Libby 1955; Hendy 1970; Ralph 1971; Mook
1980; Faure 1986). Due to analytical limits of
detection, the age determinations of most laboratories are limited to approximately 40,000 years. A
fragment of crust from the walls of Warren's Shaft
was dated by the radiocarbon method (A. Kaufman, Weizmann Institute of Science: written com-
munication, December 12th, 1981). The sample
contained no carbon- 14; in other words, all the
original carbon- 14 had decayed, indicating that the
crust is older than 40,000 years. Since the shaft must
Photo 8. The natural termination of Warren's Shaft 2.8 m
below the floor level of Hezekiah's tunnel. Note the
calcareous crusts on the walls (IH).
be older than the crusts on its wall, it may be
established conclusively that it could not have been
made by man (see Gill 1994b).
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straight line downwards; its axis continually shifts
to and fro instead of going on perpendicularly, and
finally the hole becomes an inverted cone, with its
apex downward, slanting hopelessly towards a
fissure' (Vincent 1911: 38). In the section describing
Warren's Shaft, Vincent (1911: 13) states: 'The
incrustation on the sides here [i.e., in Warren's
Shaft] is exactly the same as in shaft B [i.e., in the
dead-end shaft].' Clearly, the features which Vincent
describes are characteristic of a natural dissolution
shaft, including rough walls, gradual narrowing
towards the bottom, natural incrustations and,
significantly, a natural cave, recognized as such
already by him, exactly above the boundary
between the Meleke and the Mizzi Ahmar.
The passage above Warren's Shaft that leads out
to the eastern slope (Fig. 5) is another large karst
feature in the Meleke, formed by the coalescence of
natural caves in the bottom part of the unit, above
its contact with the Mizzi Ahmar. It is noteworthy
that Vincent (1911: 38) already recognized this
passage as a natural feature.
Photo 10. Micro texture of dolomitic wall and calcareous
crust from Warren's Shaft. The dark-colored dotted
mosaic is the dense Mizzi Ahmar dolomite which forms
the walls of the shaft. The calcareous crust consists of
large calcite crystals, some up to 0.2 mm long, growing
perpendicular to the wall, into the open space of the
cavern (DG).
By morphological and stratigraphie comparison,
the dead-end shaft (Fig. 5) is obviously another
dissolution shaft. This shaft has been filled in after
Parker's excavations, but not before it was described in meticulous detail by Vincent (1911: 13, PI.
IIIc). In the following quotations, Vincent's remarks are distinguished from his descriptions by
round parentheses and my own comments are
enclosed in square parentheses. 'Towards the base
of the soft mezzy strata [i.e., at the base of the
Meleke] a cavern at the side causes a deformation in
the plan. (Owing to a tendency entirely spontaneous
in a mining work of this kind,) the excavation gets
narrower and narrower as it descends (and difficulties increase...). This huge pit finishes in the shape of
a funnel, the sides badly tapered off and in the
bottom rough and scanty' (Vincent 1911: 13). 'The Photo 1 1 . A niche in the wall of Warren's Shaft, with
shaft itself does not progress in anything like a small stalactites (DG).
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The Gihon Spring
The Gihon Spring is one of the most indicative
manifestations of the prevalence of karstie features
in the strata underlying the City of David. 'Gihon' is
most aptly translated as 'gusher,' describing the
pulsating regime of a water source that gushes
intermittently. Today the spring flows sparingly, but
its pulsating nature is mentioned in sources as late
as the end of the 19th century (Warren and Conder
1884; Ben-Arieh 1977: 78-83) and the beginning of
the 20th century (Vincent 1911). A pulsating flow,
caused by the perpetual gradual filling and sudden
emptying of a subterranean siphon, is unique to
karst terrains and is also known in other karst
springs in the Judea Group, such as Ein Fawar and
Ein Samia. Records suggest that the periodicity of
the gushes was quite erratic, varying with the
seasons. According to Vincent (1911: 37), before
Hezekiah's Tunnel was cleared out by the Parker's
expedition, the spring flowed for 40 minutes every 9
to 10 hours. For a month following the clearing, it
flowed for 12-15 minutes every 2-3 hours, but later
the flow diminished to 4 to 5 times between 5 a.m.
and 8 p.m. According to Simons (1952: 163) the
rhythm of flow varies with the seasons, from four to
five times a day and lasting about 40 minutes in Photo
the 12. The cave of the Gihon Spring (IH).
rainy period, to once or twice a day towards the end
of the rainless summer.
Vincent (1911) gives a detailed description of the
similar cave, which Vincent also mistakenly believed
Gihon and its adjacent tunnels, with accurate plans
to be artificial, is found nearby (see below).
and sections. He considered the cave with the
Several other features associated with the spring
concave ceiling in which the spring issuesmake
(Photo
no sense if they have to be explained by
12) to be man-made, but wondered about
'thedesign. Among them is the channel that
human
curious and even violent contrast between the
leads from the spring cave down and eastward to
irregularity of its plan and the elegant correctness
the Kidron Valley (conduit L in Vincent 1911: Pl. I;
of its vaulting, which rises like a cupola above
see Fig.
the 5). This channel, which is inaccessible
spring' (Vincent 1911: 3). Were it man-made,
today,
onewas described by Vincent (1911: 4) as
would have to explain its overall irregular plan,
follows:
its'... we came upon a new conduit (L),
irregular floor and its excessive spaciousness
deeply
(Vincut into the living rock to a depth of 1 metre
cent 1911: PI. I; see Figs. 5, 7). It should be 80.
added
This conduit penetrates beneath the modern
that smooth, and even polished-seeming, vaulted
stairway, and disappears in a fairly small cavern
ceilings and walls are not at all unusual in (M),
natural
in which the rocky roof and fissured eastern
caves. On the contrary, they are often the wall
ruleshow
in indubitable traces of the passage of water
caves that formed in the phreatic zone, andduring
where,a very long time... Its walls have all the
subsequent to the formation of the caves, the
aspects we should expect of a natural cavity.' Most
deposition of cave deposits was hindered by meager likely, the conduit sketched by Vincent is the natural
groundwater flow (cf. Ford 1988). Similar smoothly channel that originally drained the waters of the
vaulted galleries can be seen in the above-mentioned Gihon into the Kidron Valley. Supportive evidence
Hareitun Cave, and in numerous Judea Group
is brought by Schick (1902), who reports that in the
caves in eastern Samaria (Frumkin 1991). Another summer of 1901 very little water flowed through
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Hezekiah's Tunnel. Upon investigation, he found
that much of the Gihon's water was escaping
eastward. The escape route could have been by
way of Vincent's conduit L, or his tunnel I, or both.
correct explanation, the effort must have been in
vain, since the Mizzi Ahmar in these tunnels does
not yield any groundwater.
In describing this complex, Vincent also mentions
To remedy the situation, 'a substantial wall was
the difficulties of underground work without
built under the lower steps, and the [Gihon's] basin
ventilation. While inside tunnel II, 'thirty metres
from the fountain the candles would not burn any
longer, and we had to fall back on portable electric
was filled up with good masonry to the desired level.
All was then properly paved and cemented, and the
water has since kept up to the level of the second
step from the bottom, and now runs through the
lanterns. In spite of the ventilator and oxygen
aqueduct to the pool of Siloam' (Schick 1902). In
1909, when Parker's expedition investigated the
capsules, the gangs had to be relieved every hour'
(Vincent 1911: 7). Needless to say, the miners of
Hezekiah's Tunnel did not have such facilities, and
waterworks, the 1901 constructions were removed
there, because of the length of the tunnel, the
and subsequently reconstructed and 'made thor-
problem must have been much more acute. If the
oughly waterproof with a layer of the best cement'
natural conduits which the miners followed did not
(Vincent 1911: 5).
The end of another dissolution shaft, which
furnish a flow of fresh air, it is unlikely that the
underground tunneling could have been carried out
curiously was not described by Vincent, opens intoat all.
the Mizzi Ahmar ceiling above the lower flight of
steps leading to the cave of Gihon (see Gill 1994a:
Hezekiah's Tunnel
25). It does not rise far, and its upper end is lost in
the much-disturbed slope above the entrance to theThe most conspicuous karst feature in Hezekiah's
Tunnel is the overhead opening of a dissolution
stairway.
shaft, located 142 m from the southern exit (herein
Tunnels and Cavities near the Gihon Spring
Parker's expedition (for a lucid account of which see
Silberman 1980) discovered several tunnels near the
Gihon (Fig. 7). Today most of these tunnels (except
for the passage from the Gihon cave to Warren's
referred to as the 'Southern Shaft'; see Figs. 8, 9).
The shaft is blocked by debris and only its lowermost two meters or so are still open, forming a
cone-like hollow in the ceiling of the tunnel (see Gill
Shaft, Vincent's tunnel VI) are obstructed by
1994a: 30). This shaft was already noticed by the
earliest explorers of the tunnel (e.g. Wilson and
Warren 1871: 239; Schick 1886: 88). Conder (1882:
masonry and therefore not accessible to investigation. During Shiloh's excavations we were able to
126) states that it extends upwards through 10 feet
of rock all the way to the rock surface and is then
enter tunnel II, which is the northern entrance to the
covered by 20 feet of unconsolidated debris. Vincent
Siloam Channel, and through it to enter tunnel III,
the Round Chamber, and tunnel IV, as far as its
(1911: 42) states that its open part extends for 5.2 m
above the tunnel's ceiling, which, according to his
drawing (1911: Pl. V) is still about 4 m below the
conspicuous karst feature in this networkbedrock
is thesurface.
Round Chamber, between tunnels III and IV, However,
which it appears that the main karstie feature
Hezekiah's
Tunnel is the tunnel itself, which, as
is a natural cave '... splendidly hollowed outinfrom
a
blocked intersection with tunnel V. The most
argued elsewhere (Gill 1991; 1994a), was
layer of rock at least 4 to 5 metres high' already
(Vincent
dug by
enlarging a natural karst conduit. To
1911: 8). Another natural cave was described
by
support
this postulate I would like to highlight
Vincent inside tunnel I (Fig. 7). In describing
tunnel
V, Vincent remarks that '... the bank of rock
is fulldesign mistakes and other peculiar feaapparent
of cracks and hollows filled with limestone concre-
tures and questions which provide clues to the
tions or adorned with small stalactites' (Vincentmethod of its construction and which, moreover,
1911: 9). The date and function of these tunnels are
is impossible to explain otherwise.
still a mystery. Recently, Reich (1987) suggested If the route of the tunnel was deliberately planned
in its present form, the most obvious apparent
that the tunnels may have been dug during the
design anomaly in the tunnel is its winding route,
Second Temple period in order to enhance the flow
of water in Hezekiah's Tunnel. If this is indeed the
which increases the distance between its end points
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WARREN'S ' H
SHAFT ■ I
^^^^^^"^^
r " i j. ''
Fig. 7. Plan of the tunnels near the Gihon Spring (from Vincent 191 1). The Roman numbering of the tunnels is Vincent's.
The two walls in the eastern part of the plan were constructed in the 19th century.
from a rectilinear 320 m to a flow distance of 533 m.
Gill 1994b: 31). This would represent unnecessary
The sinuous route raises the question of how the hewing which needs to be explained. Moreover,
two teams, working from opposite ends towards throughout this part of the tunnel the texture of the
each other as related in the Siloam Inscription (see, surface of the ceiling is very rough and irregular,
e.g., Sayce 1881), managed to meet. Another and there are no hewing marks on the ceiling. This
intriguing question, already mentioned above, is is also the case for many other sectors of the tunnel
how the miners contrived a supply of fresh air forin which the ceiling is higher than 2 m.
Another remarkable feature which deserves atbreathing and lighting in such a long tunnel.
The configuration of the ceiling of the tunnel is tention is the phenomenal accuracy of the leveling
another feature which requires an explanation. It is of the floor of the tunnel. According to the latest
depicted in Fig. 8a, which was drawn on the basis ofmeasurements by Shiloh's expedition (W. Schlei-
Vincent's measurements (1911: 42). Along most of cher: personal communication, August 31st, 1983),
its length the height of the ceiling varies between 1.7 the point of issue of the Gihon spring is at an
m and 2.0 m. The height is seldom uniform for more elevation of 635.26 m, the top of the retaining step
which bars the spring basin on the west side (see
ceiling is too low for passage without bending: in aVincent 1911: Pl. I) is at 635.87 m, the elevation of
few spots it drops to about 1.5 m (the lowest is 1.45 the bottom of this step is at 635.26 m, and the
than a few meters. Along a number of stretches the
elevation of the southern exit is 634.94 m. Thus, the
m near point p in Fig. 8b). This cannot be
considered anomalous in itself, since providing difference in elevation between the beginning of the
convenient passage was not necessarily one of the tunnel (the bottom of the bar) and its southern exit
objectives of the planners. However, along the is only 32 cm ('about 30 cm' in Shiloh 1984: 23).
southernmost 70 m of the tunnel the ceiling rises Interestingly enough, this is also precisely the
gradually from 2.05 m to 5.08 m before it drops difference that was measured by Conder (1882:
slightly to 4.58 m at the southern exit (Fig. 8; see 129). Vincent (1911: 19) measured a difference of
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mind, it is possible to propose the following
explanation of how Hezekiah's Tunnel may have
been dug. The proposed scenario is illustrated
schematically in Fig. 9. The drawing shows only
2
0
the northeastern and southwestern ends of the spur
I
0
100
200
300
400
500
m
01 Vertical exaggeration x20
of the City of David (with the central part of the
spur cut out), and it depicts the underground
situation after the Warren Shaft Installation was
fiļL
jx 5*
already in operation. My principal postulate is that
a natural karstie conduit, with a winding course,
originally ran under the spur of the City of David,
from its southern end in the Tyropoeon Valley to
the southern end of the lower tunnel of the Warren's
Installation. The trace of the original passage
|| ' ^ /////řQ isShaft
50
100 m
shown in Fig. 9 as a narrow gap, colored white,
m
Fig. 8. (a) Longitudinal profile and (b) plan 01 Hezekiah s
Tunnel, modified from Vincent (1911). The letters a to z
mark Vincent's reference points. Key: 1. Southern exit of
the tunnel into the Tyropoeon Valley. 2. The 'Southern
Shaft,' a blocked dissolution shaft in the ceiling of the
tunnel, 142 m from the southern exit. 3. Hewers' meeting
point. 4. Passage to Warren's Shaft. 5. The Gihon Spring.
positioned between the ceiling of Hezekiah's Tunnel
(the black-colored area) and the gray-colored area
below it. Note that this passage sloped towards the
Gihon Spring: in its southern part the bottom of
this conduit was about 5 m higher than the Gihon
Spring. The passage may have been large enough
for a man to crawl through, or alternatively it was
first enlarged sufficiently to enable passage from
end to end in order to ascertain that it did indeed
2.18 m, which is apparently erroneous, but he makes
connect with the Gihon. Once the connection was
a point of mentioning that Wilson (in his topographical survey of 1864-65) found the Gihon and
with assurance of success.
the southern end of the tunnel to be at one and the
established, massive tunneling could be launched
The artificially dug tunnel traced this original
conduit. Initially, a rough tunnel without precise
same elevation (of 2087 ft, or 636.08 m), which
leveling was prepared. To expedite the operation,
remarkably, at least with respect to the Gihon,
this was done by two teams working from opposite
Thus, over the length of the tunnel, its averageends towards one another. However, the final 'fine
tuning' of the level of the floor must have been done
slope is 0.6 mm to the meter (or 0.6 per mill). The
average slope between the top of the bar and theby progressing in one direction, from the Gihon
varies by only 72 cm from the correct figure.
southwards.
southern exit is 1.8 per mill. Vincent's detailed
The material that was hollowed out in
to direct the Gihon's water to flow by gravity
measurements (1911: 19, 42) reveal that the slope order
is
to the Siloam Pool in the south is the gray-colored
section below the original passage. The tunnel must
slope is actually in the wrong direction (from south
not uniform and that there are sectors in which the
have a minimal height to provide convenient
to north, against the flow). These observations
demonstrate that the exactness of the leveling of thepassage for cleaning and other maintenance operafloor itself was not crucial to the proper functioningtions. Thus, where the height of the original conduit
of the tunnel. Rather, to maintain a constant flow ofwas too low the tunnelers raised it, as is evident
from the exact rectangular finishing of the ceiling,
water, it was sufficient to bring the exit to an
elevation that was just a few tens of centimetersthe pick marks and the smoothly hewn rock plane.
On the other hand, where it was high enough to
below the level of the bar (i.e. slightly below 635.87
m high). At any rate, the precision of the leveling isbegin with, it was left untouched; the ceiling in these
high sections consists of rough rock with no hewing
indeed remarkable, even by modern-day standards.
It indicates that the constructors were very ablemarks. In these sections the ceiling is a relic of the
roof of the original dissolution channel.
engineers and that they did their utmost to limit the
The construction of the tunnel was most probably
hewing to the absolute minimum.
carried
out in dry conditions. This could have been
With these observations and enigmatic aspects in
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accomplished by reopening the original outlet of the
small segments. As described previously, the or-
Gihon to the east, thereby directing its flow to the
ientation of the joint in Warren's Shaft is also
Kidron Valley (see Fig. 9).
N70E, and the faults and the joints in the area also
This scenario explains all the apparent design
trend roughly N-S and E-W. This parallelism
anomalies and the other outstanding questions of
between two sets of linear features is not incidental.
construction, namely: the winding course, the extra
It reflects the existence of two predominant sets of
length, the irregular height and texture of the
natural tectonic joints and faults in the area. As
elsewhere, also in the present case it is only natural
two teams could work towards each other from
that the development of karstie dissolution conduits
opposite ends without going astray and meetfollowed
in the the lines of weakness created by tectonic
ceiling, the accuracy of the leveling, the fact that
strains.of
middle, and the availability of a constant supply
fresh air for the underground operations. Moreover,
as will be shown below, this mode of construction is
PREVIOUS GEOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS
actually hinted at in the Bible.
It is important to note that geology may The
also idea that at least some of the anomalies may
to natural causes was contemplated by seve
provide a clue to when the tunnel was dug. due
A few
researchers.
These can be divided into two group
small (2-2.5 cm long) stalactites grow from
the
those
ceiling of Hezekiah's Tunnel. One of these gave
a that tried to account for specific anomalies b
local changes in lithology and those that offered
radiocarbon age of 1380 ± 160 y r (A. Kaufman,
Weizmann Institute of Science: written communicageneral conceptual explanation.
tion, December 12th, 1981). Since in the process ofPrior to Shiloh's excavations, the only geologic
analyzing the sample the whole stalactite wasdescription of the spur underlying the City of Dav
was Blanckenhorn's (1905) map of Jerusalem.
ground up, the age obtained is an average which
mapped the Mizzi Ahmar and
equals half of the stalactite's age (i.e., the averageBlanckenhorn
of
Mizzi Yahudi as one unit. He did not map any
the time that elapsed since it started to grow and the
faults, and his map is inaccurate in the City of
time since it was collected, which is zero). The result
David area. Picard (1956) elaborated Blanckenindicates that the stalactite started to grow about
horn's map of western Jerusalem by distinguishing
2760 years ago, or in approximately 779 BCE. The
the Mizzi Ahmar and the Mizzi Yahudi as two
exact date of the tunnel's construction is not known,
separate units, but otherwise the maps are the same.
but it was probably completed some time before
In his geological cross-section of southern JerusaSennacherib's campaign against Judea in 701 BCE
lem, Blanckenhorn (1905: Table III, Fig. 3) simply
(see, e.g., Na'aman 1994). Thus, the radiometric
connected the Meleke exposures on Mount Zion
date obtained from the stalactite is within 78 years
of the correct date. The accuracy of the radiometricwith those in the Kidron Valley at an even dip,
disregarding faults, and thus arrived at an incorrect
dating could most probably be improved upon by
interpretation of the stratigraphie situation under
analyzing additional samples.
the City of David. Specifically, he inferred that the
upper part of the spur of the City of David consists
TECTONIC CONTROL OF THE KARST
of Mizzi Hilu, that Hezekiah's Tunnel is hewn in the
DEVELOPMENT
Meleke (Blanckenhorn 1905: 89), and that the
'Mizzi (Fig.
Yahudi'7)(actually the Mizzi Ahmar) is
The tunnels in the vicinity of the Gihon
reached onlyapat the very foot of the eastern slope.
roughly follow two directions, one trending
Needless
say, this error has misled all those who
proximately N-S (generally within N10E
to to
N10W)
relied on Blanckenhorn's geology.
and the other E-W (within N70E to N100W).
Likewise, when the winding courses of Hezekiah's Vincent was a keen observer of Jerusalem's
geology as he encountered it in Parker's excavations
Tunnel and the upper tunnel in the Warren's Shaft
Installation are approximated by straight-line seg-(Vincent 1911: 12-14, 36-37). He summarized his
ments, these are found to fall within the above two
understanding of the local scene in a comprehensive
monograph on the topography, archaeology and
main directions. Some small parts of the more
rounded sections can also be aligned with these history of Jerusalem (Vincent 1912), which however
major directions when they are subdivided into very
relied on Blanckenhorn (1905) for geology. Vincent
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noticed most of the anomalies in the waterworks
large fissure which guided the workmen hewing the
and attempted to explain some of them on the shaft.
basis 'They broadened this fissure out, but allowed
to be entirely guided by it' (Vincent
of what he knew about the local geology. Faithfulthemselves
to
Blanckenhorn's tripartite scheme, he divided 1912:
the 14). Here too he feels obliged to recognize
Blanckenhorn's strata, and he decides to place the
strata underlying the City of David into three units.
boundary between the 'malaky' and the 'Jewish
From top down these are the 'soft mezzy limestone'
mezzy' (actually the Mizzi Ahmar) at a ledge about
(a name coined by him in preference to Blanckenhorn's Mizzi Hilu; however, since 'mezzy' means
7 m below the top of the shaft. In other words, he
realized that here the miners had to hew through the
'hard,' 'soft mezzy' is a poor choice), the 'malaky'
hard rocks which defeated them in the dead-end
and the 'Jewish mezzy.' From Vincent's descripshaft.
tions, however, it is clear that the upper unit is
the To account for this, he concludes: 'Here the
Meleke, and the lower two are both Mizzi Ahmar.
miners and engineers have proved the victors, and
The division into three units, instead of the two that
triumphed against the resistance of the rock'
(Vincent 1912: 14). However, despite this correct
are actually present, and particularly the confusion
between the Meleke and the Mizzi Ahmar, led
observation, he still believed (probably following
Vincent to erroneous interpretations and conclu- Blanckenhorn) that Hezekiah's Tunnel is situated in
the Meleke (Vincent 1912: 23).
sions. According to Vincent, the dead-end shaft
As indicated above, there are many instances
begins in the 'soft mezzy.' At the boundary between
the 'soft mezzy' and the 'malaky' (actually the where Vincent refers explicitly to natural caves and
other weathering features (although he does not use
boundary between the Meleke and Mizzi Ahmar) he
the
term 'karst'). Therefore, I suspect that he must
reports the presence of a natural cave (see above).
have contemplated the proposition that the entire
According to him, the diggers sunk the shaft down
the (supposedly soft) 'malaky,' and when theylayout of the waterworks was karst-controlled, but
encountered the very hard 'Jewish mezzy', they eventually decided against it because of his precould not continue. In his words: 'As soon as one
conceived conviction that they were essentially man-
made
reaches lower down than the malaky you get
theand his desire to prove it.
Another
attempt to invoke geological explanaformidable strata of red rock, so hard it is enough
to
tions was made by Hecker (1956). However, Hecker
dishearten the strongest arms, which the Palestine
quarrymen have baptized by the picturesque made
nameno field investigations, and shared the
mistaken
of 'Jewish mezzy' [i.e., Mizzi Yahudi]... Eventually views of Blanckenhorn and Vincent about
local stratigraphy (Hecker 1956: Fig. 2). With
the tenacity of the rock defeats the tenacity the
of the
miner... the fight is given up and the place
reference to the Warren's Shaft Installation he
abandoned' (Vincent 1912: 13).
simply reiterated Vincent's arguments. As to the
tortuous course of Hezekiah's Tunnel, his main
Vincent appears to be completely caught up in the
preconceptions of Blanckenhorn's stratigraphy,thesis is that a straight line would have taken the
applying attributes of the Meleke outcrops to the tunnel through both the hard 'Mizzi Yahudi' {sensu
Blanckenhorn) and the unstable Mizzi Hilu. He
subterranean Mizzi Ahmar. Only thus can we
explain why he describes the very hard Mizzi suggests that the winding was planned in order to
Ahmar of the lower half of the walls of the curved
confine the tunnel to the softer Meleke bedrock.
This is erroneous on both factual and spatial
tunnel as being 'homogeneous and soft' (Vincent
grounds. First, the entire tunnel is hewn in what
1912: 13), or Warren's Shaft as piercing the 'royal
white stone, so easy to work' (Vincent 1912: 14). Hecker calls 'Mizzi Yahudi' (i.e. Mizzi Ahmar) and
in the Meleke. Secondly, no natural spatial
Nor did he realize that the dead-end shaft (shaft not
B
arrangement of layered strata exists that is compain his terminology) was already deep within the
tible with Hecker's model. In other words, no
Mizzi Ahmar (or, in his terminology, the 'Jewish
amount of winding could have shifted the tunnel
mezzy') before it was (supposedly) abandoned.
from one rock unit to another.
Vincent regarded the joint along which Warren's
Shaft developed as a natural feature and recognized The first departure from the traditional (unsatis-
the chamber at its bottom as a natural cave (Vincent factory) explanations was proposed by Sulley
(1929). H. Sulley, an architect from Nottingham,
1912: 10). He refers to the joint as a 'fault,' not
implying any vertical displacement, but rather aEngland, took an early interest in Hezekiah's
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Tunnel (Sulley 1881), although he apparently never
kiah's Tunnel was guided by a natural karstie
visited it. In response to an article in the Daily
Telegraph which discussed the sinuous course of
dissolution channel.
Hezekiah's Tunnel, he wrote a short note to the
previously, only Sulley's educated guess agrees with
the conclusions of the present study. But without a
Thus, of the geological explanations offered
Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly Statement
which reads as follows (Sulley 1929): '... Since those convincing substantiation, it remained as a very
who inspected the tunnel mention a cleft in the rock plausible, but nevertheless speculative, postulate.
at the point where the excavators met, it seems to Furthermore, the enigmatic questions concerning
me that this cleft is the explanation to the course the Warren's Shaft Installation remained unsolved.
taken by the excavators in forming this tunnel. For these reasons uncertainties and doubts still
remained, and a comprehensive solution that would
Probably the cleft extended from the Virgin
Fountain [i.e., the Gihon] to the pool of Siloam, account simultaneously for all the unanswered
and a small quantity of water would at times trickle problems was still very much needed.
through; if so, Hezekiah's workmen commencing at
each end, would enlarge this channel to its present
CONCLUDING REMARKS
dimensions for the purpose he had in view in cutting
off the water from the use of an enemy. Hence its The present study presents geological eviden
which substantiates the contention that the watererratic course.' Thus, the correct explanation,
although without substantiation, was in essence works of the City of David were constructed by
already offered some time ago. Sulley' s interpreta- following a pre-existing system of natural dissolution conduits of karstie origin. These features were
tion was recalled by Amiran (1968; 1976), who
noted that such a fissure could furnish a constant
formed in the distant geological past, long before
flow of fresh air. However, the anomalies in the
man settled on the spur. The courses of the conduits
Warren's Shaft Installation still remained unex-
dictated the plans of the waterworks, and their
plained.
Issar (1976) was, hitherto, the only geologist to
address these problems. However, his insight was
hindered by his being unable to visit the Warren's
Shaft Installation, which was not accessible before
Shiloh's expedition cleared it in 1980. His remarks
were made in the context of proposing a general
model for the historical development of ancient
connection to the surface provided a natural supply
of air for breathing and lighting without which the
underground tunneling operations could have not
been carried out. The natural passages were
skillfully adapted and integrated into hydraulically
functional systems which ensured a dependable
water supply for the city during both peace and war.
The information assembled herein highlights the
water supply systems, and his emphasis was on
fact that the carbonate rocks which underlie the
hydrogeological, rather than site-specific geological
and stratigraphie, observations. He suggested that
City of David, and their equivalent formations in
Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, were affected by
the Warren's Shaft Installation was man-made and
karstie dissolution processes, and that karst features
are ubiquitous in them. It was also shown that karst
that it was constructed in three stages: (1) A
features abound in the waterworks themselves, the
horizontal tunnel (Fig. 5) was dug in order to reach
a spring - proposed by him - on the eastern slope.more conspicuous ones being four vertical dissolu(2) When the spring dried up the dead-end shaft was tion shafts, several caves and a siphon-draining
gushing spring. In addition, radiometric dating of
dug as a well that was planned to reach the
groundwater table, but it had to be abandoned calcareous crust from Warren's Shaft indicates that
because it did not yield enough water. (3) Upon this it is older than 40,000 years, proving that the shaft
could have not been made by man.
failure Warren's Shaft had to be constructed in
The new interpretation has important bearings on
order to reach the Gihon. This hypothesis appears
two
untenable because there is no sign of a spring
atrelated
the issues.
(1) After Warren's Shaft was discovered, Birch
exit of the upper tunnel on the eastern slope.
(1878;
1885), followed by Vincent (1911: 33-35) and
Moreover, the dead-end shaft is highly slanted
and
many
others, suggested that Warren's Shaft might
could hardly have served as a well. Otherwise,
Issar
be the
concurred with Sulley and Amiran regarding
the'tsinnor,' traditionally interpreted as 'pipe' or
'gutter' and recently shown to be most aptly
strong likelihood that the construction of Heze24
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translated as 'waterspout' (Kleven 1994), through
which Yo'av (Joab) ben Tseruya entered the city
and captured it by surprise (2 Sam. 5:7-8; 1 Chron.
11:5-6). These authors regarded the Warren's Shaft
Installation as man-made and their interpretation
implied that it was constructed by the Canaanites.
This interpretation was rejected by many eminent
scholars (including Dalman, Albright, Mazar, Yadin, Aharoni, Braslavi and Shiloh) on the grounds
that all the waterworks discovered in biblical towns
brook that ran in the midst of the land' (2 Chron.
32:4; translation by D.G.), describing the sealing of
the Gihon's inlet into the Siloam Channel and the
channel's outlets onto the right slope of the Kidron
Valley (as already argued by Simons 1952: 177).
TRIBUTE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to end this report with a tribute
Father L.H. Vincent. Vincent was an all-round
scholar, in the best intellectual tradition of the late
date from the Israelite period and that the
Canaanites presumably did not have the capability 19th century. In his study of the Jerusalem waterto build subterranean waterworks (see Shiloh 1984: works he delved into his broad knowledge of such
23, n. Ill; Shiloh 1987). This view refuted Amiran's diverse disciplines as archaeology, geography, geol(1951) earlier proposal that the waterworks may ogy, history and biblical studies. His survey of the
have been constructed by the Canaanites. Since the waterworks was done single-handed, with rather
shaft and the passages are now known to predate primitive instruments. One can only express praise
both the Canaanites and the Israelites, the question and admiration for his laborious and brilliant
of capability has become entirely irrelevant to the scientific work.
issue. These natural passages existed at the time of
I am most thankful to my late friend and
David's conquest, whether or not the Jebusites
colleague, Yigal Shiloh, for the opportunity he gave
adapted them into a usable water supply system, me to make a contribution toward the solution of
and they could have been used by Joab and his men problems which have puzzled scholars for decades. I
to conquer the city by surprise.
would also like to thank the Geological Survey of
(2) 2 Chron. 32:30 reads, 'And he, Hezekiah,
Israel for supporting the study, and I. Perath for his
stoppered the upper outlet of Gihon's waters and excellent editorial assistance.
straightened them down westward to the City of The figures were prepared by J Rosenberg, with
David' (translation by D.G.). The structure of the the exception of Fig. 6, which was prepared by G.
Hebrew sentence permits the reading 'upper Gihon'Solar and W. Schleicher.
instead of 'upper outlet of Gihon,' an ambiguity
that has led several scholars to infer the presence of
two springs, an 'upper Gihon,' which was thought
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CHAPTER TWO
CERAMIC FIGURINES
Diana Gilbert-Peretz
Israel Antiquities Authority
INTRODUCTION
After the method of classification had been
determined and each figurine and fragment had
In the course of eight excavation seasons
been
atascribed
the City
to its category, a statistical analysis
of David (1978-1985), over 1300 ceramic
(see Appendix
figurines
E) was performed in order to
were discovered. These figurines wereascertain
discovered
the following:
in
all excavation areas, in both Iron Age II
1) The
strata
proportions
and of animal vs. human reprelater contexts. Most of the figurines sentations
belong to
among
the
the figurines.
2) The proportions
Iron Age II in Palestine (Plan 1), and particularly
to of each sub-type within the
Judah. The City of David corpus is unique
main types.
in its
3) Whether
or not these proportions changed
quantity, in the variety of subjects that
it incorpobetween the 8th and the 6th centuries BCE.
rates and in the types included therein.
The figurines may be divided typologically into
two main categories, each of which may be further
HISTORY OF RESEARCH
broken down into sub-types: anthropomorphic
figurines and animal figurines. The latter
The objects
category
under discussion have generally b
is the larger of the two, comprising a rich
noted
variety
in excavation
of
reports without any referenc
animal types. However, it should be noted that
horses constitute 82% of this group. The representations of horses assume various forms, but most
are extremely schematic and stereotypical. The
former category suggests a preference for female
their intrinsic significance, and few attempts
been made to classify them typologically. Onl
few studies have endeavored to analyze the si
nificance of the figurines. One such pioneering st
(Pilz 1924) dealt only with anthropomorphic fi
ines, classifying them into types and sub-types
male figurines generally depict a horse and rider. concluding that 'pillar figurines' (Type C of P
There appears to be an artistic tendency to
typology) were typical of Palestine (Pilz 1924:
schematize and stereotype the objects under discus-Pritchard (1943) and Albright (1953) also car
representations displaying or clutching their breasts;
sion, whose roots should be sought in contemporary
out typological classifications of the anthro
social and religious contexts.
morphic figurines. For his 'Qadesh' (plaque) ty
Pritchard (1943: 32, 41-42) attempted to determ
whether there was any relationship between
METHODOLOGY
literary descriptions of the various divinities
The system of classification employedtheir
in this
depiction
study
in the plastic arts. However, he
(Table 1) is based principally on that
merely
of related
Holland
the pillar figurines to the process of
(1975; 1977). It categorizes the variouschildbirth.
types on
In Albright's
the
view, the pillar figurine
basis of their form, any variation in form
represented
constitutthe 'goddess mother,' 'the goddess of
ing a new class. Holland's classification
fertility.'
system
Albright
is and Pritchard initiated a new
more generalized than the author's, which
approachistomore
the study of figurines, asserting that
flexible.
anthropomorphic types were related in one way or
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Table 1. Typological classification of figurines.
Type
Typology
Figure
Plate
A Human Figurines
Al Figure with handmade pinched head ('Snowman')
Ala Pinched head without details 10:1-9,11 1:1-7
Alb Pinched head with applied eyes 10:12-13 1:8,10
Ale Pinched head like Ala with a small application (hat?) 10:10,15-16 1:11
Aid Pinched head like Ala with hat and sideburns 10:20-21 1:15-17
Ale
Pinched
head
like
Ala
with
hat
10:17-19
1:12-14
Alf Pinched head like Ala, but the head is almost flat 10:14 1:9
A2 Human figure with molded head
A2al Rounded head wearing a wig with at least three rows of side curls (round or
triangular), almond-shaped eyes, hint of smile on mouth 11:1-3 2:1-3
A2a2 Like A2al with what appears to be a 'skullcap' on the head, pointed upwards
and
to
the
back
1
1
:4,6
2:4,6
A2a3 Like A2al with only one row of curls on the forehead 11:7 2:7
A2bl Rounded head, curls (more than two rows) represented by lines, wig and curls
extended to sides, almond-shaped eyes 11:8-9,11 2:8,10
A2b2 Like A2bl with head pointed upwards and to back 11:10 2:9
A2b3 Like A2bl with half the head covered by a 'skullcap' 11:12 2:11-12
A2c Particularly long face, features exaggerated, hairstyle as in Type A2b, head
covered by 'skullcap,' careless finish 11:5 2:5
A2dl At least two rows of curls on forehead, wig extended to the
long hair, back of head pointed 11:14 2:14
A2d2 Presumably originally curls on forehead, wig extende
extremely long hair 11:17 2:18
A2e Male head, short hair, one row of curls on forehead 11:16 2:17
A2f Relatively small figurine compared to others of this general type, head
elaborately fashioned with all facial features present, long curls on forehead
falling to sides of head, 'skullcap' covering head 11:15 2:15-16
A2g Cannot be defined due to severe damage 11:13 2:13
A3 Pillar torso belonging to types A1-A2
A3al Pillar torso, hands joined under bosom, hollow body 12:1 3:1-2
A3a2 Like A3al with solid rather than hollow body 12:2-6,8 3:3-5,7
A3b Pillar torso, each hand clutching a breast 12:7,9 3:6,8
A3c Pillar torso, broken hands, cannot be attributed to any specific sub- t
A3dl Pillar torso, hands under bosom holding object, hollow body 12:11 3:9
A3d2 Like A3dl with solid body 12:10
A3e Pillar torso, hardly any bosom, holding object or baby(?) 12:12-15 3:10-13
A3f Pillar torso, unfeminine, one hand extended upward, the other downward, or
a different arrangement 13:1-3 4: 1-2
A4 Standing figurines other than pillar types
A4a Standing figurine with semicircular base 13:9-10 3:14
A5 Fragments of pillar figurines (parts of pillar or base)
A5al Flat base of pillar 13:7-8
A5a2 Concave base of pillar 13:4-6 4:3-4
A5b Various parts of pillar
A6 Horseback riders
A6a Horseback riders depicted without detail 13:11,13-14 4:6-7
A6b Horseback riders depicted with details, e.g. belt 13:12 4:5
A7 Moldmade figurines ('plaque') 19:1 9:10
B Animal Figurines
B1 Various animals (other than horses)
Bla
Cow
14:1-5
5:1-3
Bib
Sheep
14:6-7
5:4-5
Blc
Hyena
14:9
Bid
Elephant
(?)
14:10
5:8
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Type
Ble
Typology
Bear
Blfl
Blf2
Big
(?)
Bird
Bird
heads
Bli
Blj
Ibex
Lamb
Blk
Bll
14:16
15:1-3
Camel
Blm
5:12-14,17-18
14:8
Gazelle
5:6
5:15
5:16,19-21
14:17
14:12
Ostrich
5:9
6:1-5
15:7-8
14:14-15
Deer
Plate
14:11
15:4-6,9
Hippopotamus
Blh
Figure
5:7
5:10
14:13
5:11
B2 Horse heads
B2a Horse with mane and applied eyes, depicted in great detail 16:3-6 6:10-11
B2al Like B2a with very narrow head and muzzle clearly painted 16:16-17 6:12, 7:3
B2bl Hollow horse with applied harness and eyes 16:1 6:8
B2b2 Like B2bl but with solid rather than hollow body 16:2 6:9
B2c Horse with cocked ears and relatively long (cylindrical) nose, depicted witho
detail
16:9-11,13
6:14
B2cl Like B2c, horse depicted without detail, with stripes painted on nose 16:7-8 6:13,17
B2d Part of zoomorphic vessel 15:11-13 6:6-7
B2e Like B2c, horse depicted without detail, with traces
rider's
hands
16:12
6:15
B3 Fragments of animal bodies
B3a Full-length body of animal, no sign of applied decoration on back 16:14, 7:1,
17:5-6 8:6-8
B3al Full-length body of animal, no sign of rider with traces of paint 17:3,8 8:3-4
B3b Full-length body of animal with traces of rider 17:1-2 8:1-2
B3c Hindquarters of animal, no sign of rider 17:11-13 8:10-11
B3cl Like B3c with painted stripes 17:7,9 8:12-13
B3d Hindquarters of animal with traces of rider
B3e Forequarters of animal with traces of rider 17:4 8:5
B3f Forequarters of animal, no traces of rider
B3fl Like B3f with painted stripes 17:10 8:9
B3g Various unidentifiable fragments of animal bodies
B3hl Limbs or fragments of limbs 17:14 8:14
B3h2 Limbs with square tip 17:15 8:15
B3h3 Horns
C
D
Bed Figurines 18:1-5 9:1-3
Unidentified (all fragments
attributed
to
any
specific
E Figurines depicting human
El Hollow human heads, fragments of masks (?) 18:6, 19:3 9:4,12
E2
Solid
human
heads
18:7,
19:2
9:1,
know
type
of
heads
10:9
F Reliefs belonging to cultic stands (?) 19:5-8,14 10:1-4,8
M Miscellaneous: all figurines or fragments that cannot be attribute
the above types 19:4,9-13,15 10:5-7
another to ritual. At the same time Albright
Another interesting study, though concerned with
regarded all non-anthropomorphic figurines as toys
pillar figurines alone, was carried out by Engle
(1979). Approaching the subject from a historical
(Albright 1943: 142). The same view was adopted by
and theological perspective, he attempted to identify
Heaton (1956), who, however, considered only clay
models of furniture and animals as toys. Burrowsthe goddess represented by the pillar figurine, in
(1941) took a more flexible view, suggesting that addition to studying its geographical distribution.
some of the objects served as either votive offerings He concluded that this type was restricted to Judah
or toys.
(Engle 1979: Fig. 12).
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Fowler (1985), in his survey of previous studies,
comparable material is based only on publishe
concluded that figurines had a variety of uses,
figurines and thus may reflect a bias in favor of th
serving as ritual objects, votive offerings, toys, or
other possible purposes. Dornemann's study of Iron
Age Transjordan included a chapter on small finds,
in which Transjordanian figurines were classified
into three main types: women, men and horses. His
conclusion was somewhat superficial, being merely
parallels reflects only the presence of types foun
both in the City of David excavations and at othe
sites. Obviously, the circumstances of their public
tion preclude a complete statistical analysis of t
a categorization of the objects (Dornemann 1985).
The most comprehensive studies to date were
carried out by Holland (1975; 1977). He classified
Palestinian figurines (humans, animals, and objects
such as furniture and temple models) according to
form and technique of manufacture and attempted
to determine the significance and function of the
figurines. His main conclusions were based primarily on one assemblage, that discovered in Kenyon's
most complete or attractive items, the list o
figurines from other sites. Nevertheless, aft
analysis of the complete City of David assemblag
similar patterns in the proportions of the vario
types may be observed in the corpus of publish
figurines from other Iron Age II Judahite sites; the
will be discussed below.
RESULTS OF THE ANALYSIS
excavation of Cave I in her Area A in Jerusalem. It
Quantity
should be noted that, unlike his predecessors, In terms of quantity, the assemblage is the largest
Holland treated the figurines as a single groupfound in Palestine (1,309 figurines). Moreover, the
comprising human and animal figurines as well aslarge number of figurines discovered at other sites in
Jerusalem should be added to this figure. If Holland
various objects such as furniture. The importance of
Holland's study was his underlying assumption thatis correct in claiming that 597 figurines were found
figurines in general, and anthropomorphic ones inin Jerusalem up to 1975 (Holland 1975: chart 1: 37;
particular, were not necessarily related to ritual. 1977), and if to that number are added the few
'Amr (1980), following Holland, published anfigurines published subsequently (Broshi and Barkai
assemblage of figurines recovered from Transjorda-1985: 13), a sub-total of 601 figurines is obtained.
nian sites. He classified them into types and sub-With the figurines discovered in the City of David
excavations directed by Shiloh, nearly 2,000 figurtypes and speculated on their significance. 'Amr did
not differentiate between anthropomorphic and ines have been found thus far in Jerusalem. It
animal figurines, but treated them as one group. should be stressed that the very large number of
His main conclusion was that they were indeedfigurines from Jerusalem is disproportionate to the
expressions of religious beliefs ('Amr 1980: 130). area excavated in comparison to those published
Finally, Holladay's recently-published article in- from other Palestinian sites. No site has yielded even
vestigates the extent to which artifacts are related to a quarter of the finds recovered from Jerusalem (e.g.,
ritual places at different sites within Judah and only 200 figurines were published from Megiddo).
Because the number of figurines recovered from
Israel (Holladay 1987).
Jerusalem is so large, it allows a more detailed, and
therefore perhaps more reliable, statistical analysis
PARALLEL FINDINGS FROM OTHER SITES
to be conducted (see Appendix E).
The parallels for the City of David figurines are
presented in Table 2 according to the typology used
Distribution
in this study. In cases where there is some doubt
Theappears
list of parallels for the City of David figurines
concerning the parallel, a question mark
clearly
shows that, with very few exceptions, these
after the reference. While all the figurines
consid-
not found outside Judah (see Plan 1).
ered in this study may be generally dated types
to theare
Iron
Furthermore,
future finds from sites outside Judah
Age II (1000-586 BCE), questions regarding the
chronology of each particular type within are
theunlikely
period to affect this distribution. Other
scholars,
such as Holland and Engle, have drawn
have been deliberately omitted from this
section;
conclusions. In summarizing the finds from
hence, no stratigraphical information issimilar
presented
Cave
I in Jerusalem,
Holland stated that similar
for the parallels. Furthermore, since the
corpus
of
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Table 2. Parallels from other sites to the City of David figurines.
Site
References
Site
References
Type Ala Gibeon Pritchard 1961: Fig. 40:87?
Tell Beit Mirsim Albright 1943: Pis. 32:5; 54b:9; 57b:4 Lachish Tufnell 1953: PL 31:7
Beth Shemesh Mackenzie 1912: Pis. 22:8; 42; 51:36; 55 Tel Michal Kertesz 1989: Fig. 32.1:3; PL 78:3
Tell el-Ful Lapp 1978: Fig. 32:4 Tell en-Nasbeh McCown and Wampler 1947: PL
Gibeon Pritchard 1961: Figs. 39:420; 85:21
41:290,427,439,441,557; Pl. 462
Lachish Tufnell 1953: PL 27:1,3 Type A2bl
Tel Masos Fritz and Kempinski 1983: Fig. 110:4 Beer Sheba Aharoni 1973: PL 27:8
Tell en-Nasbeh McCown and Wampler 1947: Pis. Tell Beit Mirsim Albright 1943: Pis. 54b:7?;
86:10,11,14,15,23?; 87:2 57c:3; 56:2
Ramat Rahel Aharoni 1962: PL 24; Aharoni 1964: Beth Shemesh Mackenzie 1912: PL 23
PL 35 Gibeon Pritchard 1961: Fig. 40:421,422?
Jerusalem Vincent 1911: PL 16:4; Crowfoot and
Type Aid Fitzgerald 1929: PL 11:5?; Avigad
Jericho Kenyon and Holland 1982: Fig. 223:6 1970: PL 30:B; Holland 1977:
Jerusalem Lux 1972: Tafel 22A Fig. 7:2
Tell en-Nasbeh McCown and Wampler 1947: PL Lachish Tufnell 1953: Pis. 27:8?; 31:11
86:1,4,9 Tel Masos Fritz and Kempinski 1983: Fig. 110:3
Ramat Rahel Aharoni 1962: Pl. 24 Megiddo May 1935: PL 27:M1776
Ramat Rahel Aharoni 1964: PL 35
Type Ale
Gibeon Pritchard 1961: Fig. 41:86 Type A2b2
Jerusalem Kenyon 1967: Fig. 9:2,8; Lux 1972: Beth Shemesh Mackenzie 1912: Pl. 13B: 1 ; Grant and
Tafel 22A Wright 1938: PL 51:23?
Tel Masos Fritz and Kempinski 1983: Fig. 110:2 Jerusalem Vincent 1911: PL 16:5?; Kenyon
Tell en-Nasbeh McCown and Wampler 1947: PL 1967: Fig. 9:6; Holland 1977: Figs.
86:2,3,5,7,8
7:7?;
9:1
Lachish Aharoni 1975: PL 33:4
Type Alf
Lachish Tufnell 1953: PL 28:14 Type A2b3
Jerusalem Vincent 1911: PL 16:3?
Type A2al Lachish Tufnell 1953: PL 31:8; Aharoni 1975:
Beer Sheba Aharoni 1973: PL 27:5 PL 33:4?
Tell Beit Mirsim Albright 1943: Pis. 31:3,6;
54b:3,4,5,6,8 Type A2dll
Beth Shemesh Grant 1934: PL 23; Grant and Wright Beer Sheba Aharoni 1973: PL 27:9
1938: PL 51:21?, 22, 34? Tell Beit Mirsim Albright 1943: Pis. 54b:l?,2; 56:5?
Jerusalem Kenyon 1967: Fig. 9:7; Pl. 27:8 Beth Shemesh Grant and Wright 1938: PL 51:31
Lachish Tufnell 1953: Pis. 27:8,13; 28:10; Gibeon Pritchard 1961: Fig. 40:568?
31:1,2,3,4; Aharoni 1975: PL 33:2 Jerusalem Kenyon 1967: Fig. 9:4
Tell en-Nasbeh McCown and Wampler 1947: PL Lachish Tufnell 1953: PL 31:1?, 2?
85:2?, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14,23? Tell en-Nasbeh McCown and Wampler 1947: Pis.
7:10; 85:13?, 20?
Type A2a2 Ramat Rahel Aharoni 1962: PL 24
Tell Beit Mirsim Albright 1943: PL 57c:2
Beth Shemesh Grant and Wright 1938: PL 51:32 Type A2g
Jerusalem Kenyon 1967: Fig. 9:3? Tell Beit Mirsim Albright 1943: PL 56:4
Lachish Tufnell 1953: PL 31:6
Tell en-Nasbeh McCown and Wampler 1947: PL
85:22?
Type A2a3
Tell Beit Mirsim Albright 1943: PL 56:3,1?
Beth Shemesh Mackenzie 1912: PL 23 right; Grant
1929: PL on p. 29 right; Grant and
Wright 1938: PL 51:33
1. For the City of David figurines, it should be noted that if
the wigs that extend to the sides originally contained any
curls, they have not survived, and curls are discernible
only on the forehead. Consequently, the parallels include
figurines both with and without side curls.
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Site
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Type A3 al Ramat Rahel Aharoni 1964: PL 35
Jerusalem Holland 1977: PL 7:8,9
Type Bla
Type A3a2 Gibeon Pritchard 1961: Fig. 42:560
Tell Beit Mirsim Albright 1943: Pis. 55:10; 56:6?; Jerusalem Kenyon 1967: Fig. 8:5
57c:2,3,6
Gibeon Pritchard 1961: PL 39:330,379,419, Type Bib
432,434,511 Beer Sheba Herzog 1984: PL 14:2?
Jerusalem Kenyon 1967: PL 10:3,4,5; Avigad Lachish Tufnell 1953: PL 32:14
1970: PL 30:B
Lachish Tufnell 1953: Pis. 27:1, 3, 4?, 8, 13; Type Ble
28:10,13,14; 32:3 Tell el-Ful Lapp 1978: PL 32:20
Tel Masos Fritz and Kempinski 1983: PL 110:6
Tell en-Nasbeh McCown and Wampler 1947: PL Type Blf
86:14,16,17,19 Tell Beit Mirsim Albright 1943: PL 57b:3,4
Ramat Rahel Aharoni 1962: PL 24 Beth Shemesh Grant 1931: PL 27, 3rd line, 3 from
left
Type A3b Tell en-Nasbeh McCown and Wampler 1947: Pis.
Beer Sheba Herzog 1984: Fig. 25; PL 14:1 84:17,18; 88:1
Tell Beit Mirsim Albright 1943: Pis. 31:6; 54b: 10;
55:6,8,1 1,9; 56:3; 57c:7 Type Blfl
Beth Shemesh Mackenzie 1912: PL 23: right; Grant Jerusalem Holland 1977: Fig. 8:12
1934: Pis. 23:4-110; 25:95; Grant and
Wright 1938: PL 51:24, 29?, 30? Type BIß
Tell el-Ful Lapp 1978: PL 32:14 Jerusalem Holland 1977: Fig. 8:8,9,10,11,13
Gibeon Pritchard 1961: Fig. 39:285,437 Lachish Tufnell 1953: PL 28:12
Jerusalem Crowfoot and Fitzgerald 1929: PL
11:2; Kenyon 1967: Fig. 10:6; Type Big
Tushingham 1985: Fig. 6:12,14 Tell en-Nasbeh McCown and Wampler 1947: PL
Lachish Tufnell 1953: Pis. 27:4; 28:11 90:lla,b
Tell en-Nasbeh McCown and Wampler 1947: PL
86:12 Type Blh-Bli
Ramat Rahel Aharoni 1964: PL 36:1 Tell Beit Mirsim Albright 1943: PL 58:2,6
Beth Shemesh Grant 1929: PL on p. 67
Type A3 c Jerusalem Holland 1977: Fig. 8:15,16
Tell Beit Mirsim Albright 1943: Pis. 31:7,5; 54b:ll,12;
55:7; 56:7; 57c:5 Type Blj
Tell el-Ful Lapp 1978: PL 32:15 Gibeon Pritchard 1961: Figs. 42:332; 43:140
Tell en-Nasbeh McCown and Wampler 1947: PL Lachish Tufnell 1953: PL 13:5
86:13,18
Type Blm
Type A3e Jerusalem * Kenyon 1967: Fig. 8:2
Ramat Rahel Aharoni 1964: PL 36; Aharoni 1962:
PL 5 Type
B2a
Jerusalem Kenyon 1967: Fig. 8:4; Kenyon 1974:
Type A6a Fig. 61; Holland 1977: Figs. 7:20,21;
Beth Shemesh Mackenzie 1912: PL 55 8:1
Gibeon Pritchard 1961: Fig. 44:512 Lachish Tufnell 1953: PL 27:2
Jerusalem Kenyon 1967: Fig. 10:1; Lux 1972: Tell en-Nasbeh McCown and Wampler 1947: Pis.
PL 22A; Kenyon 1974: Fig. 60; 77:1?; 88:23?
Holland 1977: Fig. 8:2,5,6,7;
Tushingham 1985: Fig. 4:17 Type B2b
Lachish Tufnell 1953: PL 29:17,18,2; Aharoni Beth Shemesh Grant 1929: PL on p. 65; Grant 1934:
1975:
PL
12:7
PL
22:1
Tel Masos Fritz and Kempinski 1983: PL 110:5 Jericho Sellin and Watzinger 1913: PL 40;
Tell en-Nasbeh McCown and Wampler 1947: PL Kenyon and Holland 1982: Fig. 224:12
88:1,2,14 Lachish Tufnell 1953: PL 32:7
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Tell en-Nasbeh McCown and Wampler 1947: Type B3b
PL 89:2?, 3, 4?, 5? Beth Shemesh Grant and Wright 1938: PL 51:3
Gibeon Pritchard 1961: Fig. 45:263,494
Type B2c Jerusalem Kenyon 1967: Fig. 8:7; Kenyon 1974:
Tell Beit Mirsim Albright 1943: PL 58:7,8,9,10,11, Fig. 60; Holland 1977: Fig. 8:2,3,4;
12,14,15 Tushingham 1985: Fig. 7:22
Beth Shemesh Mackenzie 1912: PL 22:11; Grant Lachish Tufnell 1953: Pis. 27:2; 29:17,18
1934: Pis. 25:164; 26:3-68; 27:34, Tell en-Nasbeh McCown and Wampler 1947: Pis.
g-65; Grant and Wright 1938: PL 87:1; 88:5
51:1,2,8,107,11?
Tell el-Ful Lapp 1978: PL 32:21 Type B3c-B3cl
Gibeon Pritchard 1961: Fig. 42:264,467,504 Tell el-Ful Lapp 1978: PL 32:23
Jericho Sellin and Watzinger 1913: PL 40 Jerusalem Kenyon 1967: Fig. 8:6,8; Holland
Jerusalem Crowfoot and Fitzgerald 1929: PL 1977: Fig. 9:5; Tushingham 1985:
11:7; Kenyon 1967: Fig. 8:3; Amiran Fig. 4:14
1970: PL 8:a; Lux 1972: PL 22:a; Tell en-Nasbeh McCown and Wampler 1947: Pis.
Holland 1977: Figs. 7:12,13,14,16, 47:14,15; 48:6; 88:11
17,19; 8:2,18; 19:2,10,11,15;
Tushingham 1985: Fig. 7:22 Type B3f-B3fl
Lachish Tufnell 1953: Pis. 29:5,17,18; 32:5 Tell el-Ful Lapp 1978: PL 32:22
Tel Masos Fritz and Kempinski 1983: PL 111:1 Gibeon Pritchard 1961: Fig. 45:210?
Tell en-Nasbeh McCown and Wampler 1947: Pis. Jerusalem Holland 1977: Fig. 9:1,3,4;
47:8,14,19,20; 48:19,20; 53:19; Tushingham 1985: Fig. 9:14,18
88:6,7,9,10,15,17,22,24 Tel Masos Fritz and Kempinski 1983: PL 111:4
Ramat Rahel Aharoni 1962: PL 25: right, left; Tell en-Nasbeh McCown and Wampler 1947: PL 47:16
Aharoni 1964: PL 37: right, left
Type B3e
Type B2cl 2 Gibeon Pritchard 1961: Fig. 45:260?, 3137,513
Gibeon Pritchard 1961: Pis. 42:70,529,544; Tell en-Nasbeh McCown and Wampler 1947: PL
43:377,350;
44:376
88:1,2
Type B2e Type B3hl-B3h2
Tell en-Nasbeh McCown and Wampler 1947: PL Tell el-Ful Lapp 1978: PL 32:17
88:16,18 Jerusalem Holland 1977: Fig. 9:12,13
Type B3a-B3al Type C
Beth Shemesh Mackenzie 1912: PL 22:11; Grant and Beer Sheba Aharoni 1973: PL 28:3; Aharoni
Wright 1938: PL 51:1,2,9 1975: PL 28:5,6
Tell el-Ful Lapp 1978: PL 32:24 Tell Beit Mirsim Albright 1943: PL 58:1
Gibeon Pritchard 1961: Figs. 44:333,370,442; Beth Shemesh Mackenzie 1912: Pis. 22:7,12; 23:left;
466; 45:289,536 Grant 1929: PL on p. 167; Grant
Jericho Sellin and Watzinger 1913: Pl. 40; " 1934: Pis. 24:348?; 25:173?; Grant
Kenyon and Holland 1982: Fig. and Wright 1938: PL 51:4
225:8,9 Tell el-Ful Lapp 1978: PL 32:6,7
Jerusalem Crowfoot and Fitzgerald 1929: PL Jerusalem Holland 1977: Fig. 9:18,19;
11:6; Kenyon 1974: Fig. 61; Holland Tushingham 1985: Fig. 9:16,19,20
1977: Figs. 7:12,16,17,18,21; 8:18; Lachish Tufnell 1953: Pis. 27:7; 29:19,20,21,22;
9:7,8,10; Tushingham 1985: Fig. 9:15 Aharoni 1975: PL 13:1,6
Lachish Tufnell 1953: Pis. 27:5; 32:5 Tel Masos Fritz and Kempinski 1983: Pis. 109:8
Tel Masos Fritz and Kempinski 1983: PL 111:3 1 1 1 :2
Tell en-Nasbeh McCown and Wampler 1947: PL Tell en-Nasbeh McCown and Wampler 1947: Pis.
88:6,7,9,12,13 84:25,26,27,28; 89:1?, 7, 8, 9?, 11?,
Ramat Rahel Aharoni 1962: PL 37 13,14,16,17
2. Type B2cl may occur at other sites but cannot clearly be
identified in the photographs or drawings in the reports.
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examples appear primarily at Judahite sites (Holland 1977: 137). While he asserted that a number of
examples were found at Megiddo, Beth She'an and
Hazor, closer scrutiny suggests that some of these
parallels are inaccurate. Engle claimed that the
geographical distribution of the 'genuine moulded
woman's head' type is restricted to Judah (only two
examples appear outside this region; Engle 1979:
Fig. 12). The present study has shown that not only
object to her breasts. Her head is either molded or
handmade (i.e., pinched).
The City of David figurines clearly indicate that
the pillar alone may represent the torsos of either
female or male figurines (see Figs. 10:3, 13:1,2; Pis.
1:3, 4:1), or the bases of bird figurines (see Fig. 15:5;
PL 6:1). Thus, in the author's opinion, they cannot
be included in a statistical analysis, since they
cannot be attributed to a specific type.
do parallels for the individual types of City of David
Another interesting fact is that the pillar figurine
figurines occur at other Judahite sites, but that the
is the sole form employed in Judah for anthropomorphic representations. This characteristic is
particularly evident when comparing the City of
assemblages are extremely similar. When assemblages are compared, the Jerusalem and Judahite
figurine corpus differs greatly from those belonging
David figurines to those from sites outside of
to areas outside Judah.
Judah, where the figurines possess two different
forms: three-dimensional, either hollow or solid,
and relief in the earlier 'plaque' tradition. The
plaque type was deeply rooted in Canaanite
culture, particularly in the Late Bronze Age. It
Examination of the techniques employed in the
Technique
continued to appear during the Iron Age I and, in
manufacture of the figurines under discussion has
some parts of the country, even into the Iron Age
shown that all the figurines were handmade, except
for Type A2, in which the figurine head wasII (Albright 1943; Tadmor 1982). The lower part of
one such figurine constitutes the only example of
moldmade, and that apparently all the figurines
this type (A7) found in the City of David
were at one time white-slipped and painted: 85%
excavations
(Fig. 19:1; PL 9:10); it was discovered
of the figurines still retained their white slip. The
in a Stratum 16 fill of the Late Bronze Age II. The
large number of figurines and their homogeneity
figurines from Judah and Jerusalem underscore the
raise the question of whether they were manufacfact that, beginning in the 8th century BCE,
tured in one center for mass consumption, or
whether cottage, or extended family, industries completely new and different techniques and
manufactured them for private consumption only. traditions were employed in the plastic depiction
Figurine samples were therefore subjected to both of the human form. In contrast, relief techniques
pétrographie and neutron activation (NAA) ana- continued in use alongside three-dimensional ones
lyses in order to determine the provenience of the outside Judah.
figurines and whether the figurines were produced
in one specific area by a single individual or group, 2. Animal Figurines
or in several different areas by non-related indivi- In the case of animal figurines, it was generally
duals or groups. The results of the pétrographie believed that the majority of these represented
analysis are presented in Appendix C and of NAA horses. In this study, an examination of the
proportion of horses among animal figurines leads
in Appendix D.
to the same conclusion. On the other hand, the
Individual Types
proportion of other animals is not negligible (out of
211 animal heads, 18% belong to species other than
In the author's opinion, it is necessary to reassess horses). The typological subdivision of Type B1
certain aspects of some figurine types, the previous (animals other than horses) indicates that most of
the animals depicted belong to the faunai life of that
consensus notwithstanding.
period. Moreover, the animal representations in1. Anthropomorphic Figurines
dicate a profound acquaintance with the faunai
These are built on a clay pillar whose base is
world; the traits of each species are reflected in the
figurines (see Appendix B).
Horse figurines were rendered in various ways.
pillar is considered to represent the torso of a
woman, who either clutches her breasts or holds an The simplest representation, highly schematized
generally wide and concave. The upper part of the
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and stereotyped, was the most common; no facial
details are present, except for the mouth and ears.
A minority are more detailed, plastic representations.
As noted above, parallels for the City of David
horse type figurines are restricted to Judahite sites.
Hence, only the data presented in the more detail
tables according to sub-types (Tables 3.1 and 3.2
may be considered to represent the stratigraphic
distribution of anthropomorphic figurines.
Human figurines of Types Al and A2 are
frequent from Strata 12-11 (8th-7th centuries
Horse figurines outside Judah differed from the
BCE) to Stratum 10 (6th century BCE). In sum,
Judahite type both in the technique of their
Type A appears in the 8th century BCE, and its
manufacture and in the degree of plastic detail with
chronological span extends to the 6th century BCE,
which they were rendered.
i.e. until the destruction of Jerusalem in 586.
The frequency of Type B animals is uniform in
Strata 12, 11 and 10. An exception to the rule is
the theme of horse and rider. Since the horse and
Type B3, which constitutes 100% of Type B
in Stratum 13 (Table 4.1); there are only
rider figurines have no other attributes, itappearing
is
The equine theme appears in two variations: as
part of the faunai life of Palestine and as part of
five Type B figurines in Stratum 13, and they are all
difficult to imbue them with any religious connota-
tion. Excavation reports of Near Eastern sites
reveal the frequent occurrence of the horse and
rider motif, which may thus have constituted a
universal theme.
Dating Problems
Type B3. In the author's opinion, this exception
should be disregarded.
If one considers only the clearly defined subtypes of Types A and B, it is apparent that fauna
are represented twice as often as anthropomorphic
figurines, despite Holladay's claim (1987: 276-77)
that pillar figurines are dominant. It should be
borne in mind that publications often present only
the most attractive or striking figurines, and that
A detailed statistical analysis of the figurines was
these are generally anthropomorphic representaperformed in order to address the problem of their
date. The methodology and results of this analysistions.
Type C, comprising bed-shaped figurines and
are presented in Appendix E. The analysis was
based on all the figurines recovered during the Citypossibly chair fragments, does not appear in very
of David excavations directed by Shiloh, both those large numbers but is nonetheless well known from
found in Iron Age II contexts and those found in many sites, mainly in Judah. The 'Ashdoda' type,
unstratified loci.
familiar from Philistine sites, is shaped like a bed,
A number of factors must be taken into
but with a distinctive anthropoid figure rising from
one end. Though
no intact 'bed figurines' were
consideration when attempting to interpret
the
discovered
in the City of David excavations, none of
results. Firstly, almost half of the figurines
derive
the fragments
from loci which are not dated to the Iron
Age II, bear any resemblance to the 'Ashdotype. Inthis
most other Judahite sites, the 'Ashdoda'
though the figurines themselves dateda'from
period. Secondly, the large quantity of animal
type is similarly
limbs absent, though figurines representitems
of furniture, such as beds or chairs, do
and horns (Type B3h) probably distortsing
the
mean-
It is is
reasonable to assume, therefore, that
ing of the data given in Tables 2.1 and appear.
2.2. This
the Type C
fragments from the City of David
primarily because it is impossible to determine
the
the intact figurines found at other Judahite
exact number of figurines representedparallel
by these
sites omitted
rather than the 'Ashdoda' type characteristic of
fragments. For this reason, the type was
Philistia.
Consequently, while Type C does not have
from the more detailed typological tables
(Tables
a particularly large distribution at the City of
4.2 and 4.3). Thirdly, Type A (anthropomorphic
David, it
does constitute a distinct component
figurines) includes a large number of pillar
bases
within the
of Judahite figurines from the
(Types A3 and A5) which cannot be attributed
tocorpus
a
8th-6th
centuries
BCE.
specific sub-type (see the foregoing discussion). The
definition,
Type D does not constitute a wellobserved stratigraphical distribution of By
Type
A3
(less frequent in Stratum 12), for example,
defined
is type.
of What is more, this type consists of
fragments
so small that they could not be attributed
limited relevance, as these are fragments
of poorly
with
any A2.
certainty to Types A, B or C. However,
preserved figurines of either Type Al or
Type
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CONCLUSIONS
morphologically they clearly belong to the figurines
under discussion.
Taking into account a number of factors, the auth
has drawn the following conclusions on the basi
the City of David figurines:
Each Type E figurine is discussed separately, as each1 . The Iron Age figurines should be viewed as on
has a different date and provenience.
corpus composed of a number of different ty
1. Figurine Dl/13251 (Fig. 18:11; PL 9:8-9) recalls
Discussing selected types alone obscures the fa
the 'Ashdoda' figurine in form, though the City of
that they constitute one general group.
David head is larger, coarser and formed slightly 2. The corpus of the City of David and Judah
differently. A very similar head to that from the
comprises 19% anthropomorphic figurines,
City of David was found at Ashdod (Dothan and
animal representations and 2% furniture, such
Freedman 1967: PL 17:12, Fig. 35:3; it dates frombeds, chairs, etc. Consequently, the corpus a
no later than the 11th or early 10th century BCE.
whole constitutes an 'identity tag' for the cultu
The City of David figurine was discovered in a
entity of Judah.
Stratum 15 fill (Iron Age I), and it obviously does
3. Chronologically, Types A, B and C definit
flourished from the 8th to the 6th centuries B
not belong to the groups discussed above.
Exceptional Figurines
2. Figurine G 11434 (Fig. 18:6; PL 9:4) was found and not, as Holladay asserts, from the end of the 8
in a Stratum 14 fill (10th century BCE). It is similar or the middle of the 7th century (Holladay 19
in form to anthropomorphic vessels from Ashdod 280). However, they clearly began developing e
lier, from the 10th-9th centuries. The continuo
(Dothan and Freedman 1967: PL 27:5) and Dan
(Biran 1982: PL 16:B).
3. Figurine G 11138 (Fig. 18:10; PL 9:5) was
appearance of Types A, B and C up to the 6th
century appears to conflict with the biblical refer-
found in a Stratum 8 fill (early Hellenistic period). A ences to cultic reforms in the time of King Josiah.
parallel was found at the Transjordanian site of Tell 4. The City of David excavations have made it
Deir Alia (Ibrahim and van der Kooij 1983: 1,
clear that, quantitatively, Jerusalem was a promi125:1; 580, Fig. 1:1) in a late 5th or 4th century BCE
nent center as far as figurines are concerned. This
conforms to the fact that Jerusalem was the
context. While the upper part of the head is
rendered identically in both figurines, the worn preeminent city in Judah during the Iron Age II,
condition of the City of David figurine, particularly with the greatest population and, most likely,
the lower part of the head, precludes the identifica- population density.
tion of parallels with any certainty.
5. The City of David corpus clearly indicates that
4. Figurine El/10256 (Fig. 16:1; PL 6:8) is a verydistribution of figurines within the site was uniform.
detailed horse's head. This hollow head was
Moreover, such a uniform distribution pattern has
found at other excavated sites in Judah. Thus,
classified as Type B2bl. Stylistically, itbeen
is almost
identical to the solid head of figurine
attempts
El /16001
to relate them to specific ritual places are
(Type B2b2; Fig. 16:2; PL 6:9). Althoughunfounded.
stratigraHolladay's assertions notwithstanding
phically El/ 10256 is firmly attributed to (1987:
Stratum
281), 14,
figurines have appeared in similar
it belongs to a group whose distribution clearly
concentrations
falls
in both residential buildings and
locations
considered
to be ritual sites, such as
within Strata 12-10. This figurine should
perhaps
be
viewed as an early forerunner of a type which
Kenyon's
wasCave
to I in Jerusalem.
6. In the author's opinion, the Iron Age II
5. In addition, several other figurines
figurines
that
in Judah and Jerusalem should be underostensibly belong to 8th-6th centurystood
BCE
as types
an expression of popular beliefs whose
have been attributed to pre-8th century
contexts.
traditions
were rooted in the political and cultural
These derive from the following loci:
development
962, 1128,
of Judah.
1139, 1141, 1623, 1651, 2123, 2171. These 7.
loci
were
Because of the typological and technological
attributed to Strata 14 and 13 (10th-9th
centuries
homogeneity
of the City of David figurines, the
BCE); the figurines in question should be
viewed
author
tends as
to believe that they were produced in
forerunners of types which flourished from
the 8th
the vicinity
of Jerusalem, perhaps by a group of
century BCE onwards.
workshops that adopted the same tradition.
flourish only in the 8th century BCE.
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APPENDIX A: CATALOGUE
Diana Gilbert-Peretz
Israel Antiquities Authority
The catalogue of figurines is presented in order of typological classification. For each figurine, the followi
information is given: 1) excavation area, registration number, locus number and figure and/or plate refere
where relevant; 2) descriptions of the form of the figurine and its state of preservation, color, c
composition and details such as painting, decoration and slip; 3) dimensions. Within each typological g
the figurines appear in alphabetical order of area and numerical order of registration number.
The clay color is defined according to the Munsell Soil Color Charts (1975). The core color is defin
black, gray, clay-colored or light-colored. The number in parentheses after the core color defines
relationship between the thickness of the core and the surface: (1) thick core and thin surface and (2
core and thick surface. A thick surface is one of more than 0.5 cm.
The grit size is given in millimeters. Where the grit density is exceptionally high or low, this is noted
otherwise the density is not noted.
Details of decoration are given, e.g. plastic decoration, slip and color of slip, painting and color of painting.
Dimensions are given in centimeters. Abbreviations used for dimensions are as follows: Bse. (base), Dia.
(diameter), Ht. (height), Lth. (length), Plr. (pillar), Th. (thickness) and Wth. (width).
Type Ala
E 1/3646 Head with upper portion broken; pinched face
D 1/1 2666 Head and body of rider; face pinched; arms L. 619 with left side broken; part of neck; 5 YR 7/6;
L. 419 broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.25-1 mm
clay-colored core; few grits, 0.25-0.5 mm;
Fig. 10:4 grits; remains of white slip. Ht. 6.6; Wth. 4.3/1.8.
remains of white slip. Ht. 3.1; Th. 3.0; Wth. 2.2.
D2/ 13743 Pinched head with neck; 2.5 YR 6/6; black
L. 1882 core (1). Ht. 3.0; Th. 2.3/1.8; Wth. 1.9/1.7.
D2/ 14083 Head pointed upward; face broken; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 1834 black core (2); few 0.5-1 mm grits; white slip.
Ht. 3.5; Wth. 2.1.
D2/20242 Human head with pinched face; head pointed;
L. 2323 neck whole; shoulder stump; nose broken; 5 YR
Fig. 10:5 7/6; black core (1); remains of white slip and
PI. 1:4 red paint. Ht. 4.4; Th. 2.4/1.55; Wth. 1.8.
D2/20243 Pointed head; face pinched; base of neck; 2.5
L. 2323 YR 6/6; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Ht. 3.0; Th. 2.2/1.7;
Wth. 1.75.
D2/20283 Rounded head; face narrow; nose large from
L. 2323 pinching; 2.5 YR 5/8; clay-colored core;
0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Ht.
2.5; Th. 2.2/1.5; Wth. 1.2.
D2/20333/2 Rounded head; pinched face; base of neck; 2.5
L. 2319 YR 6/6; clay-colored core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip and red paint. Ht. 2.8;
Th. 2.0/1.2; Wth. 1.6.
E 1/3436 Entire body except base; head pinched; arms
L. 621 A broken; diagonal paint stripe from right arm
Fig. 10:3 to base; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); remains
PI. 1:3 of white slip.
El/41 18 Pinched head; back of head pointed; beginning
L. 1 324 of mouth which appears to be gaping but is
broken off; neck; 2.5 YR 3/0; core: 5 YR 5/3;
many 0.125-1.5 mm grits. Ht. 4.2; Th. 2.1;
Wth. 2.1.
E 1/5839 Head and neck; face missing; 5 YR 7/6; black
L. 1367 core (1); few remains of white slip. Ht. 3.6;
Th. 1.3; Wth. 1.8.
E 1/7930 Rounded head; face slightly pinched; crack in
L. 1297 body; 2.5 YR 6/6; clay-colored core; 0.25-0.5
mm grits; remains of white slip. Ht. 4.1; Th.
2.2/2.7; Wth. 1.87.
E 1/8475 Head and half of body of pillar figurine; head
L. 1303 pointed; face pinched; two breasts; arms
Fig. 10:1 broken; crack in stomach; mass of clay applied
PI. 1:1 above left arm (raised hand?); 2.5 YR 6/6;
gray core; 0.5-1 mm grits; white slip, traces
of red and yellow paint. Ht. 7.0; Th. 3.5/2.0;
Wth. 5.7/2.3.
E 1/8494 Head of pillar figurine; back of head pointed;
L. 1283 ear specified; face pinched; chin pointing
Fig. 10:11 downward (beard?); 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1);
remains of white slip. Ht. 3.0; Th. 3.3/2.1;
Wth. 2.5.
El/8521 Pointed head; face pinched; crack in rear; 5
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L. 1291 YR 7/3; clay-colored core; few 1-1.5 mm grits;
white slip, traces of red paint. Ht. 4.3; Th.
2.5; Wth. 2.3.
El/9524 Head with pinched face; tip of head pointed;
L. 1355 neck broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Ht. 2.6; Wth. 1.4.
E 1/9927 Pinched head; arms broken; pillar broken; 10 R
L. 1394 5/6; gray core (1); 0.5-1.5 mm grits; white
Fig. 10:2 slip. Ht. 7.7; Wth. 3.5/2.0.
PL 1:2
El/ 10257 Head pointed upward and a little backward;
L. 1627 face pinched forward; crack in neck; 2.5 YR
5/8; core: 5 YR 5/4; remains of white slip.
Ht. 2.7; Th. 2.0/1.8; Wth. 1.8.
El /10377 Head pointed upward; face pinched, but only
L. 1626 part remaining due to crack; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray
core (1); remains of white slip. Ht. 3.5; Th.
2.1/2.0; Wth. 2.0/2.2.
El/14516 Pointed head; face pinched; 2.5 YR 5/8; black
L. 1650 core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Ht. 5.0; Th.
2.9/2.5; Wth. 5.2/2.4.
El/ 16680 Head, neck and part of body; head pointed
L. 2074 upward (hat?); face pinched; crack at pinched
edge of nose; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1);
- remains of white slip. Ht. 4.5; Th. 2.4/1.9;
Wth. 2.3/2.2.
El /17265 Pointed head; pinched face; 2.5 YR 6/4; clayL. 2124 colored core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits; white slip.
Ht. 2.3; Th. 2.6/1.9; Wth. 1.86.
E2/1806 Back of head pointed; mouth chipped; 5 YR 7/6;
L. 536 black core (1); few remains of white slip. Ht.
3.2; Th. 2.9; Wth. 2.4.
E3/ 15643 Head and neck; head pointed upward and
L. 1923 backward; face pinched; narrow face; long
neck; 2.5 YR 6/4; black core (1); remains of
white slip. Ht. 5.5; Th. 3.1/2.3; Wth. 2.3/2.3.
E3/15705 Back of head rounded; face pinched; 2.5 YR
L. 1927 6/6; clay-colored core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Ht. 3.2; Th. 2.3/1.8;
Wth. 1.8/2.1.
E3/15706 Head pointed upward and backward; face
L. 1927 pinched; 5 YR 8/4; gray core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm
grits. Ht. 2.7; Th. 2.9; Wth. 2.2.
G 5751 Head and part of body; head pointed; face
L. 872 pinched; shoulders with arms broken off; 2.5
YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Ht. 3.5; Th. 2.3/1.9;
Wth. 3.6/2.0.
G 11481 Rounded head, pointed slightly at edge; face
L. 903 pinched; one side of face broken; 5 YR 7/3;
gray core (2); few 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip and red paint on head. Ht. 3.0; Th.
2.5/1.8; Wth. 2.1/1.8.
Type Ala?
D 1/1 3363 Pinched head(?), presumably also pointed
L. 453 upward and backward; difficult to define due
to crack splitting head down length; mouth
broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2); few 0.250.5 mm grits; remains of white slip.
D2/20274 Head fragment; face pinched; 5 YR 7/4; black
L. 2323 core (1); remains of white slip and red paint.
E2/7381 Fragment of pinched head; face broken; general
L. 1450 form suggests attribution to this type; 2.5 YR
6/6 (?); black core (1?); remains of white slip.
E3/ 12809 Fragment of pinched head; face and sides of
E2/ 1861/1 Egg-shaped head; face pinched; 5 YR 8/4; gray
L. 1544 head broken; general form suggests attribution
L. 546 core (1); few 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
to this type; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.25
PL 1:5 white slip. Ht. 4.5; Th. 2.0/3.4; Wth. 2.5.
mm grits. Ht. 3.4; Th. 2.9; Wth. 4.5.
E2/1868 Pinched face; rounded head; nose large from
E3/15736 Head fragment; face probably pinched; front
L. 537 pinching; 10 R 6/4; black core (1); few 0.25
L. 1923 broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5
Fig. 10:8 mm grits; white slip.; Wth. 4.0; Th. 2.0/3.0;
mm grits; remains of white slip.
Pl. 1:6 Wth. 2.7.
G 2092 Head broken at the back; part of face broken;
E2/1962 Pinched face; head rounded; right side of head
L. 710 face pinched; small part of neck; 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 552 and mouth broken; mouth pinched; 2.5 YR 6/6;
black core (1); few 0.25 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Ht. 3.0; Th. 2.1/2.7; Wth. 1.8.
black core (1); remains of white slip. Ht.
^ 5.2; Wth. 2.7.
Type Alb
E2/7352 Miniature figurine; face pinched; applied
L. 1447 button eyes; slit for mouth; one arm close to
Fig. 10:12 body, while the other is not; both joined at
PL 1:7 Wth. 2.4.
PL 1:10 the front; narrow body; 2.5 YR 5/6; claycolored
core;neck,
remains of white slip. Ht. 4.4;
E3/13109 Head pointed upward; face pinched;
long
L. 1902 gradually widening; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
Th. 0.8; Wth. 2.8/1.1.
(2); remains of white slip. Ht. 4.4; Th.
G 11769 Miniature human figure; rounded head; pinched
3.2/2.7; Wth. 2.8/2.5.
L. 972 face; applied button eyes; crack in arms and
Fig. 10:13 body; 2.5 YR 5/6; clay-colored core. Ht. 4.9;
E3/131 15 Head pointed upward and backward; face
PL 1:8 Th. 1.5/1.3/1.8; Wth. 2.5/1.5/1.5.
L. 1902 pinched; 2.5 YR 5/8; gray core (2); remains of
Fig. 10:9 white slip painted black, two paint stripes
Type Ale
around neck. Ht. 3.6; Th. 2.7/1.9; Wth. 1.9/2.2.
El/8651 Head of pillar figurine; head pointed upward;
L. 1334 face pinched; mouth specified by engraving;
E3/13138 Head pointed upward; face pinched; 2.5 YR 6/8;
L. 1902 light core; 0.5-1 mm grits. Ht. 4.4; Th.
Fig. 10:10 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Ht. 4.0; Th. 2.1; Wth. 2.2.
Fig. 10:6 3.1/2.0; Wth. 2.1/2.5.
E2/2640 Pointed head; face pinched; long neck; 2.5 YR
L. 544 6/4; black-gray core (2); 0.25-1 mm grits;
Fig. 10:7 remains of white slip. Ht. 5.3; Th. 2.0/3.1;
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El/9582 Human head with pinched face; partly broken;
L. 1365 mass of clay applied to head, probably
Fig. 10:16 originally in shape of turban; 2.5 YR 6/6;
gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Ht. 5.1; Th. 3.1.
El/10127 Human figure with pinched face; beard(?);
L. 1606 crack in mouth; neck narrower than body; crack
in arms; 5 YR 6/4; gray core; 0.5-1 mm grits,
but also some up to 3 mm; remains of white
slip, traces of red paint on forehead. Ht.
7.0; Th. 2.5/3.0; Wth. 4.0/3.5/2.4.
G 11147 Human head with pinched face; clay applied to
L. 903 head as turban; head protruding upward; 2.5 YR
Fig. 10:15 5/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains
PI. 1:11 of white slip. Ht. 5.0; Wth. 2.5.
Type Aid
E 1/5948 Head with pinched, pointed face; turban; hair
L. 698 on both sides of head; 5 YR 7/4; core mainly
Fig. 10:21 clay-colored, gray lens in center; very few
PI. 1:15 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Ht. 2.7;
Th. 3.0; Wth. 3.0.
G 8253 Head; turban-shaped strip of clay; hair on
Surf. both sides of head (one side broken); face
Fig. 10:20 pinched; head pointed; 5 YR 6/4; black core
PI. 1:16-17 (2); white slip and remains of yellow paint.
Ht. 4; Th. 5.0; Wth. 3.7/2.3.
G 11508 Face pinched on both sides; sideburns on both
L. 960 sides of head; top of head rounded; turbanshaped strip of clay applied to head; 5 YR
6/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits. Ht. 3.6;
Th. 4.5; Wth. 4.5/4.1.
Type Ale
E3/ 15787 Head with pinched face and turban or hat;
L. 1924 crack in one side of hat, also in neck; 2.5 YR
Fig. 10:19 6/6; gray core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Ht. 6.0;
Th. 2.2/3.8; Pl. 1:14 Wth. 2.4/1.9.
G 8227 Head with turban-shaped strip of clay; face
L. 903 pinched; hair on both sides; crack in neck; 2.5 YR
Fig. 10:17 6/6; black core (2); 0.25-1 mm grits; white slip,
PI. 1:12 traces of red and yellow painted stripes on face
and neck. Ht. 4.6; Th. 3.6; Wth. 4.0.
G 11026 Pinched head with clay applied to forehead,
L. 906 covering half of head like scarf; 10 YR 5/6;
Fig. 10:18 black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; white slip,
PI. 1:13 traces of red paint on face. Ht. 4.3; Wth. 3.1/2.3.
Type Alf
El/ 16797 Head with pinched face and body; presumably
L. 2076 rider; flat head forming shape of hat; small,
Fig. 10:14 dainty figurine; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (1?).
PI. 1:9
Type A2al
D 1/1 2507 Molded head of woman; wig with four rows of
L. 383 curls on forehead and four on either side of
black core (1); remains of white slip, traces
of red paint.
El/10143 Molded head of woman; wig with four rows of
L. 1604 curls on forehead and two curls on either side
Fig. 11:3 of face; large eyes; nose chipped; small
PI. 2:3 mouth; dainty face, projecting from neck; 2.5
YR 5/6; black core (1); white slip, traces of
red paint. Ht. 6.2; Th. 3.0; Wth. 2.8.
G 5723 Molded head; rounded wig with four rows of
L. 862 round curls; naturalistic face; nose chipped;
Fig. 11:1 almond-shaped eyes; 5 YR 7/6; black core; 0.5Pl. 2:1 1 mm grits; remains of white slip and red
(slightly charred) paint. Ht. 4.8; Th. 3.4; Wth. 4.1.
Type A2a2
El/16756 Woman's head and neck; head pointed backward
L. 2075 and slightly upward; back of head relatively flat;
Fig. 11:6 molded face; one row of curls on forehead;
PI. 2:6 large eyes; large, chipped nose; archaic smile;
protruding chin; neck cracked; 2.5 YR 5/6; black
core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Ht. 6.1; Th. 3.8/2.8; Wth. 4.2/3.2.
G 2320 Naturalistic head; curly wig; part of neck; large
L. 727 eyes; thin smile on lips; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core
Fig. 11:4 (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip,
PI. 2:4 traces of red paint. Ht. 6.2; Th. 3.5; Wth. 4.4/3.4.
Type A2a3
D2/20049 Woman's head; only upper part discernible;
W. 160 details unclear; eyes large; probably only one
row of curls on forehead; hat; chipped nose;
2.5 YR 5/8; clay-colored core(?); remains of
white slip. Ht. 1.94; Th. 3.1; Wth. 3.3/2.94.
G 11437 Woman's head; broad; almond-shaped eyes;
L. 950 small, chipped nose; frozen smile; rectangular
Fig. 11:7 wig; one row of curls on either side of face;
PL 2:7 top of head flat, pointed backward; appears to
be wearing skullcap; neck broad; 2.5 YR 6/6;
black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Ht. 4.8; Th. 3.3/3.0; Wth. 3.8/3.5.
Type A2bl
D2/ 13590 Woman's head and neck; long, narrow eyes; nose
L. 1870 broken; three rows of curls on forehead; 2.5 YR
Fig. 11:11 6/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Ht. 5.7; Th. 3.5/3.2; Wth. 3.6/3.1.
D2/20264- Woman's head and neck; naturalistic; extremely
L. 2323 worn; three rows of curls; nose broken;
Fig. 11:9 details of eyes and face unclear; 5 YR 7/4;
PI. 2:10 black core (1); remains of white slip. Ht. 6.2;
Th. 3.2/2.4; Wth. 3.6/2.5/2.7.
El/8456 Head, broken above forehead; one eye broken;
L. 1303 naturalistic face; nose chipped; almond-shaped
Fig. 11:8 eyes; four rows of curls on forehead; wig
PI. 2:8 extended to sides; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2);
0.25-0.5 mm grits; white slip; red paint on face,
yellow on neck. Ht. 6.0; Th. 3.0; Wth. 4.0.
Fig. 11:2 face; reserved smile; nose broken; 2.5 YR 6/6;
E3/15571 Woman's head and neck; head broad in relation
PI. 2:2 gray core; white slip and traces of red paint.
L. 1918 to length; molded face; large eyes; prominent
Ht. 5.0; Th. 3.0; Wth. 4.2.
E 1/9329 Molded face of figurine; crack in one side of
L. 1310 face; head probably rounded; wig with curls on
forehead; almond-shaped eyes; 2.5 YR 5/6;
nose, its tip chipped; archaic smile; nonprotruding chin; one (?) row of curls on forehead;
neck cracked; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5
mm grits. Ht. 5.0; Th. 3.3/2.1; Wth. 4.5/3.2.
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Type A2b2
D2/20256 Woman's head and neck; naturalistic; somewhat
L. 2325 worn; curly hair; hat; pointed backward and
Fig. 11:10 upward; medium-sized eyes; broken nose; small
PI. 2:9 mouth, archaic smile; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core
(1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Ht. 6.8; Th. 3.2/2.4; Wth. 3.6/2.5/2.1.
Type A2b3
E 1/34 16 Prominent face with wig; four straps on forehead;
L. 618 almond-shaped eyes; naturalistic, molded face,
Fig. 11:12 applied to straight, handmade back; 2.5 YR 5/6;
PI. 2:11-12 black core (1); few coarse grits; remains of
white slip. Ht. 5.1; Th. 4.3; Wth. 4.4.
Type A2c
E 1/5954 Partially broken face; square wig; rear of
L. 699 head straight; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip and
red paint. Ht. 6.2; Th. 3.0; Wth. 4.5.
El/ 19035 Molded, naturalistic head; curly wig, details
Surf. not very clear; upper part of head broken and
Fig. 11:5 eyes therefore missing; archaic smile; hair;
PL 2:5 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits;
remains of white slip and red paint. Ht. 5.8;
Th. 3.3; Wth. 3.9/2.6.
Type A2dl
El/6268 Woman's head; square wig with two rows of
Surf. round curls; nose broken; chin pointed; cheeks
Fig. 11:14 prominent; archaic smile; red paint on chin
PL 2:14 and cheeks; long neck; back of head flat;
almond-shaped eyes; 2.5 YR 6/8; black core;
0.25-0.5 mm grits; white slip, painted red and
yellow. Ht. 7.9; Th. 3.9/2.5; Wth. 5.1/4.0.
Type A2d2
G 5618 Woman's head; face broken; chin pointed; one
L. 858 row of curls on forehead; wig extended to sides,
Fig. 11:17 as if representing long hair; crack in neck; back
PL 2:18 of head flat; 5 YR 7/6; black core (1); remains of
white slip. Ht. 7.1; Th. 3.0/2.3; Wth. 4.3/5.5.
Type A2e
El/10527 Molded human head; large eyes and nose; small,
L. 1604 thick mouth; thickened eyebrows; wig with one
Fig. 11:16 row of curls; head rounded; 10 R 6/6; clayPL 2:17 colored core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Ht. 4.5; Th. 3.0/2.0; Wth. 3.3/2.3.
Type A2f
D2/20652 Woman's head; face completely broken; one
L. 2702 apparent eye; head and nape painted white;
traces of a red painted stripe on nape;
reddish-brown clay; gray core; unclear whether
face was molded. Ht. 3.2; Th. 0.7.
E 1/3065 Head fragment; part of wig and face; insufficient
L. 1483 details for type attribution; 2.5 YR 6/6; black
core (1); remains of white slip and red paint.
El /3664 Head and neck; face completely broken; neck
L. 618 broadening downwards; 7.5 YR 7/4; black core
(2); 0.5-1 mm grits. Ht. 5.9; Th. 2.8; Wth. 3.4.
E2/1843 Face completely missing; back of head flat;
L. 537 narrow neck, which broadens out; 2.5 YR 6/6;
black core (1); white slip. Ht. 6.8; Th. 4.0.
E3/ 12999 Head fragment; only back of head extant; 2.5
L. 1901 YR 6/6; black core (1); remains of white slip.
G 5631 Fragment of molded female face; nose broken;
L. 850 eyes specified; mouth destroyed; crack on
forehead; protruding cheeks and chin; engraving
around face; rear part of head broken; 5 YR 7/6;
black core (2); remains of white slip and red
paint. Ht. 2.8; Th. 1.3; Wth. 2.6.
Type A3al
E3/ 15924 Hollow female torso; crack in middle of torso,
L. 1957 in neck and stomach; one breast and hand
Fig. 12:1 supporting it extant; 5 YR 7/3; light core;
PL 3:1-2 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip and
traces of red paint on shoulder. Ht. 6.4; Th.
3.8/5.2; Wth. 1.6/4.1.
Type A3a2
D 1/6665 Entire body including pillar; head missing;
L. 365 hands joined under breasts; one arm broken;
Fig. 12:2 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (2); 0.125-0.25 mm
PL 3:3 grits; remains of white slip. Ht. 5.8; Th.
3.5/3.0; Wth. 4.5/2.8.
D2/ 13658 Female torso; crack in neck and slightly below
L. 1882 breasts; arms and breasts well preserved;
Fig. 12:8 hands applied under bosom, as if supporting
Pl. 3:7 breasts. Ht. 3.3; Th. 2.4/3.8/2.7; Wth. 7.0/3.8.
El/3526 Upper torso; neck missing; socket for head;
L. 1489 both hands missing; signs remained where hands
were originally applied beneath bosom; 2.5 YR
6/6; black core (2); 0.25-1 mm grits; remains
of white slip. Ht. 4.2; Th. 3.2; Wth. 4.5.
G 4471 Back of head pointed; face applied to head;
L. 782 curly wig; naturalistic style; clusters of hair
Fig. 11:15 on either side of head; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1);
PL 2:15-16 remains of red paint. Ht. 4.0; Th. 2.8; Wth. 2.8.
E 1/62 17 Entire body including pillar; head missing;
L. 1285 hands joined under breasts; 2.5 YR 5/6;
Fig. 12:3 remains of white slip. Ht. 6.6; Th. 2.6/2.0;
PL 3:4 Wth. 5.2/3.0.
Type A2g
El/16107 Female torso; crack in neck, arms and below
L. 2016 bosom; large breasts with hands under them;
D2/ 13667 Neck and head; face disfigured; neck broad and
L. 1882 long; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (2); 0.5-1 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Ht. 6.9; Th. 2.2/3.3;
Wth. 4.3/3.2/3.8.
D2/ 13998 Molded human head; head rounded; large eyes
L. 1818 and nose; lips parted in smile; mass of clay
Fig. 11:13 jutting out from neck designed to attach neck
PL 2:13 to body; left side of face cracked and slightly
crooked; one row of curls?; 2.5 YR 5/6; black
core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Ht. 7.2; Th. 3.2/2.5; Wth. 3.7/3.0.
2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip, red, yellow and black
paint stripes above bosom. Ht. 4.3/5.1; Th.
4.4/2.6; Wth. 5.0/3.6.
E3/ 12886 Top part of female torso; crack in neck,
L. 1 565 stomach and one arm; hand supporting bosom;
missing hand originally joined existing one
beneath bosom; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
white slip; traces of stripes of red paint
above bosom. Ht. 4.3; Th. 4.2/3.6; Wth. 4.9/3.2.
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E3/13016 Female torso; cracks in neck and stomach; one
L. 1563 breast and corresponding arm broken; tip of
Fig. 12:5 other breast broken; applied hands supporting
bosom; 2.5 YR 6/4; black core (2); white slip;
traces of paint: black stripes on arms, red
and yellow stripe above breasts. Ht. 3.7; Th.
4.0/2.6; Wth. 5.8/3.0.
E3/ 15592 Female torso, extending from neck almost to
L. 1923 base of pillar; tips of breasts broken; arms
Fig. 12:4 originally folded on stomach, but one hand
PI. 3:5 broken off; 2.5 YR 5/8; gray core (1); 0.25-
6/6; black core (1); 0.2-0.25 mm grits; white
slip. Ht. 7.6; Th. 3.3/5; Wth. 5.0.
G 2277 Upper part of torso; neck broken; one hand
L. 727 applied under bosom; other hand broken off;
both breasts; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (2);
remains of white slip. Ht. 4.7; Th. 4.0; Wth. 4.8.
G 4931 Female torso; hands under bosom; one hand
L. 824 partially broken; neck broken; body broken
below bosom; particularly long neck; each hand
supporting one breast; 5 YR 7/4; light gray core
(2); white slip, thin red and yellow paint stripes
across body. Ht. 7.0; Th. 2.8/3.5; Wth. 5.1/3.4.
0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Ht. 6.1;
Th. 2.3/3.1/2.3; Wth. 3.0/5.3/2.7.
G 2068 Top part of left side of female torso; one
L. 710 breast supported by applied hand; 2.5 YR 6/6;
black core; 0.25 mm grits; scant remains of
white slip. Ht. 4.4; Th. 3.9; Wth. 3.4.
G 8228 Bottom part of pillar and hands; arms broken
L. 903 off; both hands applied, one broken; 5 YR 6/4;
gray core (2); remains of white slip. Ht. 3.7;
Th. 2.1; Wth. 3.3/2.4.
G 11076 Female torso; crack in neck and pillar; one
L. 908 arm and part of breast broken; hands joined
and clutching bosom; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
(2); 0.5-1 mm grits; white slip. Ht. 5.7; Th.
3.5/3.3; Wth. 5.3/3.8.
G 11439 Female torso; top part and half width of body
L. 950 broken; hand applied under breast; 2.5 YR 4/6;
gray core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; scant
remains of white slip. Ht. 3.5.
G 11953 Top part of female torso; crack in neck and
L. 999 stomach; breasts defective; applied hands
Fig. 12:6 supporting bosom; 7.5 YR 7/2; gray core (2);
0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Ht.
4.2; Th. 3.7/2.8; Wth. 5.9/3.1.
Type A3a2?
E 1/6 143 Female torso; crack in neck and stomach; hands
L. 615 under bosom; one hand broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray
core (2); 0.25-1 mm grits; white slip, traces of red
paint stripes. Ht. 6.5; Th. 3.9/3.0; Wth. 6.8/3.7.
E2/3301 Left side of female torso; left breast large
L. 601 and prominent, left hand applied underneath
it; body broken above and below bosom; 5 YR
8/4; grayish-black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm
grits; white slip. Ht. 3.5; Th. 3.8; Wth. 2.8.
Type A3b
E2/2992 Pillar figurine with large breasts; each hand
L. 1467 clutching a breast; crack in neck, in one arm,
Fig. 12:7 in part of breast and in bottom of pillar; 2.5
PI. 3:6 YR 6/6; almost clay-colored core; 0.5-1 mm
grits; white slip; traces of red and yellow
paint. Ht. S.7; Th. 3.0/5.2/3.2; Wth.
3.9/5.9/3.4.
E2/3026 Female torso, broken off above breasts, and
L. 1476 pillar base; each hand clutching a breast;
Fig. 12:9 white slip, painted with yellow and red
PI. 3:8 stripes.
Type A3c
D2/20189 Torso; head missing; socket into which head
L. 2321 was inserted; bosom and arms broken; 5 YR 7/4;
gray core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Ht. 4.5; Th. 3.1/2.1; Wth. 3.3/2.2.
D2/21064 Female torso; half-broken bosom; one arm
L. 2766 broken off from shoulder; other discernible;
head missing; 2.5 YR 6/6; clay-colored core;
0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip and
yellow paint. Ht. 5.8; Th. 3.9; Wth. 5.6.
El/3481 Fragment of side of female torso; one breast
L. 62 IB and part of arm extant; hand supporting breast;
2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); remains of white slip.
E 1/4 128 Female torso; neck broken; arms and part of
L. 661 breasts broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.5-1
mm grits; remains of white slip. Ht. 2.7; Th. 3.5;
Wth. ^.8.
El/5826 Upper part of female torso, left side broken;
L. 1643 arms břoken; hands applied under breasts; head
broken; body becomes narrower downward; 2.5
YR 5/6; black core (2); 0.25-1 mm grits; remains
of white slip. Ht. 3.5; Th. 2.5; Wth. 2.8.
E 1/5902 Upper part of female torso; neck, broadening
L. 698 out at bosom; both hands under broken breasts;
thin external layer: 2.5 YR 5/2; core: 2.5 YR
6/4; 0.25-1 mm grits. Ht. 4.5; Th. 2.5; Wth. 4.0.
E 1/7500 Female torso, breasts partially broken; signs
Surf. of hands originally under each breast; arms
broken; crack in neck and stomach; 2.5 YR 6/6;
black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Ht. 3.5; Th. 2.3; Wth. 3.8/2.5.
El/8520 Female torso; both arms; signs of hands
L. 1312 originally under breasts; arms broken; half of
one breast broken; crack in neck and stomach;
figurine becomes narrower downward; 5 YR 6/4;
black core (1); 0.2-0.25 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Ht. 4.8; Th. 2.6/3.3; Wth. 5.3/3.5.
El/ 10244 Female torso; arms and neck broken; extremely
L. 1627 defective figurine; one breast survived; crack
down left side of body; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core
(1); white slip; traces of yellow paint stripes
above bosom.
El/14528 Fragment of female torso; one intact arm
L. 1610 applied to body under bosom; beginning of
bosom; rest of body broken; 2.5 YR 4/8; black
E2/12015 Female torso, broken off above breasts; part
core (1); remains of white slip. Ht. 3.7.
L. 1467 of arm broken; breasts and pillar base; each
hand underneath corresponding breast; 5 YR
El/ 14597 Top part of female torso; stout body; crack in
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L. 1610 neck, arms and stomach; large breasts; hands
supporting breasts; 2.5 YR 6/8; clay-colored
core (?); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Ht. 6.7; Th. 3.5/3.7/5.0; Wth. 5.6/4.3.
El/ 16284 Fragment of front part of female torso; tips
L. 2028 of breasts broken; crack in neck and just
below breasts; 2.5 YR 5/4; black core (1);
breasts; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); remains
of white slip and red paint on neck. Ht.
6.5/5.5; Th. 6.2/3.0; Wth. 6.0/4.7.
Type A3d2
E3/ 13037 Female torso; crack in neck, stomach and one
L. 1562 arm; other arm applied to body, holding round
Fig. 12:10 object close to bosom; both breasts extant;
missing hand also originally held the object;
2.5 YR 5/6; black core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits
(also gravel); white slip, traces of yellow paint.
remains of white slip.
E 1/1 6360 Fragment of female torso; neck broken; both
L. 2028 arms and bottom of pillar broken; tips of
breasts broken off; 2.5 YR 5/6; gray core (2);
remains of white slip. Ht. 5.5; Th. 4.0/3.3/2.9;
Wth. 4.0/3.2/3.3.
Type A3e
E 1/9284 Female torso; neck and pillar base broken; one
L. 1367 hand supporting baby(?) constructed as single
piece; other hand missing; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray
core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; white slip. Ht. 8.0;
Wth. 5.5/3.7.
El/16759 Fragment of side of female torso; shoulder;
L. 2079 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (2).
E2/1895 Upper part of female torso; both arms missing;
El/15547 Female torso with baby in arms; left hand
L. 534 one breast complete, tip of other one broken;
Surf. holding baby and right arm supporting it; body
signs of application of hand under bosom;
Fig. 12:14 relatively round; crack in neck, baby and
broken off at neck and stomach; 2.5 YR 6/6;
PL 3:12 body; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm
black core (2); 0.25-1 mm grits; white slip.
Ht. 5.2; Th. 4.5; Wth. 4.6.
E2/1939 Top part of female torso; signs of application
L. 544 of head, now missing; arms missing, but hands
applied under breasts; body becomes narrower
downward; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (2); 0.25-0.5
mm grits; remains of white slip. Ht. 2.8; Th. 3.3;
grits; white slip. Ht. 4.8; Th. 2.4/3.3/1.6;
Wth. 2.6/5.2/2.6.
E3/ 15634 Female torso with baby in arms; right hand
L. 1927 holding baby, left one supporting it; arms
Fig. 12:13 asymmetrical: left one thicker and more
PI. 3:11 protruding than right one, which is more
withdrawn; crack in neck and lower body;
5 YR 7/4; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Ht. 6.7; Th. 3.6/3.1/2.1;
Wth. 3.1/5.0/2.6.
Wth. 3.2.
E2/1997 Upper torso; both breasts; arms missing; body
L. 544 becomes narrower downward; no signs of
application of hands; broken above bosom; 2.5
G 11059 Human body holding baby vertically in arms,
YR 6/6; black core (1); few 0.5 mm grits;
L. 903 close to body; crack in neck and bottom of
remains of white slip. Ht. 5.7; Th. 4.0; Wth. 4.3.
E2/12182 Female torso; crack in neck, arms and under
L. 1705 bosom; each hand probably clutched a breast;
2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip, traces of red paint(?).
E3/13192 Fragment of pillar figurine; edge of base
L. 1910 broken off, slightly concave; crack in arms,
in tip of bosom and in neck; figurine very
worn; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2).
E3/15578 Female torso; crack in neck, stomach and both
L. 1918 arms; large bosom; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1);
0.5-1 mm grits (also 2-3 mm).
G 5797 Fragment of upper torso; broken breasts and
L. 922 arms; crack in neck and below breasts; rear of
figurine broken; 5 YR 7/6; gray core (2);
remains of white slip, red paint stripes.
G 11067 Torso broken at neck; arms, part of breasts
W. 329 and pillar broken; each hand presumably
originally under a breast; 2.5 YR 5/6; black
core (2); 0.25-1 mm grits; remains of white
slip and red paint. Ht. 6.6; Wth. 5.1/3.2.
Type A3dl
El/10126 Upper part of female torso; crack in neck,
L. 1623 arms and from stomach downward; huge breasts
Fig. 12:11 with traces of hands that originally supported
PI. 3:9 them; hollow pillar apparently wheelmade with
arms, breasts, etc. applied later; mass of
clay jutting from neck, which was originally
inserted into socket; object applied to
Fig. 12:12 pillar; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm
PI. 3:10 grits; white slip, traces of red paint. Ht. 5.0;
Th. 5.5.
G 11152 Female torso holding baby horizontally in
L. 903 arms, close to body; crack in neck and pillar;
Fig. 12:15 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits;
PI. 3:13 white slip. Ht. 5.4; Wth. 5.7/3.1.
Type A3f
Dl/12762 Female pillar figurine (?); shoulders; socket
L. 433 in place of neck; applied mass of clay in
place of breast; other breast broken (?); 10 R
4/8; clay-colored core; remains of white slip.
El/2711 Middle of pillar figurine; one arm broken in
L. 572 half and protruding; other arm broken from
Fig. 13:3 shoulder; 2.5 YR 6/4; black core; 0.5-1 mm
PI. 4:2 grits; remains of white slip. Th. 2.5; Wth. 3.0.
El/2723 Fragment of female torso; stumps of
L. 572 indefinable limbs; 5 YR 7/6; black core;
remains of white slip. Wth. 4.0.
El/19593 Human torso; base broken; one arm on body,
L. 2128 other broken off from shoulder; head missing;
Fig. 13:2 no breasts (male?); 7.5 YR 7/4; clay-colored
PI. 4:1 core. Ht. 6.1; Th. 2.4; Wth. 4.3/2.85.
E2/2779 Fragment of female torso; hands applied; arm
L. 553 rounded; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); few 0.25Fig. 13:1 0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Ht. 3.8;
Wth. 2.5.
E3/ 15570 Female torso; neck and lower part of figurine
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L. 1918 cracked; one hand applied to front of body;
other arm broken off at shoulder; scant
D2/20352 Base of pillar figurine; base concave and
L. 2337 partially broken; top part of pillar missing;
remains of object apparent under hand; 2.5 YR
6/6; black core (1); remains of white slip.
Ht. 5.8; Th. 2.3/1.8; Wth. 3.5/6.1/3.3.
Type A4a
E2/ 12062 Mourning body; back decorated with gray and
L. 1485 yellow crosswise paint stripes; head and arms
Fig. 13:10 broken; feet small; 5 YR 6/4; light gray core
PI. 3:14 (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; traces of white slip
painted black and yellow. Ht. 3.5; Wth. 3.2/2.0.
E3/ 12938 Mourning body; upper part missing; legs broken
L. 1502 off at base; white slip, painted lines along body.
Type A5al
El/3359/2 Flat base, concave in middle; 7.5 YR 8/4;
L. 617 remains of white slip (?). Lth. 2.4; Bse. 4.0;
Fig. 13:9 Plr. 1.8.
2.5 YR 5/8; black core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 5.5; Bse. 4.85; Plr. 3.0.
D2/20573 Base and part of pillar; base almost flat and
L. 2701 slightly defective; 2.5 YR 6/4; black core
(2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 4.8; Bse. 4.25; Plr. 2.7.
D2/21019 Base and part of pillar; base slightly
L. 2765 concave, broken; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (2);
0.5-1 mm grits. Lth. 5.25; Plr. 3.25.
El/1608/1 Entire base; 2.5 YR 6/4; gray core (1?); remains
L. 525 of white slip. Lth. 2.3; Bse. 3.8; Plr. 2.1.
El/2636 Partially broken base; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
L. 565 (2); remains of white slip. Lth. 2.8; Plr. 3.0.
El/3247 Base and fragment of pillar; black core (1);
W. 201 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
El/5987/1 Flat base; side broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core
4.1; Bse. 5.0; Plr. 2.6.
Surf. (1); many remains of white slip. Lth. 3.3;
Fig. 13:8 Bse. 6.7; Plr. 3.5.
El/3412 Black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
L. 618 white slip. Lth. 4.5; Bse. 5.1; Plr. 2.8.
E 1/7837 Bottom part of pillar; partially broken; flat
L. 1279 base; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.5-1 mm
El/3508 Entire base; 2.5 YR 4/8; black core (1); 0.5-1
L. 565 mm grits; white slip. Lth. 4.3; Bse. 4.5; Plr. 2.8.
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 6.2; Plr. 3.6.
L. 1293 base.
E 1/3645 Entire base; gray core (1?); remains of white
L. 631 slip. Lth. 3.3; Bse. 3.6; Plr. 2.0.
Fig. 13:7
PI. 4:4
E 1/9558 Beginning of pillar; base edge broken; flat
L. 1381 base; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); remains of
E 1/4 127 Bottom part of pillar; base missing; black
L. 1324 core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits. Lth. 3.6; Plr. 3.5.
E 1/8644 Bottom part of pillar; partially broken; flat
white slip. Bse. 4.4.
E 1/9661 Base and pillar; base edges broken; 2.5 YR
L. 1373 4/8; gray core (1). Lth. 3.5; Bse. 4.0; Plr. 2.5.
El/11105 Base and pillar; base straight with broken
Surf. edges; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 5.4; Bse. 4.1;
Plr. 3.4.
El/5861 Entire base; 10 R 5/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm
L. 663B grits; white slip. Lth. 3.0; Bse. 5.0; Plr. 2.8.
El/5933 Entire base; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.5-1
L. 1324 mm grits. Lth. 3.8; Bse. 4.2; Plr. 2.5.
El /6075 Bottom part of pillar; base and top of pillar
L. 1214 broken; 5 YR 7/4; gray core (2); remains of
white slip. Lth. 5.3; Plr. 3.5.
E 1/20526 Flat base, slightly defective; pillar
Surf. fragment; pillar crooked and not perpendicular
to base; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (2); 0.25-0.5
mm grits. Lth. 4.5; Bse. 3.9; Plr. 2.5.
Type A5al?
El /19602 Rounded pillar base; sides of base worn and
L. 2157 broken; flat base; small fragment of pillar;
2.5 YR 6/4; black core (2); remains of white
slip. Lth. 2.1; Bse. 3.4; Plr. 2.7.
G 2476/1 Bottom part; flat base; 2.5 YR 6/8; black core
L. 742 (1); remains of white paint. Lth. 2.3; Bse. 5.3;
Plr. 3.8.
Type A5a2
D 1/1 2436 Base and pillar; edges of base broken; base
L. 421 slightly concave; 2.5 YR 6/6; clay-colored
core. Lth. 5.6; Bse. 2.4; Plr. 3.5.
Dl/12621 Base and pillar; base slightly concave and
L. 422 partially broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
E 1/7833 Bottom part of pillar; concave base with broken
L. 1279 side; 2.5 YR 6/4; black core (2); remains of
white slip. Lth. 3.2; Bse. 4.8; Plr. 2.8.
E 1/8466 Bottom part of pillar; concave and partially
L. 1294 broken base; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.250.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 8.0;
Bse. 4.5; Plr. 3.2.
El /9071 Base and pillar; concave base; most of edge
L. 675 broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); remains of
white slip. Lth. 6.8; Bse. 4.2; Plr. 4.0.
El/9882 Base and pillar; concave base, almost intact;
L. 1392 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (1); remains of white
slip. Lth. 6.8; Bse. 5.5; Plr. 3.0.
E 1/9942 Base and pillar; base rounded, concave, and
L. 1393 partially broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
remains of white slip. Lth. 7.5; Bse. 3.2; Plr. 4.8.
El /10023 Base and pillar; rounded, concave base, almost
remains of white slip. Lth. 4.8; Bse. 5.0; Plr. 3.3. L. 1604 intact; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.25-0.5
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 5.0;
D2/ 13660 Base of rounded pillar; bottom part concave;
Bse. 4.9; Plr. 2.8.
L. 1882 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.125-0.25 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 8.0; Bse. 5.7;
Plr. 3.6.
El/ 10044 Base and pillar; concave base; pillar and base
L. 1604 partially broken; 10 R 5/6; black core (1);
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0.125-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 5.7; Bse. 4.4; Plr. 2.9.
E3/ 15930 Base of rounded pillar; bottom part concave
L. 1951 and partially broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
(2); 1-2 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
5.9; Bse. 6.2; Plr. 3.8.
El/19843 Fragment of pillar figurine; hollow base (?);
L. 2182 base destroyed; 2.5 YR 6/8; remains of white
slip. Lth. 4.7; Bse. 2.9; Plr. 2.1.
E2/1716 Fragment of broken base; black core (1); white
L. 537 slip. Lth. 5.1; Plr. 2.5.
G 2089/2 Entire base; 5 YR 7/6; black core (1); 0.5-1
L. 710 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 7.2;
Fig. 13:6 Bse. 4.6; Plr. 2.8.
G 2254 Partially broken base; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
E2/1844 Entire base; black core (2?); 0.5-1 mm grits;
L. 736 (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip.
L. 536 remains of white slip. Lth. 5.2; Bse. 4.8; Plr. 2.6.
Lth. 6.2; Bse. 4.5; Plr. 2.6.
E2/1925 Base; broken in center; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core
L. 537 (2); 1-2 mm grits. Lth. 4.0; Bse. 4.8.
E2/1960/1 Entire base; 5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.25L. 544 0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 4.2;
Bse. 4.1; Plr. 2.1.
E2/1980 Entire base; black core (1); remains of white
L. 544 slip. Lth. 3.4; Bse. 3.8; Plr. 2.2.
G 2281/1 10 R 4/8; clay-colored core; remains of broad
L. 727 stripes of red and yellow paint. Lth. 3.8;
Bse. 4.6; Plr. 3.3.
G 2409 Only hollow base extant; 2.5 YR 5/8; black
L. 742 core (1); wheelmade. Lth. 4.5; Bse. 5.3.
G 2428/1 Deep concave base; 5 YR 7/6; gray core (1?);
L. 737 1-2 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 3.0;
Bse. 3.8; Plr. 3.0.
E2/2604 Entire base; 10 R 5/6; black core; 0.5-1 mm
L. 544 grits; white slip. Lth. 8.0; Bse. 5.5; Plr.
Fig. 13:5 2.8.
G 4574 Base; side broken; 5 YR 7/6; gray core (1);
L. 804 remains of white slip. Lth. 7.3; Bse. 5.0; Plr. 3.5.
E2/2613 Entire base; 5 YR 6/6; black core; 0.5-1 mm
L. 544 grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 3.3; Bse.
G 4630 Entire base; 2.5 YR 5/4; black core (1); remains
L. 793 of white slip. Lth. 4.0; Bse. 4.3; Plr. 3.0.
4.3; Plr. 2.5.
E2/3334 Bottom part of pillar; base missing; gray core
L. 601 (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 4.5; Plr. 2.7.
E2/3893 Partially broken base; irregular pillar; 2.5
L. 653 YR 4/8; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; white
Fig. 13:4 slip. Lth. 8.0; Bse. 4.7; Plr. 3.0.
PI. 4:3
G 5791 Bottom part of pillar; concave base; broken
L. 872 base; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.25-1 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 4.5; Bse.
4.2; Plr. 2.7.
G 8216 Bottom part of pillar; broken, concave base;
L. 906 2.5 YR 4/8; black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 4.2; Bse. 3.4; Plr. 2.6.
E2/ 12031 Base and pillar; pillar and edge of base
L. 1485 partially broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
5.9; Bse. 5.1; Plr. 3.6.
E2/ 12067/8 End of pillar base; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
L. 1492 (1); remains of white slip.
G 11061 Base and pillar; concave, intact base; 5 YR
L. 903 7/4; gray core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains
of white slip. Lth. 4.8; Bse. 5.0; Plr. 3.2.
G 11115 Base and pillar; concave base with broken
L. 903 edges; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); white slip.
Lth. 5.7; Bse. 4.2; Plr. 3.1.
E2/ 12098 Base and pillar; slightly broken edges; 2.5 YR
L. 1478 4/8; clay-colored core; remains of white slip.
Lth. 2.9; Bse. 4.1; Plr. 2.5.
G 11173 Base and pillar; base very concave, intact;
L. 903 2.5 YR 6/6; almost clay-colored core; 0.5-1 mm
E2/12133 Base and pillar; concave base, slightly broken;
L. 1703 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits;
G 11249 Base and pillar; slightly concave base; pillar
L. 927 and edge of base partially broken; 2.5 YR 5/8;
grits; white slip. Lth. 5.7; Bse. 5.5; Plr. 3.2.
gray core (2); many 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 5.2; Bse. 4.0; Plr. 2.7.
remains of white slip. Lth. 5.3; Bse. 3.8; Plr. 2.9.
E3/ 15594 Base of pillar; pillar rounded; base concave
L. 1921 and rounded, with slightly broken edges; 2.5 YR
4/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains
of white slip. Lth. 4.0; Bse. 4.0; Plr. 2.5.
E3/ 15606 Base of pillar; pillar and base rounded; base
L. 1927 broken and deeply concave; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray
core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white
G 15444 Base of pillar; pillar rounded; concave,
L. 1114 partially broken base; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core
(2); 0.5-1 mm grits (also 2-3 mm); remains of
white slip. Lth. 5.7; Bse. 4.5; Plr. 2.9.
G 17504 Edge of base of pillar; concave base; 2.5 YR
L. 1114 5/6; black core (1); remains of white slip.
Lth. 3.5; Bse. 4.5; Plr. 3.2.
slip. Lth. 5.6; Bse. 4.7; Plr. 3.0.
E3/15655 Base of rounded pillar; edge of base broken;
L. 1924 concave base; 5 YR 7/3; gray core (2); 0.5-1
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 3.5;
Bse. 4.2; Plr. 2.5.
E3/ 15850 Edge of base of pillar; base slightly concave,
L. 1935 broken on one side; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
(2); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip (?).
Lth. 4.6; Plr. 3.3.
H 5240 Pillar fragment with hole; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
L. 1006 (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 3.5; Plr. 3.2.
Type A5a2?
El/3320 Bottom part of pillar; base missing; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 595 black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits. Lth. 4.4; Plr. 3.0.
E 1/4042 Pillar fragment; base missing; 10 R 5/6; black
L. 661 core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 5.0; Plr. 2.8.
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El/9355 Pillar and base; edges of base broken; base was
L. 1365 presumably slightly concave; 2.5 YR 5/8; gray
E3/15738 Part of pillar; broken in half down length;
L. 1935 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits;
remains of white slip.
core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits. Lth. 5.6; Bse. 3.4; Plr. 2.6.
El/ 17323 Base of pillar figurine; bottom part (edges)
L. 2035 of 2 base worn; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (1);
E3/ 19072 Base of elliptical pillar figurine; top part
L. 2402 broken; also broken around flat base; 2.5 YR
5/8; gray core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits. Lth. 2.74;
Bse. 3.6; Plr. 3.3.
0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 2.1; Bse. 2.1; Plr. 3.0.
E3/ 15591 Rounded base of pillar; concave base with
L. 1923 broken edges; 2.5 YR 6/4; gray core (2); 0.5-1
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 6.1;
Bse. 4.2; Plr. 3.3.
E3/ 15841 Pillar base; pillar rounded; base slightly
L. 1955 concave with broken edges; 2.5 YR 5/8; gray
core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 6.4; Plr. 3.1.
G 4578 Bottom part of pillar; base missing; 10 R 4/8;
L. 790 black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.6; Plr. 2.4.
Type A5b
G 2325 Pillar fragment; broadening at base; 2.5 YR
L. 710 5/6; black core (2); remains of white slip.
Lth. 2.6; Plr. 2.8.
G 4524 Pillar fragment; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.25-2
L. 787A mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 5.7; Plr. 3.1.
G 5625 Part of pillar; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (1);
L. 975 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
6.2; Plr. 3.2.
Type A5b?
G 2191/1 Pillar fragment (?); hole in bottom part for
L. 727 attachment to another part (head?); 2.5 YR
5/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains
of white slip. Lth. 2.5; Bse. 3.7; Plr. 6.2.
D2/ 13620 Part of rounded pillar; two broken edges, one
L. 1868 still containing part of finish; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray
core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits. Lth. 5.0; Plr. 8.8.
D2/20219 Part of pillar; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (2); 0.5-1
L. 2321 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 3.8; Plr. 2.7.
Type A6
G 4695 Foot extended forward with groove in center;
L. 787B plastic decoration of paint stripes across
ankle; brown with gray core; minimum width 2;
minimum thickness: 1.4. Lth. 3.0; Th. 2.8;
El /2780 Pillar fragment; 2.5 YR 5/6; almost clay-colored
L. 562 core; remains of white slip (?). Lth. 3.1; Plr. 2.1.
El/3525 Part of pillar; 5 YR 7/6; black core (2);
L. 565 remains of white slip. Lth. 3.3; Plr. 2.8.
Wth. 2.4.
Type A6a
D 1/6605 Rider's body; head and one hand broken, other
L. 361 hand applied to foot; rider appears to be
El/4084 Part of pillar; 2.5 YR 6/4; black core (1); 0.5-1
sitting; 2.5 YR 5/8; clay-colored core; 0.5-1
L. 1324 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 3.0; Plr. 2.5.
E 1/4 130 Part of pillar; base missing; 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 665 black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.0; Plr. 3.6.
E 1/9 103 Pillar and base; edge of base broken; 5 YR
Surf. 7/3; clay-colored core; remains of white slip.
Lth. 6.8; Bse. 3.3; Plr. 2.4.
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 6.4; Th.
2.4; Wth. 5.9/3.7.
D2/21023 Rider's body; head missing; one arm broken
L. 2765 from base; base of other extant; 2.5 YR 6/6.
Lth. 4.0; Th. 1.6; Wth. 3.0/2.1.
El/3237 Fragment of horse and rider figurine; horse's
L. 591 neck and head; mouth broken; hindquarters
El/16058 Base of pillar (?); pillar rounded; small part
Fig. 13:11 broken in middle of rider's body; rider's hands
Surf. of finish on one side; 2.5 YR 6/4; black core
PI. 4:7 attached to horse's neck; rider's head missing;
(1); remains of white slip. Lth. 4.9; Plr. 2.8/2.6.
2.5 YR 5/6; black core (2); 0.25-1 mm grits;
remains of white slip; rider: length 5.3; width 2.3.
El/ 16564 Part of pillar; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
Head + neck: Lth. 5.4; Th. 1.9; Wth. 2.7.
L. 2009 remains of white slip.
El/ 16979 Part of pillar; small fragment of base; 5 YR
L. 2063 6/4; black core (1); remains of white slip.
E I/9444 Rider's body; head broken; one hand intact,
L. 1380 other one broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1);
0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
5.5; Wth. 4.2/3.3.
Lth. 4.3; Plr. 3.8.
E2/1875 Bottom part of pillar; base missing; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 519 black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits. Lth. 4.1; Plr. 3.0.
E2/1817 Part of pillar; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
L. 1489 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
El/9835 Human body; one hand broken, other one
L. 1392 applied to body; crack in neck and lower torso;
2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); remains of white slip.
Lth. 5.6; Wth. 4.0/3.0.
4.0; Plr. 2.3.
E2/7268 Bottom part of pillar; flat base; 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 1430 black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
El /17348 Miniature figurine's torso; presumably rider;
L. 2123 head missing; arms broken; bottom part missing;
2.5 YR 5/6; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 2.0; Th. 0.9;
Wth. 2.1/1.5.
white slip. Lth. 5.8; Plr. 3.0.
E3/ 15660 Part of pillar; beginning of the part
L. 1927 broadening toward base; 2.5 YR6/6; black core
(2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 2.9; Plr. 3.7.
E3/ 15684 Fragment of end of pillar base; 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 1927 black core (1); remains of white slip.
E2/2614 Rider's body; head missing; arms and legs
L. 544 broken.
Fig. 13:13
PI. 4:6
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neck: thickness 3.5; mouth: length 2.8, width
2.1, thickness 2. Lth. 5.0; Th. 2.8; Wth. 3.0.
E3/ 12933 Rider's body; crack in hands and neck; bottom
L. 1561 part concave; signs of application to animal's
body; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 5.0; Th.
2.2/1.8; Wth. 4.2/2.5.
G 5517 Animal's head; broken mouth; two holes (eyes?)
L. 850 above crack; ears on either side of head; 5 YR
Fig. 14:4 7/4; black core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains
of white slip; ear: length 1.2; mouth:
thickness 0.8, length 2.2; neck: width 2.2.
Lth. 2.8; Wth. 2.7/2.2.
G 8127 Miniature body of rider; head, legs and arms
L. 922 broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; core: gray lens in center;
0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip, traces
of red paint stripes. Lth. 3.4; Th. 1.2; Wth. 2.5.
G 11673 Rider's body; crack in arms and neck; bottom
L. 967 slightly broken, appears concave; body convex;
2.5 YR 4/8; black core (1). Lth. 5.5; Th.
1.7/1.1; Wth. 2.3.
Type Bib
El/7806 Hollow head of animal; part of kernos (?);
L. 1285 plastic embellishment above eyes; broken mass
Fig. 14:6 of clay on top of head; 5 YR 7/4; clay-colored
PI. 5:4 core; mouth: width 2.2, length 3.5. Lth. 3.4;
Wth. 2.5.
Type A6a?
Dl/12754 Top part of body broad, lower part narrow;
L. 431 hand on bosom; head missing; signs of
application to another part from waist down;
10 YR 5/6; clay-colored core. Lth. 6.2; Th.
2.5; Wth. 3.2/5.2.
El /14685 Rider figurine(?); shoulder; head broken;
L. 1609 other side completely broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray
core (1); remains of white slip.
G 5568 Narrow head with taut, narrow face; button
L. 850 eyes applied on either side of head; 10 R 5/6;
Fig. 14:7 light brown core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains
PI. 5:5 of white slip. Wth. 1.3.
Type Blc
E2/12141 Hyena's head and neck; ears; mouth ajar; lower
L. 1706 jaw missing; upper jaw with nostrils; mass of
Fig. 14:9 clay on neck; yellow and red paint stripes on
upper jaw and under ear; 10 R 5/6; black core
(1); white slip; mouth: thickness 2.2, width
2.8, length 2.4; ear: length 1.3, width 1.4.
Lth. 6.4; Th. 3.7/2.8; Wth. 3.6/3.4.
G 5789 Miniature body of rider; head and one leg
L. 850 broken; hands on either side of body; second
Fig. 13:14 leg parallel to hand, but not joined; 5 YR
6/4; clay-colored core; few 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 2.0; Th. 0.8; Wth.
1.0/5.0.
Type Bid
El/16286 Elephant's head with trunk; holes representing
L. 2028 eyes; holes at tip of trunk representing
Type A6b
D2/20047 Rider's body; head and arms missing; base of
L. 2326 one arm; belt around waist; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray
Fig. 14:10 nostrils and mouth; tip of trunk pointing
PI. 5:8 upward; head cracked; crack at beginning of
neck; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm
Fig. 13:12 core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
grits; remains of white slip.
PI. 4:5 slip and red paint. Lth. 5.0; Th. 1.7; Wth. 3.8/2.5.
Type Ble
Type A7
G 15348 Head of large animal, top rounded; mouth
G 11329 Bottom part of plaque figurine, legs pointing
L. 1107 slightly pointed; large holes representing
L. 915 to side; red slip and burnish.
Fig. 14:11 eyes; hole representing nostril in mouth;
Fig. 19:1
PI. 5:9 small cracks in head; 2.5 YR 6/6; 0.5-1 mm
PI. 9:10
grits. Lth. 5.6; Th. 3.3/4.9; Wth.
2.1/4.0/5.2.
Type Bla
D 1/6980 Fragment of zoomorphic vessel with animal head
Type Blfl
L. 422 (bull?); wheelmade with handmade head; small
D 1/871 Bird on pillar; intact wings applied on either
Fig. 14:5 ears; holes for eyes and nostrils; small
L. 316 side of body; head and tail missing; white
PI. 5:3 mouth, slightly ajar; 2.5 YR 6/6; clay-colored
Fig. 15:4 slip. Lth.5.4; Th. 2.6.
core; remains of white slip (?). Lth. 3.4; Th.
3.8; Wth. 2.5.
PI. 6:4
D2/13597 Body of bird on pillar; wings, tail and head
El/16498 Animal's head; one ear chipped, other one
L. 1873 broken; pillar and base not exactly round;
L. 2015 completely broken; ears extending sideways;
concave base; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 1Fig. 14:2 pointed mouth with groove at tip; wide broken
1.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 5.6;
PI. 5.1 neck; 2.5 YR 5/4; clay-colored core; 0.5-1 mm
grits; remains of white slip; mouth length:
2.2. Lth. 4.2; Th. 2.2; Wth. 2.8/3.2.
E3/13031 Animal's head; ears originally small extending
L. 1584 to sides; tips of ears broken; broad mouth,
Fig. 14:3 ajar, with applied protruding mass of clay
PI. 5:2 (tongue?); 2.5 YR 5/6; clay-colored core; 0.51 mm grits; white slip.
G 4996 Bull's head and neck; stumps of legs; ears on
L. 850 either side of head; mouth intact; 2.5 YR 6/6;
Fig. 14:1 black core (2); remains of white slip and
yellow paint; ear: length 1.5, width 2.8;
Th. 2.9/4.2; Wth. 3.9.
D2/ 13965 Bird on pillar; tail, neck and wings missing;
L. 1819 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits.
Lth. 5.8; Th. 2.9.
D2/14134 Bird on pillar; wings and tail; head missing;
L. 1837 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1) (?); 0.25-0.5 mm
grits; remains of white slip, also on base.
Lth. 6.2; Th. 4.0/2.1.
D2/20290 Delicate, slightly pointed head; very narrow
L. 2323 face; beak broken off; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
(1); white slip. Lth. 3.2; Th. 1.5; Wth. 0.7
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E 1/9545 Fragment of bird on small pillar; head and
L. 1365 wings broken; tail extant; 2.5 YR 6/6; white
Fig. 15:6 slip and traces of red and white paint. Lth.
PL 6:2 5.5; Th. 1.9/2.8; Wth. 3.3.
El /19592 Rounded head; beak narrow and broken; 5 YR
L. 2155 7/4; black core (1); remains of white slip.
Lth. 3.1; Th. 1.7/1.3; Wth. 1.3
E2/12115 Fragment of bird on pillar; head, tail and
L. 1497 wings broken; small pillar; part of base
Fig. 15:5 broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm
PL 6:1 grits; white slip, traces of yellow paint.
Lth. 7.8; Th. 3.8/2.8; Wth. 5.4/5.2.
G 2117 Bird's wing; white slip; traces of red and
L. 710 black paint.
Fig. 15:10
G 4295 Bird on short pillar; wings broken; head and
L. 761 tail missing; 10 R 5/8; black core (2);
Fig. 15:9 remains of white slip. Lth. 5.2; Th. 7.4/3.6;
Pl. 6:3 Wth. 6.3/3.5.
PL 5:15 of white slip (?); ear: width 1.7, length 2.3;
mouth: thickness 2, length 2.8. Lth. 6.6; Wth.
3.7/3.0.
Type Blj
El /10025 Lamb's head; thickened head with short mouth
L. 1604 and ears on either side; neck cracked; 2.5 YR
Fig. 15:2 5/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains
PL 5:16,21 of white slip. Lth. 3.8; Wth. 4.1/3.8.
El/10422 Complete lamb, legs broken.
L. 1604
Fig. 15:1
PL 5:19
E 1/10790 Animal's head and beginning of body; narrow
L. 1619 neck, broad head; cut-off ears, hollow eyes;
Fig. 15:3 slit for open mouth; crack in body and legs;
PL 5:20 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 4.5; Th. 3.2; Wth. 3.0.
El/14554 Animal's head; head broad and rounded; taut,
L. 1660 small ears; broken mouth; crack in neck; 2.5
G 17609/2 Body of small bird on pillar; wings, tail and
YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
L. 1136 head broken; pillar rounded; end of base
white slip; traces of red and yellow paint stripes.
broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 2.7; Th.
2.1; Wth. 3.3
El/14658 Animal's head and forequarters; thickened,
L. 1660 wide head; tiny ears; broken, originally
concave mouth; head and body same width; 2.5
YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
white slip; traces of red paint stripes. Lth.
5.5; Th. 4.5; Wth. 4.2
Type Blf2
D 1/905 Pointed head; neck; taut, pointed mouth; 2.5
L. 317 YR 6/6; clay-colored core; remains of white
Fig. 15:8 slip. Lth. 3.2; Th. 1.5/2.4; Wth. 1.5.
E3/ 15509 Bird's head; head rounded; taut, pointed
L. 1911 mouth; small neck; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (1);
Fig. 15:7 0.125-0.25 mm grits; scant remains of white
E2/7168 Thickened head (lamb?); small short mouth;
L. 1411 slightly broken ears on either side of head;
2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); remains of white
slip; two black stripes under mouth and around
neck. Lth. 3.4; Th. 2.5; Wth. 1.6.
Type Blk
Type Big
E3/15721 Head of hippopotamus; long, relatively flat
L. 1933 nose; tip of mouth broadens; applied,
Fig. 14:14 protruding eyes; 2.5 YR 5/6; gray core (1)
PL 5:12,17 (?); remains of white slip. Lth. 4.4; Th. 1.2;
Wth. 1.9/2.2.
G 11968 Animal's head; wide mouth, ajar; holes for
L. 999 nostrils in upper jaw; beginning of ears; head
Fig. 14:15 broken; 5 YR 7/4; gray core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm
PL 5:13,18 grits; few remains of white slip.
H 5105 Ears and neck; front part broken; 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 1012 clay-colored core; few 0.5 mm grits; remains
PL 5:14 of white slip; ear: length 1.9, width 1. Lth.
5.2; Wth. 2.8/2.5.
Type Blh
E 1/8620 Animal's head and neck; thick neck; small ears
L. 1334 on either side of head; one horn broken, other
Fig. 14:8 intact with mass of clay on it; traces of
PL 5:6 paint on head and horn; 5 YR 7/4; light gray
core (2); remains of white slip and red and
yellow paint; ear: width 1.9, length 2.6;
mouth: thickness 1.8, length 2.2. Lth. 5.2;
Wth. 3.4/3.4.
Type Bli
El/6223 Animal's head and neck; ears on either side of
W. 265 head; horns, one broken; mouth intact; 2.5 YR
Fig. 14:16 5/6; black core (1); 0.5-2 mm grits; remains
slip.
El/10073 Animal's head; horns with circular section,
L. 1604 broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (2), few grits;
Fig. 14:17 remains of white slip. Lth. 5.3; Th. 4.0; Wth.
PL 5:7 2.5.
Type Bll
E3/19275 Camel's head, big nose, tiny ears; 2.5 YR 6/6;
Surf. black core (2); remains of white slip. Lth.
Fig. 14:12 5.8; Th. 3.0; Wth. 3.2.
PL 5:10
Type Blm
E 1/5827 Head of animal (ostrich?); button-shaped eyes
L. 680A applied on light-colored circles; eyelashes
Fig. 14:13 painted; hollow head; probably part of
Pl. 5:11 zoomorphic vessel; remains of white slip,
stripes along figurine; 2.5 YR 5/6; claycolored core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits; white slip on
inside. Lth. 5.7; Th. 2.6; Wth. 2.5.
Type B2
G 4992 Animal's mouth, divided into two by incision;
L. 824 2.5 YR 6/8; black core (1); remains of white
slip.
Type B2a
D 1/6709 Head; ears entirely missing; mouth part
L. 374B broken; eyes a 'button' application of clay.
Fig. 16:6
D 1/12554 Thickened head; ears and mouth broken; 'mane'
L. 421 extending from ears to mouth; 2.5 YR 6/6;
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black core (1); remains of white slip. Lth.
5.0; Th. 3.3; Wth. 3.1.
D2/20122 Head; ears entirely missing; mouth halfL. 2316 broken; one eye a 'button' application of
clay; rows of round stab marks on nape of neck
and in front; applied strip of clay along
sides; 5 YR 7/4; core: 10 R 6/6. Lth. 4.0; Th.
1.5; Wth. 2.7.
E 1/9467 Animal's head and neck; long mouth; short
L. 1365 ears; mass of clay between ears and on
Fig. 16:5 forehead (mane?); 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2);
0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
5.1; Wth. 2.8/2.5.
El /16224 Animal's head and neck; details specified;
L. 1612 applied eyes with holes in center; ear with
slit in center; clay line from nape
representing mane; ear and mouth chipped; 2.5
YR 5/8; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth.
4.3; Th. 2.8; Wth. 3.0/2.2.
G 2110 Horse's head and neck; mouth ajar; applied
L. 710 button eyes; pricked ears and mane on
Fig. 16:4 forehead; protruding nostrils; naturalistic
PI. 6:10 style; 10 R 5/6; black core (1); very few grits,
Type B2bl
El /10256 Animal's head; hollow neck; hole representing
L. 1623 mouth; broken ears; stripes of clay applied
Fig. 16:1 under mouth, on forehead and behind ears;
PI. 6:8 harness on both sides of mouth; applied eyes
with holes in center; additional holes
representing nostrils; strip of clay applied
on forehead between eyes; 10 R 5/6; gray core;
0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
4.2; Th. 3.7; Wth. 3.1.
Type B2b2
D 1/6799 Animal's head and neck; broad, open mouth;
L. 365 lower jaw broken; eyes specified by mass of
clay; broken ears; 10 R 5/6; clay-colored core
with dark lens in center; remains of white
slip and yellow paint. Lth. 3.2; Wth. 1.8/1.8.
El/16001 Horse's head and neck; strips of clay on mouth
Surf. and on either side of it (harness); rounded,
Fig. 16:2 concave eyes; mane along spine. Lth. 4.4; Th.
PI. 6:9 2.2; Wth. 2.5/2.3.
El/17285 Entire upper portion missing; ears and eyes;
L. 2035 full, long, thin mouth; neck broken; stab
marks on one side. Lth. 2.5.
Type B2c
0.125-0.25 mm; remains of white slip; mouth:
thickness 1.6, width 1.5, length 2; ear: length 1, B 587 Animal's head; head thickened; ears broken;
L. 122 mouth rounded, slightly concave at corner;
width 0.8. Lth. 5.2; Th. 2.4; Wth. 1.8/2.2.
crack in beginning of neck; 2.5 YR 6/8; gray
G 2330 Head and neck; mouth ajar; pricked ears; mane
core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 2.6; Wth. 3.1.
L. 710 down center; applied button eyes; naturalistic
Fig. 16:3 style; 10 R 5/6; grayish-red core; remains of
PI. 6:11 white slip; mouth: thickness 1.1, width 1.3,
length 1.3; ear: length 1, width 0.5. Lth.
3.6; Th. 2.1; Wth. 1.1/1.0.
Type B2a-c
E3/ 12957 Animal figurine, intact except for legs; head
L. 1 563 almost rectangular; very short ears; small
Fig. 16:15 mouth, broken at side; concave eyes; tail
PI. 7:2 rising, folded and attached to body; 10 R 4/6;
white slip. Lth. 7.2; Th. 2.3; Wth. 3.6.
Type B2al
E 1/2807 Narrow fragment; applied eyes; broken neck;
L. 584 traces of red paint above eyes, on mouth, and
PI. 6:12 on back of head; 10 R 5/6; gray core; some
black in center; remains of white slip and red
paint. Lth. 2.4; Th. 5.2; Wth. 2.1.
E3/ 13033 Narrow head of horse; ears applied to sides,
L. 1562 pointing upward and to rear; trappings and
Fig. 16:16 mane; narrow head characteristic of this type;
PI. 7:3 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
white slip; traces of red paint.
E3/15798 Horse's head (?); clay applied to either side
L. 1935 of top of head; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2);
0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip, red
and yellow paint.
G 4510 Horse's head with mane; head narrow; mouth
L. 787A broken; part of mane broken; base of head
Fig. 16:17 broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); very few
grits, 0.2-0.25 mm; white slip; traces of
paint and red stripes across head.
G 11156 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2); many grits, 0.5-1.5
L. 908 mm; remains of white slip.
Dl/985 Head and neck; broken ears; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 317 grayish-red core; remains of white slip;
mouth: thickness 1.8, width 1.8, length 2.7.
Lth. 3.7; Th. 2.1; Wth. 2.0/2.3.
D 1/12470 Animal's head and neck; short, rounded mouth;
L. 375 pricked ears (one broken); 2.5 YR 6/6; black
core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits, some over 3 mm. Lth.
4.1; Wth. 2.7/2.3.
D 1 /12473 Animal's head and neck; mouth and ears broken;
L. 383 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 2-4 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 5.0; Wth. 3.0/3.0.
D 1/1 2486 Head of small animal; mouth and part of ear
L. 425 broken; pricked ears; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core
(1); 0.5-1 mm grits. Lth. 1.5; Wth. 1.8/1.2.
Dl/12750 Animal's head; mouth, one ear and neck; other
L. 43 1 ear broken; end of neck concave, appearing to
PI. 6:16 be join of neck and body; neck rounded; ears
drawn back; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (1); 0.250.5 mm grits; ear: length 1.3; mouth:
thickness 2, length 2.5. Lth. 6.4; Th. 3.0;
Wth. 3.0.
D2/ 13697 Animal's head and neck; ears broken; corner of
L. 1876 mouth and part of neck broken; 2.5 YR 5/6;
gray core (1); 0.125-0.25 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 5.7; Th. 2.3.
D 2/13966 Animal's head; mouth intact; two pricked ears,
L. 1819 partially broken; neck short and broad; crack
Fig. 16:13 in end of neck; small fragment of body extant;
2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); remains of white
slip. Lth. 5.2; Th. 2.3; Wth. 3.0/2.3.
D2/ 14080 Animal's head; mouth broken; pricked ears;
L. 1834 crack in neck; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2);
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5/8; black core; remains of white slip. Lth.
7.2/3.5; Th. 2.06/1.7; Wth. 3.15/2.4/2.1.
0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
4.0; Th. 2.6; Wth. 2.8.
D2/14159 Animal's head; mouth and one ear broken; other
L. 1846 ear pricked; figurine presumably corroded by
D2/20974 Animal's head and neck; ears broken; mouth
L. 2755 intact; no facial details specified; 2.5 YR
5/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 4.23; Th. 1.74;
Wth. 1.95/2.54.
water (?); 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5
mm grits; scant remains of white slip. Lth.
4.0; Th. 2.3; Wth. 2.5.
D2/14161 Animal's head; mouth and ears broken; 5 YR
L. 1836 7/6; gray core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits.
D2/20990 Animal's hindquarters; one leg stump, bottom
L. 2705 of other leg broken; tail broken almost from
base; flat back; 2.5 YR 5/6; gray core (1);
remains of white slip (?). Lth. 3.7; Th. 2.15;
D2/14173 Animal's head; ears missing; corner of mouth
L. 1886 broken; 2.5 YR 5/6. Lth. 5.2/3.7; Wth.
3.2/2.6.
D2/20205 Animal's head and neck; mouth and ears broken;
L. 2322 no facial details specified; 2.5 YR 6/6; black
core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white
slip, traces of red paint. Lth. 4.4; Th. 2.15;
Wth. 2.2/2.4.
Wth. 3.7.
El/2631 Animal's head and neck; ears missing; 5 YR
L. 565 7/4; gray core; white slip on most of
figurine. Lth. 4.1; Th. 1.7; Wth. 2.2/1.7.
El/3383 Head, front portion broken; ear broken; yellow
L. 617 stripe under ear; paint stripes on neck: red,
yellow, red; 5 YR 7/6; grayish-black core (2);
few 0.25-0.5 mm grits; completely covered with
white slip. Lth. 4.2; Wth. 2.7/2.9.
D2/20214 Animal's head and neck; one part broken; one
L. 2324 ear pricked and short; long, broken, mouth; no
facial details specified; 2.5 YR 6/6; black
core (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 3.0;
Wth. 1.7.
El/3384 Animal's head; one side broken; one ear
L. 609 broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); very few
D2/20224 Animal's head and neck; mouth and ears broken;
L. 2323 no facial details specified; 2.5 YR 6/6; black
core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip and red paint (stripes on nose). Lth.
3.6; Th. 1.65; Wth. 1.6/2.1.
D2/20258 Head and neck; mouth and ears missing; coarse
L. 2324 material; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); many
0.5-1 mm grits. Lth. 4.4; Th. 2.8; Wth.
3.0/3.9.
D2/20339 Animal's head and neck; ears small, pricked;
L. 2323 one ear broken; mouth small; no facial details
specified; part of neck broken; red painted
stripe on head; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2);
0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip and
red paint. Lth. 3.3; Th. 1.0; Wth. 1.3/1.7.
D2/20350 Animal's head and neck; ears broken; large
L. 23 1 1 mouth with round, flat tip; no facial details
specified; 2.5 YR 4/8; black core (1); 0.5-1
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 3.0; Th.
1.5; Wth. 1.35/1.6.
grits, 0.25-0.5 mm; remains of white slip;
mouth: thickness 1.5, width 1.8, length 2.2;
ear: length 1.6, width 1.2. Lth. 2.5; Th. 2.4;
Wth. 2.4/2.2.
El/3498 Head and neck; mouth and ear broken; 2.5 YR
L. 1310 6/6; black core (1); many coarse 0.5-4 mm
grits; mouth: thickness 1.3, width 1.4, length
1.9. Lth. 3.9; Th. 2.7; Wth. 3.3/3.0.
E 1/3663 Head and small fragment of neck; one ear
L. 618 missing; 5 YR 8/4; clay-colored core; 0.25-1
mm grits. Lth. 2.7; Th. 1.6; Wth. 2.0/2.2.
E 1/3744 Head; ear broken; mouth intact, coarsely
L. 618 worked; 5 YR 7/6; black core (2); few 0.5-1 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 1.8; Wth.
2.6.
El/3748 Head and neck: broken mouth and ears; traces
L. 619 of red and yellow stripes on rear of head; 2.5
YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.25-1 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 5.9; Th. 2.4; Wth.
3.0/2.7.
El/3989 Animal's head; ears broken; mouth intact; 2.5
D2/20587 Fragment of animal's body; legs, tail and neck
L. 663A . YR 6/6; grayish-black core (2); remains of
L. 2707 broken; back slightly convex; 5 YR 7/6; black
core (2); remains of white slip. Lth. 4.85;
Th. 2.75; Wth. 2.65.
D2/20627 Animal's head (?); ears and mouth broken from
L. 2708 base; ears worn, though white paint hides
damage; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (2); 0.25-0.5
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 4.7; Th.
2.2; Wth. 2.4/2.9.
D2/20677 Animal's head and neck; mouth intact but
L. 2711 damaged; top portion of head broken; 2.5 YR
5/6; clay-colored core; many 0.5-1 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 4.75; Th. 2.3;
Wth. 2.4/2.6.
D2/20801 Animal's body, neck and head; ears small and
L. 2711 pricked (one broken); mouth broken; no facial
Fig. 16:11 details specified; base of four legs; 2.5 YR
white slip. Lth. 2.2; Wth. 2.2
El/4003 Head and neck: ear and mouth missing; 2.5 YR
L. 652 6/8; black core (1); very few 0.125-0.5 mm
grits; traces of white slip; ear: length 1.3,
width 1. Lth. 5.2; Th. 2.4; Wth. 3.1/2.5.
El/4125 Head and neck; ears and mouth broken; 2.5 YR
Surf. 6/6; black core (1); very few 0.25-0.5 mm
grits; remains of white slip.
El/4190 Head and small part of neck; ears broken; 2.5
L. 1643 YR 6/6; gray core; many 0.5-1 mm grits; mouth:
thickness 1.8, width 2.1, length 2.6. Lth.
2.7; Th. 2.5; Wth. 2.8/2.7.
El/6279 Animal's head; mouth intact; pricked ears;
L. 1270 crack in beginning of neck; 2.5 YR 6/6; black
core (2); remains of white slip.
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El/6325 Animal's head and neck; ears and mouth broken;
L. 1270 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip.
El/7990 Animal's head, neck and part of body; ears and
L. 1305 mouth broken; brown clay; 2.5 YR 5/8; black
core (1); few 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 3.1; Th. 2.4; Wth. 1.8.
El/8563 Animal's head and neck; body cracked; face and
W. 276 ears broken; base of legs extant; 2.5 YR 6/6;
black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip (slightly charred). Lth. 6.2; Wth. 2.6.
E 1/9422 Horse's head and neck; elongated mouth; one
L. 1324 ear completely broken; other ear partially
broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); remains of
white slip. Lth. 5.0; Wth. 3.3/2.9.
E 1/9463 Animal's head and neck; mouth and ears
L. 1381 partially broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; clay-colored
core; many grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
4.0; Wth. 2.6/2.5.
El/9506 Horse's head, neck, and beginning of body;
L. 1324 ears broken; mouth rounded, beginning of one
leg; 5 YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 6.2; Wth.
3.0/2.6.
E 1/9890 Horse's head and neck; ears broken; rounded
L. 1392 mouth; 5 YR 7/6; light gray core (1); 0.5-1.5
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 5.6;
Wth. 3.2/2.6.
E 1/9895 Upper portion of animal's head (from forehead
L. 1392 up); only base of ears extant; 2.5 YR 6/4;
black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Th. 1.6;
Wth. 2.4.
El/9960 Horse's head and neck; one ear broken; other
L. 1602 ear pricked; short mouth; 2.5 YR 5/6; black
core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 3.5; Wth. 2.5/2.5.
El /10001 Animal's head and neck; mouth and ears
L. 1393 completely broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2);
0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip (?).
Lth. 5.0; Wth. 3.3/3.0.
El/10035 Animal's head and neck; brown clay; ears
L. 1604 broken; rounded, short mouth; 2.5 YR 6/6;
black core; remains of white slip. Lth. 4.5;
broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm
grits (also smaller particles); remains of
white slip.
El /10433 Animal's head and neck; mouth rounded; ears
L. 1604 broken; neck thickened; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
(1); remains of white slip. Lth. 6.1; Th. 3.3;
Wth. 3.5/2.7.
El/ 10453 Animal's head; mouth broken; pricked ears; one
L. 1604 ear slightly broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; dark gray
core (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 3.2;
Wth. 2.7.
El /10520 Animal's head; mouth rounded; pricked ears
L. 1604 (one broken); crack in neck; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray
Fig. 16:10 core (2);0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 3.7; Th. 2.3; Wth. 2.9/2.7.
El/10539 Animal's head; long, rounded mouth; ears
L. 1618 broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm
grits; scant remains of white slip. Lth. 2.1.
E 1/10540 Top portion of animal's head; ears survive;
L. 1604 mouth and neck broken; pricked ears; 2.5 YR
5/6; clay-colored core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
scant remains of white slip.
E 1/10544 Animal's head; mouth partially broken; one ear
L. 1604 broken; other ear pricked; crack in neck; 2.5
YR 5/6; black core (1); scant remains of white
slip. Lth. 4.1; Th. 2.4; Wth. 2.2.
El/10638 Animal's head; rounded, long mouth; ears
L. 1646 broken; thin head; neck widens out; 10 YR 4/6;
black core (1); scant remains of white slip.
Lth. 3.3; Th. 2.2; Wth. 2.2.
El/10662 Animal's head; small, rounded mouth;
L. 1636 incomplete, pricked ears; crack at end of
neck; 5 YR 6/4; clay-colored core; 0.125-0.25
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 4.2; Th.
2.0; Wth. 2.5.
El /10733 Thickened, coarsely made animal's head; mouth
L. 1646 and one ear broken; crack in neck; pricked
ear; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (2); 0.5-1 mm
grits (also some 2-4 mm). Lth. 4.0; Th. 2.8;
Wth. 3.0.
El/10782 Animal's head; mouth drawn outward; ears
L. 1646 broken; narrow neck; 10 R 4/6; black core (1);
scant remains of white slip. Lth. 3.2; Th.
2.-2; Wth. 1.9.
Wth. 1.7/1.8,
El/10184 Animal's head; tip of mouth broken; ears
L. 1625 broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); white
slip, traces of red and yellow paint. Lth.
4.0; Th. 1.8; Wth. 2.5.
El /10261 Animal's head; mouth broken; pricked ears
L. 1604 (broken at tip); 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
few 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip,
yellow paint on mouth. Lth. 5.5; Th. 3.0;
Wth. 3.3.
El/ 10264 Animal's head; mouth and ears broken;
L. 1626 apparently small animal; clay-colored core;
remains of white slip. Lth. 3.2; Th. 2.4; Wth. 2.6.
El/10335 Animal's head and forequarters; small, narrow
L. 1618 head; small, broken ears; mouth broken; narrow
neck, widening out; stout, rounded body; legs
El/11360 Animal's head; thickened mouth; ears broken;
Surf. 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits.
Lth. 3.6; Th. 2.2; Wth. 2.8.
El /16231 Animal's head and part of neck; ears
L. 2024A completely broken; mouth rounded with flat
tip; 5 YR 7/4; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 3.5; Th.
2.2; Wth. 2.6/2.7.
El/ 16247 Animal's head; ears and mouth broken; 2.5 YR
L. 2028 6/6; gray core (2); remains of white slip.
Lth. 2.8; Th. 2.0; Wth. 2.2.
El/16283 Animal's head and neck; rear part of head and
L. 2028 neck broken; mouth large and thickened; 2.5 YR
5/8; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 5.8.
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El/16583 Animal's head; almost completely round mouth;
L. 2047 thickening at either side of head; 5 YR 7/3;
PI. 6:5 clay-colored core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
burnished (?). Lth. 6.7; Th. 2/2.1/3.6; Wth.
3.1/2.4/2.7.
El/16584 Animal's head and neck; one ear broken at tip;
L. 2116 mouth rounded; 2.5 YR 4/6; black core (1);
remains of white slip. Lth. 4.7; Th. 2.2; Wth.
2.6/2.4/2.8.
El/ 16854 Animal's head and neck; mouth and part of ears
L. 2035 broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.3; Th. 2.6.
El /16925 Animal's head; ears and mouth broken; neck
L. 2062 rounded; 2.5 YR 6/4; black core (1); 0.25-0.5
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 4.0; Th.
2.5; Wth. 2.4/2.6.
E 1/1 9586 Animal's head and neck; one side of head
L. 2122 broken; ears missing; large mouth, pointing
downward; no facial details specified; 2.5 YR
L. 544 one missing; 2.5 YR 6/8; black core (2); 0.250.5 mm grits; remains of white slip; mouth:
thickness 1.8, width 2, length 2.5. Lth. 5.0;
Wth. 3.0/2.8.
E2/2844 Animal's head; mouth and ears broken; 5 YR
L. 1460 7/4; gray core (1); 0.25-1 mm grits; remains
of white slip(?). Lth. 2.3; Wth. 3.4.
E2/3372 Head and neck: one ear completely broken;
L. 601 other ear broken in half; mouth broken; 2.5 YR
6/6; black core (2); 0.25-1 mm grits; remains
of white slip. Lth. 5.8; Th. 2.4; Wth. 2.8/2.4.
E2/7250 Animal's head; mouth intact; thickening at
L. 1431 edge; ears broken; crack in neck; 10 R 5/6;
black core (1); remains of white slip. Lth.
3.8; Wth. 2.7/2.6.
E2/ 12089 Animal's head and neck; long mouth; ears
L. 1496 broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; light gray core (2); 0.5-1
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 3.8;
Wth. 3.0/2.1.
5/6; black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
E2/12183 Animal's head, neck and beginning of body;
white slip. Lth. 4.8; Th. 1.5; Wth. 1.5/2.0.
L. 1709 mouth and one ear completely broken; tip of
E 1/20 125 Animal's head and neck; mouth broken; ears
Surf. partially broken; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (1);
0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
5.1; Th. 2.2; Wth. 2.9/3.5.
El/20358 Animal's head; extremely long mouth; pricked
Surf. ears (one completely broken, the other one
partially broken); no facial details specified;
2.5 YR 6/6; clay-colored core; 0.5-1 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 2.0; Wth. 2.0.
E2/ 1226/1 Head and neck; mouth missing; 2.5 YR 6/6; no
L. 510 grits; black core (1); traces of white slip;
mouth: thickness 1.8, width 2.1, length 2.6.
Lth. 4.6; Th. 2.6; Wth. 1.8/2.7.
E2/1645 Head and neck; head defective; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 510 black core (1); few 0.25-1 mm grits; remains
of white slip (?). Lth. 6.1; Th. 2.3; Wth. 3.8/3.0.
E2/1834 Head; one ear missing; 10 R 5/6; grayish-black
L. 1489 core; white slip on head; mouth: thickness
2.2, width 1.9, length 2.3; ear: length 1.5,
width 1.2. Lth. 3.0; Th. 2.3; Wth. 2.7/2.7.
E2/1842 Head and part of neck: ears missing; 2.5 YR
L. 536 6/6; gray core; few 0.2-0.25 mm grits; remains
of white slip; mouth: thickness 2.2, width
1.9, length 2.3; ear: length 1.5, width 1.2.
Lth. 3.0; Th. 2.3; Wth. 2.7/2.7.
E2/ 186 1/2 Head and small portion of neck; 5 YR 7/4;
L. 546 grayish-black core (1); mouth: thickness 1.8,
width 1.7, length 3.1; ear: length 1.1, width
1.2. Lth. 2.7; Th. 1.9; Wth. 2.3/2.6.
E2/1874 Head and neck; ears and mouth missing; 2.5 YR
L. 1489 6/6; gray core (2); 0.25-1 mm grits; remains
of white slip.; Th. 5.9; Th. 2.9; Wth. 3.1/2.1.
E2/1912 Head and neck: ears and mouth missing; 2.5 YR
L. 544 6/6; grayish-black core (2); 0.5-2 mm grits;
remains of white slip, painted red; mouth:
thickness 2.3, width 2.5, length 3.4. Lth.
6.3; Th. 2.7; Wth. 3.2/3.1.
E2/1999 Head and part of neck; one ear broken, other
other ear broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2);
0.5-2 mm grits; remains of white slip; ear:
width 1.5, length 1.6. Lth. 6.5; Wth. 3.5/3.1.
E3/ 12808 Animal's head and neck; ears broken; long,
L. 1557 rounded mouth; 5 YR 7/4; black core (2);
remains of white slip. Lth. 3.4; Wth. 2.7/2.5.
E3/ 13074 Animal's head; mouth and one ear broken; other
L. 1588 ear pricked; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); many
0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
5.1; Th. 2.2; Wth. 3.2.
E3/15580 Animal's head; corner of mouth broken; part of
L. 1920 neck broken; pricked ears; neck broadening
downward; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 2.3; Th.
1.7; Wth. 1.7/2.0.
E3/ 15603 Animal's head and part of neck; ears broken;
L. 1923 corner of mouth broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core
(1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 3.1; Wth. 2.1/2.4.
E3/ 15637 Animal's head and part of neck; ears
L. 1923 completely broken; mouth rounded; 2.5 YR 6/6;
gray core (1); remains of white slip. Lth.
3.2; Wth. 2.5.
E3/ 15666 Animal's head and part of neck; ears and part
L. 1923 of head broken; tip of mouth broken; corner of
mouth pointed; 2.5 YR 6/8; black core (2);
0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
6.3; Th. 2.3; Wth. 2.5/3.0.
E3/15773 Animal's head and neck; mouth broken; ear
L. 1936 partially broken; pricked ears; neck rounded;
2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 3.8; Th. 2.2; Wth. 2.2.
E3/ 15785 Animal's head and neck; one ear completely
L. 1944 broken; tip of other ear and corner of mouth
broken; 2.5 YR 6/8; black core (2); 0.25-0.5
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 6.4; Th.
2.7; Wth. 2.9/3.1.
E3/15864 Animal's head and neck; ears and mouth broken;
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L. 1934 neck broad; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.5-1
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 6.4; Th.
2.4; Wth. 2.7/3.7.
E3/ 19089 Animal's head; ears missing; short, rounded
L. 2402/3 mouth; no facial details specified; 2.5 YR
6/6; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains
of white slip. Lth. 2.7; Th. 2.0; Wth. 1.9/2.0.
G 2006/1 Head and neck; ears missing; 10 R 5/6; black
L. 701 core (1); very few 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 5.0; Th. 2.9; Wth. 3.0.
G 2120 Head and neck; mouth survived; ears missing;
L. 717 10 R 4/6; black core (1); remains of white
slip. Lth. 2.8; Th. 2.6; Wth. 2.7.
G 2197 Head and neck; ears missing; 5 YR 6/6; gray
L. 732 core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 3.5; Th. 2.4; Wth. 2.0/2.1.
G 2548 Head and long neck; ears; 2.5 YR 6/6; black
L. 742 core (1); few 0.125-0.25 mm grits; remains of
white slip; ear: length 1.2, width 1.2. Lth.
5.9; Th. 2.1; Wth. 2.5/2.2.
G 4268 Head, neck and part of body; ears missing;
L. 727 short mouth; 2.5 YR 6/6; grayish-black core
(2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 2.2; Wth. 1.6.
G 4307 Head, mouth and neck; ears missing; 2.5 YR
L. 761 6/6; black core (1); 0.125-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip; mouth: thickness 1.5,
width 1.5, length 2.4. Lth. 3.6; Th. 2.1; Wth.
2.2/2.1.
G 4788 Animal's head and body; thick body; small head
L. 823 in relation to body; no neck; head applied to
body; mouth intact; ears broken; 7.5 YR 7/4;
gray core (1); external side burnt (?). Lth.
4.4; Th. 2.1; Wth. 2.5/3.7.
G 4930 Animal's head and forequarters broken; crack
L. 798 at beginning of body; mouth and one ear
completely broken; other ear partially
survived; 10 R 6/6; black core (1); very few
0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
6.3; Wth. 3.5/2.8.
G 4947 Animal's head and neck; one ear broken; other
L. 824 ear pricked; 2.5 YR 6/8; black core (1); few
1-2 mm grits; remains of white slip; mouth:
length 2.1, width 1.8, thickness 2.5. Lth.
4.6; Th. 2.8; Wth. 2.4/1.3.
G 5559 Horse's head and neck; ears broken; part of
L. 804 mouth broken; 10 R 6/6; black core (2); 0.5-1
mm grits; remains of white slip, broad red and
yellow painted stripes. Lth. 5.7; Th. 2.1;
Wth. 3.4/2.6.
G 5750 Animal's head and neck; face intact; pricked
L. 872 ears; broad neck; 5 YR 7/3; black core (2);
few 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 4.1; Th. 3.3.
G 8189 Animal's head; intact mouth, which gradually
L. 881 thickens; ears broken; broadening neck; 10 R
5/6; black core (1); many 0.5-2 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 5.3; Wth. 3.0/2.9.
G 11083 Animal's head and neck; beginning of body and
L. 886 leg stumps; mouth and ears completely broken;
2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 5.5; Wth. 3.5/2.8.
G 11137 Animal's head; one ear broken; other ear
L. 918 pricked; long mouth; 5 YR 7/6; clay-colored
core; remains of white slip. Lth. 1.8; Wth. 2.2.
G 1 1 160 Animal's head, neck and beginning of body;
L. 920 mouth and ears broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
(1); 0.5-2 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 7.9; Wth. 3.5/3.2.
G 11269 Slightly thickened animal's head; ears and
L. 927 mouth broken; 2.5 YR 6/4; clay-colored core;
darker lens in center; 0.5-3 mm grits; remains
of white slip. Lth. 3.2; Wth. 2.5/2.4.
G 11390 Animal's head and neck; mouth thickened; ears
L. 950 missing; clay mass (rider's hand?) applied to
ear on left of head, but not on right; 2.5 YR
5/8; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth.
4.1; Th. 2.3; Wth. 2.8.
G 11406 Animal's head; thickened mouth; ears shaped by
L. 960 stretching and pinching the clay (not by long
pinches); 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 3.7; Th.
2.7; Wth. 2.1.
G 11435 Animal's head; long, rounded mouth; ears
L. 960 broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 3.8; Th.
2.4; Wth. 2.5.
G 1 1453 Animal's head and forequarters; head and mouth
L. 975 raised; ears broken; rounded, slightly
concave, mouth; short neck; one leg broken;
2.5 YR 6/4-6/2; gray core (1); remains of
white slip. Lth. 2.8; Th. 1.6; Wth. 2.9/1.6.
G 11463 Animal's head; mouth and ears broken; crack in
L. 903 end of neck; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1);
remains of white slip. Lth. 5.4; Th. 2.8; Wth.
4.1/2.7.
G 11675 Animal's head and beginning of body; elongated
L. 964 mouth; one ear short and pricked; other ear
missing; neck broadens downward; signs of
appliqué on body, close to neck; 2.5 YR 5/8;
black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; scant remains
of white slip. Lth. 5.6; Th. 2.2; Wth. 2.5/3.2.
G 15465 Animal's head and neck; mouth and part of one
L. 1114 ear broken; other ear pricked; 2.5 YR 5/6;
black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.9; Th. 2.6; Wth. 3.1/3.2.
G 15487 Animal's head; ears and part of neck broken;
L. 1114 2.5 YR 7/3; gray core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 4.1; Wth. 1.8/1.8.
G 17554/1 Animal's head and part of neck; tips of ears
L. 1122A broken; mouth broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core
(1); 0.125-0.25 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 4.1; Th. 2.1; Wth. 2.5/2.5.
G 17559 Animal's head and beginning of neck; ears
L. 1122A pricked; mouth rounded; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
(2); 1-2 mm grits; remains of white slip;
mouth: thickness 1.8, length 2.3. Lth. 3.2;
Th. 2.2; Wth. 2.2/2.6.
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H 5049 Animal's head; upper half of head; mouth
L. 1008 broken; straight, pricked ears; 7.5 YR 7/4;
6/6; light-colored core; 0.2-0.25 mm grits;
white slip, red and yellow painted stripes.
Lth. 6.5; Wth. 3.1/2.8.
remains of white slip.
H 5110 Head and neck; traces of application of head
L. 1011 to body; one ear missing; 5 YR 6/6; 0.25-0.5
mm grits; mouth: thickness 1.7, width 1.6,
length 1.6; ear: length 1.4, width 1. Lth.
2.1; Th. 2.2; Wth. 2.6/2.4.
H 5302 Head and neck; ears and mouth survived; traces
L. 1039 of damage at place where head was applied to
Fig. 16:9 body; 2.5 YR 5/6; reddish core with black
PI. 6:14 center; few 0.125-0.25 mm grits; scant remains
Type B2c-a
El/19594 Head and neck; mouth and ears missing; front
L. 2128 portion of lower neck broken; mane on nape;
2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); traces of white
slip. Lth. 7.8; Th. 2.6; Wth. 2.5/2.8.
G 8180 Horse's head and part of neck; pricked ears;
L. 901 mouth intact; pinched behind neck (indicating
mane?); 10 R 5/6; black core (2); 0.5-1 mm
grits; remains of white slip, red painted
of white slip. Lth. 4.1; Wth. 2.7/2.6.
H 5460 Head and neck; ears missing; 10 R 5/6; black
L. 1051 core (1); very few grits; 0.25-1 mm grits;
mouth: thickness 2.2, width 2.2, length 2.8.
Lth. 3.8; Th. 2.5; Wth. 3.6/3.2.
Type B2c?
D2/14154 Animal's head; crack in tip of mouth and in
L. 1844 neck; one ear almost completely intact
(pricked); other ear missing; clay applied on
either side of head, extending to the back
(rider's hands?); 2.5 YR 5/4; black core (1);
0.5-1 mm grits; scant remains of white slip.
D2/20259 Animal's head (?); face completely destroyed,
L. 2324 but shape of rear part suggests an animal; 5
YR 7/4; black core (1); 1-2 mm grits. Lth.
4.0; Th. 1.0; Wth. 2.5.
El/10148 Fragment of animal's head; ears broken off;
L. 1602 mouth broken; 2.5 YR 5/4; black core (1);
white 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 3.0; Th. 2.5;
Wth. 2.8.
El /10206 Animal's head; mouth broken; pricked ears,
L. 1611 defective at rear; crack in neck; 2.5 YR 5/6;
clay-colored core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits.
El/ 14371 Animal's head; both ears pricked; side of
L. 1618 mouth broken; crack in neck; strip of clay
applied to mouth (harness?); 2.5 YR 5/6; black
core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip.
El/16606 Animal's head; ears and most of mouth broken;
L. 2046 neck broken off; 2.5 YR5/8; gray core (2);
0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 2.8.
E2/1770 Thick neck; narrow mouth; upper part of head
L. 519 missing; 5 YR 6/6; black core (1); almost
entire region covered with white slip and red
and yellow paint stripes along neck. Lth. 4.5;
Th. 2.5/3.8; Wth. 1.5.
E2/2736 Animal's head; ears and mouth broken; 2.5 YR
L. 563 6/6; core: 7.5 YR 7/4; few 0.25-0.5 mm grits.
Lth. 2.8; Wth. 2.4.
E2/3530 Mouth and neck; entire rear portion of head
L. 1489 broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); coarse
0.5-2 mm grits; remains of white slip.
E3/ 12963 Animal's head; one side missing; beginning of
L. 1557 mouth; ears missing; negative of originally
applied rider's hand on right side of head;
2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); white slip.
G 11049 Animal's head, neck and beginning of body;
L. 906 ears, mouth and legs completely broken; 10 R
stripe at beginning of mouth (presumably
harness). Lth. 3.1; Th. 2.6.
Type B2cl
E 1/34 18 Head, neck and ears; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
L. 619 (2); few 0.2-0.25 mm grits; white slip; red
Fig. 16:8 stripes above mouth, around ears and on neck;
PI. 6:13 yellow stripe under ear. Lth. 3.4; Th. 2.0;
Wth. 2.2/2.0.
E 1/9377 Animal's head and neck; long, rounded mouth;
L. 1376 ears broken; 2.5 YR 6/4; gray core (2); white
Fig. 16:7 slip, red and yellow painted stripes across
mouth. Lth. 3.4; Wth. 2.2/2.0.
El/9637 Hollow head of animal; mouth broken; small,
L. 1381 pricked ears; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.52 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 3.5;
Wth. 3.0.
Type B2d
D2/20327 Head of horse; zoomorphic vessel; facial
L. 2309 details specified by painting; white slip, red
Fig. 15:11 and black paint.
PI. 6:7
D2/21062 Head of horse; zoomorphic vessel; facial
L. 2759 details specified; button eyes; ears appear
Fig. 15:12 folded; mouth ajar; neck with rope-like
stripes; base of neck broadens slightly; 2.5
YR 6/6. Lth. 3.6; Th. 2.33/1.9; Wth. 1.75/2.2.
E 1/36 15 Hollow mouth of animal; 5 YR 7/4; clay-colored
L. 618 core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip; spout opening: 0.4. Lth. 3.2; Wth. 1.7.
El/9352 Animal's head; part of zoomorphic vessel;
L. 1394 hollow, round mouth; base of neck greatly
Fig. 15:13 " widens; traces of soot on part of neck;
PI. 6:6 applied eyes; ears broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; claycolored core; many 0.125-0.25 mm grits;
traces of soot. Lth. 4.0; Th. 3.2; Wth. 2.4.
E3/ 19043 Head; part of zoomorphic vessel; one eye
L. 1957 engraved; two crossed lines above round mouth;
top portion of head and neck missing; 5 YR
7/4; gray core (1); burnished. Lth. 3.3;
Wth. 3.3.
G 2208/1 Spout of hollow vessel; applied button eyes;
L. 725 thin layer colored 7.5 YR 8/2; 2.5 YR 6/6
core; many 0.25-2 mm grits; width of spout
opening: 0.6. Lth. 3.6; Wth. 2.5.
G 2278 Animal's head; beginning of legs; hollow; thin
L. 727 grayish (7.5 YR 8/2) covering layer; 2.5 YR
7/4 core; many 0.25-2 mm grits. Lth. 3.3.
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Type B2e-f
Type B2e
Dl/6715 Horse's head; ears and mouth broken; traces of
L. 376 rider's hands applied on either side of head;
El/3485 Head and neck; tip of mouth broken; one ear
L. 62 IB missing; remains of application (end of
rider?); gray core; 0.25^ mm grits; white
slip covering entire region, painted red and
yellow. Lth. 3.0; Th. 2.2; Wth. 2.6/3.2.
10 R 5/6; black core (1); 0.5-2 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 6.5; Th. 2.3;
Wth. 3.4.
El /61 31 Horse's head; ears and mouth broken; traces ofType B2f
El/16056 Animal's head and neck; tips of ears broken;
L. 1222 rider's hands applied on either side of head;
W. 241 mouth rounded, intact; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
2.5 YR 6/6; dark gray core (2); coarse 0.25-3
PI. 6:17 (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; white slip, traces of
mm grits. Lth. 4.2; Th. 2.8; Wth. 3.3.
El/6350 Probably animal's head and neck; traces of
L. 1358 rider's hands (?) applied on either side of
neck; mouth and ears broken; 7.5 YR 7/4; gray
core; burnt on outside. Lth. 5.6; Wth. 2.5.
El/8653 Horse's head; ears and mouth broken; traces of
L. 1321 rider's hands applied to either side of head;
7.5 YR 7/6; black core; burnt on outside (or
chemical erosion?). Lth. 6.9; Wth. 3.4.
El/14565 Animal's head and neck; mouth, one ear and
L. 1650 side of head missing; fragment of rider's hand
applied to mouth on side with ear; neck widens
to body; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5
mm grits; white slip. Lth. 5.6; Th. 2.6.
E2/7009 Animal's head; ears pricked and intact; mouth
L. 1402 broken in middle; broad neck; traces of
rider's hands (?) applied on either side of
head; 10 R 5/6; black core (2); 0.5-1 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 5.1; Wth.
3.4/3.1.
G 2039 Head; broken ears and mouth; 2.5 YR 6/6; black
L. 710 core (1); no grits evident. Lth. 3.4; Th. 2.4;
Wth. 2.3/3.3.
G 2164 Animal's head, neck and part of body; traces
L. 724 of rider on body; ears broken; one hand
Fig. 16:12 applied below ear; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
PI. 6:15 0.5-1 mm grits; few quartz grits; remains of
white paint. Lth. 3.7/6.7; Th. 2.4/2.2; Wth.
4.4/2.3.
G 2319 Head with mouth; ears missing; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 710 gray core; 0.25-1 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 2.5; Wth. 2.4.
G 5514 Head, neck and part of body; mouth and ears
L. 827 broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.5-1.5 mm
grits. Lth. 4.9; Th. 2.7; Wth. 2.9.
G 11214 Animal's head and neck; mouth rounded; one ear
L. 928 completely broken; tip of other ear broken;
remains of rider(?) applied to either side of
head; 5 YR 7/4; black core (1); 0.5-2 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 3.9; Wth.
2.2/2.3.
Type B2e?
D 1/6747 Animal's head and neck; ears and mouth broken;
L. 385 neck broadens toward body; 2.5 YR 5/6; black
core (1); 0.5-1.5 mm grits. Lth. 6.0; Th. 3.2;
Wth. 2.3.
E3/ 19063 Probably animal's head; face broken(?);
L. 2402/2 rider's hands applied to sides (?); 2.5 YR
6/6; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains
of white slip. Lth. 3.0; Th. 2.0; Wth. 1.9.
red and yellow painted stripes on nose. Lth.
3.7; Th. 2.0; Wth. 2.9/2.8.
E2/1738 Head, ears and long mouth; 5 YR 7/6; clay-
L. 519 colored core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip, red and yellow paint. Lth. 2.0;
Wth. 2.3.
E2/1802 Head and neck; mouth missing; 5 YR 7/6; dark
L. 1489 gray core; white slip, red and yellow painted
stripes. Lth. 3.7; Th. 2.0; Wth. 2.5/2.7.
Type B2?
El/10099 Animal's head; very long mouth; ears broken
L. 1602 off; 2.5 YR 6/6; light-colored core; many
grits, 0.5-1 mm; white slip, traces of red and
yellow painted stripes across mouth.
Type B3a
D 1/892 Intact body; stumps of legs; neck rounded;
L. 317 prominent tail, applied between legs; 2.5 YR
6/6; black core (1); few 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
scant remains of white slip. Lth. 8.6; Th.
2.8; Wth. 4.1.
D 1/1 140 Almost full-length body; legs missing; neck
L. 328 and tail extant; back rounded; 2.5 YR 6/8;
grayish-black core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 9.6; Th. 5.1; Wth. 3.2.
D 1/6664 Body and neck; head missing; tail and legs
L. 367 broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 8.8;
Th. 4.0/3.4; Wth. 5.2.
D 1/6793 Full-length body; head and neck missing; legs
L. 386 broken; tail extended slightly and folded to
side; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.5-1 mm
grits. Lth. 7.9; Th. 2.2; Wth. 4.4.
D 1/12637 Almost intact body of horse; head and legs
L. 431 missing; tail rising slightly, then falling
(applied to body); brownish-red clay with
small grits; 2.5 YR 5/6; gray core (2); 0.1250.25 mm grits. Lth. 5.8; Th. 2.2; Wth. 2.4.
D 1/1 3305 Full-length animal's body; neck and legs
L. 469 broken; tail rising slightly, applied to body;
10 R 4/8; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 11.5; Th. 3.7;
Wth. 5.2/4.2.
D2/13529 Animal's body; crack in legs and neck; tip of
L. 1888 tail broken; flat body; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core
(1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip.
D2/ 13732 Animal's body; crack in legs and neck; tail
L. 1890 rising slightly, then falling, applied to body
between legs; small, rounded body; 2.5 YR 5/8;
gray core (2); remains of white slip (?). Lth.
6.2; Th. 2.5; Wth. 3.1.
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D2/14108 Full-length body; beginning of neck; legs and
L. 1834 tail broken; 2.$ YR 5/6; black core (1);
remains of white slip, few traces of yellow
paint. Lth. 7.2; Th. 2.1; Wth. 4.3.
D2/20156 Body; neck missing; one fore leg intact; tail
L. 2319 broken, but with discernible base; 2.5 YR 6/6;
remains of white slip; leg: width 0.75, length
1.5. Lth. 4.6; Th. 1.35; Wth. 1.9.
D2/21017 Full-length body; hind legs and tail; fore
L. 2759 legs broken; neck broken; thin body; 10 R 6/6;
black core (1?). Lth. 7.0; Th. 2.21; Wth.
2.8/2.0.
El Intact body; head and legs missing; drawn tail
Surf. extending outwards, broken at tip; 5 YR 6/4;
gray core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Th. 6.7
E 1/3475 Full-length body; stumps of legs; beginning of
L. 618 neck; flat back; 5 YR 8/4; gray core (1); 0.5-
light-colored core. Lth. 9.1; Th. 2.6/2.2;
Wth. 3.5/3.2.
El /10364 Almost intact body; beginning of neck; hind
L. 1610 legs broken; tail apparently was applied, now
broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm
grits. Lth. 5.3; Th. 2.1/2.2; Wth. 3.7.
El/10686 Full-length body; neck and tail broken; 2.5 YR
L. 1636 6/6; black core (1); remains of white slip.
Lth. 7.2; Th. 2.3; Wth. 4.2/3.6.
E2/3085 Almost intact body; head and legs missing;
L. 1485 thickened body; tip of tail broken; 2.5 YR
5/6; black core (1); coarse 0.5 to 4-5 mm
grits. Lth. 9.4; Th. 3.4; Wth. 4.4.
E2/ 12048 Almost intact body of horse; head and legs
L. 1467 missing; tip of tail broken; 2.5 YR 4/6; black
core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 8.4; Wth. 3.3/2.8.
E2/ 12251 Almost complete body of horse; head, legs and
2 mm grits; remains of white slip and red
paint at base of neck. Lth. 7.0; Th. 2.3; Wth. 4.0. L. 1712 tail missing; 2.5 YR 5/6; clay-colored core;
remains of white slip. Lth. 6.3; Th. 2.4; Wth. 3.1.
E 1/3733 Intact body; stumps of legs; beginning of
L. 637 neck; drawn protruding tail; rounded back; 2.5
Fig. 17:6 YR 5/8; grayish-black core (1); many 0.25-0.5
PI. 8:8 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 6.8; Th.
2.0; Wth. 3.8.
El/3788 Intact body; beginning of neck; stumps of
L. 646 legs; rounded back; tail broken; 10 R 5/6;
E3/7767 Almost complete body of horse; head and three
L. 1534 legs missing; thickened, short, rising tail; 5
YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.20-0.25 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 6.5; Th. 2.2; Wth. 3.7.
E3/ 13085 Full-length animal's body; neck, legs and tail
L. 1588 broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm
black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 2.7; Th. 2.5; Wth. 3.5.
grits; remains of white slip.
0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
4.6; Th. 1.2; Wth. 0.5.
clay-colored core; remains of white slip (?).
Lth. 7.7; Th. 2.3; Wth. 4.6.
E3/15516 Full-length body; beginning of neck; two legs
E 1/60 10 Full-length body; stumps of legs; beginning of L. 1910 partially preserved; other two legs completely
broken; tail also broken off; 2.5 YR 6/6;
Surf. neck; tail broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
El/6357 Intact body; beginning of head; two legs
L. 1373 broken, other two intact; tail drawn and
Fig. 17:5 folded, applied to body; 2.5 YR 6/6; black
PI. 8:7 core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 6.7/2.3; Th.
2.3; Wth. 2.5.
E 1/63 81 Intact body; head and legs broken; drawn tail
L. 1270 extending outward; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
6.4; Th. 2.1; Wth. 2.2.
E 1/6496 Headless body; stumps of legs; short tail; 5
L. 1279 YR 7/6; black core (1); remains of white slip
(or result of chemical process?). Lth. 8.2;
Th. 2.6; Wth. 3.9.
E 1/7953 Body; neck and legs missing; short tail; black
L. 1296 core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 9.2; Th. 2.4; Wth. 4.2.
E3/ 15681 Animal's body; crack in legs, neck and tail;
L. 1935 body extremely flat; 10 R 5/8; black core (1);
0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
8.9; Th. 2.7; Wth. 4.8/4.5.
E3/15699 Small animal's body; crack in neck, legs and
L. 1927 tip of tail; 5 YR 7/6; light gray core (1);
0.25-0.5 mm grits; few remains of white slip.
Lth. 4.5; Th. 1.8; Wth. 3.0.
E3/ 15741 Animal's body; crack in legs, neck and tip of
L. 1935 tail; flat body; tail rising slightly; 2.5 YR
6/6; gray core (1); remains of white slip.
Lth. 6.0; Th. 1.7; Wth. 3.3.
G 2007 Intact body; stumps of legs; beginning of
L. 703 neck; folded tail applied between legs;
rounded back; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
0.25-1 mm grits. Lth. 5.7; Th. 2.4; Wth. 2.3.
E 1/9430 Full-length horse's body, including head; 5 YR
L. 1380 7/4; clay-colored core; grits and gravel (2
Fig. 16:14 mm); remains of white slip (?). Lth. 9.5/6.1;
PL 7:1 Th. 3.1/2.9/4.2; Wth. 5.2/4.8/3.5.
G 2054/1 Approx. three quarters of body's length;
L. 710 broken legs and tail; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
E 1/9585 Almost intact body; tail, legs and head
L. 1373 broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; clay-colored core; remains
G 2054/2 Intact body; legs broken; prominent, short
L. 710 tail drawn outward; neck broken; body rounded;
of white slip. Lth. 5.8; Th. 1.5; Wth. 2.7.
El/10178 Full-length body; broken neck and legs; tail
L. 1615 drawn upward, applied to body; entire length
of bottom part of body concave; 2.5 YR 5/8;
(1); few 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 5.6; Th. 3.5; Wth. 3.5.
2.5 YR 5/8; black core (1); remains of red
slip; traces of red stripes along length of
body (?). Lth. 5.1; Th. 3.5; Wth. 3.5.
G 2166 Full-length body; stumps of legs; beginning of
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L. 712 neck; folded tail applied to side; back
rounded; bottom portion of body concave; 2.5
YR 5/6; remains of white slip. Lth. 6.5; Th.
1.3; Wth. 2.7.
G 2267 Intact body; stumps of legs; tail folded
L. 727 between legs; neck broken; body rounded; 10 R
PI. 8:6 5/6; black core (1); 0.25-1 mm grits; scant
E 1/3223 Full-length body; traces of rider at front
L. 594 edge; legs and tail broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray
PI. 8:1 core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 9.0; Th. 2.7; Wth. 4.2.
El/3617 Animal's body; legs and tail broken; part of
L. 630B neck preserved; traces of rider (rider's leg
PL 8:2 applied to animal's body); 2.5 YR 5/8; black
core (1); 0.25-1 mm grits; remains of white
remains of white slip. Lth. 7.2; Th. 2.0; Wth. 2.6.
G 2287 Intact body; neck and legs broken; tail
L. 727 applied to body between legs; body rounded;
2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); few 0.2-0.25 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 6.9; Th.
2.2; Wth. 2.7.
slip. Lth. 7.6; Th. 2.5; Wth. 4.7.
E 1/7905 Full-length body; legs and neck broken; traces
L. 1296 of rider on horse's back and rider's legs on
either side of body; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core
(1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip,
red and yellow painted stripes. Lth. 8.9; Th.
2.8; Wth. 7.0/5.2.
G 4768 Body, beginning of neck and leg stumps; tail
L. 818 rises slightly, broken at tip; 2.5 YR 5/6;
black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 8.4; Th. 2.8; Wth. 3.4.
El/16241 Full-length animal's body; beginning of neck;
L. 2038 stumps of fore legs; hind legs broken; tail
broken; traces of rider applied to body; 2.5
YR 5/6; black core (1); remains of white slip.
Lth. 9.1; Th. 2.4; Wth. 4.2.
G 4860 Intact body; stumps of fore legs; beginning of
L. 818 neck; hind legs and tail broken; 2.5 YR 5/6;
gray core (1); remains of white slip. Lth.
4.2/6.7; Th. 2.4/3.0; Wth. 3.1/3.4.
G 8155 Intact body; neck, legs and tail broken; 2.5
L. 883 YR 6/6; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
El/16536 Full-length body of small animal; beginning of
L. 2035 neck; legs broken; tail folded downward and
applied to body; slightly rounded; traces of
rider (?). Lth. 6.4; Th. 2.1; Wth. 2.6.
remains of white slip. Lth. 6.0; Th. 1.5; Wth. 3.0.
G 11365 Full-length body; stumps of front legs and
L. 950 neck; hind legs completely broken; tail drawn
outward; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5
mm grits. Lth. 7.3; Th. 2.0; Wth. 3.9/3.1.
G 11428 Full-length body; miniature figurine;
L. 951 beginning of neck; stumps of fore legs; tail
and hind legs broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
(1); scant remains of white slip. Lth. 5.0;
Th. 1.8; Wth. 2.1.
G 15488 Animal's body; crack in legs and neck; narrow
L. 1123 tail applied to body, folding downward; body
thick in comparison to width; 2.5 YR 5/8;
black core (1); remains of white slip. Lth.
10.2; Th. 3.2; Wth. 4.6.
Type B3al
D 1/1 2726 Full-length animal's body; fold of clay at
Surf. side of belly, giving impression of saddle;
Fig. 17:3 neck and tail broken; stumps of hind legs; 2.5
PI. 8:3^ YR; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip, red and yellow painted stripes.
Lth. 6.2; Th. 2.1/1.7; Wth. 4.5/3.5.
E2/3005 Full-length animal's body; stumps of legs,
L. 1467 neck and tail; beginning of body of rider on
Fig. 17:2 horse's back; drilled hole behind rider; 2.5
YR 5/8; black core (2); 0.5^1 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 7.2; Th. 2.0; Wth. 3.6.
E2/7019 Animal's body; neck and legs broken; short
L. 1402 tail applied to body; traces of rider on
horse's body; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.51 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 8.7;
Th. 3.3; Wth. 5.0.
E3/13111 Full-length animal's body; beginning of neck;
L. 1901 legs, tail and neck broken; traces of rider
applied to body, close to neck; 2.5 YR 6/6;
black core (1); few 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains
of white slip. Lth. 8.6; Th. 2.7; Wth. 4.6.
Type B3c
B 520 Animal's hindquarters; legs and tail broken;
L. 115 2.5 YR 6/8; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits.
Lth. 3.5; Th. 3.1; Wth. 4.9.
B 561 Animal's hindquarters; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core
L. 122 (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits, also some coarser ones
(over 2 mm).
El/6040 Full-length body; beginning of neck; legs
Surf. broken; tip of tail broken; tail rising
D 1/964 Approx. half the length of a body; legs broken
Fig. 17:8 upward; 5 YR 7/4; black core (2); few 0.5-1 mmL. 317 in half; tail applied between legs; back
grits; remains of white slip, black, red and
yellow painted stripes. Lth. 8.9; Th. 2.5;
Wth. 4.6.
Type B3b
Dl/12711 Full-length animal's body; one leg almost
L. 436 completely preserved; other legs broken; tail
Fig. 17:1 applied to body; neck missing; semicircle of
clay applied to back (clay folded inward
towards neck: rider?); 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
(1); 0.5-1 mm grits; white slip, traces of
yellow stripe on rider's body (?). Lth. 7.2;
Th. 2.5; Wth. 4.0.
slightly rounded; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
remains of white slip. Lth. 6.5; Th. 3.4; Wth. 5.7.
D 1/980 Three quarters of body; legs broken; tail
L. 317 applied between legs; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core
(1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits, also a few 2-4 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 8.6; Th.
2.8; Wth. 4.5.
Dl/1166 Stumps of legs; tail broken; flat back; 2.5 YR
L. 321 5/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; full
white slip; traces of red and yellow stripes
painted across body. Lth. 4.2; Th. 2.0; Wth. 3.1.
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D 1/6647 Animal's hindquarters; tail and legs broken;
L. 361 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); remains of white
slip; probably painted with stripes across
body. Lth. 6.7; Th. 2.4; Wth. 5.1.
D 1/6668 Animal's hindquarters; broken legs; tail
L. 368 drooping downward, applied to body; 10 R 4/6;
gray core (2); remains of white slip. Lth.
6.3; Th. 2.6; Wth. 2.5.
D 1/6756 Animal's hindquarters; leg stumps; tail drawn
L. 381 down, applied to body; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core
(1); 0.25-1 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 7.8; Th. 2.7.
D2/20199 Animal's hindquarters; broken legs and tail;
L. 2321 2.5 YR 5/6; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits.
Lth. 4.1; Th. 2.8; Wth. 3.4.
D2/20353 Animal's hindquarters; broken legs; short tail
L. 2326 raised (tip broken); 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
(1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip;
tail: width 0.75, length 1.1. Lth. 3.5; Th.
1.5; Wth. 2.3.
D2/20364 Animal's hindquarters; tail sculptured; sides
L. 2325 of body broken; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (1);
0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip;
tail: width 0.75, length 0.1. Lth. 3.5; Th.
1.1; Wth. 2.3.
D 1/6773 Animal's hindquarters; leg stumps; tail drawn
D2/20629 Animal's body; leg stumps; bottom part of tail
L. 388 upward; hole under tail; 2.5 YR 5/8; black
L. 2708 broken; belly broken; flat back; 2.5 YR 5/8;
Fig. 17:12 core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white
gray core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits. Lth. 5.4; Th.
PI. 8:10 slip (?).
2.0; Wth. 3.4.
D 1/6796 Animal's hindquarters; leg stumps; stump of
D2/20666 Almost entire length of body; stumps of legs
L. 396 tail; tail pointing downward; 2.5 YR 7/6;
L. 2720 and tail; flat back; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
black core (2); remains of white slip. Lth.
5.3; Th. 2.3; Wth. 4.1.
Dl/12756 Animal's hindquarters; tail applied to body
L. 433 and partially broken; legs broken; belly
Fig. 17:13 concave; 2.5 YR 5/4; gray core (2); 0.125-0.25
PI. 8:12-13 mm grits. Lth. 3.5; Th. 1.5; Wth. 3.3.
D 1/1 3325 Animal's hindquarters; one leg completely
W. 532 broken, the other partially broken; crack in
body; also part of top portion; belly slightly
concave; 5 YR 7/6; black core (1). Lth. 5.2;
Th. 2.6; Wth. 3.8.
D2/ 13598 Animal's hindquarters; crack in body, legs and
L. 1873 tail; almost entire length of body extant.
Lth. 7.0; Th. 2.5; Wth. 4.3.
D2/ 13644 Animal's hindquarters; crack in body and legs;
L. 1882 body rounded; relatively large tail applied to
body; 10 R 4/8; gray core (1); remains of
white slip (?). Lth. 4.0; Th. 3.1; Wth. 4.1.
D2/ 13707 Animal's hindquarters; crack in back, leg and
L. 1886 tail; one leg intact; broad tail; 2.5 YR 6/6;
black core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.7; Th. 3.7; Wth. 6.1.
D2/ 13742 Animal's hindquarters; crack in legs, tail and
L. 1888 back; rounded; flat belly; 2.5 YR 5/6; black
core (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 5.1; Th.
1.9; Wth. 3.0.
D2/ 13781 Fragment of animal's body with tail stump;
L. 1882 tail thickened with broken tip; 2.5 YR 6/6;
gray core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits, also coarser
ones (1.5-2 mm); remains of white slip.
D2/20107 Animal's hindquarters; legs and tail broken;
L. 2310 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 5.3; Th. 2.2; Wth. 3.9.
D2/21011 Animal's body, head and neck; no ears; mouth
L. 2767 slightly broken; no facial details specified;
Fig. 17:11 base of four legs; 2.5 YR 5/8; remains of
white slip. Lth. 8.1/3.9/2.7; Th.
2.63/2.0/1.9; Wth. 3.5/2.1
D2/20197 Animal's hindquarters; broken legs and tail;
L. 2323 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); remains of white
slip and red paint. Lth. 4.95; Th. 1.8; Wth. 4.3.
(2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 7.4; Th. 2.1; Wth. 3.5.
D2/20699 Body fragment; broken legs and tail; tail
L. 2711 appears to have been originally rising; flat
back; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (2); 1-2 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 4.3; Th.
2.4; Wth. 4.1.
D2/20777 Body fragment; broken legs and tail; back
L. 2722 slightly convex; 2.5 YR 5/8; clay-colored
core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 3.7; Th. 1.4; Wth. 1.9.
D2/20975 Animal's hindquarters; three leg stumps, only
L. 2751 bottom of fourth leg broken; entire tail
applied; flat back; 5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
remains of white slip. Lth. 5.25; Th. 2.0;
Wth. 2.25.
El/1527 Leg stumps; tail broken; 2.5 YR 6/8; black
L. 523 core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; few remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.8; Th. 1.9; Wth. 3.2.
E 1/263 5 Leg stumps; beginning of tail; relatively flat
L. 565 back; 5 YR 7/6; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 3.5; Th.
2.0; Wth. 2.8.
El/2770 Leg stumps; tail protruding and drawn; back
W. 201 relatively flat; 5 YR 7/6; black core (1);
remains of white slip. Lth. 4.8; Th. 2.4; Wth. 3.5.
E 1/2797 Leg stumps; folded tail applied between legs;
L. 1709 body rounded; 2.5 YR 6/8; black core (1);
0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip and
red and black painted stripes. Lth. 5.9; Th.
2.5; Wth. 2.5.
E 1/3236 Leg stumps; small, protruding tail; fairly
L. 594 flat back; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); remains
of white slip. Lth. 4.0; Th. 2.4; Wth. 4.5.
El/3258 Leg stumps; back rounded; tail broken; 2.5 YR
L. 595 6/6; brown core (2); many 0.25-1 mm grits.
Lth. 4.4; Th. 2.8; Wth. 4.9.
El/3379 Leg stump; broken, protruding tail; fairly
L. 617 flat back; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.250.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 5.0;
Th. 2.5; Wth. 4.5.
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El/3535 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; leg
L. 621 A stumps; flat back; 5 YR 6/4; black core (2);
traces of white slip. Lth. 5.2; Th. 2.0; Wth. 4.2.
El/3582 Legs stumps; prominent, drawn tail; flat back;
L. 619 5 YR 6/4; blackish-gray core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm
grits; remains of white slip and red paint.
Lth. 6.0; Th. 2.0; Wth. 3.2.
E 1/3839 One intact leg, another leg and tail broken;
L. 630B back rounded; groove under back; 2.5 YR 6/5;
grayish-black core; few 0.25-0.5 mm grits.
Lth. 4.2; Th. 1.8; Wth. 2.5.
E 1/4029 Animal's forequarters; leg stumps; beginning
L. 625 of neck; relatively flat back; 5 YR 7/4; black
core (1); 0.25-1 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 6.5; Th. 2.8; Wth. 4.0.
E 1/45 15 Legs and tail broken; back slightly flat; 2.5
Surf. YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits, also
few 2-4 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
5.9; Th. 2.9; Wth. 5.8.
El/5938 Fragment of animal's forequarters; only one
L. 625 leg; 5 YR 6/4; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 4.7; Th.
2.0; Wth. 3.5.
E 1/60 18 Leg stumps; tail protruding and drawn; back
L. 618 rounded; 2.5 YR 6/5; black core (1); 0.25-0.5
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 4.5; Th.
2.2; Wth. 3.0.
E 1/6307 Animal's hindquarters; tail broken, but base
Surf. indicates that it originally pointed upward;
leg stumps; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); white
slip.
E 1/6425 Animal's hindquarters; leg stumps; tail folded
L. 1275 downward and applied; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
L. 1321 downward; leg stumps; 5 YR 7/6; black core
(2); 0.125-0.25 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 8.3; Th. 2.7; Wth. 4.2.
E 1/8599 Fragment of animal's hindquarters; tail
L. 1324 pointing downward and applied to body; stumps
of legs; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (2); 0.5-1 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 4.5; Th.
2.2; Wth. 3.6.
E 1/8650 Animal's hindquarters; leg stumps; tail
L. 1321 broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; clay-colored core; white
slip. Lth. 2.1.
E 1/9462 Animal's hindquarters; legs broken; tip of
L. 1381 tail broken; 2.5 YR 6/4; black core (1); 0.5-1
mm grits; remains of white slip and red paint.
Lth. 4.8; Th. 2.6; Wth. 4.2.
El/9464 Animal's hindquarters; tail applied to body,
L. 1286 pointing downward; 2.5 YR 5/4; black core (1);
0.5-1 mm grits; white slip. Lth. 3.7; Th. 3.9;
Wth. 3.8.
El/9560 Animal's hindquarters; legs and tail broken;
L. 695 part of back broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
(1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 5.3; Th. 2.3; Wth. 4.3.
El/9683 Crack across body; 2.5 YR 6/8; gray core (2?);
L. 1269 1-2 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 4.5;
Th. 2.8; Wth. 3.4.
El/10028 Animal's hindquarters; broad body; legs and
L. 1604 tip of tail broken; 2.5 YR5/8; black core (2);
0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
5.8; Th. 2.3; Wth. 5.2
El/10045 Animal's hindquarters; legs broken; 2.5 YR
L. 1604 6/6; black core (2); 0.2-0.25 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 5.2; Th. 2.7; Wth. 5.6.
(1); 0.5-1 mm grits, also some coarser ones;
El/10152 Animal's hindquarters; legs, tail, parts of
remains of white slip. Lth. 5.5; Th. 2.3; Wth. 4.1. L. 1621 body's sides and length of body broken; 2.5 YR
6/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains
E 1/6487 Animal's hindquarters; legs almost intact;
L. 1279 tail broken off; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2);
0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
5.3; Th. 2.7; Wth. 3.0.
E 1/7801 Animal's hindquarters; leg stumps; stump of
L. 680A tail; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm
grits; remains of white slip and red painted
stripes. Lth. 4.4; Th. 2.2; Wth. 3.7.
El/7836 Animal's hindquarters; legs and tail broken;
L. 1270 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits;
of white slip.
El /10246 Animal's hindquarters; short tail drawn back
L. 1608 (tip broken); legs broken; crack in body; 2.5
YR 6/6; gray core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits, also a
few coarser ones (2-3 mm); remains of white
slip. Lth. 4.2/3.5; Th. 2.1; Wth. 4.0.
El/10281 Alnļost entire length of animal's body; neck,
L. 1604 legs, sides of body and tail all broken. Lth.
10.0; Th. 3.3; Wth. 5.6.
remains of white slip. Lth. 5.3; Th. 3.0; Wth. 5.1. El/10302 Animal's hindquarters; one leg; body broken
El/7976 Animal's hindquarters; legs and tail broken;
L. 1303 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip (?). Lth. 4.0; Th. 2.9;
Wth. 5.4.
L. 1604 from middle, so that width is not complete;
2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); remains of white
slip.
El/10435 Animal's hindquarters; one leg intact, other
El/8524 Animal's hindquarters; stump of tail; leg
L. 1312 stumps; back damaged; 2.5 YR 5/6; gray core
(2); 0.25-1 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 6.1; Th. 3.1; Wth. 5.6.
El/8545/1 Animal's hindquarters; legs stumps; stump of
L. 1321 tail; 2.5 YR 6/6; clay-colored core; remains
of white slip. Lth. 3.4; Th. 2.5; Wth. 4.5.
E 1/8545/2 Animal's hindquarters; drawn tail drooping
L. 1604 one broken off; tail drawn downward and
pointed; diagonal crack in body; 10 R 5/6;
black core (1); remains of white slip. Lth.
4.8; Th. 2.7; Wth. 5.5.
El /10464 Animal's hindquarters; one leg intact, other
L. 1604 one partially broken; tail applied diagonally
to body between two legs; 2.5 YR 5/6; black
core (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 4.2/2.8;
Th. 2.8; Wth. 5.2.
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El/10485 Animal's hindquarters; stumps of hind legs;
L. 1604 tail broken; diagonal crack in body; 5 YR 7/6;
light-colored core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains
of white slip. Lth. 5.8/3.6; Th. 3.0; Wth. 5.7.
El/10584 Animal's hindquarters; stumps of leg; tail
L. 1610 applied to hindquarters; 5 YR 7/6; black core
(1). Lth. 5.3; Th. 3.5; Wth. 4.8.
El/10740 Animal's hindquarters; leg stumps; tail
L. 1646 broken; crack in body; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core
(1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 3.9; Th. 2.5;
Wth. 3.5.
El/10781 Animal's hindquarters; body broken across and
L. 1646 along length; small fragment of lower part of
body, one leg and tail extant; tail drawn
outwards; 2.5 YR 5/6; clay-colored core. Lth. 4.2.
El/10822 Animal's hindquarters; stump of leg; other leg
L. 1636 broken; tail broken; diagonal crack in body;
2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.2-0.25 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 3.9/3.0; Th. 2.6;
Wth. 3.6.
El/10956 Animal's hindquarters; legs and tail broken;
L. 1666 part of body broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core
(1); few remains of white slip. Lth. 7.3; Th.
2.3; Wth. 4.8/4.4.
El/10984 Animal's hindquarters; legs broken; tail
L. 1660 rising slightly, end applied to body; diagonal
crack in body; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip,
traces of red paint. Lth. 5.0/3.8; Th. 3.2;
Wth. 5.5.
El/11005 Animal's hindquarters; legs and tail broken;
Surf. back defective; 10 R 4/8; almost clay-colored
core; 0.125-0.25 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 6.7; Th. 2.7; Wth. 3.6.
El/12618 Animal's hindquarters; tail corroded; back
Surf. rounded; 5 YR 7/4; light gray core (1); 0.5-1
mm grits. Lth. 6.7; Th. 3.8; Wth. 3.5.
El/14314 Animal's hindquarters; stumps of hind legs;
L. 1618 tail broken; diagonal crack in body; 5 YR 7/6;
gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 5.1/2.8; Th. 2.8; Wth. 4.0.
El /14637 Animal's hindquarters; legs and tail broken;
L. 1660 narrow body; 2.5 YR 5/6; light-colored core;
few remains of white slip. Lth. 4.9; Th. 2.4;
Wth. 2.2.
El/16010 Animal's hindquarters; crack in body and in
L. 1604 middle of leg; other leg and tail intact;
broad body; short tail extended outward; 2.5
YR 4/8; clay-colored core; many 0.25-0.5 mm
grits; white slip. Lth. 5.5.
El/16085 Animal's hindquarters; crack in back, in one
L. 1604 leg, and in tip of tail and of other leg; 2.5
YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits;
remains of white slip; few traces of red and
yellow paint. Lth. 7.2/6.7; Th. 3.1; Wth.
white slip; few traces of red paint. Lth.
7.8/5.8; Th. 2.2/1.8; Wth. 4.1.
El/16127 Animal's hindquarters; rounded; relatively
L. 2042 long tail, rising, tip applied to body; crack
across width and along length of body; crack
in legs; 2.5 YR 5/8; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 3.5; Th. 3.3.
El/16151 Animal's hindquarters; broad body; tail
L. 2007 applied between legs; crack in back and legs;
2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); remains of white
slip (?). Lth. 6.4; Th. 3.2; Wth. 5.6.
El /16230 Animal's hindquarters; belly flat; back
L. 2040 rounded; legs and tail broken; forequarters
broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5
mm grits; white slip. Lth. 8.9; Th. 3.0; Wth. 3.4.
El /163 16 Animal's hindquarters; crack in back and legs;
L. 2028 relatively flat body; short tail applied
between legs; 10 R 4/6; black core (1); 0.5-1
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 6.2; Th.
2.4; Wth. 4.6.
El/16317 Animal's hindquarters; short tail, applied to
L. 2028 body; crack in body and leg; other leg partly
broken; body rounded; 2.5 YR 4/8; black core
(1); remains of white slip. Lth. 4.3; Th. 3.2;
Wth. 5.0.
El /16597 Animal's hindquarters; crack in back and legs;
L. 2015 relatively large tail, applied to body; 2.5 YR
5/6; clay-colored core; remains of white slip.
Lth. 7.0; Th. 2.9; Wth. 4.1.
El /16638 Animal's hindquarters; crack in back and side;
L. 2028 legs broken; short tail applied to body; 2.5
YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits. Lth.
2.9; Th. 2.6.
El/16765 Animal's hindquarters; diagonal crack in back
L. 2076 and in legs; short tail applied to body; 2.5
YR 5/4; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 4.1; Th. 2.5; Wth. 3.0.
El/16851 Animal's hindquarters; crack in back and legs;
L. 2028 tail applied to body between legs. Lth. 6.7;
Th. 3.0/2.7; Wth. 5.3/4.8.
El/17014 Animal's hindquarters; crack in back, legs and
Surf. tail. Lth. 4.0; Th. 2.5; Wth. 4.6.
E2/1581 Back rounded; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); few
L. 519 large 0.25-4 mm grits. Lth. 6.3; Th. 2.5; Wth. 4.6.
E2/1698 Leg stumps; tail protruding and drawn; back
L. 519 rounded; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 5.6; Th.
2.4; Wth. 3.2.
E2/1805 Leg stumps; tail protruding and broken at tip;
L. 536 flat back; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); remains
of white slip. Lth. 5.8; Th. 2.3; Wth. 3.5.
E2/3035 Animal's hindquarters; back broken; tail
L. 1477 broken, but end applied between legs; 2.5 YR
6/6; black core (1); remains of white slip.
Lth. 4.8; Th. 2.5; Wth. 4.5.
5.2/4.9.
El/16102 Animal's hindquarters; diagonal crack in body;
L. 2018 crack in tail and in feet; body relatively
flat; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (1); remains of
E2/3264 Leg stumps; tail applied between legs; 2.5 YR
L. 601 6/6; black core (1); remains of white slip.
Lth. 7.0; Th. 2.5; Wth. 4.5.
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E2/3524 Approx. three quarters of animal's body; tail
L. 1709 and one leg broken; other side also broken;
2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip.
E2/3528/1 Rounded body; small, protruding tail, folded
L. 1489 (not applied); 5 YR 6/6; black core; remains
of white slip.; Th. 3.3
E2/7010 Animal's hindquarters; stumps of tail and
L. 1404 legs; 10 R 5/8; black core (1); many 0.5-2 mm
grits. Lth. 5.5; Th. 3.4; Wth. 4.0.
E2/7262 Animal's hindquarter; legs broken; tail folded
L. 1431 between legs and applied to body; 2.5 YR 6/6;
black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 7.1; Th. 2.7; Wth. 4.6.
remains of white slip; leg: width 2.1, length
4.4. Lth. 4.2; Th. 2.2; Wth. 3.85.
E3/ 19070 Animal's hindquarters; leg stumps; tail
L. 2402/2 broken; small body; 2.5 YR 6/6; clay-colored
core; remains of white slip. Lth. 2.7; Th.
1.0; Wth. 1.8.
E3/ 19073 Animal's hindquarters; stump of one leg; tail
L. 2402/2 broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); remains of
white slip and red and yellow paint. Lth. 6.2;
Th. 1.8; Wth. 3.6.
G 2316 Approx. half the length of body; legs and tail
L. 710 broken; back rounded; 2.5 YR 5/6; clay-colored
core; 0.25-1 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 6.4; Th. 3.6; Wth. 4.7.
E2/ 12058 Animal's hindquarters; short tail; 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 1467 gray core (1). Lth. 4.8; Th. 2.3; Wth. 2.8.
G 4283 Animal's hindquarters; base of tail broken,
L. 727 rest extant; stumps of legs; body rounded; 10
R 5/6; black core (2). Lth. 4.6; Wth. 2.6.
E2/ 12283 Animal's hindquarters; broken across in middle
L. 1732 of body; one leg almost intact; tail broken in
G 4586 Rounded back; leg stumps; prominent, truncated
half; 2.5 YR 5/8; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 4.7.
E3/ 12820 Fragment of animal's hindquarters; tail and
L. 1534 legs broken; 2.5 YR 6/4; black core (1); 0.5-1
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 6.2; Th.
2.5; Wth. 4.3.
E3/ 12887 Animal's hindquarters; one leg completely
L. 1534 broken, the other one partially broken; tip of
tail broken; diagonal crack in body; body
narrow; 2.5 YR 5/6; gray core (1); remains of
white slip and traces of yellow paint (?).
Lth. 4.6/4.2; Th. 2.0; Wth. 3.0.
L. 783 tail; 2.5 YR 6/5; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm
grits; white slip, traces of red painted
stripes. Lth. 5.2; Th. 3.3; Wth. 3.9.
G 4806 Animal's hindquarters; tail drawn and folded
L. 824 downward (tip broken); one leg intact; other
leg broken; 5 YR 6/4; gray core (1); 0.2-0.25
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 4.5; Th.
2.4; Wth. 4.8.
G 4807 Animal's hindquarters; leg stumps; tail folded
L. 791 between legs and applied to body; 2.5 YR 6/6;
black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits. Lth. 4.4; Th.
3.8; Wth. 3.9.
E3/ 12961 Fragment of animal's hindquarters; broken legs G 8188 Animal's hindquarters, half broken; leg stump;
L. 1561 and tail; diagonal crack in body; 2.5 YR 6/2;
L. 881 half of tail; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (2);
clay-colored core; remains of white slip. Lth.
5.0/3.6; Th. 2.2; Wth. 3.4.
E3/12995 Animal's hindquarters; legs stumps; tail
L. 1901 broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.25-1 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 6.2; Th.
2.6/2.8; Wth. 5.0/4.2.
E3/ 12998 Animal's hindquarters; crack along length of
L. 1574 body; one leg intact; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
(1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 5.2.
E3/13048 Animal's hindquarters; one side of body
L. 1563 broken; leg broken; diagonal crack in body;
tail thickened, rising and broken at tip; 5 YR
8/4; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth.
4.5/3.5.
E3/15593 Animal's hindquarters; crack in back and leg;
L. 1924 stump of tail and of other leg; broad,
thickened body; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (1); 12 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 8.2;
Th. 4.0; Wth. 6.2.
E3/ 18822 Animal's hindquarters; crack in body and leg;
L. 1965 other leg intact, except for foot; small tail,
applied to body; body rounded; 10 R 5/8;
light-colored core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits.
Lth. 5.3; Th. 3.3; Wth. 4.2/3.6.
E3/19062 Animal's hindquarters; one leg; broken tail; 5
L. 2402/2 YR 7/3; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 5.0; Th. 3.1; Wth. 2.7.
G 8225 Animal's hindquarters; leg stumps; short tail,
L. 903 broken at tip; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1);
0.5-1 mm grits. Lth. 5.2; Th. 3.2; Wth. 6.0.
G 8226 Animal's hindquarters; legs broken; drawn tail
W. 329 extended outward; 2.5 YR 6/8; black core (1);
0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip, traces
of red paint. Lth. 7.4; Th. 2.8; Wth. 4.7.
G 11002 Animal's hindquarters; legs and tail broken;
Surf. circle on back; 5 YR 7/6; black core (1); 0.51.5mm grits. Lth. 5.0; Th. 2.5; Wth. 4.8.
G 11051 Animal's hindquarters; tail rising and broken
L. 886 at tip; one leg extant; other one broken off;
2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits;
white slip. Lth. 5.0; Th. 2.1; Wth. 4.1.
G 11135 Animal's hindquarters; tail and legs broken;
L. 903 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip (?). Lth. 6.1; Th. 2.8;
Wth. 4.0.
G 11158 Animal's hindquarters; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
L. 908 (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; white slip. Lth. 5.0; Th.
2.2; Wth. 3.5.
G 11199 Fragment of animal's hindquarters; one side of
L. 922 body broken across; broken leg and tail; 2.5
YR 5/8; black core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains
of white slip. Lth. 6.0; Th. 2.9; Wth. 3.1.
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G 11384 Animal's hindquarters; legs broken; tail
L. 938 pinched and rising slightly from body; end of
tail applied to body; 2.5 YR 5/6; clay-colored
Type B3cl?
E 1/3445 Left side broken; stump of leg; protruding,
L. 618 drawn tail; 2.5 YR 6/5; black core (1); 0.25-
core; 0.25-1 mm grits. Lth. 5.1; Th. 2.8; Wth. 3.1.
G 17555 Animal's hindquarters; crack in body and legs;
L. 1119 tail rising, with tip applied to body; rounded
body; 2.5 YR 4/8; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 3.4; Th.
2.5; Wth. 2.8.
G 17597 Animal's hindquarters; crack in back and legs;
L. 1131 prominent tail rising slightly, and applied to
body between legs; 2.5 YR 4/6; gray core (2);
remains of white slip. Lth. 3.3; Th. 2.3; Wth. 3.5.
Type B3cl
D2/ 14030 Animal's hindquarters; legs broken; tail
L. 1830 thickened, tip broken, drawn outward; 2.5 YR
6/6; gray core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; white
slip, painted with red stripes across body and
diagonally. Lth. 3.6/2.8; Th. 2.5; Wth. 3.5.
D2/20165 Animal's hindquarters; legs broken; tail
L. 2319 raised, tip broken; flat back; 2.5 YR 5/6;
gray core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; white slip,
painted with red and yellow stripes; tail: width
0.6, length 0.9. Lth. 5.0; Th. 2.1; Wth. 3.0.
E 1/5809 Leg stumps; tail slightly protruding, folded
L. 1643 and applied to side; back rounded; 5 YR 8/4;
Fig. 17:9 clay-colored core; white slip, red and yellow
PI. 8:11 stripes painted along length of body. Lth.
5.7; Th. 2.0; Wth. 2.6.
E 1/6203 Animal's hindquarters; legs broken; tail
L. 1285 extended a little outward and falling; 2.5 YR
6/6; black core (1); 0.2-0.25 mm grits; white
slip, painted with red and yellow stripes.
Lth. 7.3; Th. 2.2; Wth. 5.2.
E 1/62 10 Animal's hindquarters; legs and tail broken;
L. 1285 white slip, painted with red, yellow and black
Fig. 17:7 stripes.
0.5 mm grits; white slip, red and yellow
painted stripes.
Type B3d
D2/14081 Animal's hindquarters; legs missing; fairly
L. 1834 broad body; mass of clay near forequarters,
presumably supporting rider or other object on
back (crack in same position on other side);
2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits;
white slip, traces of red and yellow stripes
painted across body. Lth. 9.7; Th. 2.8; Wth. 5.7.
D2/20203 Almost complete length of animal's body; one
L. 1856 leg intact; back flat; traces of rider applied
to back; tail broken; neck broken; 2.5 YR 5/8;
black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 9.0; Th. 2.8; Wth. 5.4.
D2/20302 Almost complete length of animal's body; legs
L. 2323 missing; back flat; tail broken; traces of
rider (?); 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); remains
of white slip. Lth. 7.1; Th. 2.3; Wth. 5.0.
El/5968 Animal's hindquarters; legs broken; small tail
L. 1201 with broken tip; flat back; 2.5 YR 6/6,
covered with thin layer of paint, 5 YR 7/2 (as
if externally burnt); black core (1); 0.25-1
mm grits; remains of white slip (evidence of
rider). Lth. 6.5; Th. 3.1; Wth. 5.0.
El /10007 Animal's hindquarters; legs and tail broken;
L. 1609 beginning of body (rider on horse?) on
animal's back; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
6.8; Th. 3.6; Wth. 4.9.
El /10027 Horse fragment; rider's leg applied on one
L. 1604 side of body. Lth. 4.2; Wth. 4.2.
El/16727 Animal's body; crack in back and legs; broad
L. 2028 body; tail applied to body; traces of application
of rider; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (1); remains of
E 1/62 18 Animal's hindquarters; legs and tail broken;
white slip. Lth. 8.9; Th. 3.1; Wth. 5.7.
Surf. 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits
(also a few coarser ones). Lth. 6.6; Th. 2.7;
E2/12140 Animal's hindquarters; back broken across;
Wth. 4.8.
L. 1705 tail folded between legs and applied to body;
traces of application on back (rider?); 2.5 YR
E 1/9943 Animal's hindquarters; cracked; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 1381 light-colored core; 0.2-1.5 mm grits; white
slip; traces of red and yellow painted stripes
across body. Lth. 3.6; Th. 2.4; Wth. 3.7.
El/ 10011 Animal's hindquarters; figurine broken across
L. 1608 width; thickened tail rising higher than body;
10 R 5/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits;
white slip, remains of red painted stripes
(crisscross). Lth. 6.7; Th. 2.9; Wth. 2.4.
E3/ 13067 Animal's hindquarters; hind legs broken; tail
L. 1588 broken; diagonal crack in body; 5 YR; black
core (1); many 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip; traces of red painted stripes across
body. Lth. 5.6/4.7; Th. 2.7; Wth. 4.2/4.0.
G 11919 Animal's hindquarters; legs broken; diagonal
L. 984A crack in body; tail rising slightly and
applied to body between legs; 2.5 YR 6/6;
clay-colored core; few coarse 2-3 mm grits.
Lth. 6.5/5.7; Th. 2.8; Wth. 3.0/2.8.
5/6; black core (2); coarse 0.5-2.5 mm grits.
Lth. 7.9; Th. 3.4; Wth. 4.1.
G 11025 Horse's hindquarters; legs and neck broken;
L. 906 lower part of rider's body applied to horse's
back; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 5.9; Th.
3.7; Wth. 4.4.
G 11054 Animal's hindquarters; back broken across
L. 906 width; tail rising slightly above body and
continuing straight; signs of application
(rider?) on back; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (1);
0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip and
red painted stripes. Lth. 5.6; Th. 2.6; Wth. 2.5.
G 11117 Animal's hindquarters; legs and tail broken;
L. 908 remains of rider; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (2);
0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip and red
and yellow painted stripes. Lth. 6.8; Th. 2.9;
Wth. 3.0.
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L. 1916 of neck, legs and hindquarters broken; traces
Type B3e
D2/ 13643 Animal's forequarters; legs and body broken;
L. 1877 object apparently applied to animal's back;
2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits,
also some coarser ones, 2-2.5 mm; remains of
white slip. Lth. 8.2/5.6; Wth. 4.0/2.8.
D2/20512 Animal's forequarters; base of neck and legs;
L. 2355 traces of rider on sides of body; 2.5 YR 5/8;
black core (1); remains of white slip. Lth.
5.1; Th. 3.0; Wth. 4.0.
El/3753 Animal's forequarters, approx. half of body's
L. 629 length; legs of rider sitting astride appear
Fig. 17:4 close to neck; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
PL 8:5 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
of application to back (rider?); 2.5 YR 6/6;
black core (1). Lth. 6.5/4.3; Wth. 5.2.
G 2081 Animal's forequarters; legs and neck broken;
L. 710 traces of rider close to neck; 2.5 YR 5/6;
black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 5.2; Th. 2.8; Wth. 5.2.
G 11139 Horse's forequarters; neck and legs broken;
L. 919 traces of rider; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2);
0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
6.2; Th. 2.8; Wth. 4.4.
G 17705 Animal's forequarters; one leg slightly;
Surf. defective; neck fragment; traces of rider; 2.5
YR 6/6; gray core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains
of white slip and red paint. Lth. 4.0/3.7; Th.
2.5/1.9; Wth. 2.2/3.5.
6.8; Th. 3.3; Wth. 5.3.
El/5867 Animal's forequarters; neck; leg stumps; 2.5
L. 693 YR 5/8; almost clay-colored core; 0.25-1 mm
grits; entire region covered by white slip.
Th. 2.5; Wth. 3.7.
El/6380 Animal's forequarters; legs, neck and
L. 1270 hindquarters broken; traces of rider; 10 R
5/8; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits. Lth. 6.5;
Th. 2.8/3.6; Wth. 2.9.
El/8664 Animal's forequarters; legs and neck broken;
Surf. one side of body broken; traces of body (now
broken) originally applied to back; 2.5 YR
6/6; black core (2); remains of white slip.
Lth. 7.9; Th. 3.3; Wth. 4.7.
El/10195 Animal's forequarters; neck broken close to
L. 1604 head; leg stumps; traces of application of
rider; 2.5 YR 6/4; black core (1); remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.5; Th. 3.1; Wth. 5.6.
El/10465 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; leg
L. 1604 stumps; close to neck traces of application of
rider; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2). Lth. 4.9;
Th. 3.4; Wth. 4.7.
El/10958 Animal's forequarters; leg stumps; beginning
L. 1660 of neck; body broken off; traces of rider (?);
2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); remains of white
slip.
El/17141 Animal's forequarters; leg stumps; beginning
L. 2113 of neck, small fragment of body; rider (?) may
have been applied to animal's back; 2.5 YR
5/8; black core (1); remains of white slip.
Lth. 4.4/4.6; Wth. 3.5.
E2/1341 Animal's forequarters; two legs; beginning of
L. 510 neck and part of body extant; traces of rider
applied to animal's body; 2.5 YR 6/6; black
core (2); 0.25-1 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 4.6; Th. 2.2; Wth. 4.7.
,^'E2/ 1 839 Animal's forequarters; traces of rider; base
L. 539B of neck; stump of one leg; other leg broken
off; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); few 0.25-0.5
mm grits; remains of white slip; leg length 3.6.
E2/2843 Animal's body; neck, legs and hindquarters
L. 1460 broken; traces of rider on back; 2.5 YR 5/6;
black core (1); many 0.25-1.5 mm grits. Lth.
8.5; Th. 4.4/3.2; Wth. 5.3.
E3/15567 Animal's forequarters; beginning of body; part
Type B3f
D 1/984 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; leg
L. 317 stumps; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1). Lth. 2.9;
Th. 2.6; Wth. 4.4.
D 1/6659 Animal's forequarters; neck and legs broken;
L. 370 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 7.1; Th. 4.0; Wth. 5.6.
D 1/6768 Animal's forequarters; stumps of legs;
L. 381 beginning of neck; body grows thinner toward
tail; 2.5 YR 6/6; light-colored core; many
0.2-0.25 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
6.5; Th. 2.5; Wth. 4.2.
D 1/12573 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; leg
L. 421 stumps; 5 YR 7/3; black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 2.3; Th.
2.1; Wth. 3.3.
Dl/12598 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; one
L. 422 leg broken, other intact; 2.5 YR 6/6; black
core (1). Lth. 4.0; Th. 2.4; Wth. 4.1.
Dl/12683 Animal's forequarters; legs and neck broken;
L. 431 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (1); remains of white
slip. Lth. 3.0; Th. 3.3; Wth. 4.1.
D 1/1 2688 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck;
L. 431 stumps of two legs; 5 YR 6/4; clay-colored
core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 3.3; Th. 2.8;
Wth. 3.2.
D2/ 14029 Animal's forequarters; one leg and neck
L. 1819 broken; other leg partially broken; crack in
body; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.125-0.25
mm grits; white slip and traces of red paint
on body. Lth. 5.3; Th. 2.4; Wth. 4.6.
D2/14073 Animal's forequarters; one intact leg;
L. 1834 beginning of neck; stump of other leg; crack
at beginning of body; 2.5 YR 6/6; clay-colored
core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip.
D2/20337 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; leg
L. 2323 stumps; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); remains of
white slip. Lth. 3.0; Th. 2.2; Wth. 3.7.
D2/21036 Miniature body; legs and neck broken; body
L. 2761 widens toward front; slightly burnt; 2.5 YR
3/6; black core (?). Lth. 1.97; Th. 1.1; Wth. 0.93.
E 1/2771 Animal's forequarters; stumps of legs;
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L. 577 beginning of neck; 2.5 YR 6/8; gray core (1);
0.25-0.5 mm grits, also 2-4 mm; remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.6; Th. 3.2; Wth. 4.0.
El/3227 Rider's body applied to animal; neck extant;
W. 201 head with front portion broken; ears pricked;
back of rider's body broken; head missing;
hands just below ears on either side of head;
2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); few 0.25-0.5 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 4.3/5.3;
Th. 2.4/2.0; Wth. 3.6/1.9.
E 1/3382 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; leg
L. 602 stumps; back rounded; 2.5YR 5/6; black core
(2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; few remains of white
slip. Lth. 4.5; Th. 2.0; Wth. 3.0.
E 1/9687 Animal's forequarters; small leg; beginning of
L. 1392 neck; other leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; claycolored core; remains of white slip, traces of
red paint. Lth. 4.8; Th. 2.8; Wth. 3.5.
El/9902 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; legs
L. 1396 broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2); 0.2-0.25 mm
grits. Lth. 4.4; Th. 2.4; Wth. 4.8.
El/10267 Animal's forequarters; leg stumps; beginning
L. 1604 of neck; crack in beginning of body; 2.5 YR
5/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits.
El/10436 Fragment of animal's forequarters; leg stump;
L. 1604 beginning of neck; only one side of body
extant; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm
grits; few remains of white slip.
E 1/3662/2 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; leg El/10452 Animal's body; one intact leg; crack in neck,
L. 618 stumps; back rounded; 7.5 YR 7/4 (chemical
L. 1604 other leg and body; 2.5 YR 5/6; gray core (2);
process?); clay-colored core; remains of white
slip. Lth. 3.5; Th. 1.8/1.6; Wth. 2.8.
El/3714 Animal's forequarters; neck broken; leg
L. 630C stumps; 2.5YR 6/6; black core (2); remains of
white slip.
0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
5.6; Th. 2.8; Wth. 4.9.
El/10629 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; legs
L. 1646 and most of body broken; 10 R 4/8; gray core
(2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip.
E 1/3974 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; leg
L. 646 stumps; back rounded; 10 R 5/6; black core
(1); few 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 4.0; Th. 2.8; Wth. 4.1.
El /4052 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; leg
L. 1324 stumps; back rounded; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core
(1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 3.1; Th. 2.1; Wth. 3.3.
El/4113 Animal's forequarters; one leg broken; neck
L. 1324 broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); prominent
coarse grits, 1-2.5 mm, also quartz grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 5.4; Th. 3.2; Wth. 5.0.
El/6042 Fragment of animal's forequarters; neck and
Surf. leg stumps; 2.5 YR 5/8; gray core (1); 0.250.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 3.7;
Th. 2.9; Wth. 4.2.
El/6389 Neck and fragment of body; legs and head
L. 1264 broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (2); 0.5-1 mm
grits; few remains of white slip. Lth.
5.8/4.0; Th. 3.1/2.7; Wth. 4.8/3.5.
E 1/7927 Fragment of animal's forequarters and neck;
L. 1293 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); remains of white
slip.
E 1/8648 Animal's forequarters, broken; leg stump;
L. 1322 other leg and neck broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black
core (1); 0.25-1 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 5.2; Wth. 3.8/2.5.
El/8667 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; legs
Surf. broken; 5 YR 7/4; gray core (1); remains of
white slip (?). Lth. 7.0; Th. 2.8; Wth. 4.0.
E 1/9303 Animal's forequarters; neck and legs broken;
Surf. 2.5 YR 6/6; clay-colored core; white slip.
Lth. 5.1; Th. 3.1; Wth. 4.8.
Lth. 4.9.
El/10824 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; body
L. 1646 cracked across width; hindquarters broken; 10
R 5/6; black core (1); remains of white slip
(?). Lth. 6.7; Wth. 5.2.
El/14489 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck;
L. 1687 stump of leg; crack in body and other leg; 2.5
YR 4/8; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; few
remains of white slip. Lth. 4.7; Th. 2.9; Wth. 4.3.
El/14550 Animal's forequarters; crack in neck, legs and
L. 1650 body; 10 R 4/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm
grits. Lth. 4.5.
El /16040 Top part of animal's forequarters; beginning
L. 1604 of neck (lower part completely broken); 2.5 YR
5/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits. Wth.
3.8/5.5.
El /16047 Animal's forequarters; legs, neck and body
L. 2009 broken (only joints extant); 2.5 YR 4/8; black
core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip.
El/16090 Animal's forequarters; neck completely broken;
L. 1604 leg broken off; stump of other leg and small
fragment of body extant; figurine very worn;
2.5 YR 6/6; clay-colored core; 0.25-0.5 mm
grits. Lth. 4.3.
El/16170 Animal's forequarters; leg stumps, beginning
L. 2042 of neck; body rounded; 2.5 YR 6/4; black core
(1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip,
few traces of red paint. Lth. 4.7; Wth.
4.2/3.6.
El/16613 Animal's forequarters; leg stumps; small
L. 2028 fragment of body; neck intact; 2.5 YR 5/6;
black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.0; Th. 3.4/2.8; Wth. 6.5.
E 1/9397 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; 10 R El/16799 Neck and small fragment of animal's body; legs
L. 1368 5/8; black core (2); 0.2-0.25 mm grits; white
L. 2085 and head broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2);
slip and traces of red and yellow paint. Lth.
3.5; Th. 2.3; Wth. 3.6.
0.125-0.25 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 6.7; Wth. 5.0.
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El/16860 Animal's forequarters; neck, legs and part of
L. 2079 body broken; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (1); 0.250.5 mm grits. Th. 2.1; Wth. 5.3.
El /16926 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck and
L. 2035 body; leg stumps; 10 R 4/8; black core (1);
0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
5.6; Wth. 5.0.
E2/1953/1 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; leg
L. 544 stumps; back rounded; 5 YR 8/4; black core
(2); particularly large (2-4 mm) grits;
remains of white slip.
E2/2669/3 Animal's forequarters; neck fragment; leg
L. 544 stumps; back rounded; 2.5 YR 6/8; black core
(1); remains of white slip. Lth. 5.6; Th. 3.0;
Wth. 3.0.
E2/3039 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; two
L. 1467 legs, one partially broken; 5 YR 6/4; gray
core (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 4.3; Th.
2.3; Wth. 3.4.
E2/3307 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; leg
L. 601 stumps; flat back; 5 YR 6/4; gray core (2);
many 0.25-0.5 mm grits, also some larger ones,
almost 1 cm; remains of white slip.
E2/7335 Animal's forequarters; stumps of legs;
L. 1447 beginning of neck; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1);
0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
6.5; Th. 2.7; Wth. 4.2.
E2/12013 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; legs
L. 1475 broken; 5 YR 7/4; black core (1); 0.2-0.25 mm
grits. Lth. 6.7; Th. 2.8; Wth. 4.0.
E2/12176 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; leg
L. 1710 stumps; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.5; Wth. 4.0.
E3/ 12854 Almost complete length of body; neck, legs and
L. 1556 tail broken; 10 R 4/6; black core (1); 0.250.5 mm grits. Lth. 8.4; Th. 2.7; Wth. 5.0.
E3/ 13082 Animal's forequarters; crack in hindquarters,
L. 1588 neck and legs; 2.5 YR 6/8; clay-colored core;
remains of white slip. Lth. 8.1; Th. 3.2; Wth. 6.2.
E3/ 13099 Animal's forequarters; tip of neck broken; leg
L. 1588 stumps; crack in back; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core
(1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 2.3; Wth. 5.0.
E3/15529 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; legs
L. 1913 and hindquarters broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black
core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; white slip. Lth.
5.4; Th. 2.4; Wth. 3.5.
E3/15650 Animal's forequarters; leg stumps; beginning
L. 1928 of neck; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5
mm grits; white slip. Lth. 5.1; Wth. 4.2.
E3/15630 Animal's forequarters; neck and head extant;
L. 1927 ears, mouth, legs and part of body broken; 2.5
YR 6/6; black core (1); many fairly coarse
0.5-1.5 mm grits. Lth. 9.0 ; Wth. 5.2.
E3/15799 Animal's forequarters; stumps of legs, neck
L. 1935 and body; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 4.3; Wth. 5.0.
E3/19182 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; legs
L. 2435 broken; body slightly broken; 2.5 YR 6/6;
black core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits. Lth. 4.2; Th.
2.93; Wth. 3.9.
G 2037 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; leg
L. 705 stumps; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm
grits, also some 2-4 mm; remains of white
slip. Lth. 6.0; Th. 3.0; Wth. 5.0.
G 2104 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; leg
L. 718 stumps; flat back; 5 YR 8/4; black core (1).
Lth. 3.6; Th. 2.0; Wth. 3.2.
G 4543 Animal's forequarters; leg stumps; beginning
L. 783 of neck; back rounded; 2.5YR 6/6; blackishgray core (2); 0.5-2 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 6.4; Th. 2.8; Wth. 4.4.
G 4575 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; leg
L. 804 stumps; back rounded; 2.5 YR 5/6; grayishblack core (2); 0.25-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 6.4; Th. 3.2; Wth. 5.0.
G 4965 Animal's forequarters; neck, legs and
L. 824 hindquarters broken; 5 YR 7/4; gray core (2);
remains of white slip. Lth. 6.9; Th. 2.9; Wth. 4.2.
G 5566 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; broken
L. 850 legs; 5 YR 6/4; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 2.3; Th. 2.9; Wth. 1.6.
G 5630 Neck and small fragment of body; head and legs
L. 804 broken; 5 YR 7/6; black core (1); few coarse
grits, 3 mm and over. Lth. 3.7/5.0; Th. 2.8;
Wth. 5.8/2.4.
G 5702 Stumps of legs; beginning of neck; 5 YR 7/6;
L. 850 gray core (2); 0.2-0.25 mm grits. Lth. 8.2;
Th. 3.6; Wth. 5.5.
G 8190 Animal's forequarters; leg stumps; beginning
L. 881 of neck; 5 YR 6/6; clay-colored core with gray
lens in center; gravel fragments; remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.6; Wth. 3.0.
G 11060 Animal's forequarters; neck and legs broken; 5
L. 903 YR 6/4; gray core (2); 0.2-0.25 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 2.6; Th. 2.2; Wth. 3.3.
G 11257 Animal's forequarters; neck and legs broken;
L. 923 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); remains of white
slip. Lth. 3.5; Th. 3.3; Wth. 3.6.
G 11281 Horse's forequarters; beginning of neck; fore
L. 938 feet broken off. Lth. 4.8; Th. 2.8; Wth. 4.8.
G 11513 • Animal's body; one leg; crack in neck, leg and
L. 960 body; body rounded; 2.5 YR 6/8; gray core (2);
0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
4.4; Th. 3.5; Wth. 3.7.
G 11651 Animal's forequarters; leg stumps (joined
L. 962 together); beginning of neck; body broken in
middle; body rounded; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core
(2); 0.25-1 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 4.4; Th. 3.2; Wth. 3.4.
G 17624/2 Animal's forequarters; half of neck preserved;
L. 1141 leg stumps; small fragment of body; 2.5 YR
6/4; 0.25-0.5 mm grits; white slip; few traces
of red paint. Lth. 5.3; Wth. 3.6.
G 17709 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck;
W. 330 lower portion of one leg broken; 2.5 YR 5/6;
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black core (1); remains of white slip. Lth.
4.8; Th. 1.8; Wth. 4.2.
H 5048 Animal's forequarters; 10 R 5/6; grayish-black
L. 1008 core (1); 1-2 mm grits, also a few 2-4 mm.
Lth. 1.8; Wth. 2.5.
El/4168 Flat back; crack in legs;2.5 YR 5/8; black
L. 683 core (1); few 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.8; Th. 2.3; Wth. 4.0.
El/9308 Fragment of animal's body; 10 R 5/6; black
L. 1364 core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip.
Type B3f?
El/17181 Animal's forequarters; crack in neck and legs;
L. 2113 broad body; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.5-1
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 5.2; Th.
2.4; Wth. 4.1.
Type B3fl
D2/20176 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck;
L. 1888 lower portion of one leg broken; 2.5 YR 5/8;
remains of white slip and red and yellow
stripes. Lth. 5.2; Th. 2.2; Wth. 4.4.
D2/20272 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; legs
L. 2323 broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); remains of
white slip and traces of red stripes. Lth.
4.9/2.4; Th. 2.4/2.3; Wth. 3.1/4.4.
E3/ 15658 Animal's forequarters; crack in beginning of
L. 1927 legs, neck and back; 5 YR 7/4; light-colored
core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 4.4; Wth. 3.7.
G 4264 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; leg
L. 727 stumps; back rounded; 2.5 YR 5/8; grayishFig. 17:10 black core (2); white slip intact, with red
PI. 8:9 and yellow painted stripes across body. Lth.
5.3; Th. 2.4; Wth. 3.3.
El/9660 Fragment of animal's body; 2.5 YR 6/6; blackL. 1373 gray core (2); many 0.5-2 mm grits. Lth. 7.0;
Th. 2.9; Wth. 5.0.
El/9898 Fragment of animal's body; 2.5 YR 5/8; black
L. 1392 core (2); remains of white slip with traces of
red paint. Lth. 1.8; Wth. 2.5.
El/9962 Unidentifiable fragment of body; 5 YR 7/6;
L. 1394 black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip.
E 1/9966 Unidentifiable fragment of body; 5 YR 7/6;
L. 1610 black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits.
E 1 / 1 0 1 7 1 Animal' s neck and beginning of body ; neck
L. 1363 broad; 2.5 YR 6/4; gray core (1); remains of
white slip.
El/10204 Unidentified fragment of animal's body; 2.5 YR
L. 1611 4/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip and few traces of yellow
paint.
El /10207 Unidentified fragment of animal's body; 2.5 YR
L. 1604 6/6; gray core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip.
Type B3g
D 1/864/1 Fragment of animal's forequarters; part of
L. 317 neck; fore feet broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
(1); many grits, 0.25-0.5 mm; remains of white
slip. Lth. 3.5/3.5; Th. 2.4/2.3; Wth. 4.2/3.1.
D 1/10 13 Animal fragment; back; stump of tail or head
L. 317 (?); broken belly; 2.5 YR 5/6; grayish-black
core (1); 0.25-1.5 mm grits. Lth. 5.5; Wth. 3.2.
D 1/67 51 Fragment of animal's body; leg stumps; 2.5 YR
L. 387 5/6; black core (2); many coarse grits, around
3 mm, also 0.5-1 mm. Lth. 4.8; Th. 3.0; Wth. 2.8.
D2/13560 Animal's body; crack on both sides; 2.5 YR
L. 1861 6/6; black core (1). Lth. 4.8; Th. 2.6; Wth. 3.9.
D2/13928 Animal's body; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2).
L. 1804
El/10235 Animal's forequarters; neck and legs broken;
L. 1604 crack in back; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2);
0.25-0.5 mm grits.
El/10543 Animal's body (?); 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2);
L. 1604 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip.
El /16043 Animal's body; crack on both sides; leg
L. 1604 stumps; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); remains of
white slip. Lth. 6.0; Th. 2.1/2.0; Wth.
4.3/3.8.
El/16059 Animal's body; forequarters, hindquarters and
L. 1604 legs missing; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2). Lth.
7.6; Th. 3.2/2.8; Wth. 5.5.
El/16174 Animal's neck (?); 2.5 YR 4/6; black core (1);
L. 2016 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip.
D2/14138 Unidentified fragment of animal's body; legs
El /16297 • Animal's body; crack on three sides; 2.5 YR
L. 1888 broken; neck and back also broken; 2.5 YR 5/8;
L. 2035 6/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits.
black core (1).
D2/20202 Body fragment, hard to identify (perhaps
L. 2324 forepart?); 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.5-1
mm grits. Lth. 6.66; Wth. 4.3.
D2/20245 Unidentifiable fragment of body; 2.5 YR 5/8;
L. 2323 black core (1); remains of white slip. Lth.
5.3; Th. 1.8; Wth. 2.5.
D2/20582 Fragmentary hindquarters of animal; legs and
L. 2707 tail broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.5-1
mm grits; remains of white slip; tail width:
1.3. Lth. 2.6; Th. 1.5.
E 1/3825 Beginning of neck and leg stumps; 5 YR 8/4;
L. 642 gray core (2); few 0.5-1 mm grits; white slip.
Lth. 4.6; Th. 2.2; Wth. 4.3.
El/17286 Fragment of animal's body; 2/5 YR 6/8; black
L. 2035 core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 3.6; Th. 2.2; Wth. 3.1.
E2/1811 Animal's forequarters; broken almost in half;
L. 539B one leg chipped; part of neck; 2.5 YR 6/6;
black core; few 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 2.9/2.1; Th. 2.0; Wth.
2.7/2.1.
E2/1914 Flat back; 2.5 YR 6/6; clay-colored core with
L. 546 small gray lens in center; 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 5.3; Th. 2.3; Wth. 5.0.
E2/2617 Center of body; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1);
L. 544 very few grits, 0.2-0.25 mm; remains of white
slip. Lth. 5.5; Th. 3.0; Wth. 3.6.
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E2/12017 Fragment of animal's neck; head and body
L. 1485 missing; 5 YR 7/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 3.3/2.8;
Wth. 1.8.
E2/ 12284 Animal's neck; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (2);
L. 1732 coarse grits, 2-3 mm, also 0.5-1 mm; remains
E3/15933 Fragment of animal's body (?); 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 1952 black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits.
Type B3gl
E 1/6452 Horse's torso; legs and head broken; strip of
L. 1279 clay on back representing sitting rider; 2.5
YR 6/6; black core (1); few 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip and red painted stripes.
Lth. 6.8; Th. 6.8; Wth. 5.2.
of white slip.
E3/13179 Unidentifiable fragment of animal's body; 2.5
L. 1902 YR 6/8; black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip.
E3/ 15654 Animal's body; crack in back and along body;
L. 1923 one leg partially broken; relatively broad
body; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm
El/7937 Horse's torso; traces of rider on back; 2.5 YR
L. 1292A 6/6; black core (1); traces of white slip.
Lth. 5.0; Th. 3.3; Wth. 4.4.
E 1/99 14 Remains of animal with traces of rider; 2.5 YR
L. 1394 5/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains
of white slip with red stripes painted across.
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 6.4; Th. 2.3.
E3/ 15661 Animal's body; crack on both sides; 2.5 YR
L. 1927 6/2; gray core (2); remains of white slip.
Lth. 4.2; Th. 3.2; Wth. 5.7.
G 11250 Unidentifiable fragment of body; 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 903 black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
E3/15703 Fragment of animal's body; one foot and part
L. 1927 of body extant; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1);
0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 3.9; Th. 2.2; Wth. 4.1.
Type B3hl
E3/19074 Fragment of pillar figurine (?); 2.5 YR 5/8;
L. 2402/2 black core (1); 1-1.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 5.0; Th. 2.2; Wth. 2.1/3.1.
B 439 Animal's leg; broken from middle downward;
L. 11 IB joint with body extant; 10 R 6/6; black core
(1); 0.5-1 mm grits. Lth. 7.0; Dia. top 4.0;
G 2279 Animal fragment; flat body; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 727 grayish-black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits;
white slip.
B 436 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core
L. 11 IB (1). Lth. 3.7; Dia. top 2.2; Dia. bottom 1.4.
Dia. bottom 1.9.
B 514 Complete leg; fragment of joint to body; 2.5
remains of white slip. Lth. 4.8; Th. 2.4; Wth. 3.0. L. 115 YR 5/6; black core (1); remains of white slip
G 2313 Center of body; body rounded; 5 YR 8/4;
L. 727 grayish-black core (1); 0.5-2 mm grits;
(?). Lth. 4.6; Dia. bottom 1.5.
B 576 Complete leg (?); broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6;
remains of white slip. Lth. 4.5; Th. 2.4; Wth. 2.8. L. 124 clay-colored core; 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
G 4430 Animal's forequarters; beginning of neck; leg
L. 780 stumps; one side broken; 2.5 YR 6/8; gray core
(1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip.
G 4560 Center of body; back broken; 10 R 5/6; black
L. 773 core (1); few 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 5.7; Th. 2.3; Wth. 3.3.
G 4718 Animal's forequarters; traces of rider; back
L. 819 flat; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); remains of
white slip and traces of red paint stripes;
leg width: 2.6. Lth. 6.4; Th. 2.5; Wth. 4.5.
white slip (?). Lth. 4.2; Dia. bottom 1.2
D 1/929/1 Both ends of leg broken; 5 YR 6/6; clayL. 317 colored core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 4.2;
Dia. top 2.7; Dia. bottom 2.0.
D 1/944 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
L. 317 (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 4.0; Dia. top
2.2; Dia. bottom 1.5.
Dl/958/1 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
L. 317 (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 2.8; Dia. top
2.1; Dia. bottom 1.2.
G 4848 Fragment of animal's body; leg stump; 2.5 YR
L. 792 6/6; black core (1); 0.25-1 mm grits; remains
of white slip. Lth. 4.0; Th. 2.0; Wth. 4.0.
D 1/1034 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/8; black core
L. 317 (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 3.2; Dia. top
G 8181 Unidentifiable fragment of body; 10 R 5/6;
L. 880 clay-colored core; few 0.25-0.5 mm grits, also
D 1/1035 Top part of leg broken; 5 YR 7/6; gray core
L. 317 (2); remains of white slip. Lth. 3.1; Dia. top
gravel fragments; remains of white slip.
G 17554/2 Animal's body; traces of legs; forequarters
L. 1122A and hindquarters missing; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray
core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits. Lth. 4.7; Th. 2.7;
Wth. 4.5.
Type B3g?
D2/ 13977 Unidentified fragment of animal's body; 2.5 YR
L. 1818 6/6; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; white slip.
El/16144 Fragment of animal's body (?); 2.5 YR 5/8;
L. 1604 black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits.
El/16850 Fragment of animal's body (neck?); 5 YR 6/6;
L. 2040 black core (2); 0.25-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip (?).
2.2; Dia. bottom 1.8.
2.4; Dia. bottom 1.3.
D 1/1054 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 5/8; gray core
L. 317 (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 4.4; Dia. top 2.5; Dia. bottom 1.4.
D 1/1 167 Animal's leg; regular shape; 2.5 YR 6/6; black
L. 321 core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Dia. top 3.0.
Dl/6598 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 360 clay-colored core; burnished. Lth. 1.7; Dia.
bottom 1.5.
D 1/6599 Leg and fragment of joint to body; leg intact;
L. 357 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (1); remains of white
slip. Lth. 5.6; Dia. bottom 2.3.
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D 1/6608 Complete leg and joint to body; animal's
L. 361 buttocks discernible; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core
(2); remains of white slip. Lth. 4.0; Dia.
bottom 1.5.
Dl/6714 Leg and fragment of joint to body; leg intact.
L. 374B Lth. 3.5; Dia. bottom 2.1.
Surf. core (2); 0.125-0.25 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.4; Dia. top 3.2; Dia.
bottom 1.8.
D2/14050 Complete leg; beginning of joint to body; 2.5
L. 1827 YR 5/8; black core (1); remains of white slip.
Lth. 4.8; Dia. bottom 1.7.
D 1/67 16 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 5/6;D2/ 14059 Complete leg; broken at base; 5 YR 7/6; clayL. 1802 colored core. Lth. 4.9; Dia. bottom 1.8.
L. 376 black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.3; Dia. bottom 2.3.
D 1/67 18 Complete leg; broken at base; bottom portion
L. 383 defective; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2); remains
of white slip. Lth. 4.0; Dia. bottom 2.0.
D 1/6724 Complete leg; broken at base; bottom portion
L. 360 flat (regular shape more pointed); 10 R 4/6;
black core (1). Lth. 4.0; Dia. bottom 2.5.
D 1/6736 Complete leg and part of joint to body; 10 R
L. 370 5/6; gray core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; burnished.
Lth. 3.3; Dia. bottom 1.6.
D 1/6774 Complete leg; broken at base; defect in bottom
L. 381 part; 2.5 YR 5/6; gray core (2). Lth. 4.0;
D2/14087 Complete leg; lower part defective; 2.5 YR
L. 1834 4/8; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip; few traces of yellow
paint. Lth. 4.7; Dia. bottom 2.0.
D2/ 14091 Base of leg and joint to body; bottom part
L. 1831 missing; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); traces of
white slip. Lth. 3.5; Dia. bottom 1.9.
D2/ 14099 Almost complete leg; broken at base; 5 YR 5/6;
L. 1834 black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 5.0; Dia. bottom 2.1.
D2/14102 Fragment of leg (bottom part); 2.5 YR 2.5/0;
L. 1834 gray core; 0.125-0.25 mm grits.
Dia. bottom 2.0.
D2/14143 Fragment of animal's leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; black
D 1/6797 Animal leg fragment; 5 YR 7/3; clay-coloredL. 1888 core (1); 0.125-0.25 mm grits; remains of
L. 398 core. Lth. 5.4; Dia. bottom 2.2.
white slip.
D2/20040 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 3/0; clayD 1/68 12 Leg and fragment of joint to body; leg intact;
W. 163 colored core. Lth. 4.1; Dia. top 1.96; Dia.
L. 395A 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (1); 0.5-0.25 mm grits.
Lth. 4.9; Dia. bottom 2.0.
D 1/1 3244 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 456 black core; (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; few remains
of white slip. Lth. 3.0; Dia. bottom 1.3.
D 1/1 3293 Fragment of animal's leg; base missing; 5 YR
L. 469 6/4; gray core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains
of white slip. Lth. 3.5; Dia. bottom 1.5.
D 1/1 33 16 Complete leg; beginning of joint to body; 2.5
L. 471 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.125-0.25 mm grits;
few remains of white slip. Lth. 4.8; Dia.
bottom 1.8.
bottom 0.6.
D2/20124 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 5/6; clay-colored core;
Surf. remains of white slip. Lth. 3.6; Dia. top
2.16; Dia. bottom 0.9.
D2/20126 Broken leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.25L. 1856 0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 3.0;
Dia. top 1.2.
D2/20150 Almost complete leg; bottom part broken; 2.5
L. 2310 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 4.24; Dia. top
1.15; Dia. bottom 1.6.
D2/ 13383 Fragment of animal's leg; bottom part broken; D2/20175 Complete leg; bottom part slightly broken; 2.5
L. 1856 YR 6/6; clay-colored core; remains of white
L. 2339 base broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.5-1
slip. Lth. 4.25; Dia. top 2.25; Dia. bottom 0.4.
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 3.0;
Dia. bottom 1.2.
D2/20206 Almost complete leg; bottom and top parts
D2/13509 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 4/6; clay-colored core;L. 2310 broken; 2.5 YR 6/8; black core (2); remains of
white slip. Lth. 2.1; Dia. top 1.6; Dia.
L. 1850 white slip. Lth. 5.5; Dia. top 2.7; Dia.
bottom 1.0.
bottom 1.8.
D2/13548 Almost complete leg; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core
L. 1861 (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 4.2; Dia. top
2.8; Dia. bottom 1.3.
D2/ 13549 Animal's leg; bottom part broken; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 1859 black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.2; Dia. top 1.8.
D2/13559 Animal's leg with beginning of body; 2.5 YR
L. 1861 6/6; black core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains
of white slip. Lth. 6.2; Dia. top 2.5; Dia.
bottom 1.5.
D2/13591 Complete leg; 5 YR 7/3; clay-colored core;
L. 1866 remains of white slip. Lth. 5.1; Dia. top 2.6;
Dia. bottom 1.4.
D2/20223 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
L. 2322 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
5.62; Dia. top 2.6; Dia. bottom 1.0.
D2/20228 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1);
L. 2319 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
3.55; Dia. top 2.1; Dia. bottom 0.82.
D2/20231 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 6/8; black core (1);
L. 2319 traces of white slip. Lth. 5.7; Dia. top 2.5;
Dia. bottom 1.25.
D2/20235/1 Almost complete leg; top part broken; 2.5 YR
L. 2324 5/6; black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip (?). Lth. 2.25; Dia. top
2.3; Dia. bottom 1.1.
D2/13705 Leg; bottom part cracked; 2.5 YR 6/6; black D2/20235/2 Complete leg; bottom part slightly broken; 5
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L. 2324 YR 7/6; black core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits. Lth.
4.6; Dia. top 2.25; Dia. bottom 0.5.
D2/20244 Almost complete leg; bottom part broken; 2.5
L. 2323 YR 6/6; gray core (1); remains of white slip.
Lth. 3.6; Dia. top 2.8; Dia. bottom 1.65.
D2/20260 Unidentifiable body fragment, presumably leg;
L. 2323 5 YR 6/4; black core (1); remains of white
slip. Lth. 5.8; Dia. bottom 2.2.
D2/20271 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (2); 1Surf. 2.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
4.32; Dia. top 2.13; Dia. bottom 1.04.
D2/20281 Complete leg; top part slightly broken; 2.5 YR
L. 2323 6/6; black core (1); remains of white slip.
Lth. 4.6; Dia. top 1.8; Dia. bottom 0.7.
D2/20291 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 6/4; black core (1);
L. 2323 remains of white slip. Lth. 4.0; Dia. top
2.15; Dia. bottom 1.34.
D2/20359/1 Complete leg; 5 YR 7/4; gray core (2); 0.25L. 2322 0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
2.55; Dia. top 2.2; Dia. bottom 1.0.
D2/20359/2 Complete leg; 5 YR 7/6; clay-colored core;
L. 2322 remains of white slip. Lth. 3.3; Dia. top 2.3;
El/2773 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
L. 577 (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 4.5; Dia. top
2.1; Dia. bottom 1.3.
E 1/3450 Top part of leg broken; 5 YR 7/2; burnt,
L. 618 therefore difficult to determine original
color. Lth. 3.5; Dia. top 1.7; Dia. bottom
1.1.
El/3596 Both ends of leg broken; 5 YR 6/4; black core
L. 618 (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 3.4; Dia. top
2.7; Dia. bottom 1.7.
El/3613 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
L. 618 (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 5.0; Dia. top 1.5.
El/3665 Crooked leg; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1);
L. 618 remains of white slip. Lth. 4.6; Dia. top 3.0;
Dia. bottom 1.8.
El/3739 Top part of leg broken; 5 YR 7/4; black core
L. 618 (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 3.9; Dia. top
2.4; Dia. bottom 1.2.
E 1/3750 Top part of leg broken; 5 YR 7/4; black core
L. 630B (1); 1-2.5 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 4.2; Dia. top 2.8; Dia. bottom 1.4.
Dia. bottom 1.0.
El/3827 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
D2/20372 Complete leg; brownish-red clay; 2.5 YR 6/4;L. 641 (1); few 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 5.4; Dia. top 3.5; Dia. bottom 1.8.
L. 2323 black core (2); remains of white slip. Lth.
3.32; Dia. top 1.64; Dia. bottom 0.8.
El/3878 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
L. 624 (2); remains of white slip. Lth. 3.3; Dia. top
D2/20403 Leg; joint to the body; bottom part broken;
1.8; Dia. bottom 1.0.
L. 2335 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 2.3; Dia. top 2.4.
D2/20410 Complete leg; top part slightly broken; 2.5 YR
L. 2335 6/4; gray core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.97; Dia. top 1.95; Dia.
bottom 0.75.
D2/20643 Almost complete leg; 2.5 YR 4/6; black core
L. 2711 (1) (?); remains of white slip. Lth. 3.7; Dia.
top 2.1; Dia. bottom 0.8.
D2/20803 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1).
L. 2703 Lth. 4.0; Dia. top 2.0; Dia. bottom 0.8.
E 1/3941 Top part of leg broken; 5 YR 8/4; black core
L. 618 (1); 0.5-1 mm grits. Lth. 4.3; Dia. top 2.3;
Dia. bottom 1.2.
El/4041 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core
L. 618 (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 2.9; Dia. top
2.2; Dia. bottom 1.5.
E 1/4072/1 Fragment of animal's body and leg; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 646 black core (2); remains of white slip. Lth.
3.0; Dia. top 3.8; Dia. bottom 2.8.
El/4072/2 Animal's leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2);
D2/20893/1 Bottom part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; blackL. 646 remains of white slip. Lth. 3.8; Dia. top 3.2.
L. 2705 core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
El/4085 Top part of leg broken; hard to define. Lth.
slip. Lth. 2.8; Dia. top 2.4.
L. 637 *2.4; Dia. top 1.5; Dia. bottom 0.8.
D2/20893/2 Small, almost complete, leg; 2.5 YR 5/6; clayEl/4086 Animal's leg and part of joint with body; 2.5
L. 2705 colored core; 0.25-0. 5mm grits; remains of
L. 637 YR 6/4; black core; 0.5-1 mm grits. Lth. 3.5;
white slip. Lth. 1.5; Dia. top 1.5; Dia.
Dia. top 1.6; Dia. bottom 1.9.
bottom 0.7.
D2/20996 Complete leg; slightly broken base; 10 YR 5/6;
L. 2705 black core (1). Lth. 5.8; Dia. top 2.0; Dia.
bottom 1.0.
El/4126 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
L. 640 (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 3.0; Dia. top 2.0; Dia. bottom 1.2.
D2/21065 Almost complete leg; 2.5 YR 5/4; black core
L. 2752 (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 4.4; Dia. top 2.5.
E 1/4 129 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
L. 1201 (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 4.7; Dia. top
E 1/2660 Top part of leg broken; 5 YR 7/4; black core
Surf. (1?); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 3.3; Dia. top 2.1; Dia. bottom 1.2.
El/5831/1 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; clayL. 1324 colored core; 0.5-1 mm grits. Lth. 2.6; Dia.
top 1.8; Dia. bottom 1.2.
El/2715 Leg; upper part broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
L. 572 (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 5.5; Dia, top 2.6; Dia. bottom 1.8.
El/5872 Intact leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.25L. 1367 0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 4.2;
Dia. top 2.1; Dia. bottom 1.1.
2.1; Dia. bottom 1.3.
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El/5887 Intact leg; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (2); 0.25L. 1367 0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 3.7;
Dia. top 2.2; Dia. bottom 1.4.
E 1/5932 Side and top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 1204 black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 5.4; Dia. top 1.5.
E 1/5936 Intact leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1?);
L. 1204 remains of white slip. Lth. 5.5; Dia. top 2.2;
Dia. bottom 1.2.
El/5975 Top part and side of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 1270 black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 3.9; Dia. top 2.2; Dia.
bottom 1.5.
El/5987/1 Intact leg; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1).
Surf. Lth. 4.7; Dia. top 2.1; Dia. bottom 1.2.
E 1/6002 Both ends of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; clayL. 631 colored core; 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 4.2; Dia. top 2.4; Dia. bottom 1.5.
E 1/6034 Top part of leg broken; 5 YR 7/6; gray core
L. 1209 (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 3.3; Dia. top 1.9; Dia. bottom 1.0.
E 1/6057/1 Complete leg; broken at base; 5 YR 6/4; black
L. 1214 core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 5.3; Dia. top 2.2.
El/6132/1 Complete leg, with broken base; 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 1232 gray core (2); remains of white slip. Lth.
2.2; Dia. top 1.3.
El/6153 Leg and fragment of joint to body; leg intact;
Surf. 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (1); white slip. Lth.
4.2; Dia. top 1.9.
El/6177 Animal leg fragment; 10 R 4/8; black core (1);
L. 1241 remains of white slip. Lth. 3.1; Dia. top 1.3.
E 1/6 186 Animal's leg fragment; 2.5 YR 6/6; clayL. 1285 colored core; remains of white slip.
El/6326 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray
L. 1270 core (2). Lth. 2.8; Dia. top 1.3.
E 1/6382/1 Complete leg; broken at base; bottom portion
L. 1270 pinched; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2); remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.1; Dia. top 1.9.
El/6382/2 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray
L. 1270 core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 3.4; Dia. top 1.7.
E 1/6434 Leg and fragment of joint to body; leg intact;
L. 1273 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); white slip. Lth.
7.5; Dia. top 2.5.
El/6482 Complete leg; broken at base; beginning of
L. 1279 joint to body; 2.5 YR 6/6; remains of white
slip. Lth. 3.3; Dia. top 1.4.
E 1/7824 Animal leg fragment; 2.5 YR 6/8; black core
L. 657 (2). Lth. 4.9; Dia. top 2.3.
E 1/7860 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 657 black core (2); remains of white slip. Lth.
4.3; Dia. top 2.7.
E 1/79 17 Leg and fragment of joint to body; leg intact;
L. 1296 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); remains of white
slip. Lth. 4.2; Dia. top 1.8.
E 1/8401 Complete leg; broken at base; crack continues
L. 1303 a little along side; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
(1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 2.8; Dia. top 1.8.
E 1/8421 Leg and fragment of joint to body; leg intact;
L. 1303 5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.5-0.25 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 4.8; Dia. top 2.2.
E 1/843 8 Complete leg; broken at base; 5 YR 7/6; gray
L. 1303 core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 4.7; Dia. top 2.0.
E 1/8477 Complete leg; broken at base; clay color
L. 1303 indefinable due to chemical activity. Lth.
4.7; Dia. top 2.2.
El/6198 Complete leg; broken at base 2.5 YR 5/8; black
L. 1285 core (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 4.8;
Dia. top 2.4.
E 1/8496 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 1293 black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits. Lth. 4.3; Dia.
El/6200 Complete leg; broken at base. Lth. 1.8; Dia.
L. 1285 top 3.2.
El/8497 Joint of leg to body; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core
L. 1303 (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 3.1; Dia. top 2.6.
top 2.2.
E 1/6209 Leg and fragment of joint to body; leg
intact;
E 1/8
539 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 5/8;
L. 1285 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.5-0.25 mm grits;
L. 1277 . black core (1); remains of white slip. Lth.
remains of white slip. Lth. 3.5; Dia. top 2.5.
5.8; Dia. top 2.7.
E 1/62 14 Animal's leg fragment; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core
L. 1285 (1); white slip.
E 1/8 540 Leg; base broadening to form joint with body;
L. 1303 leg broken in middle; 2.5 YR 6/8; black core
(1); white slip. Lth. 3.3; Dia. top 2.4.
E 1/6222 Leg broken in middle; only bottom part extant;
L. 1285 5 YR 6/6; clay-colored core; remains of white
E 1/8545/3 Complete leg; broken at base; 5 YR 6/4; black
slip. Lth. 2.3; Dia. top 2.0.
L. 1321 core (2). Lth. 3.3; Dia. top 2.2.
E 1/6246 Leg and fragment of joint to body; leg intact;
L. 1206 2.5 YR 6/6; clay-colored core; 0.5-1 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 4.5; Dia. top 2.6.
El/8547 Animal leg fragment; 2.5 YR 5/6; clay-colored
L. 1322 core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 3.2; Dia. top 1.7.
E 1/6300 Leg and fragment of joint to body; leg intact;
L. 1270 2.5 YR 6/8; black core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits.
Lth. 4.8; Dia. top 2.6.
El/8560 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray
L. 1321 core (2); remains of white slip. Lth. 2.3;
Dia. top 1.3.
E 1/6321 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 1270 almost clay-colored core; remains of white
El/8581/1 Leg and fragment of joint to body; leg intact;
L. 1326 10 R 5/6; light-colored core; white slip. Lth.
5.5; Dia. top 2.0.
slip. Lth. 3.0; Dia. top 1.8.
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E 1/8 58 1/3 Complete leg; broken at base and in bottom
L. 1326 part; 2.5 YR 5/8; gray core (2); white slip.
Lth. 2.5; Dia. top 1.6.
E 1/8627 Complete leg; broken at base; defect continues
L. 1325 to middle of leg; gray core (2); 0.5-1 mm
grits. Lth. 3.7; Dia. top 2.0.
El/10144 Almost complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR
L. 1604 6/4; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 4.7; Dia. top 1.4.
L. 1623 black core (1); remains of white slip. Lth.
5.3; Dia. top 2.3.
El/ 10420 Fragment of leg (bottom part); 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 1604 clay-colored core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains
of white slip.
El /10426 Complete leg; broken at base; bottom part
L. 1604 defective; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); many
0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
4.4; Dia. top 1.8.
El /10 165 Almost complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR
L. 1604 5/6; clay-colored core; relatively many 0.250.5 mm grits. Lth. 2.8; Dia. top 1.3.
El/ 10427 Almost complete leg; broken at base; cracked
L. 1610 to middle of leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; clay-colored
El/10169 Bottom part of animal's leg; 2.5 YR 6/4; gray
L. 1604 core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white
El /10434 Complete leg and beginning of joint to body;
L. 1604 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits;
slip. Lth. 2.5; Dia. top 1.2.
El/10203 Complete leg; fragment of joint to body;
L. 1615 broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6; remains of white
slip. Lth. 4.0; Dia. top 1.6.
El/ 10247 Complete leg; fragment of joint to body; 2.5
L. 1615 YR 6/8; remains of white slip and traces of
red and black paint (?). Lth. 3.2; Dia. top 1.3.
El/10254 Bottom part of animal's leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; black
L. 1621 core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; few remains of
white slip. Lth. 2.3; Dia. top 1.4.
El /10268 Complete leg; broken at base; 10 R 5/6; black
L. 1604 core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; white slip. Lth.
3.3; Dia. top 1.5.
El/ 10269 Complete leg; beginning of body and fragment;
L. 1626 2.5 YR 5/4; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits.
Lth. 4.3; Dia. top 1.6.
El/ 10271 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 1604 black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.5; Dia. top 1.7.
El/ 1030 1/1 Base of animal's leg; bottom part missing; 2.5
L. 1604 YR 5/8; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits;
remains of white slip (?). Lth. 2.7; Dia. top 1.4.
E 1/1030 1/2 Complete leg; part of joint to body; 2.5 YR
L. 1604 6/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits, also some
coarser, 1.5-2 mm; remains of white slip. Lth.
5.0; Dia. top 2.3.
core; 0.5-1 mm grits. Lth. 3.4; Dia. top 2.0.
remains of white slip (?). Lth. 4.8; Dia. top 2.1.
El /10462 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray
L. 1604 core (2); few remains of white slip. Lth. 3.3;
Dia. top 1.6.
El/ 10463 Almost complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR
L. 1604 4/6; clay-colored core; 0.2-0.25 mm grits.
Lth. 3.0; Dia. top 1.2.
El /105 19 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 1604 black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 3.3;
Dia. top 1.5.
El/10538 Animal's leg; bottom part broken; beginning of
L. 1604 joint to body; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5
mm grits; white slip. Lth. 3.5; Dia. top 1.6.
El/10563 Fragment of leg (bottom part); 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 1604 clay-colored core; traces of white slip. Lth.
2.5; Dia. top 0.9.
El /10583 Fragment of animal's leg (bottom part); 2.5 YR
L. 1646 6/6; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 3.0; Dia. top 1.5.
El/10586 Animal's leg; broken at base; bottom part
L. 1636 broken; 5 YR 5/8; clay-colored core; 0.2-0.25
mm grits. Lth. 3.0; Dia. top 1.9.
El/10628 Fragment of leg (bottom part); 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 1646 black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 2.8;
Dia. top 1.1.
El/10312 Bottom part of animal's leg; 2.5 YR 6/4;
L. 1604 light-colored core; remains of white slip.
Lth. 2.0; Dia. top 1.6.
El /10639 Fragment of leg (bottom part); 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 1646 gray core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 3.1;
El/10314 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 5/8;
L. 1604 black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
El/10645 Fragment of leg (bottom part); color
white slip (?). Lth. 4.6; Dia. top 1.9
El/10315 Animal's leg; broken at base and along length;
L. 1618 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.2-0.25 mm grits;
remains of white slip.
El /103 16 Complete leg; beginning of joint to body and
L. 1632 fragment of it; 10 R 5/8; black core (2);
0.125-0.25 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 4.7; Dia. top 1.6.
El /10336 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/4;
L. 1618 black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 3.9; Dia. top 1.6.
El /10344 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 5/6;
*Dia. top 1.2.
L. 1642 indefinable.
El/10651/6 Fragment of animal's leg; 2.5 YR 4/8; b
L. 1651 (1); 0.125-0.25 mm grits. Lth. 2.9; Dia. top
El /10734 Complete leg; beginning of joint to body
L. 1646 of base broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2);
0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
4.3; Dia. top 1.6.
El/10735 Fragment of leg (bottom part); 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 1649 light core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 2.8; Dia.
top 1.7.
El /10741 Almost complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR
L. 1646 6/6; black core (1); traces of white slip.
Lth. 3.6; Dia. top 1.5.
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El/ 10772 Almost complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR
L. 1646 6/6; clay-colored core; 0.125-0.25 mm grits.
Lth. 2.6; Dia. top 1.0.
El/10773 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 1646 black core (1); remains of white slip. Lth.
5.4; Dia. top 2.1.
El/10785 Animal's leg, broken from middle (only bottom
L. 1646 part extant); 2.5 YR 6/6; clay-colored core;
0.25-1 mm grits. Lth. 2.7; Dia. top 1.7.
0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip (?).
Lth. 4.7; Dia. top 2.1.
El/14655 Complete leg; broken at base; 10 R 4/8; black
L. 1687 core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 4.0; Dia. top 1.8.
El/ 14698 Almost complete leg; broken at base; bottom
L. 1604 part defective; beginning of joint to body; 5
YR 6/4; gray core (1); remains of white slip.
Lth. 3.2; Dia. top 1.4.
El/10821 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 5/8;
L. 1619 black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.0; Dia. top 1.5.
El/16044 Animal's leg; bottom end rounded; 5 YR 7/4;
L. 1604 gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
El/ 10891 Complete leg; broken at base; bottom part
Surf. defective; 5 YR 6/6; clay-colored core; 0.5-1
mm grits. Lth. 4.8; Dia. top 2.0.
El/16045 Animal's leg; top part broken; bottom part
L. 1604 pointed; 2.5 YR 6/4; gray core (1). Lth. 4.1;
Dia. top 1.8; Dia. bottom 1.2.
El/14312 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 1618 black core (2); remains of white slip. Lth.
2.9; Dia. top 1.7.
El /16046 Animal's leg; top part broken; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 2009 black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.0; Dia. top 2.4; Dia.
El/14373 Complete leg; joint with body; 10 R 5/6. Lth.
L. 1660 2.0; Dia. top 0.9.
El/14434 Fragment of animal's leg (bottom part); 2.5 YR
L. 1679 6/6; clay-colored core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 2.3; Dia. top 0.9.
El/14435 Fragment of leg (bottom part); 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 1679 gray core (1); remains of white slip.; Dia.
top 2.7; Dia. top 1.3.
El/14456 Complete leg and joint to body; 5 YR 7/6;
L. 1679 black core (1); remains of white slip. Lth.
5.4; Dia. top 2.2.
El /14460 Almost complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR
L. 1650 5/8. Lth. 3.3; Dia. top 2.0.
white slip.
bottom 1.0.
El/16109 Animal's leg; top part broken; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 2007 clay-colored core; remains of white slip. Lth.
4.4; Dia. top 2.1; Dia. bottom 1.2.
El/16112 Animal's leg and small fragment of body; 2.5
L. 1604 YR 5/6; black core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 4.3; Dia. top 2.7;
Dia. bottom 1.5.
El/16132 Animal's leg; 5 YR 7/4; black core (2).
Surf. Lth. 3.4; Dia. top 1.8; Dia. bottom 1.6.
El/ 16143 Almost complete leg; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core
L. 1604 (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 4.4; Dia. top
2.6; Dia. bottom 1.5.
El/16169 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 5/8; gray core (2); 0.25El/ 14480 Complete leg; fragment of joint to body; one
L. 2028 0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 3.8;
L. 1679 side broken to middle; 2.5 YR 6/6; black
Dia. top 2.3; Dia. bottom 1.3.
core (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 4.2; Dia.
top 2.1.
El/14491 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 1687 black core (1). Lth. 4.4; Dia. top 1.8.
El/14529 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 1687 black core (1); remains of white slip. Lth.
5.1; Dia. top 2.2.
El/14541 Complete leg; joint to body; 2.5 YR 5/8; black
L. 1660 core (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 3.5;
Dia. top 1.2.
El/14562 Fragment of animal's leg (?); 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 1679 clay-colored core; 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 3.1; Dia. top 1.3.
El/14563 Fragment of leg (middle part); 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 1679 gray core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits.
El/ 14564 Fragment of animal's leg; hollow (part of
L. 1679 zoomorphic vessel); 2.5 YR 6/6; clay-colored
core; polished.
El/14612 Complete leg and joint to body; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 1660 black core (1); remains of white slip. Lth.
5.3; Dia. top 1.5.
El/14613 Animal's leg; broken at base; bottom part and
L. 1660 one side broken; 10 R 4/6; black core (1);
El/16173 Animal's leg; top part broken; 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 2016 black core (2); remains of white slip. Lth.
2.3; Dia. top 2.0; Dia. bottom 1.6.
El/16188 Complete leg; 5 YR 7/6; gray core (2); 1-2 mm
L. 2010 grits. Lth. 4.5; Dia. top 2.8; Dia. bottom 1.3.
El/16223 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
L. 2007 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
4.5; Dia. top 2.8; Dia. bottom 1.7.
El/ 16227 Almost complete leg; 5 YR 7/4; black core (1);
L. 2038 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
4.3; Dia. top 2.7; Dia. bottom 1.4.
El/16239 Animal's leg; top part broken; 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 2028 black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 3.8; Dia. top 2.5; Dia.
bottom 1.3.
El/16246 Animal's leg; top part broken; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 2028 clay-colored core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains
of white slip. Lth. 4.0; Dia. top 2.4; Dia.
bottom 1.2.
El/16295 Animal's leg; bottom part broken; 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 2028 gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 3.5; Dia. top 1.8; Dia.
bottom 1.6.
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El/ 163 10 Animal's leg; top part broken; 2.5 YR 3/6;
L. 2028 black core (1); 0.125-0.25 mm grits; few
remains of white slip. Lth. 3.5; Dia. top 1.9;
Dia. bottom 1.3.
El/16314 Animal's leg; 2.5 YR 4/8; black core (1).
L. 2028 Lth. 3.2; Dia. top 2.2; Dia. bottom 1.2.
El /16801 Almost complete leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core
L. 2028 (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 4.0; Dia. top 2.3; Dia. bottom 1.3.
El/ 16920 Animal's leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2); 0.25L. 2085 0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 3.5;
Dia. top 2.3; Dia. bottom 1.3.
El/16315 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2); 0.25L. 2026 0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 4.9;
Dia. top 2.4; Dia. bottom 1.4.
El/17284 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 4/8; black core (1);
L. 2035 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 3.8; Dia. top 2.1;
El/16322 Complete leg; 5 YR 7/4; gray core (2); 0.25L. 2028 0.5 mm grits. Lth. 4.2; Dia. top 2.5; Dia.
El/17291 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 4/8; black core (2). Lth.
L. 2121 3.8; Dia. top 1.7; Dia. bottom 0.84.
bottom 1.2.
El/ 16367 Fragment of animal's leg; 2.5 YR 6/6 (result
L. 2024B of chemical activity?).
El/16368 Animal's leg; top part broken; 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 2035 gray core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 3.6; Dia. top 2.4; Dia.
bottom 1.6.
Dia. bottom 1.1.
El/17293 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 4/8; black core (1);
L. 2123 remains of white slip. Lth. 3.6; Dia. top 1.9;
Dia. bottom 1.3.
El/ 17463 Almost complete leg; bottom part broken; 2.5
L. 2146 YR 6/6; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 3.3; Dia. top 2.0;
Dia. bottom 1.0.
El/16389 Animal's leg; top part slightly broken; 2.5 YR
L. 2038 6/4; clay-colored core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits.
Lth. 3.7; Dia. top 2.1; Dia. bottom 1.1.
El/19292 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
Surf. remains of white slip. Lth. 3.5; Dia. top
El/16442 Both ends of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black
L. 2053 core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 4.0; Dia. top 2.3; Dia. bottom 1.2.
El /19609 Almost complete leg; 5 YR 6/4; clay-colored
L. 2157 core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 2.3; Dia. top
El/16450 Animal's leg; top part broken; 2.5 YR 5/8;
L. 2035 black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
El/19703 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 6/8; black core (1). Lth.
L. 2161 4.55; Dia. top 2.2; Dia. bottom 1.1.
white slip. Lth. 4.1; Dia. top 2.6; Dia. bottom 1.5.
El/16469 Animal's leg; 2.5 YR 6/4; gray core (2).
L. 2015
1.85; Dia. bottom 0.8.
1.4; Dia. bottom 0.9.
El/ 19805 Almost complete leg; bottom part and base
L. 2031 broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.2-0.25
mm grits. Lth. 3.9; Dia. top 2.3; Dia. bottom 1.3.
El /16499 Animal's leg; top part broken; bottom part El/21 139 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
L. 2015 flat; 2.5YR 5/6; clay-colored core; remains of
Surf. remains of white slip painted red. Lth. 5.4;
white slip (?). Lth. 3.2; Dia. top 1.7; Dia.
Dia. top 2.7; Dia. bottom 0.9.
bottom 1.1.
El/21142 Leg fragment; broken at base; 2.5 YR 5/6;
El/ 16532 Animal's leg; bottom part broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; Surf. black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
L. 2015 black core (1); remains of white slip. Lth.
white slip. Lth. 2.7; Dia. top 1.4.
2.4; Dia. top 2.2; Dia. bottom 1.3.
E 1/21 144 Base of leg; bottom part missing; 2.5 YR 6/6;
El/ 16563 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2);
Surf. black core (2); remains of white slip. Lth.
W. 656 0.125-0.25 mm grits; remains of white slip.
3.7; Dia. top 2.0.
Lth. 3.9; Dia. top 2.8; Dia. bottom 1.7.
E2/1491 Intact, slightly crooked, leg; 2.5 YR 6/8;
El/16596/1 Animal's leg; 2.5 YR 5/8; gray core (2);
L. 537 black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
L. 2061 remains of white slip. Lth. 2.5; Dia. top 2.1;
white slip. Lth. 6.5; Dia. top 3.7; Dia.
Dia. bottom 2.0.
bottom 1.8.
El/16662 Fragment of animal's leg; 2.5 YR 5/8; black
L. 2066 core (1); 0.5-1.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 2.7; Dia. top 2.5.
E2/1727 Animal's leg and joint to body; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 519C black core (1). Lth. 4.5; Dia. top 3.6; Dia.
bottom 2.0.
El /16692 Animal's leg; top part broken; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 2075 gray core (1); 0.125-0.25 mm grits. Lth. 4.5;
Dia. top 1.2.
E2/1807 Top and bottom part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 534 black core (2) (?); remains of white slip.
El 16719 Animal's leg; 2.5 YR 6/8; clay-colored core;
L. 2028 remains of white slip. Lth. 3.4; Dia. top 2.0;
E2/1872 Similar to El/1491; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core
L. 544 (1); white slip. Lth. 4.6; Dia. top 1.8; Dia.
Dia. bottom 0.9.
Lth. 2.8.
bottom 0.8.
El /16728 Both ends of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/4; black E2/1921 Crooked leg; bottom part broken; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 2028 core (1); traces of white slip. Lth. 3.1; Dia.
L. 544 black core (1); remains of white slip. Lth.
top 2.3; Dia. bottom 1.3.
4.2; Dia. top 2.7; Dia. bottom 1.6.
El/16768 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 5/6; gray core (2); 0.5-1
L. 2086 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 5.3;
Dia. top 3.2; Dia. bottom 1.3.
E2/1967 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
L. 554 (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 4.0; Dia. top 2.8; Dia. bottom 1.4.
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E2/2612 Top part of leg broken; 10 R 6/6; gray core;
L. 544 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
3.3; Dia. top 1.7; Dia. bottom 1.0.
E3/ 12896 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/8; gray
L. 1560 core (1) (?); remains of white slip. Lth. 4.9;
Dia. top 2.0.
E2/2615 Top part of leg broken; 5 YR 7/4; black core
L. 544 (1); remains of white slip (?). Lth. 3.2; Dia.
top 2.0; Dia. bottom 1.2.
E3/ 12928 Almost complete leg; broken at base and in
L. 1561 lowest part; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.2-
E2/2616 Intact leg; 2.5 YR 6/4; black core (1);
L. 544 remains of white slip. Lth. 4.2; Dia. top 2.2;
Dia. bottom 0.9.
E2/2710 Upper portion of leg broken; 2.5 YR 7/6; black
L. 544 core (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 4.4;
Dia. top 2.2; Dia. bottom 1.2.
E2/2794 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; clayL. 501 colored core; 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 3.3; Dia. top 1.7.
E2/2799 Intact leg; fragment of neck and body; 2.5 YR
L. 1709 6/6; black core (1); remains of white slip.
Lth. 4.7; Dia. top 3.5; Dia. bottom 1.3.
E2/3259 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core
L. 601 (1); remains of white slip, traces of red and
yellow paint. Lth. 3.6; Dia. top 1.5; Dia.
bottom 1.0.
E2/3355/3 Top part of leg broken; 5 YR 7/4; black core
L. 601 (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 3.6; Dia. top 1.9; Dia. bottom 1.4.
E2/3528/2 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core
L. 627 (1); 0.125-0.25 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 1.8; Dia. top 2.2; Dia. bottom 1.8.
E2/3743 Intact leg with fragment of body; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 643 black core (1); remains of white slip. Lth.
5.3; Dia. top 2.5; Dia. bottom 1.4.
0.25 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
2.7; Dia. top 1.6.
E3/12935 Complete leg; broken at base; 5 YR 6/4; black
L. 1563 core (1); 0.2-0.25 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 4.2; Dia. top 1.5.
E3/12939 Fragment of leg (bottom part); 2.5 YR 6/4;
L. 1562 clay-colored core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits; white
slip. Lth. 2.4; Dia. top 1.0.
E3/ 12960 Leg and joint to body; broken in middle (half
L. 1562 missing); 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.5-1.5
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 4.8;
Dia. top 2.2.
E3/ 12981 Complete leg; broken at base; tip of joint to
L. 1562 body; 2.5 YR 5/4; black core (1); many 0.250.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 4.6;
Dia. top 1.9.
E3/13010 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 1572 black core (1); 0.2-0.25 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 5.1; Dia. top 2.2.
E3/1 3032/1 Bottom part of animal's leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; clayL. 1585 colored core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 3.2; Dia. top 2.4.
E3/ 13049 Fragment of animal's leg (bottom part); 2.5 YR
L. 1901 5/6; light-colored core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm
grits.
E3/ 13083 Animal's leg; broken at base; 5 YR 5/4; gray
L. 1588 core (2); remains of white slip. Lth. 2.8;
E2/7002/1 Animal's leg fragment; 2.5 YR 5/8; remains of
Dia. top 1.3.
L. 1402 white slip.
E3/13151 Complete leg; broken at base; 5 YR 6/6; clayE2/7186 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray
L. 1906 colored core; many coarse grits (1-2.5 mm);
L. 1424 core (2); remains of white slip. Lth. 4.1;
remains of white slip. Lth. 5.5; Dia. top 1.8.
Dia. top 1.7.
E3/13155 Fragment of leg (bottom part); 2.5 YR 5/6;
E2/7227 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray
L. 1582 black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits.
L. 1424 core (2); remains of white slip. Lth. 2.9;
E3/13156 Almost complete leg; broken at base and in
Dia. top 1.9.
L. 1906 lower part; 2.5 YR 6/6; light-colored core;
E2/ 12269 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6;
remains of white slip. Lth. 2.8; Dia. top 1.6.
L. 1729 black core (1); 1-1.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.3; Dia. top 1.8.
E3/13166 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 1909 black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
E2/ 12282 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray
white slip. Lth. 3.8; Dia. top 1.8.
L. 1731 core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 3.5; Dia. top 1.6.
E3/15582 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
L. 1918 remains of white slip. Lth. 5.2; Dia. top 3.1;
E2/ 12295 Almost complete leg; broken at base; 5 YR 6/3;
Dia. bottom 1.4.
L. 1733 clay-colored core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains
of white slip. Lth. 3.2; Dia. top 1.3.
E3/15609 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.5L. 1926 1 mm grits. Lth. 5.2; Dia. top 2.7; Dia.
E2/ 12297 Complete leg; broken at base; 5 YR 6/4; black
bottom 1.4.
L. 1733 core (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 3.8;
E3/15610 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 6/4; gray core (1); 2-3
Dia. top 1.3.
L. 1927 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 6.1;
E3/ 12889 Fragment of leg (bottom part); 2.5 YR 6/6;
Dia. top 3.2; Dia. bottom 1.8.
L. 1561 black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 3.3; Dia. top 1.2.
E3/15626 Animal's leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2);
L. 1923 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
E3/ 12890 Bottom part of animal's leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray
3.8; Dia. top 2.4; Dia. bottom 1.3.
L. 1565 core (2); remains of white slip. Lth. 2.8;
Dia. top 1.3.
E3/15633 Both ends of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core
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L. 1924 (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 3.5; Dia. top 2.4; Dia. bottom 1.7.
L. 1944 clay-colored core; 0.125-0.25 mm grits. Lth.
2.6; Dia. top 2.3; Dia. bottom 1.5.
E3/15635 Animal's leg; 5 YR 6/3; clay-colored core;
L. 1927 traces of white slip. Lth. 2.7; Dia. top 1.9;
E3/15917 Animal's leg; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1);
L. 1957 remains of white slip. Lth. 3.9; Dia. top 1.7;
Dia. bottom 1.2.
Dia. bottom 1.2.
E3/ 15644 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
L. 1932 remains of white slip. Lth. 4.8; Dia. top 2.5;
Dia. bottom 1.4.
E3/ 15929 Leg with crack in bottom part; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 1952 gray core (1); 1-1.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 3.3; Dia. top 2.8; Dia.
bottom 2.3.
E3/ 15659 Both ends of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core
L. 1923 (1); 1-1.5 mm grits; remains of white slip.
E3/15931 Leg; bottom part cracked; 2.5 YR 6/6; black
Lth. 3.8; Dia. top 2.8; Dia. bottom 1.5.
L. 1957 core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 3.8; Dia.
E3/15685 Animal's leg; 2.5 YR 5/2; clay-colored core;
L. 1927 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
3.1; Dia. top 1.4.
E3/15691 Animal's leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2); 0.5-1
L. 1930 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 2.5;
Dia. top 3.2; Dia. bottom 1.3.
E3/ 15694 Animal's leg; bottom part broken; beginning of
L. 1924 body; 5 YR 7/4; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm
grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 4.8; Dia.
top 3.0; Dia. bottom 1.3.
E3/ 15704 Animal's leg; 5 YR 6/3; clay-colored core;
L. 1927 remains of white slip. Lth. 2.3; Dia. top 1.7;
top 3.5; Dia. bottom 2.6.
E3/15944 Almost complete leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
L. 1930 (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 4.0; Dia. top 2.4; Dia. bottom 1.6.
E3/15963 Animal's leg; 2.5 YR 5/6; gray core (2);
L. 1930 remains of white slip. Lth. 2.5; Dia. top 1.9;
Dia. bottom 1.7.
E3/15998 Animal's leg; top part broken; 2.5 YR 5/4;
L. 1959 black core (1); remains of white slip. Lth.
3.1; Dia. top 2.1; Dia. bottom 1.3.
E3/ 19064 Almost complete leg; top part broken; 2.5 YR
L. 2402/2 6/8; light-colored core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
Dia. bottom 1.2.
remains of white slip. Lth. 2.0; Dia. top 1.4;
Dia. bottom 1.0.
E3/ 15707 Fragment of animal's leg; 2.5 YR 6/4; black
L. 1927 core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits.
E3/ 19099 Almost complete leg; top part broken; 5 YR
L. 2402/3 7/6; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth.
E3/15732 Animal's leg; top part cracked; 2.5 YR 6/6;
2.5; Dia. top 1.7; Dia. bottom 0.4.
Surf. black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 5.3; Dia. top 2.6; Dia.
E3/19100 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); 1.5bottom 1.6.
L. 2402/3 3 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 2.8;
Dia. top 1.7; Dia. bottom 0.84.
E3/ 15742 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2);
L. 1935 remains of white slip. Lth. 3.8; Dia. top 2.1;
E3/ 19284 Complete leg; top part slightly broken; 2.5 YR
Dia. bottom 1.2.
L. 2472 6/6; clay-colored core. Lth. 3.0; Dia. top
1.1; Dia. bottom 0.4.
E3/15771 Almost complete leg; 5 YR 7/4; light-colored
L. 1936 core; 0.2-0.25 mm grits; remains of white
G 2054/3 Straight leg; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1);
slip. Lth. 3.4; Dia. top 2.3; Dia. bottom 1.2. L. 710 remains of white slip. Lth. 4.2; Dia. top 2.7;
E3/15772 Animal's leg; top part broken; 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 1936 clay-colored core; 0.125-0.25 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 2.8; Dia. top 2.1;
Dia. bottom 1.6.
G 2089/1 Leg with base and bottom part broken; 5 YR
L. 710 7/4; gray core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits.
Dia. bottom 1.4.
G 21 1 1 Upper part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black
E3/ 15800 Both ends of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black L. 717 core (2); external burnish. Lth. 3.5; Dia. top
1.9; Dia. bottom 1.3.
L. 1935 core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 3.8; Dia. top 2.1; Dia. bottom 1.4.
G 2114/2 Fragment of animal's leg, from base to middle
E3/ 15809 Animal's leg; top part broken; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 717 of leg; 2.5 YR 5/6; gray core (2); remains of
L. 1930 black core (2); 1-2 mm grits; remains of white
white slip.; Dia. top 3.2; Dia. bottom 1.7.
slip. Lth. 3.6; Dia. top 2.4; Dia. bottom 1.5.
G 2264 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; gray core
E3/ 15842 Almost complete leg; bottom of foot flat; 2.5
L. 736 (1); white slip. Lth. 3.3; Dia. top 2.0; Dia.
bottom 1.2.
L. 1924 YR 6/8; gray core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains
of white slip. Lth. 3.5; Dia. top 2.7; Dia.
bottom 1.5.
E3/15844 Animal's leg; bottom part broken; 10 R 4/8;
L. 1940 black core (1); remains of white slip. Lth.
4.1; Dia. top 3.2; Dia. bottom 2.1.
E3/15865 Animal's leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
L. 1952 0.125-0.25 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 5.4; Dia. top 2.6; Dia. bottom 1.6.
E3/15894 Animal's leg; top part broken; 2.5 YR 6/6;
G 2266 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
L. 727 (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 4.5; Dia.
Fig. 17:14 top 2.6; Dia. bottom 1.3.
PI. 8:14
G 2317 Top and bottom part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 710 black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 5.0; Dia. top 2.4; Dia.
bottom 1.8.
G 2324 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
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L. 710 (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 4.7; Dia. top
2.0; Dia. bottom 1.2.
G 2336 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
L. 727 (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 4.7; Dia. top
2.1; Dia. bottom 1.7.
G 5629 Leg broken in middle; only bottom part exists;
L. 850 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 2.4; Dia. top 2.1.
G 5632 Animal's leg fragment; 5 YR 6/4; gray core
L. 850 (2); remains of white slip.
G 4375 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
L. 706 (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 4.3; Dia. top 2.5; Dia. bottom 1.4.
G 5674 Leg and fragment of joint to body; leg intact,
L. 856 but bottom portion slightly defective; 2.5 YR
G 4444/5 Animal's leg, broken from joint to body;
L. 782 bottom part worn; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 3.8; Dia. top 1.9.
G 5675 Complete leg; broken at base; gray core (2);
L. 856 remains of white slip. Lth. 2.4; Dia. top 1.6.
6/6; gray core (2); remains of white slip.
G 4449/4 Very thin leg of animal; joint to body and
L. 782 fragment of leg extant; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
G 5677 Complete leg; broken at base; 5 YR 6/4; gray
L. 856 core (2); remains of white slip. Lth. 2.3;
Dia. top 1.4.
(1); remains of white slip. Lth. 5.1; Dia. top
1.5; Dia. bottom 1.6.
G 5678 Complete leg; broken at base; bottom portion
L. 858 defective; 5 YR 6/6; almost clay-colored core;
G 4481 Intact leg; 2.5 YR 6/8; black core (1); 0.5-1
L. 760 mm grits; remains of red (?) and white slip.
Lth. 4.8; Dia. top 2.4; Dia. bottom 1.1.
0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 3.6; Dia. top 2.2.
G 5722 Complete leg; broken at base; 5 YR 6/4; gray
L. 870 core (2). Lth. 3.7; Dia. top 1.3.
G 4818 Complete leg; broken at base; defect in bottom
L. 824 part; 2.5 YR 7/6; clay-colored core. Lth. 2.6;
Dia. top 1.5.
G 5784 Intact leg and joint to body; hollow body;
L. 840 presumably zoomorphic vessel; 2.5 YR 6/6;
G 4819 Animal's leg fragment; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core
L. 817 (1); remains of white slip.
G 5787 Complete leg; broken at base; 5 YR 6/6; black
L. 874 core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
clay-colored core. Lth. 3.7; Dia. top 1.8.
slip. Lth. 4.0; Dia. top 2.2.
G 4820 Complete leg; broken at base; defect in bottom
L. 851 part and on one side; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core
G 5792 Animal leg fragment; 10 R 5/6; black core (1).
(2); remains of white slip. Lth. 2.9; Dia. top 1.9. L. 872 Lth. 5.0; Dia. top 2.1.
G 4850 Complete leg; broken at base; defect in one
L. 791 side. Lth. 3.5; Dia. top 1.5.
G 4908 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray
L. 824 core (2); remains of white slip. Lth. 3.8;
Dia. top 1.8.
G 4946 Leg broken in middle; only bottom part extant;
L. 824 5 YR 7/6; gray core (2); remains of white slip
and traces of red painted stripes. Lth. 2.2;
Dia. top 1.8.
G 4964 Leg and fragment of joint to body; leg intact;
L. 824 gray core (1); many 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 6.0; Dia. top 1.8.
G 4970 Leg and fragment of joint to body; bottom part
L. 824 broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; gray core; white slip.
Lth. 3.5; Dia. top 2.2.
G 5535 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 827 black core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.6; Dia. top 2.0.
G 5548 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 850 clay-colored core; 0.5-1 mm grits; white slip.
Lth. 3.3; Dia. top 1.8.
G 5549 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 850 black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 2.8; Dia. top 1.5.
G 5564 Complete leg; broken at base; defect continues
L. 862 to middle of leg; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (2);
remains of white slip. Lth. 4.6; Dia. top 2.2.
G 5628 Beginning of joint between leg and body; leg
L. 850 broken from middle; 2.5 YR 5/6; gray core (2);
remains of white slip.
G 8191 Complete leg; broken at base; crack continues
L. 881 along one side almost to bottom of leg; 2.5 YR
6/6; gray core (1). Lth. 3.2; Dia. top 2.0.
G 8204 Complete leg; broken at base; defect in bottom
L. 859 part; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (1); remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.1; Dia. top 2.1.
G 11082 Animal leg fragment; 5 YR 7/4; white slip,
L. 908 traces of paint (?).
G 11334 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray
L. 938 core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; few remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.4; Dia. top 1.7.
G 11345 Complete leg; broken at base; color
L. 952 indefinable since covered with grayish slip 10
Y 8/1; light-colored core. Lth. 3.7; Dia. top 1.5.
G 11347 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 5/8;
L. 938 • black core (1); remains of white slip. Lth.
5.3; Dia. top 1.9.
G 11382 Almost complete leg; broken at base; 10 R 6/6;
L. 950 black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 3.3;
Dia. top 1.8.
G 11429 Complete leg; joint to body (body presumably
L. 951 hollow: zoomorphic vessel); 2.5 YR 5/4; few
remains of white slip. Lth. 4.0; Dia. top 1.8.
G 11473 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 960 black core (2) (?); remains of white slip.
Lth. 4.3; Dia. top 1.5.
G 11514 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/4; gray
L. 952 core (2); 0.125-0.25 mm grits; few remains of
white slip. Lth. 3.5; Dia. top 1.5.
G 11567 Fragment of leg (bottom part); 2.5 YR 5/8;
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L. 960 clay-colored core. Lth. 2.0; Dia. top 0.6.
G 11713 Animal's leg; broken at base; 7.5 YR 7/4;
L. 952 black core (2); remains of white slip (?).
Lth. 3.4; Dia. top 1.3.
G 11733 Almost complete leg; broken at base; bottom
L. 962 part defective; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1);
0.125-0.25 mm grits; remains of white slip.
Lth. 4.5; Dia. top 1.8.
G 11797 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray
L. 972 core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 2.8; Dia. top 1.3.
G 1 1865 Fragment of leg (bottom part); 7.5 YR 7/6;
L. 982 gray core (2); 0.125-0.25 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 2.1; Dia. top 1.1.
G 1 1969 Fragment of leg; bottom part (also defective);
L. 999 2.5 YR 6/4; gray core (1); 0.125-0.25 mm grits.
G 11974 Complete leg; broken and base; bottom part
L. 989 defective; 5 YR 6/4; black core (1); remains
of white slip. Lth. 3.8; Dia. top 1.5.
G 11977 Complete leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; light-colored core;
L. 968 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
4.0; Dia. top 1.3.
G 15311 Almost complete leg; small crack in foot; 2.5
L. 1107 YR 6/4; black core (1); white slip. Lth. 5.3;
Dia. top 2.8; Dia. bottom 1.4.
G 15349 Animal's leg; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core (1); 0.5L. 1107 1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 4.5;
Dia. top 2.4; Dia. bottom 1.2.
G 17582 Both ends of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black
L. 1122A core (1); few remains of white slip. Lth. 3.8;
Dia. top 2.9; Dia. bottom 2.1.
G 17619 Hollow leg; rounded; end pointed; 5 YR 7/4;
L. 1128 clay-colored core. Lth. 3.6; Dia. top 1.9;
Dia. bottom 1.1.
El/3446 Leg; bottom part broken; 2.5 YR 5/6; black
L. 618 core (2); remains of white slip. Lth. 1.7;
Dia. top 3.0; Dia. bottom 2.0.
E 1/4 164/5 Leg; bottom part broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; black
L. 683 core (1). Lth. 2.0; Dia. top 4.3; Dia. bottom 2.8.
El/9017 Fragment of leg; 2.5 YR 6/6. Lth. 3.5.
L. 1350
El/10518/1 Complete leg; broken at base; 10 R 5/6; gray
L. 1638 core (1); polish. Lth. 3.4; Dia. bottom 2.0.
El/10749 Leg fragment (bottom part); 5 YR 7/4; lightL. 1646 colored core (1); remains of white slip. Lth.
2.6; Dia. bottom 1.6.
El/16132 Animal's leg; 5 YR 7/4; black core (2).
Surf. Lth. 3.4; Dia. top 1.8; Dia. bottom 1.6.
El/16451 Animal's leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2);
L. 2035 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
2.4; Dia. top 2.1; Dia. bottom 1.9.
El/21143 Bottom part of animal's leg; 2.5 YR 5/6; black
Surf. core (2). Lth. 2.2; Dia. bottom 1.6.
E2/2831 Animal's leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
L. 1451 0.125-0.25 mm grits.
E3/13 1 10 Leg fragment (bottom part); 2.5 YR 6/6; gray
L. 1598 core (2); 0.125-0.25 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 2.6; Dia. bottom 1.2.
E3/ 15863 Animal's leg; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); 0.5L. 1934 1 mm grits; remains of white slip (?). Lth.
2.1; Dia. top 2.3; Dia. bottom 2.0.
G 2040 Upper portion of leg, broken; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 710 black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
Fig. 17:15 white slip. Lth. 4.0; Dia. top 1.8; Dia.
Pl. 8:15 bottom 1.4.
G 2249 Leg; hole at top; 2.5 YR 5/6; clay-colored
L. 727 core; remains of white slip. Lth. 1.8; Dia.
top 3.0; Dia. bottom 2.7.
G 17631 Almost complete leg; 5 YR 7/4; black core (1);
L. 1137 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 4.3; Dia. top 2.2;
Dia. bottom 1.4.
H 5150 Top part of leg broken; almost entire length
L. 1016 preserved; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.5-1.5
G 2281/2 Complete leg; 5 YR 6/1; clay-colored core.
L. 727 Lth. 1.5; Dia. top 4.0; Dia. bottom 2.3.
G 4441 Broad leg and foot; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
L. 778 (1); remains of white slip. Lth. 4.0; Dia. top
2.3; Dia. bottom 3.6.
mm grits. Lth. 5.2; Dia. top 2.8; Dia. bottom 2.0.
H 5315/1 Top part of leg broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; clayL. 1044A colored core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 3.0;
Dia. top 2.4; Dia. bottom 1.3.
Type B3hl?
E 1/2655 Fragment of animal's leg (?); bottom part
L. 567 missing; only part joining leg to body and
middle of leg extant; 5 YR 7/6; black core
(2); remains of white slip. Lth. 3.3; Dia. top
2.0; Dia. bottom 2.3.
Type B3h2
D2/20019 Complete leg; 5 YR 6/4^2.5 YR 5/6; core: 5 YR
L. 2306 6/4; 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip
(?). Lth. 3.9; Dia. top 1.4; Dia. bottom 1.4.
D2/20369 Almost complete leg; top part missing; 2.5 YR
L. 2332 6/6; gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains
of white slip. Lth. 2.2; Dia. top 2.85; Dia.
bottom 1.45.
G 11648 Complete leg; broken at base; 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 967 clay-colored core; 0.125-0.25 mm grits; few
remains of white slip. Lth. 4.1; Dia. bottom 1.7.
G 11690 Bottom part of animal's leg; 2.5 YR 6/4; gray
L. 962 core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white
slip. Lth. 2.7; Dia. bottom 1.8.
G 17580 Animal's leg; rounded and shaped; bottom part
L. 1131 flat; 2.5 YR 4/8; gray core (1); remains of white
slip. Lth. 4.0; Dia. top 2.0; Dia. bottom 1.7/2.1.
Type B3h3
El/ 16535 Horn of Cypriot figurine (?); 2.5 YR 6/6; gray
L. 2062 core (1); painted black; polish.
Type C
B 420 Couch figurine; legs broken; one side flat;
L. 1 1 1 A other side slightly rounded; small crack in
Fig. 18:5 one edge; 2.5 YR 6/6; 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip. Lth. 9.6; Th. 2.5; Wth. 5.5.
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El /1401 Half-broken couch figurine; leg fragment, part
L. 521 of bed rest and part of couch itself extant;
clay, nail-shaped (?) button in what appears
to be joint; 2.5 YR 6/4; black core (2); 0.250.5 mm grits; white slip with red painted
stripes. Th. 1.8; Wth. 2.8
El /8522 Rectangular plate; broken on both sides; 2.5
L. 1301 YR 6/6; black core (2); remains of white slip,
painted with red and yellow stripes. Lth. 1.7;
Th. 4.4; Wth. 4.7.
El/9780 Couch fragment; 2.5 YR 5/4; core: 2.5 YR 3/4;
L. 1391 0.5-3 mm grits. Lth. 4.5; Th. 2.2; Wth. 2.8.
El /10043 Couch fragment; corner with one leg extant;
L. 1604 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits;
remains of white slip.
G 5790 Plate with extended corner; two broken sides;
L. 845 2.5 YR 6/6; light gray core (1), few 0.25-0.5
mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth. 1.3; Th.
3.7; Wth. 4.1.
G 5796 Corner of plate with leg; 2.5 YR 6/6; black
L. 883 core (1); few 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white
slip, painted red and yellow. Lth. 2.8; Th. 2.0.
G 8210 Fragment of plate; extended corner; round
L. 903 impressions on one side; 2.5 YR 6/6; black
core (2); remains of white slip with red
paint. Lth. 4.7; Th. 1.0; Wth. 2.4.
G 8256 Plate (chair rest?); two sides broken; clay
L. 903 protrusion and crack at one corner; 2.5 YR
5/6; black core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits;
remains of white slip, painted with red and
yellow stripes. Lth. 5.2; Th. 1.3; Wth. 4.3.
El/10384 Couch; various fragments combined to form one
G 11159 Couch fragment; 2.5 YR 6/4; light brown core
L. 1604 entity; couch rest, but only one leg extant;
L. 903 (2); 0.5-2 mm grits; white slip with yellow
2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); remains of white
painted stripes. Lth. 5.8; Wth. 5.8
slip.
El /10546 Couch fragment; upper part of rest pointed;
L. 1604 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1); remains of white
slip.
El/ 16592 Couch fragment; relatively large and wide; two
L. 2015 legs with feet broken; one side broken off
Fig. 18:1 with its legs; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core (2);
PI. 9:1 remains of white slip. Lth. 9.2/10.4; Th. 1.7;
Wth. 8.1.
J 8021 Rectangular plate (couch?); one side broken;
L. 1063 two short legs; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2);
Fig. 18:4 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of white slip. Lth.
PI. 9:3 1.8; Th. 6.8; Wth. 6.4.
Type D
D 1/927/6 Unidentified fragment; 2.5 YR 6/8; many 0.25L. 317 1.5 mm grits; remains of red paint. Lth. 4.0;
Th. 1.5; Wth. 2.0.
D2/13561 Unidentified fragment; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
E2/1998 Chair rest; horn-shaped edges; straightened
L. 1861 (1); remains of white slip.
L. 544 back; legs and seat broken; 2.5 YR 6/6; clayFig. 18:3 colored core; many 0.25-1 mm grits; remains of D2/ 13709 Unidentified fragment; 2.5 YR 4/6; black core
PI. 9:2 white slip. Lth. 5.8; Th. 1.7; Wth. 5.0.
L. 1884 (1); 0.125-0.25 mm grits; remains of white slip.
E3/13090 Couch (?); chair (?); small 'rest'; stump of
L. 1585 seat; leg stumps; 2.5 YR 6/4; black core (1);
Fig. 18:2 0.25-0.5 mm grits; white slip, traces of red
paint, presumably mesh style.
E3/15811 Stump of seat, with rest and two legs; 2.5 YR
L. 1949 5/8; black core (1); 1-2 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.2/3.4; Th. 2.1/1.5; Wth.
4.8/4.8.
E3/15847 Couch fragment; part of seat; corner with leg;
L. 1935 2.5 YR 6/8; black core (1); remains of white
slip.
E3/ 15956 Upper part of rest (diagonal fragment); mass
L. 1953 of clay extending slightly upward protruding
from corner; 2.5 YR 5/6; clay-colored core;
remains of white slip. Lth. 4.3
G 4872 Corner of plate; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (1);
L. 791 remains of white slip. Lth. 3.8; Th. 1.5.
G 5518 Rectangular plate with two legs; legs short
L. 850 compared to body; one side broken; 2.5 YR 6/6;
black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits, also coarser
ones over 4 mm; remains of white slip. Lth.
4.3; Th. 2.2; Wth. 5.2.
G 5563 Rectangular plate; one side and one corner
L. 838 broken; protrusion of clay at another corner;
2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1); remains of white
slip with traces of red paint. Lth. 1.3; Th.
5.4; Wth. 3.2.
D2/ 14065 Fragment of zoomorphic vessel (?); small size
L. 1888 of fragment makes it difficult to identify;
2.5 YR 5/6; gray core (1); remains of white
slip.
D2/ 14082/4 Fragment of figurine; negative indicates that
L. 1834 it was originally applied to another object;
applied, protruding mass of clay; 2.5 YR 5/6;
clay-colored core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains
of white slip.
D2/20333/1 Unidentified fragment; 2.5 YR 6/6; clayL. 2319 colored core; 0.5-1.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 3.0; Th. 1.5; Wth. 2.2.
D2/20367 Unidentified fragment; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core
L. 2337 (1); remains of white slip. Th. 1.4; Wth. 1.3.
El/3123 Fragment of unidentified body; 2.5 YR 4/6;
Surf. black core (1); 0.125-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 6.8; Th. 3.9; Wth. 4.0.
El/3323 Unidentified mass of clay; 2.5 YR 6/6; light
L. 602 gray core (2). Lth. 6.3/5.0; Wth. 2.5.
El/3376/8 Fragment of unidentified body; 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 617 black core (1); remains of white slip. Lth.
4.1; Wth. 2.4.
El/3704 Unidentified fragment of figurine; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 626 black core (1).
E 1/3754 Unidentified fragment; 2.5 YR 6/4; black core
L. 640A (l).Lth. 5.4; Wth. 2.0.
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El/5931 Unidentified fragment; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
L. 698 (1); remains of white slip. Wth. 4.3.
El/5980 Fragment of unidentified figurine; 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 1270 black core (1); remains of white slip and
traces of red paint.
El/6488 Unidentified fragment of figurine; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 1279 black core (1).
E3/19143 Unidentified fragment; 2.5 YR 6/8; black core
L. 2402/3 (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 2.5; Th. 1.5;
Wth. 2.0.
G 2130/1 Unidentified fragment; 2.5 YR 4/4; black core
L. 717 (1); remains of white slip. Th. 3.9; Wth. 1.9.
G 2368 Unidentified fragment of figurine; 2.5 YR 6/4;
L. 742 black core (2); remains of white slip. Lth.
3.7; Wth. 2.5.
El/7998 Unidentified fragment of figurine; 5 YR 7/4;
L. 1293 black core (1); remains of white slip.
G 4787 Unidentified fragment of figurine; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 820 clay-colored core; 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains
El/9361 Unidentified fragment of figurine; 2.5 YR 5/6;
of white slip.
L. 1310 black core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip.
G 8128 Fragment of pillar figurine; broadening at top
L. 922 and bottom; middle part narrow. Lth. 5.0; Th.
El/9976 Unidentified fragment of figurine; 2.5 YR 5/6;
2.6; Wth. 4.0/2.9.
L. 1385 black core (1); remains of white slip and
traces of yellow paint.
G 11248 Unidentified fragment of figurine; 2.5 YR 5/6;
L. 923 black core (1); remains of white slip.
El/10312/2 Fragment of figurine; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core
L. 1604 (1); remains of white slip.
G 11256 Unidentified fragment of figurine; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 934 black core (2); remains of white slip.
El/10407 Unidentified fragment; 2.5 YR 5/4; black core
L. 1636 (2); remains of white slip and traces of red paint.G 11375 Unidentified fragment of figurine; 2.5 YR 5/8;
L. 950 gray core (1).
El/10636 Unidentified fragment; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core
L. 1646 (1).
Type El
El/14701 Unidentified fragment of figurine;
2.5Human
YR 5/8;
D 1/1 3251
head (?), female (?); top flat and
L. 1604 gray core (1); remains of white slip.
L. 450 rounded (perhaps hat?); large nose; button
Fig. 18:11 eyes on either side, recalling 'Ashdoda'; not
El/16171 Unidentified fragment; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core
PI. 9:8-9 hollow; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core; remains of
L. 2007 (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of white slip
white slip.
and traces of red paint.
El/16596/2 Unidentified fragment of figurine; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 2061 black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; remains of
white slip.
El/16856 Unidentified fragment; 2.5 YR 5/8.
El/10325 Fragment of mask (?); outstanding work;
L. 1621 external and internal burnish; decoration of
Fig. 18:8 engraved stripes; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
PI. 10:8 0.25-0.5 mm grits.
El/10736 Animal's head (?); small, round head; eyes
L. 1619 specified by engraving; one ear applied; no
El/1 7609/1 Unidentified fragment of figurine; 2.5 YR 5/6;
Fig. 19:2 trace of other ear; small applied strip of
L. 1136 black core (1); remains of white slip.
PI. 9:11 clay creating 'plait' at rear of head; 5 YR
L. 2078
E2/1810 Unidentified fragment; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
L. 536 (1). Lth. 3.2; Th. 2.3; Wth. 2.3/2.2.
E2/1938 Fragment of unidentified body; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 544 black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits; remains of
white slip. Lth. 4.5; Th. 2.5; Wth. 1.5.
6/6; clay-colored core.
El/14470 Fragment of mask; one eyes and ear; engraving
L. 1685 and relief; burnish; 2.5 YR 6/6; light brown
Fig. 18:7 core (almost clay-colored); 0.5-1 mm grits.
PL 10:9
G 11138 Human head; protruding eyes (engraving and
L. 919 relief); rows of circles representing curls on
Fig. 18:10 forehead, creating 'crown'; head broken; 2.5
E2/121 16 Unidentified fragment of figurine; 2.5 YR 6/8; PI. 9:5 YR 6/6; black core (1); 0.5-1 mm grits. Lth.
L. 1493 clay-colored core.
5.0; Th. 2.6; Wth. 4.0.
E2/2835 Unidentified fragment of figurine; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 1456 black core (1); remains of white slip.
E3/12985 Unidentified fragment of figurine; 5 YR 7/6;
Type E2
L. 1571 clay-colored core.
D 1/1 32 14 Fragment of anthropomorphic (?) vessel;
E3/1 5532/7 Unidentified fragment of figurine; 2.5 YR L.
5/6;
458 protrusion in center of vessel, representing
L. 1914 clay-colored core; 0.5-1 mm grits.
Fig. 19:3 nose (?); applied eyes (?) on either side of
E3/15689 Unidentified fragment of figurine; 2.5 YR 5/6; PI. 9:12 protrusion; 5 YR 7/4; clay-colored core
L. 1916 black core (1); remains of white slip.
(wheelmade).
E3/15926 Unidentified fragment of figurine; 2.5 YR 5/8; G 11434 Human head; presumably part of hollow vessel
L. 949 or hollow figurine; particularly large eyes,
L. 1952 gray core (2); 0.25-0.5 mm grits.
Fig. 18:6 emphasized by paint; large nose; no mouth;
E3/ 15932 Unidentified fragment of figurine; 2.5 YR 6/6;
PI. 9:4 round face; clear traces of paint, although
L. 1952 black core (1); remains of white slip.
traces of coal too; crack beginning above eyes
and below neck; 2.5 YR 6/6; clay-colored core
E3/15958 Unidentified fragment; 2.5 YR 6/6; gray core
white slip with painted details in red.
L. 1953 (1); remains of white slip.
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Type E?/M
D2/14141 Clay body with projection for join with
L. 1888 another part; body not worked; 2.5 YR 5/8;
dark gray core (1); few gravel stones; remains
of white slip.
Type F
B 416 Presumably part of zoomorphic vessel; leg;
L. Ill toes specified by engraved lines; 2.5 YR 6/6;
Fig. 19:5 gray core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits. Lth. 4.0;
El/10545 Fragment of object, apparently cylindrical,
L. 1604 with engraved details; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core
Fig. 19:4 (2).
El/10882 Unidentified fragment; 2.5 YR 5/8; black core
L. 1658 (1); remains of white slip.
El/14471 Fragment of zoomorphic vessel (?); 2.5 YR 4/6;
L. 1685 clay-colored core.
El/14539 Fragment of hollow vessel; three
L. 1692A protuberances, two external ones doubled
Fig. 19:10 inwards; 5 YR 7/4; clay-colored core; 0.25-0.5
D 1/957 Fragment of object; cylindrical shape; on
mm grits.
L. 317 bottom part of fragment: rows of holes, most
Fig. 19:7 of which do not pierce the side;
above
them
El/16063
Unidentified
object; cylindrical shape with
PL 10:3 engraved line; above it smooth L.
surface
of clay.
2006 thick ridge
in front; base broadening forward
PL 10:1 Wth. 3.7.
G 5588 Fragment of vessel; relief of foot and toes on
L. 804 fragment; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2).
Fig. 19:6
Pl. 10:2
Type F-M
El/16168 Fragment of object; upon it relief of hand and
L. 1604 vertical lines of holes; fragment almost
Fig. 19:8 rectangular. Lth. 5.4; Th. 1.5/1.0; Wth. 2.4.
and back; rear part slightly concave; 5 YR
7/5; black core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits.
E2/2639 Half of round object; protuberances around
L. 544 edge and one on flat surface; sign of hole in
center; 2.5 YR 6/6; black core (2); 0.5-1 mm
grits; white slip; traces of red paint.
E2/12146 Object with wave-shaped sides; 2.5 YR 6/6;
L. 1492 clay-colored core; many grits, 0.5-1 mm;
PL 10:4
remains of white slip.
G 11474 Fragment of vessel; horizontal and vertical
L. 975 lines on surface; 5 YR 6/6; black core (1);
Fig. 19:14 remains of white slip.
Type M
D2/20237 Fragment of object which probably was
L. 2319 originally round; traces of application on
surface; 2.5 YR 5/6; black core (2); white slip.
E 1/3736 Animal's head (?); large, round, applied eyes;
L. 1364 ears; horns (?) protruding from upper part
Fig. 19:13 (one broken; mouth broken; 2.5 YR 5/8; black
core (1); 0.25-0.5 mm grits; white slip. Lth.
2.8; Wth. 2.6.
G 2130/2 Triangular fragment; corner is round base;
L. 717 front has engraved longitudinal line
Fig. 19:12 (representing legs?); round protuberance in
PL 10:7 center of object; 10 R 5/6; black core (2);
0.5-1 mm grits; burnish.
G 2492 Oval plate; applied eyes (?); groove in
L. 735 center; diagonal grooves in base; 2.5 YR 6/8;
Fig. 19:9 painted red.
PL 10:5
G 8171/8 Fragment; presumably body, though positive
L. 922 identification is impossible; 2.5 YR 6/6;
black core (2); 1-3 mm grits; white slip,
remains of red and yellow painted stripes.
E 1/8479 Rectangular fragment; indentation in center;
L. 1303 2.5 YR 6/5; black core (1).
G 11731 Unidentified object; triangular shape; white
L. 903 slip over entire surface.
El /9802 Fragment of figurine; probably body with legs;
Fig. 19:15
L. 1392 impossible to determine whether figure is
Fig. 19:11 sitting or standing; two unidentifiable limbs K 18330 Double molded human head (see Appendix F).
L. 2200B
PL 10:6 on either side of figure; 2.5 YR 6/6; black
core (2); 0.5-1 mm grits; white slip; traces
of red painted stripes.
Figs. 18:9, 20
PL 9:6-7
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APPENDIX B: THE FAUNAL WORLD OF THE CITY
OF DAVID AS REPRESENTED BY THE FIGURINES
E. Tchernov
Department of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Over 1300 clay figurines were found during eight
CATTLE
excavation seasons at the City of David between
1978 and 1985. Most of these figurines are
1. El/16498; L. 2015 (Type Bla; Fig. 14:2; PL 5:1).
attributed to the Iron Age II (10th-6th centuries
The head of an animal with an elongated, thin
BCE). The most common type discovered is of
mouth. The mouth is slightly open. The characterfigurines depicting animals (N = 926); in this cateistic feature is the pair of horns pointing to the sides.
The head has been identified as that of a bull.
gory 211 items depict animals' heads. This assemblage, the largest found at Judean and Israelite sites, 2. E3/13031; L. 1584 (Type Bla; Fig. 14:3; PL
differentiates between the various species and
5:2). Elongated, broad head of an animal. The
illustrates the fauna of the period.
mouth is open with a protruding tongue. A pair of
horns extends to the sides. The head has been
Animal figurines are generally simple representaidentified as that of a bull.
tions, emphasizing only the features characteristic
of the species. However, there are some more
3. G 5517; L. 850 (Type Bla; Fig. 14:4). Very
defective
head. The horns or ears extend to the
complex and impressive depictions, with greater
emphasis on identifying features. Most figurines sides, and the depiction of the eyes suggest that this
included an element of color in addition to their
is a bull.
plastic design. It is likely that all figurines were
4. Dl/6980; L. 422 (Type Bla; Fig. 14:5; PL 5:3).
originally painted, though traces of paint did
The
not
head of an animal, part of a zoomorphic vessel.
survive in every one. Their condition makes
Theithead is thickened, the eyes and nostrils are
impossible to identify any clear pattern.
indicated by holes and the mouth is slightly open. A
Among the 211 figurines depicting animals'
pair of horns extends to the sides. This head has also
been
heads, 174 were defined as horses' heads and 37
asidentified as that of a bull.
heads of other animals. The identification of horses
is based on a number of components: 1) the location
SHEEP
of the ears; 2) the shape of the mouth; 3) the
depiction of the mane; and 4) the depiction of
5. El/7806; L. 1285 (Type Bib; Fig. 14:6; PL 5:4).
trappings. In those figurines that were discovered
Hollow head of animal, presumably part of a
intact (with both head and body), it was possible zoomorphic
to
vessel. The back of the head is small
identify traces of a rider's body applied to the body
and the mouth is thin and short. A pair of horns
of the animal.
protrudes from the sides of the head, extending
The richness of the variety of other animal backwards, with the tips bending forward. Another
representations is exceptional. They include cattle,pair of horns extends backwards from the top of the
sheep, horned animals (a deer, an ibex and a
head. The eyes are engraved on either side of the
gazelle), a hyena, an elephant, a bear (?), hippopo- head, and the horns circle around them. The head
has been identified as that of a ram.
tami, a camel, and an ostrich.
The identification of the types was based on the
6. G 5568; L. 850 (Type Bib; Fig. 14:7; PL 5:5).
morphological traits characteristic of each animal Head of small animal, the back of the skull
species. The following list of figurines details the somewhat rounded. The mouth is thin and short.
identifying elements.
There are two brackets at the sides of the head. No
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further details are indicated. The head has been
continues to the frontal part of the body. Under
identified as that of a sheep.
the neck the large fold of skin typical of the hyena is
represented by a downward protrusion.
7. El/10025; L. 1604 (Type Blj; Fig. 15:2; PL
13. El/16286; L. 2028 (Type Bid; Fig. 14:10; PL
5:16,21). Rounded head with extremely short
mouth. Ears protrude from either side of the head.5:8). Very defective head of animal. The most
There are no applied details, but some details mayprominent feature is the mouth, or long trunk with
two holes at its tip (nostrils?). Two eyes indicated by
originally have been painted. The shape of the head
holes are discernible. The head has been identified
suggests that this is a lamb.
as that of an elephant.
8. El/10790; L. 1619 (Type Blj; Fig. 15:3; PL
14. G 15348; L. 1107 (Type Ble; Fig. 14:11; PL
5:20). Animal's head and the beginning of its body.
The head is somewhat rounded; ears protrude from 5:9). Extremely thick head of animal, with broken
either side of it. The eyes are represented by holes, mouth and holes denoting the eyes. The figurine has
and the mouth is open. As in the previous example, a morphological resemblance to a bear.
15. E3/15721; L. 1933 (Type Big; Fig. 14:14; PL
the general shape and the various details indicate
that this is a lamb.
5:12,17). Flat head with a wide, elongated mouth,
broadening slightly at its tip. The eyes are indicated
by a clay application, and they are particularly
HORNED ANIMALS
prominent. The head has been identified as that of a
hippopotamus.
9. El/8620; L. 1334 (Type Blh; Fig. 14:8; PL 5:6).
16. G 11968; L. 999 (Type Big; Fig. 14:15; PL
Elongated head of animal, with mouth and long
5:13,18). Flat head with a wide, elongated mouth.
neck. Horns with a rectangular cross-section extend
The mouth is open and nostrils are indicated.
above the head. The horn's tips are slightly
Stumps of horns or ears pointing upwards, with
rounded. Two circles protrude on either side of
oval cross-section, are preserved. The head has been
the head. The eyes are not indicated. This animal
identified as that of a hippopotamus.
was identified as a deer {Dama mesopotamica or
17. H 5105; L. 1012 (Type Big; PL 5:14). Very
Cer vus elaphus).
10. El/6223; W. 265 (Type Bli; Fig. 14:16; PL
defective head. Comparison with the two preceding
examples leads to the conclusion that this too is the
5:15). Elongated head of animal. The long mouth is
head of a hippopotamus.
prominent, as is the pair of large and wide horns,
18. E3/19275; Surf. (Type Bll; Fig. 14:12; PL
with a rectangular cross-section. The neck is broad.
5:10). Animal's head with a long, crooked mouth,
Two brackets, perhaps representing ears, project
extending downward. The ears are pricked. No
from either side of the head. This figurine has been
further details are indicated. This head has been
identified as the head of an En Gedi ibex ( Capra identified as that of a camel.
ibex nubiana).
11. El/10073; L. 1604 (Type Blk; Fig. 14:17; Pl.
5:7). Elongated head of animal, with long and
prominent mouth and horns with a round cross-
section rising above the head. No other facial
features are indicated. This figurine has been
identified as a Gazella sp*.
19. El/5827; L. 680A (Type Blm; Fig. 14:13; PL
5:11). Hollow head of animal. Presumably part of a
zoomorphic vessel. The prominent feature is the
eyes, formed by the application of clay circles within
a recess, with a circle of white paint around them.
Red dots painted within the circle represent eye-
lashes. The large eyes and emphasized eyelashes
suggest that this is the head of an ostrich.
OTHER ANIMALS
The rich variety of animal species represented by the
12. E2/12141; L. 1706 (Type Blc; Fig. 14:9).
figurines points to the Jerusalemites' great famil-
Animal's head, neck and frontal part of body,
iarity with the faunai life of Palestine of that period.
strongly suggesting that this is a figurine of a striped The artist who created the figurines indicated few
hyena. The head and mouth are flat and wide. The features; however, these were sufficiently characterlarge nostrils are clearly shown, and the typical istic to define the species. The assemblage of
short ears of the hyena are represented here by short figurines also points to the diversity of the wildlife
triangles. The extremely wide and heavy neck
of Palestine in biblical times.
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APPENDIX C: THE TECHNOLOGY AND PROVENIENCE OF
THE FIGURINES FROM THE CITY OF DAVID:
PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
Raz Kletter
Elisheva Kamaiski
Yuval Goren
Institute of Archaeology,
Tel Aviv University
Israel Antiquities Authority
Israel Antiquities Authority
the figurines, were collected, mixed and used for the
An assemblage of figurines from the City of David
production
of modern replicas that were examined
was examined petrographically. The assemblage
is
by
similar
methods.
This study supplied additional
the largest collection of such artifacts ever to be
information as to the production methods of the
discovered in a single site in Israel. The uniformity
original specimens.
of their material, as well as their typology, raised
some questions about the methods and location of
their production. The pétrographie study of these
RESULTS
figurines was therefore oriented towards these
problems.
A. Petrography
METHOD
Even at the preliminary stage of examination it
became clear that technologically the assemblage of
figurines
from the City of David is very uniform. In
The technological examination of the
figurines
most cases silty loam was used as clay, with the
consisted of three stages:
addition of sand and/or vegetal material ('straw') as
1. The whole assemblage was rudimentarily
a tempering
examined with the aid of a xlO magnifying
glass,component. A dark core, indicating in
this case
a relatively low firing temperature, is very
in order to obtain a preliminary classification
of the
different raw materials.
common in this dominant technological group.
2. Representative samples from each of the Nevertheless, in some instances other raw materials
above-mentioned preliminary classes were examinedoccurred, providing evidence for different locations
under a stereoscopic microscope, at magnifications or methods of production. The detailed results of
ranging from xlO to x40, in order to define the the microscopic examinations are described in Table
degree of variability within each technological 1. The following discussion summarizes the principal conclusions. The plastic component of the
group. At this stage, samples were chosen for
dominant group, consisting of silty clay, rich in
pétrographie examination.
3. Fifteen thin sections were prepared from iron minerals, is similar in composition and
samples which were chosen at stage 2. The thin appearance to the terra rossa soil which is comsections were examined under a polarizing pétro- monly exposed in Judah, Samaria and the Galilee.
graphie microscope, at magnifications ranging fromThis soil, together with wadi sand, crushed calcite
x40 to x400. A detailed list of the thin sections
crystals or grog, was frequently used by Iron Agë
potters in Judah as a céramic raw material,
inventory is presented in Table 1.
for the production of cooking pots. On
Following the pétrographie study, an attemptespecially
was
made to reconstruct the production methodsthe
of other
the hand, since terra rossa soils are very
abundant
Iron Age figurines, using similar materials
and in these regions, no specific archaeologisite can be suggested as their source. Furthermethods as those observed through the thin cal
section
more,
study. The clay and temper types defined
by at the present stage of our knowledge, we
may define
the Iron Age ceramic production as a
petrography as characterizing the major group
of
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Table 1. Inventory of the thin sections.
Reg. No. Locus Type Petrography
E2/1997 544 A3c Rather silty (5%) carbonatic clay, rich in foraminifiers and opaque iron-oxide
minerals. Elongated voids which commonly contain phytoliths indicating the
presence of decomposed vegetal material. Some limestone grains appear as
additional temper.
G 8204 859 B3hl Clay similar to El/1997. Temper poorly sorted, spherical sandy grains of
limestone, quartz, snail fragments and calcite crystals.
E2/3301 601 A3a2? Similar to El/1997 but richer in silt (10%) and poorer in microfauna. Temper
consists mainly of rhombohedral dolomite crystals, partly decomposed to calcite,
plus some oolithic ferruginous mud-balls.
Dl/6736 370 B3hl Similar to El/1997 with silty mud-balls in the temper. Black (reduced) core
indicates a low firing temperature.
D 1/6668 368 B3c Silty (7-8%) carbonatic clay, rather rich in foraminifiers. Limestone, calcite
and some quartz sandy grains as temper.
El/10452 1604 B3f Silty (10%) clay with some foraminifiers, rather rich in opaque iron-oxide
minerals. Sand of limestone and quartz as temper.
D2/20219 2321 A5b Silty (10%) clay with some foraminifiers, rather rich in opaque iron-oxide
minerals. Sand of limestone and quartz as temper.
G 4860 818 B3a Clayey, isotropic yellow matrix, rich in opaque rhombs and some ooliths.
Temper consists of diversified shales.
El/10433 1604 B2c Similar to El/10452.
El/19292 Surf. B3hl Similar to D2/20219.
Dl/1140 328 B3a Ferruginous, very silty (15%) clay, rich in opaque iron-oxide materials. Sand of
spherical quartz grains as temper.
El/9017 1350 B3h2 Similar to D2/20219.
E3/12938 1563 A4a Very carbonatic, poor in silt (1-2%) clay, rich in foraminifiers. Sand of quartz
and some chert grains as temper.
G 11329 915 A7 Silty (10%) clay, rich in opaque iron-oxide materials. Idiomorphic, clear
calcite crystals (probably crushed by the potter) as temper.
El/5954 699 A2c Silty (10%) clay with some foraminifiers. Common elongated voids indicate a
mixture of vegetal material. Dark (reduced) core.
point to the use of hamra soil as a raw
well-established and uniform tradition, as maytemper
also
material. Since hamra is typical mainly of the inner
be seen from the typological affinities of this
coastal plain of Israel, the provenance of this
pottery. In this case, the technological similarity
figurine is probably one of the sites located in this
between the individual items of this assemblage does
region.
not necessarily point to a single center of production, though this possibility is reasonable. Besides
this dominant pétrographie group, other raw
B. Comparative Study of Modern Replicas
materials were identified in the figurine assemblage
of the pétrographie data, an attempt was
from the City of David. These groups appear In
aslight
a
made to reconstruct the ancient production techniminor component in the complex. In one instance
ques by using similar raw materials and methods.
(G 4860), fine well-levigated clay occurred, together
Terra rossa soil was collected from two locations:
with brown and light shales. This clay resembles the
A) an in situ exposure of this soil which has
gray member of the Motsa formation, but a definite
identification cannot be achieved in this case due to
developed on a dolomitic outcrop of the Bina
Formation near Har Hotzvim, Jerusalem (Israel
the high firing temperature, which caused a partial
vitrification of the matrix. The absence of any other
grid ref. 169.134); and B) a deposit of translocated
identifiable components, such as rock fragments soil
or from near the channel of the nearby Soreq
larger mineral crystals, prevent any attempt atValley. The clay samples were sieved in order to
extract the coarse non-plastic components and
further interpretation. Another pétrographie group
immersed
in water for several days. Salt was added
is represented by Dl/1140, in which both clay and
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to the water in order to obtain the whitish coating
which appears in many of the ancient specimens.
occur in pottery deposited in the relatively calcareous soils of the Judean Mountains.
B. There was an almost complete lack of dark
Chopped straw, which forms the common nonplastic component of the original figurines, was
added in various proportions. These mixtures were
cores in the modern replicas, as compared to the
common cores in the ancient figurines. This is
left under a wet towel in order to obtain the desired
probably due to the use of the electric kiln, in which
the firing process was gradual and took place for a
longer time than that of the original objects. This
The preliminary pétrographie examination of the
mixed raw materials indicated that only the
caused the almost complete disappearance of
translocated terra rossa soil corresponded with the
organic matter, leaving only traces of charred
mixing.
ancient raw materials. This was due to the fact that
material to form a very faint core.
the in situ soil was devoid of any silt characteristic of
the original materials. Therefore, only the mixture
of the Soreq River soil was used for the creation of
CONCLUSIONS
the figurine replicas. These were made by one of the
According to the pétrographie data, the figur
authors (E.K.), a potter, by attaching a clay cylinder
assemblage from the City of David is technolo
to a molded head and two coils representing the
cally homogeneous in both the choice of ra
hands. The replicas were left in shade for slow
drying and then fired in an electric kiln at amaterials and their treatment. Apart from a f
temperature of 7000°C for several hours.
items, all are characterized by the mixture of t
rossa soils with sand, straw and/or calcite crys
Pétrographie analysis of the modern replicas
indicated that generally they accorded well withand a low firing temperature. On the basis of
pétrographie data and the comparative study
the original artifacts. However, some differences
were observed:
modern replicas, it is impossible to suggest a speci
A. The modern replicas exhibited darker shadessite as their sole manufacturing center, but
uniformity in production methods raises the po
than the original objects. This may be explained by
post-depositional processes, such as carbonate bility that such a center existed, perhaps in
region of Judah.
diffusion and re-crystallization, which commonly
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APPENDIX D: CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE
CITY OF DAVID FIGURINES AND INFERENCES ABOUT
THEIR ORIGIN
Joseph Yellin
Institute of Archaeology
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
INTRODUCTION
samples is small, it may be seen by inspection
there are two groups and seven loner compositi
ofreprewhich may be related. This is verified
Eighteen figurines from the City of two
David
Tables
4 and 5, in which summary statistics ar
senting 14 different types were examined
by neutron
given for the two proposed chemical groups, gl
activation analysis (NAA). The object of this
examination was to shed some light on the origin
figurines) and g2 (five figurines). A summary of t
of the figurines. This report deals with the chemical
statistics for the seven remaining composition
composition and probable origin of the figurines. A given in Table 6; what this shows is that they do n
large number of anthropomorphic and animal constitute a chemical group, as the dispersion
composition is too large. Graph la, a bar graph
figurines was recovered in the City of David
excavations in 1978-1985; no other site has yielded shows the dissimilarity in the compositions
so many figurines. Their typology and distribution, groups gl and g2, also shows the composition
and pétrographie thin section analysis bearing on chemical group of pottery from Jerusalem and
the origin of the figurines and the technology of vicinity. Graph lb shows the compositional pat
of the three groups of pottery shown in Graph
their production, are reported on above. The
The units for Graphs la and lb of the verti
(concentration) axis are parts per million (PP
for characterizing the figurines chemically. Table 1 except for Ca, Fe, K and Na, which are per
question of the origin of the figurines may shed
light on their function, and this was the main reason
summarizes the details of the 18 specimens ana-
tages (%). Graph 2 is a bivariate plot of Sm vs
for the two groups gl and g2 and remainin
lyzed.
METHOD
samples, from which it may be seen that the
compositions may be deconvoluted into two sm
fairly homogeneous groups plus a number
outliers.
The ellipses shown represent 68% c
The method employed has been described
elsewhere
fidence
intervals, i.e., an object whose composi
(Perlman and Asaro 1969; Yellin et al. 1978;
Yellin
fallsfurther
within one of the ellipses has a 0.68
1984) and will not be presented here. For
probability of belonging to the group encircled by
details on how the method has been applied in
conjunction with pétrographie analysis to other City the ellipse (though it should be borne in mind that
two elements alone are not sufficient to define a
of David finds, see Maeir et al. 1992.
chemical group). Those figurines that are assigned
to group gl are shown as solid circles, while those
ANALYTICAL RESULTS
assigned to group g2 are shown as solid squares.
analyses, e.g. other elements plotted against
Table 2 gives the analytical results for Other
each figurine
Fe, support
the conclusion that two groups and
sampled. Table 3 gives the summary statistics
for
compositions are represented in the 18
the 18 samples, from which it may be seven
seen other
that the
sampled.
composition is not uniform. As thefigurines
number
of
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Graph la. Bar graph showing the chemical composition of City of David figurine groups gl and g2 alongside a reference
group representing pottery from Jerusalem.
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Graph lb. Line graph showing more clearly the compositional pattern for the three groups in Graph la.
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An examination of the compositions of groups
gl and g2 suggests that the groups may be related
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
by a dilution factor, which is to say that both
We are dealing here with a variety of composit
groups represent the same clay but have different
related by dilution which reflect either a clay sour
amounts of a dilutant such as calcite or quartz.
Note, for example, in Graphs la and lb that for
of pottery manufacture, e.g. variation in the amou
most trace elements the concentration of group gl
is greater than that of group g2. This is seen most
of temper used by the potters. Silica (sand) also
as a dilutant, but we do not see Si in NAA.
of variable Ca composition or different techniq
clearly in Graph 3, where Eu is plotted as a
The conclusion based on pétrographie analy
function of Ca for all 18 samples, and in other (Appendix C) that the figurines are homogeneou
similar bivariate plots (not shown). With the
not necessarily at odds with the opposite conclu
exception of the sample CDF8, the Eu concentra-
that is based on NAA, since different criteria o
tion is seen to be a linear function of the Ca
homogeneity are employed in the two metho
concentration, exactly what is expected ifHomogeneity
Ca (i.e.
in petrography is based on visual
calcite) is a dilutant. Indeed, if we dilute the
observation and involves such parameters as grain
concentration of chemical group gl by 20% wesize, types of inclusions and types of minerals.
obtain the composition of chemical group g2. TheChemical homogeneity is precisely defined in terms
varied compositions of all the samples are due to of the root-mean-square deviation (St. Dev. in
dilution. When all elements are taken into account,
Tables 3-7) exhibited by the composition of a group
the composition of CDF8 exhibits a concentrationof pottery. Given the composition of a ceramic
pattern similar to that of all other figurines, as may artifact, it is possible to calculate the probability
be seen in Graphs 4a and 4b. In fact, the elementthat it came or did not come from a given place.
concentrations of CDF8 are depressed by 60% Furthermore, regrettably the figurines analyzed by
relative to group gl, and may be brought intoNAA were not those analyzed petrographically.
agreement with group gl by a factor of 2.54. It
When different methods of analysis are employed in
would be interesting to examine CDF8 petrograorder to maximize knowledge about artifacts, the
phically to see what is causing the 60% depression
same artifacts should be analyzed by the different
in element concentration.
methods (Goldberg et al. 1986; Porat et al. 1991;
The composition of a reference group character-Maeir et al. 1992). Unfortunately, the analysts are
izing Jerusalem shown in Graphs la and lb has alsoall too often unaware of each other and hence
been shown to match the composition of samples different objects are often analyzed by the different
from the Motsa Clay formation. The Jerusalemanalysts, leading to inconclusive or confusing
reference group is seen to parallel the compositionresults.
of groups gl and g2. However, there are notable The interpretation of the figurine compositions in
terms of origin was based on univariate and
dilution: Cr, Hf, Na, Ni and U are greatly
bivariate analysis. In the former element concentradepressed in the Jerusalem group, while Cs, Rb
tions are regarded as independent variables, while in
and Se are greatly enhanced. Nevertheless, similathe latter some inter-element correlation is recogrities in composition are striking, suggesting thatnized. For example, there are strong corresponthere is a close relationship between the figurinedences among the rare earth elements, and
compositions and the Motsa clay formation. Those
consequently regarding such elements as indepen-
differences that cannot be reconciled on the basis of
differences that do exist between the Jerusalem
dent variables leads to redundancies. One way to get
reference group and the figurines may bearound
the
such correlations is to make a coordinate
transformation from n element concentrations to n
consequence of additives employed in manufacture,
linear combinations of element concentrations, with
e.g. temper that has trace impurities. The composithegl
constraint that the combinations must be
tions of the Jerusalem group along with groups
and g2 are given in Table 7. The pattern ofmutually
the
orthogonal in the mathematical sense.
Jerusalem group also parallels the composition
of new variables thus obtained are independent.
The
the outliers. Thus a single geological regionOne
is procedure for carrying out such a transformaindicated, and that region is Jerusalem andtion
the of coordinates is known as principal compo-
vicinity.
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Graph 5. Principal component analysis of City of David figurines based on rare earths measured.
Section Analyses on Late Bronze Age Ceramics from
Deir el-Balah. Pp. 341-51 in: J.S. Olin and M.J.
Blackman (eds.). Proceedings of the 24th International
variables. Graph 5 shows the first two principal
Archaeometry Symposium. Washington, DC: Smithso-
carried out, it is found that most of the statistical
information is contained in the first few new
components (PCs) for groups gl and g2, in which
nian Institution Press.
the PCs are based only on the rare earths measured.
Maeir, A.M.; Yellin, J.; and Goren, Y. 1992. A ReThe ellipses shown represent 68% confidence
intervals. The two groups are seen to be well
evaluation of the Red and Black Bowl from Parker's
Excavations in Jerusalem: A Multidisciplinary
separated in PC space, thus lending weight to the Approach. Oxford Journal of Archaeology 11: 39-53.
more elementary analysis presented above.
Mommsen, H.; Perlman, I.; and Yellin, J. 1984. On the
Provenience of the Lmlk Jars. Israel Exploration
Journal 34: 89-113.
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Perlman, I. and Asaro, F. 1969. Pottery Analysis by
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The author wishes to acknowledge various people
Porat, N.; Yellin, J.; Heller-Kallai, L.; and Halitz, L.
who contributed to this study. Thanks are due to
1991. Correlation between Petrography, NAA, and ICP
the City of David excavation staff headed
by the
Analyses:
Application to Early Bronze Egyptian
late Y. Shiloh; to R. Asia and R. Borosh of the
Pottery from Canaan. Geoarchaeology 6: 133-49.
Archaeometry Laboratory; to the Soreq NuclearYellin, J. 1984. Gamma-ray Spectral Map of Standard
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University of Jerusalem.
analysis and bivariate plots were carried out with
Yellin,
J.;
Perlman,
I.; Asaro, F.; Michel, H.V.; and
software provided by H. Neff.
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Table 1. Identity of the 18 figurines sampled for NAA.
Lab. ID1 Sample2 Reg. No. Locus Type Fig. PI.
CDF1 353H E2/12115 1497 Blfl
CDF2 3531 El/10011 1608 B3cl
CDF3 353J El/9329 1310 A2al
CDF4 353K Dl/6796 396 B3c
CDF5
353L
G
11673
967
15:5
6:1
A6a
CDF6 353M D2/13732 1890 B3a
CDF7 353N D2/21023 2765 A6a
CDF8 3530 Dl/6715 376 B2e
CDF9 353P D2/20352 2337 A5a2
CDF 10 353Q D2/20243 2323 Ala
CDF
11
353R
G
8227
903
Ale
10:17
1:12
CDF 12 353S El/8653 1321 B2e
CDF 13 353T El/8620 1334 Blh 14:8 5:6
CDF 14 353U El/9377 1376 B2cl 16:7
CDF 15 353V El/9524 1355 Ala
CDF 16 353W El/10025 1604 Blj 15:2 5:16,21
CDF17 353X El/10246 1608 B3c
CDF
1.
18
CDF
353Y
is
G
the
11026
906
Ale
laboratory
10:18
code
1:13
for
the
fig
column is the CDF number.
2. Sample refers to a particular sampling of the CD figurine. The number refers to a batch of samples irradiated
simultaneously and the following letter identifies the CD figurine sampled.
Table 2. Chemical compositions of 18 City of David figurines as determined by NAA. The values in the row with the CDF numbe
are the concentrations in PPM or %. The row immediately below the concentration values contains the measuring errors.
As Ba Ca% Ce Co Cr Cs Eu Fe% Hf K% La Lu Na% Nd Ni Rb Sc Sm Ta Tb Th U Yb
CDF1 10.3 442 3.3 62.98 17.01 148.2 1.6 1.271 4.204 5.43 2.5 31.03 0.400 0.367 24.53 146 36 16.015 5.642 1.103 0.75 9.39 3.39 2.84
0.6 23 0.3 0.56 1.05 1.6 0.1 0.021 0.032 0.13 0.3 0.28 0.023 0.008 0.92 24 6 0.061 0.016 0.014 0.04 0.09 0.06 0.06
CDF2 7.1 374 2.4 71.25 18.21 158.1 1.8 1.388 4.049 12.16 1.9 32.07 0.482 0.448 29.39 114 56 15.538 6.219 1.220 0.82 10.64 2.89 2.97
0.6 21 0.3 0.59 0.16 1.7 0.2 0.021 0.031 0.20 0.2 0.30 0.024 0.009 0.95 23 6 0.060 0.017 0.015 0.05 0.10 0.06 0.06
CDF3 8.0 427 3.1 68.42 18.04 210.7 2.1 1.370 4.135 12.27 2.4 31.80 0.494 0.434 27.73 91 63 16.773 5.977 1.265 0.87 11.04 3.58 3.36
0.6 23 0.3 0.60 0.16 2.1 0.2 0.022 0.031 0.20 0.3 0.30 0.025 0.009 0.96 24 7 0.064 0.016 0.015 0.05 0.10 0.07 0.07
CDF4 34.7 1215 0.9 98.72 27.00 166.7 1.4 1.688 5.038 14.71 1.9 34.57 0.514 0.470 34.40 146 8 18.603 7.168 1.600 1.02 12.31 5.33 3.90
1.0 37 0.4 0.75 0.22 1.9 0.2 0.025 0.038 0.24 0.3 0.34 0.028 0.010 1.12 28 7 0.071 0.021 0.018 0.05 0.12 0.09 0.08
CDF5 7.5 491 0.7 71.08 17.72 160.4 2.0 1.304 4.124 11.51 1.5 29.97 0.440 0.424 26.68 46 48 15.530 5.807 1.288 0.83 10.89 2.21 3.06
0.6 22 0.3 0.58 0.15 1.7 0.1 0.020 0.031 0.19 0.2 0.28 0.023 0.009 0.87 22 6 0.060 0.016 0.014 0.04 0.10 0.05 0.06
CDF6 11.0 572 2.1 109.55 33.13 164.3 1.6 1.326 3.722 13.23 2.2 34.95 0.522 0.400 27.40 154 45 13.713 6.492 1.169 0.72 10.61 2.58 3.00
0.7 23 0.2 0.72 0.24 1.7 0.1 0.020 0.028 0.21 0.3 0.33 0.024 0.011 0.89 23 6 0.054 0.019 0.014 0.04 0.10 0.06 0.06
CDF7 5.5 140 5.8 39.45 10.01 85.2 2.7 0.718 2.489 2.86 3.6 17.51 0.239 0.203 13.21 55 69 12.500 3.404 0.451 0.39 5.43 3.07 1.47
0.6 14 0.2 0.42 0.11 1.1 0.1 0.014 0.020 0.09 0.4 0.22 0.016 0.007 0.64 18 6 0.049 0.012 0.009 0.03 0.07 0.05 0.04
CDF8 4.2 237 1.6 35.83 6.51 74.3 0.7 0.510 1.725 4.78 1.3 14.23 0.212 0.174 9.80 48 37 6.286 2.517 0.479 0.29 4.16 1.24 1.16
0.4 13 0.1 0.34 0.08 0.9 0.1 0.011 0.015 0.09 0.2 0.19 0.013 0.006 0.49 13 4 0.027 0.009 0.008 0.02 0.05 0.03 0.03
CDF9 9.5 398 3.5 101.90 25.85 241.4 1.2 1.322 3.545 9.74 0.5 37.26 0.432 0.448 25.18 155 51 14.060 5.756 1.028 0.74 10.20 4.71 3.04
0.8 23 0.2 0.73 0.20 2.3 0.1 0.022 0.027 0.17 0.3 0.35 0.024 0.012 0.97 24 6 0.055 0.016 0.015 0.05 0.10 0.08 0.07
As Ba Ca% Ce Co Cr Cs Eu Fe% Hf K% La Lu Na% Nd Ni Rb Sc Sm Ta Tb Th U Yb
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As Ba Ca% Ce Co Cr Cs Eu Fe% Hf K% La Lu Na% Nd Ni Rb Sc Sm Ta Tb Th U Yb
CDF10 9.9 540 3.4 81.84 20.21 185.3 1.5 1.448 4.238 11.31 2.4 37.93 0.496 0.604 28.71 160 31 16.243 6.340 1.266 0.86 11.51 2.96 3.40
0.8 24 0.3 0.65 0.17 1.9 0.2 0.022 0.032 0.19 0.4 0.35 0.025 0.015 0.96 25 6 0.062 0.017 0.015 0.05 0.10 0.06 0.07
CDF11 11.3 739 4.7 76.18 15.92 185.8 1.0 1.082 3.096 10.80 2.8 30.35 0.401 0.533 22.61 93 53 12.507 5.095 0.903 0.69 8.84 2.99 2.52
0.7 25 0.2 0.58 0.14 1.9 0.1 0.018 0.024 0.18 0.4 0.31 0.021 0.014 0.83 20 6 0.049 0.015 0.013 0.04 0.09 0.06 0.06
CDF12 20.7 381 3.9 71.75 14.29 156.8 2.1 1.020 3.716 9.79 2.0 31.25 0.442 0.336 22.96 97 70 13.341 5.321 1.048 0.73 9.22 3.67 2.62
0.9 21 0.2 0.59 0.13 1.7 0.1 0.019 0.028 0.17 0.3 0.31 0.023 0.010 0.86 21 6 0.052 0.016 0.014 0.04 0.09 0.07 0.06
CDF13 16.0 426 7.9 47.17 7.63 317.6 na 0.828 2.058 5.45 1.6 27.13 0.391 0.432 14.05 163 37 9.680 3.789 0.537 0.52 6.81 7.36 1.95
0.7 25 0.3 0.48 0.09 2.9 na 0.019 0.017 0.11 0.3 0.28 0.025 0.012 0.94 19 4 0.039 0.015 0.014 0.04 0.07 0.10 0.06
CDF14 6.2 162 6.4 57.47 12.31 282.7 0.9 0.985 2.902 7.77 1.7 26.62 0.342 0.334 19.30 170 45 12.036 4.493 0.853 0.61 8.12 4.06 2.07
0.8 17 0.2 0.50 0.12 2.6 0.1 0.017 0.023 0.14 0.3 0.28 0.019 0.010 0.74 22 5 0.047 0.014 0.012 0.04 0.08 0.06 0.05
CDF15 13.2 676 5.3 63.33 13.94 211.4 1.2 1.015 3.280 8.48 1.3 26.67 0.376 0.465 18.40 158 41 13.200 4.535 0.878 0.51 8.68 3.99 2.50
0.8 25 0.2 0.55 0.13 2.1 0.1 0.018 0.025 0.15 0.3 0.29 0.022 0.013 0.83 22 5 0.052 0.014 0.013 0.04 0.09 0.07 0.06
CDF16 12.3 426 5.2 63.62 14.07 193.1 1.8 1.078 3.348 9.26 1.5 29.55 0.392 0.394 21.76 115 67 13.881 4.968 0.940 0.64 9.28 3.15 2.42
0.8 20 0.2 0.54 0.13 1.9 0.1 0.018 0.026 0.16 0.3 0.30 0.021 0.011 0.80 21 6 0.054 0.015 0.012 0.04 0.09 0.06 0.05
CDF17 7.3 411 6.5 55.18 11.50 114.8 1.0 0.836 2.468 5.80 2.4 23.71 0.317 0.344 16.33 64 52 10.609 4.032 0.650 0.47 6.16 2.07 1.89
0.6 18 0.2 0.47 0.11 1.3 0.1 0.015 0.020 0.12 0.3 0.26 0.017 0.010 0.67 17 5 0.042 0.013 0.010 0.03 0.07 0.05 0.04
CDF18 9.1 1136 3.4 77.52 20.65 169.2 1.1 1.330 3.644 11.72 2.5 36.38 0.421 0.495 27.29 97 24 14.125 5.798 1.138 0.82 10.25 3.39 3.07
0.8 33 0.2 0.60 0.17 1.8 0.1 0.021 0.028 0.19 0.4 0.34 0.023 0.013 0.94 22 6 0.055 0.016 0.014 0.05 0.09 0.07 0.06
As Ba Ca% Ce Co Cr Cs Eu Fe% Hf K% La Lu Na% Nd Ni Rb Sc Sm Ta Tb Th U Yb
Table 3. Statistics for the 18 City of David figurines taken as a group.
Element Mean St. Dev. % St. Dev. No. Obs. Minimum Maximum
As
11.3
7.0
62
18
4.2
34.7
Ba
511
286
56
18
140
1214
Ca%
3.9
2.0
51
18
0.7
7.9
Ce
69.6
20.0
29
18
35.8
109.5
Co
16.89
6.82
40
18
6.51
33.13
Cr
179
61
34
18
74.2
317.6
Cs1
Eu
1.5
1.140
0.5
0.295
35
26
17
18
0.7
0.510
2.7
1.688
Fe% 3.432 0.856 25 18 1.725 5.038
Hf
9.28
3.31
36
182.86
14.71
K%
2.0
0.7
35
18
0.5
3.6
La
29.61
6.35
21
18
14.23
37.94
Lu
0.406
0.087
21
18
0.212
0.522
Na% 0.406 0.105 26 18 0.174 0.604
Nd
22.76
6.48
28
18
9.80
34.40
Ni
115
43
37
18
46
170
Rb
46
16
35
18
8
70
Sc
13.59
2.86
21
18
6.29
18.60
Sm
5.19
1.20
23
18
2.52
7.17
Ta
0.990
0.312
31
18
0.451
1.600
Tb
0.68
0.19
27
18
0.29
1.02
Th
9.08
2.21
34
18
4.16
12.31
U
3.48
1.36
39
18
1.24
7.36
Yb
2.63
0.70
27
18
1.16
3.90
1.
Missing
Cs
value.
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Table
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Table 4. Statistics for chemical group gl of six City of David figurines. The figurines are CDF1, 2, 3, 5, 10 and 18.
Element Mean St. Dev. % St. Dev. No. Obs. Minimum Maximum
As
8.6
Ba
1.3
568
Ca%
Ce
2.7
66.4
Co
153
Cs
1.7
Fe%
Hf
22
K%
Lu
2.2
Nd
27.4
Ni
109
Sc
0.27
0.825
0.042
7.95
3.07
Yb
0.50
3.12
5.
0.496
0.367
0.604
24.0
29.4
46
6
6
2.5
37.94
12.96
6
160
24
63
15.26
5.64
6.34
6
1.103
1.288
6
0.751
0.873
5
6
7.51
8.38
16
6
2.21
3.58
6
2.84
3.40
0.22
Table
1.5
6
5
0.42
12.27
0.400
6
6
4.238
5.43
6
4
0.076
3.644
6
35
6
2.1
1.448
29.97
18
38
0.80
5.96
Th
9
191
1.1
6
6
6
15
1.213
Tb
U
41
43
Sm
6
19
1.8
14.37
Ta
6
0.081
20.65
1.271
5
0.041
0.462
6
3.4
72.7
131
6
10
0.7
17.01
6
24
0.4
0.456
6
5
10.2
1136
59.8
22
3.19
Na%
Rb
8
0.217
6
6
15
2.62
33.20
374
39
0.064
4.066
7.1
6
6
0.4
10.73
La
1.1
1.45
1.352
6
50
4.2
18.64
Cr
Eu
15
283
7
Statistics
for
Element Mean St. Dev. % St. Dev. No. Obs. Minimum Maximum
As
12.8
Ba
All
Ca%
Ce
5.1
51.60
Co
5.2
14.10
165
Cs
1.4
Hf
3.268
1.8
28.88
Lu
0.390
Na%
21.0
Ni
127
Rb
55
11.89
Sm
Ta
0.6
4.88
0.924
5
5
9
5
10
5
28
13
5
0.36
0.076
5
7
8
0.442
18.4
5
5
170
41
11.06
4.49
0.853
Tb
0.64
0.08
13
5
0.51
5.89
0.67
11
5
4.98
3.57
Yb
0.49
2.43
14
0.21
9
70
12.68
Th
U
0.533
23.0
93
5
2.8
31.25
0.334
5
23
0.63
1.3
0.342
5
3.716
10.80
26.62
21
2.1
1.082
2.902
7.77
5
5
220
1.0
0.985
33
0.086
35
*
7
0.037
2.0
5
9
15.92
125
5
6.4
58.49
12.31
5
13
2.13
0.412
Nd
Sc
0.304
1.17
La
5
4
739
3.9
43.64
36
0.042
20.7
161
5
5
21
0.5
9.22
K%
11
9
6.2
5
18
1.28
1.036
Fe%
0.9
35
5
49
5.91
Cr
Eu
41
234
5.32
1.048
0.73
6.80
5
2.99
4.06
5
2.07
2.62
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Table 6. Statistics for seven outlier City of David figurines taken as a group. The figurines are CDF4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13 and 17.
Element Mean St. Dev. % St. Dev. No. Obs. Minimum Maximum
As
12.6
Ba
486
Ca%
Ce
10.5
350
4.1
53.94
Co
1.4
1.033
Fe%
Hf
3.006
K%
1.9
27.05
Lu
0.375
Sc
11.20
Sm
4.74
Tb
0.59
Th
5.74
U
2.14
2.34
42
48
57
0.99
Missing
Table
7.
68
16.97
2.52
0.451
7.17
1.600
0.29
2.92
7
42
163
8
5.83
7
7
0.470
34.40
48
7
7
7
0.522
9.80
7
37
3.6
37.26
0.174
7
51
0.26
2.76
3.77
1.
1.74
0.434
0.5
0.212
7
44
32
5.038
14.71
14.23
7
47
19
3.55
0.845
Yb
53
42
45
2.7
1.688
1.725
2.86
7
34
0.7
7
7
33
0.119
9.02
112
7
51
33.13
223
0.510
7
33
0.124
20.00
Rb
Ta
1.0
9.04
0.353
Ni
38
7.9
90.08
56
6
7
56
0.9
6.51
7
49
34.7
1214
22.87
7
40
1.157
4.54
La
Na%
63
0.7
7
7
47
4.2
140
67
0.418
8.08
Nd
62
7
7
55
10.91
133
Cs1
Eu
2.7
29.93
17.38
Cr
84
72
1.24
7
Cs
1.02
10.33
7.36
1.16
3.90
value.
See
Composition
of
Element gl St. Dev. g2 St. Dev. Jerusalem St. Dev.
6 figurines1 5 figurines2 20 pieces3
As
8.6
Ba
1.3
568
Ca%
Ce
2.7
66.4
Co
Eu
1.7
1.352
Fe%
Hf
33.20
Lu
0.456
Na%
Nd
Sm
Ta
5.96
1.213
15
0.6
4.7
2.13
0.214
2.0
24.1
55
4.88
0.924
4.88
0.05
0.04
0.64
0.08
0.74
0.42
5.89
0.67
7.18
Yb
3.12
0.22
2.43
0.19
0.025
7.95
3.57
8
0.9
0.711
0.82
0.50
1.7
14
0.076
Tb
3.07
0.034
18.6
Th
U
0.7
0.02
112
0.63
0.36
0.5
54
13
0.27
0.15
0.32
0.33
0.086
35
0.05
23.8
0.037
6
0.5
3.98
1.8
11.89
1.9
1.20
3.85
0.80
0.076
6.0
1.17
127
1.9
115
0.304
21.0
41
35
9.22
0.412
1.8
1.1
14.0
0.042
3.268
0.390
0.081
43
14.37
1.28
28.88
0.041
7.7
49.8
0.5
1.036
0.4
109
Rb
Sc
1.4
2.62
27.4
0.9
5.9
165
3.19
0.462
Ni
22
0.217
2.2
La
5.1
14.10
0.064
10.73
5.2
234
51.6
0.4
4.066
K%
1.1
1.45
153
Cs
477
4.2
18.64
Cr
12.8
283
0.49
0.21
2.33
2.39
0.25
0.25
0.12
1. CDF1, 2, 3, 5, 10 and 18. 3. Mommsen et al. 1984; Zorn et al. 1994; Yellin 1994.
2. CDF11, 12, 14, 15 and 16.
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C
APPENDIX E: ANALYSIS OF HOMOGENEITY OF THE
DISTRIBUTION OF FIGURINES IN STRATA 13-10
Ilan Sharon
Institute of Archaeology
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
SAMPLING AND CATEGORIZATION
For the purpose of the statistical analysis, we
grouped together all sub-strata of 10 (10, 10B, 10C,
10B/C) in order
to ensure chronological ordinality
This analysis encompasses all of the figurines
found
the stratigraphical categories. We also
in the City of David excavation. Thebetween
excavation
grouped
together
areas do not constitute a random sample
of the
sitein one category ('Unstratified')
all of the figurines
of Jerusalem, and consequently the figurines
re- which did not come from Strata
10, 11, 12form
or 13. Note
that this category includes
trieved from them cannot strictly speaking
a
figurines
that do belong in the Strata 13-10 horizon,
random sample of the entire population of
figurines
but do not have an exact stratigraphical proveniin Jerusalem in the relevant periods. Nevertheless,
ence (e.g.of
'Strata
we assume that this sample is representative
the107/11?' or '9-10') as well as
figurines by
fromthe
non-stratigraphical contexts ('Strasite as a whole. This assumption is supported
tum'
'-'
or
'0')
and
broad homogeneity of the distribution of the ones which are obviously out of
context
(e.g. Stratum
4). The number of figurines
figurines across the different excavation
areas
(see
from Stratum 13 is too small for meaningful
below).
The size of the sample from each stratum is
statistics to be calculated and consequently this
largely influenced by the area of exposure and the
state of preservation, both of which factors greatly
stratum was excluded from the analysis, though it
vary between strata in the City of David. Thus
will be briefly commented on below.
Some of the types (or sub-types within the main
differences in the total number of figurines in each
categories) are present only in small numbers in the
stratum in no way represent actual differences in the
sample. This might not only disqualify the quantitative estimates for these categories, but impair the
volume of figurine production between periods. For
example, the fact that there are very few figurines in
Stratum 13 may indeed be due to a low rate of
figurine production, but may equally well be
validity of the analysis as a whole, as will be
explained below. Such categories were therefore
density of artifacts in deposits of this stratum, or a
dropped from the analysis altogether (e.g. sub-type
A4 of Type A, of which only two examples exist) or
combined with other small categories (e.g. Types D,
combination of any of the above. The tests used
here are designed to detect differences in the
distribution of types within strata, taking into
E, F and M, comprising together 50 pieces, or less
than 3% of the total sample, which were combined
under the 'Others' heading in the analysis of major
account the given sample size from each stratum.
The data were analyzed independently of either
types).
stratigraphical or typological analysis. For the
do not refer to determinable morphological variants, but merely to missing classification criteria
(usually in the case of figurine fragments). Cases in
attributed to smaller exposure or a general lower
definition of what constitutes a given stratum and
which period it represents, or the argumentation for
grouping a certain set of figurines under a given
'type' label, the reader is referred to the relevant
chapters.
Some of the category designations in the typology
point are 'Type' D (unidentified pieces) or 'subtype' A3, which consists of torsos belonging to
figurines of sub-types Al or A2 (which can only be
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differentiated by the treatment of the head). Such
The first step is the calculation of expected values
designations also necessitated special treatment,
for each of the contingency tables being analyzed.
which will be referred to below.
The expected value, given within square brackets in
each cell of Tables 2.2, 3.2 3.4 and 4.2, is what we
All analyses were performed four times. First we
expect to find there if the assumption of
analyzed the general typological categories (A, B, would
C
and 'Others') (Graph 1 and Tables 2.1-4). Within
complete homogeneity were true. For example: we
know (Table 1.2) that 19% of all figurines in the
the group of human figurines (Type A) two different
City of David are of Type A. We also know that the
questions were explored. The two most numerous
total number of figurines in Stratum 11 is 132
forms are pillar figurines and depiction of horse(Table 1.1). Under conditions of complete homoriders. Each of these forms can appear with one of
two different treatments of the head - moldmade or
geneity, i.e., if the distribution in each of the strata is
exactly the same as the general (marginal) distribuhandmade ('pinched'). Accordingly, Table 3.1 was
split two ways and analyzed twice - once for tion for the site, we would expect to find approximoldmade heads vs. 'pinched' heads (Graph 2 andmately 25 Type A figurines in Stratum 11 (19% of
Tables 3.2-3) and once for pillar figurines (of all 132). This is the meaning of the number 25.4 which
kinds) vs. horse-riders (Graph 3 and Tables 3.4-5.appears in brackets at the top of the second column
in Table 2.2, next to the number of figurines of that
Within Type B we compared the amount of horses
(B2) to all other animals (Bl). The third category type actually found in the stratum (23). The
question at this point becomes one of evaluating
(B3) comprised mostly indeterminable animal pieces
whether the difference between the expected value
and was ignored (Graph 4 and Tables 4.1-3). The
rest of the types do not have sub-type categories. No(25) and the observed one (23) is due to some
inherent heterogeneity among the strata. Naturally,
analysis of sub-sub-types was attempted because the
number of cases within each sub-category is tooeven if our zero hypothesis were true, we would not
small for any meaningful quantitative analysis. expect every reading in the observed table to be
exactly the same as the expected value, because of
The raw data, as presented in Tables 2.1, 3.1 and
4.1, were thus transformed, by a combination ofstochastic variation. However, the greater the
homogeneity between the strata, the closer the
combining and dropping categories as needed, into
observed values to the expected value.
the concatenated tables (2.2, 3.2, 3.4 and 4.2), upon
which statistical analysis was performed. Note that In the second step we calculate the deviation
between the observed values and the expected values
as a result of this process the total number of
figurines participating in each analysis varies under the homogeneity hypothesis, stated in apslightly in different analyses, as well as between thisproximate standard deviation units. The standardi-
appendix and the catalogue.
zation is done by the standardized residual method
(Upton 1978: 23-26, 90-91), and hence the name
PROCEDURE
residual analysis for this statistical technique. To
calculate the standardized residual for each cell in
we figure out the difference between the
The data analysis method used herethe
istable
residual
actual (observed) number of figurines in this cell
analysis. Its purpose is to test homogeneity or
heterogeneity in the relative frequency of types and the expected value, and then divide it by the
within the different strata. The homogeneity hy- square root of the expected value.
pothesis (H0) is that the shape of the frequency This standardization is based on a statistical
curve for the types under analysis is the same in all theorem which states that in a multinomially
strata, and hence also the same as the shape of the distributed population the distribution of the
general distribution over all strata combined. These standardized residual is approximately standard
general distributions for all strata combined (usual- normal. In mathematical formulation the above
ly referred to as 'marginal distributions') are given two paragraphs may be expressed as:
in Tables 1.1-2 as well as the total column in Tables
2.1-2, 3.1-2, 3.4 and 4.1-2. The purpose of the
analysis is to assess the likelihood of the assertion
Oi;-E¡j
Si J = i Jr-r^'J ; ¡ j * N(0,1)
V 'J
that the deviations from this hypothesis are entirely where Oļ j is the observed value in row i of column j
random.
and Eļj is the corresponding expected value. Note
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that this is the only use of a statistical theorem in
alpha value of 60% is far from significant, and one
this discussion, and this is the only time that any
would not be justified in saying that this result
assumption is made as to the shape or nature of the
proves that there is a real difference in the frequency
of Type A figurines between strata.
distribution of the population, in contrast with
much heavier use of such in parametric statistics.
The third step of the analysis is to check whether
the whole table deviates significantly from the
The use of the term 'approximately normal' needs
homogeneity hypothesis. This is done by Pearson's
further explanation. What the above theorem
actually shows is that the distribution of the
chi-square test. The Pearson test statistic is:
standardized residual rapidly approaches a standard
normal distribution as the total sample size is
X2 = a *2([r-l]*[c-l])
¿=1 j= 1
increased. The answer to when is 'approximate'
close enough depends, of course, on individual where Sitj are all the standardized residuals in the
taste. However, most statisticians agree that if the table. It can be shown as a corollary to the aboveexpected value is less than 5, this approximation is mentioned theorem that the distribution of X2 is
insufficient.
approximately the chi-squared distribution with [rIn a case where the observed number of figurines 1] x [c-1] degrees of freedom (r and c are the number
of rows and columns in the table). The larger the
in a table cell is exactly as expected under the
homogeneity hypothesis, the standard residual will value of X2 for a given table, the smaller the chance
be 0. A standard residual of more than 2.0 means
that the difference between the observed table and
the expected table is merely stochastic. For the
that the probability that the deviation is merely
stochastic is less than 5%. In other words, if we
translation of X2 values to probabilities (alpha
were to build a random simulation model in which
values) use a chi-square table with the appropriate
the numbers in each cell vary normally arounddegrees
the
of freedom.
Under Tables 2.3, 3.3, 3.5 and 4.3 are the Pearson
expected value, we would obtain a residual of 2.0 or
X2 values for each table and the corresponding
more in only one out of twenty cases. The
probability of a chance residual of over 2.6 is only
alpha values. Example: in Table 2.3 we obtained an
1%, etc. The translation of standard residuals into
X2 value of 19.48, which gives (for a 4 x 4 table) an
alpha value of 2.1%. This means that there is a
probability percentages may be carried out by using
a 'z' table for standard normal distribution.
probability of approximately 2% (1 case out of 50)
that all the deviations from the homogeneity
When a statistical test yields an alpha value
hypothesis (as noted in Table 2.2) are purely
(probability of obtaining the test statistic under the
null hypothesis H0) of less than 5%, it is customary
random. This probability is significant, though not
highly so. Thus there is some justification for the
to call the result significant (i.e., it is unlikely that
assertion that, on the whole, there are some nonsuch a deviation is merely random, and the null
random differences in the distribution of major
hypothesis - in our case the homogeneity
types among the different strata, and that our initial
hypothesis - should be rejected). A value of less
than 1 % is called highly significant.
hypothesis of homogeneity is not likely. Note that
whereas
we saw in Table 2.3 that the deviation of
In the example we have been pursuing, we may
Type A figurines in Stratum 11 from the expected
look at Table 2.3 and see at the top of the second
column the value -0.5. This means that the deviation
value is not significant, there are some highly
between the observed number of Type A figurines insignificant categories in that table: i.e., there are
significantly less Type A figurines in Stratum 12
Stratum 1 1 (23 figurines) and the value expected in
one would expect, and significantly more Type
the case of complete homogeneity (25.4) is half ofthan
a
standard deviation. The minus sign denotes that the
C figurines in Stratum 10.
observed value is less than expected. These figuresAn apparent contradiction between the second
and third step of the analysis merits an additional
mean that if in reality Type A figurines constitute
comment. Is it possible that one or more categories
19% of the assemblage in the period represented by
Stratum 1 1 (i.e. the same percentage as the marginalin a given table can be significantly deviant from the
distribution), there is a 60% likelihood that a
expected cell value, and yet the table as a whole be
random sample of 132 figurines will deviate by athomogeneous? The answer is yes. To explain this,
least 2 figurines from the expected value of 25. Anlet us look at an analogy. Any gambler knows that
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the chance of getting three aces in a poker hand are
pretty slim. However, there is a good chance that in
a game of, say, 100 hands, a hand containing three
aces will appear at least once. By analogy, in a table
pattern is evident when examining the residuals for
Type B.
The X2 values attached to Table 2.4 should be
used with some caution. A table which on the whole
with 4x4=16 cells the chances that there will be at
displays only random variations may nevertheless
least one significantly deviant cell (at the 5% level)
have some sub-table which appears to deviate
are actually much higher than 1 in 20. The opposite
significantly from the zero (homogeneity) hypoth(a table in which no single residual exceeds 2.0,esis.
but The argumentation for this assertion is exactly
the same as used above to explain why the deviation
which is nevertheless heterogeneous) is also possible. Let us again consider the poker analogy: it
ofisa complete table cannot be assessed merely on the
basis of its most deviant category.
perfectly probable, in any five-card deal, to obtain
Several procedures exist for the simultaneous
at least a pair. Yet if your opponent has never dealt
himself a zilch in a 100-hand game, then you might
testing of sub-tables within a given table (e.g.
Gabriel 1966). This test, which is based on the
be justified in suspecting some non-random shuffle.
likelihood-ratio statistic and will not be discussed
The correct procedure for the analysis is as follows.
here in detail, was used on Table 2.2 to determine
First, calculate the X2 for the table as a whole. Only
if that is significant (i.e., there is a high likelihood
whether
of
its heterogeneity resulted only from Type
non-random deviation in the table as a whole)
C, from the systematic increase in Type A, or from
should one look at the individual cell residuals to
both. It was found that both effects contribute to
the heterogeneity in the table, and that the change in
see in which categories this deviation is concenthe ratio of anthropomorphic vs. zoomorphic
while not as high as the X2 value in Table
In the case in point (Table 2.3), the X2 figurines,
value
trated.
indicates a significant deviation from homogeneity.
2.4, is nevertheless significant (i.e., is not likely to be
random effect).
In the fourth and last step of the analysis wea shall
We have discussed above the problem of nontry to locate the source of this heterogeneity.
Examination of Table 2.3 shows that high residuals applicability of this test to cells with low frequenoccur in Types C and A.
cies. The same problem exists with Pearson's X2
Type C is a rather esoteric category (numerically statistic. It is usually considered that if the table
and theologically) and one would be hard pressed to contains expected values of less than 1.0, or the
argue some religious reform between Strata 12-11 expected values for more than 20% of the cells in a
and Stratum 10 on the basis only of an increase in given table are below 5, then the test is inapplicable.
furniture figurines. Is there, then, a significant For this reason, we have had to delete, or
difference between Strata 12-11 and 10 if only the agglomerate together, categories for which the
major categories (anthropomorphic vs. zoosample is small.
morphic) are considered and the furniture category
is excluded from the analysis?
RESULTS
Examination of Types A and B from stratified
contexts only (Table 2.4) reveals a potentially more
With the exception of Table 2, which was analyz
in detail above, there is an uncanny resemblanc
consequential deviation from our original assump-
between the observed distribution of figurin
tion of homogeneity: there is a systematic increase
in the proportion of Type A (human) figurines from
(Graphs 1-4) and the distribution as predicted b
Stratum 12 to Stratum 10, accompanied by a
the homogeneous model (Tables 3.2, 3.4, 4.2), whi
corresponding decrease in Type B (animals). This is visible at a glance. The X2 test shows that none
pattern can clearly be seen in the residual table (2.3)
the four tables significantly contradicts the hom
in that there is a significant negative residual (-2.3)geneity hypothesis. The residual analysis shows th
for Type A in Stratum 12 - i.e., the observed no cell in any of the other tables contains any
number (45) is considerably lower than that
significant deviations, and that the alpha values for
Tables 3.3, 3.5 and 4.3 are, as a matter of fact,
expected by the assumption of homogeneity (63.2);
the amount in Stratum 11 is about as expected
surprisingly high.
(residual of -0.5); while that of Stratum 10 is higher
We discussed above the problems caused by low
than expected (residual of +1.4). The opposite
expected values in many categories. Note that in
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Tables 3.2 and 3.4 more than 20% of the categories
have expected values of less than 5. This is due to
Strata 13-10 and have been shifted as a result of
the low number of figurines of the relevant types in
redeposition processes. The results of this analysis
confirm this assumption. Specifically, the fact that
Stratum 11. This problem might be rectified by
no figurine of Type A4 or A6 was found in situ may
dropping Stratum 1 1 from these analyses altogether,
well be a coincidence. Since processes of construc-
or by agglomerating it with Stratum 10 or 12. In our
tion and destruction at the site have shifted
potsherds (and figurines) in a stochastic fashion,
the distribution of unstratified figurines should
reflect the combined distribution of their parent
and so the latter course would be sensible. This
populations. A significant deviation between th
analysis did not display any significant difference
distribution of unstratified figurines and the diseither, and consequently it will not be shown here
in
tribution
of Strata 13-10 figurines would have
case, the underlying research question is to test for a
radical change in figurine production and use which
purportedly happened between Stratum 11 and 10,
detail. The apparent anomaly in Stratum indicated
11 in
the existence of an additional source
Graph 2 is merely the result of small sample
'donating'
size.
figurines to the 'pool' of unstratified
There are only four human figurines with figurines.
heads
It is possible of course that such a source
outside
intact in Stratum 1 1, of which two are 'pinched'
and Strata 13-10 does exist, and that the
two are moldmade, whereas the expected values
distribution
in
of its figurines is homogeneous with
that
of Strata 13-10. Such a source would be
the case of complete homogeneity would have
been
three and one respectively.
invisible as far as this analysis is concerned.
The figurines from Stratum 13 were not included
in the quantitative analysis due to small sample size.
CONCLUSIONS
Nevertheless, it is appropriate to ask whether the
figurine distribution in Stratum 13 is similar
toanalysis points to the existence of homogeneit
This
those of Strata 12-10. As mentioned above, the
in the distribution of figurine types between St
reason for the small absolute number of figurines in
10 and 13, with a single notable exception - a
Stratum 13 is outside the scope of this analysis.
marked increase in the production of human (vs.
Taking this total sample size into consideration, animal) figurines in the later strata. What are the
however, we can see that the distribution of
possible explanations for this homogeneity?
figurines in Stratum 13 fits the homogeneous model
First of all we must consider the possibility that
quite well. Perusal of Table 5 will show that in a the lack of apparent differences between strata is a
total sample of 5, the 'ideal' distribution would have
result of a high rate of redeposition. One of the
been 4 of Type B and 1 of Type A. Although oneprominent findings is the large number of figurines
should not use the standardized residuals in this
(about half the sample) found out of context. A
case as accurate measures of deviation (because
large
the
number of these were found in definitely nonexpected values are less than 5), the differences
Iron Age strata, and are certainly the result of
between the observed distribution and the expected
redeposition. This being so, we have to assume that
theoretical one are minimal. It certainly would
not some of the figurines which were found in
at least
be likely in a sample of this size for any of the Stratum
types
40, for instance, are redeposi ted pieces
but A and B to be represented at all.
which originated in, say, Stratum 11. A high
Similarly, one might ask whether the agglomeraproportion of redeposition will tend to blur real
tion of Types E, F and M into a single catchall
differences between strata. This might best be
category has not masked any significant deviation
explained in an example. Let us assume that in
in the distribution of these types. Table 6 showsPeriod
that X the distribution of thingamajig types is:
there no marked deviations from homogeneity
Type A - 40%; Type B - 60%. In Period Y Type A
among Types E, F and M, though the statistical
accounts for 70% of the assemblage and Type B for
significance of this is impossible to assess, due
30%.to
However, if half the thingamajigs in Stratum
small sample size. 'Type' D was not included in
X this
are redeposited Stratum Y pieces, then the
observed distribution for Stratum X will be 55%
analysis, for it is merely a collection of unidentifiable pieces.
for Type A and 45% for Type B. The apparent
difference between Stratum X and Stratum Y will be
An unstated assumption of ours has been that all
much smaller than the actual one.
of the unstratified figurines are originally from
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We must conclude, therefore, that the evidence
To discount redeposition effects, we might con-
sider only complete figurines which came from
from the City of David lends no support to a
floors or other primary contexts. Of course, there
are not enough of these to merit a statistical study,
and so such an analysis is outside the domain of the
postulation of an iconoclastic reform between the
8th and 6th centuries BCE.
present appendix.
Against the above, we must state that redeposi-
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Table 1.1. General distribution of figurines among strata.
Ī0 ĪOB Ī0C 10B/C Total 10 ĪĪ 12 13 Total Unstr. Total
119
9%
13
1%
84
6%
24
2%
240
18%
132
10%
328
25%
6
706
0%
54%
Graph
1.
603
46%
1309
100%
Distribution
of
maj
100% T 68%
4% 5%
Table
1.2.
General
N % of category % of total
ĀĪ
54
2Ī%
4%
A2
28
11%
2%
A3
56
A4
A5
2
96
A6
A7
Total
B1
22%
1%
1
A
6%
0%
252
37
4%
7%
0%
100%
4%
19%
3%
174
18%
13%
B3
751
78%
57%
B
962
100%
112
22
D
44
3%
8
1%
F
5
0%
Total
72%
2%
E
M
2% 7%
73%
100% T
C
1% 5%
I"
1%
B2
Total
figurine
100% y 77%
0%
38%
15
110
of
distribution
16
1%
1309
100%
1% 50/0
IUnstr.
ABC
Others
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types.
Table 2.1. Distribution of major types by stratum (raw data).
Table 2.4. Proportions of anthropomorphic vs. zoomorphic
figurines in Strata 12, 11 and 10.
10 10B 10C 10B/C 11 12 13 Unstr. Total
10 11 12 (J
Ā 28 3 19 6 23 45 Ī 127 252
Ā 26% 19% 15%
B 83 9 54 17 101 256 5 437 962
C
D
31501507
4
E
F
0
3
0
5
14
0
44
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M
8
10300
00202309
B 74% 81% 85% I
22
18
5
*2=9.25
with 2 degrees freedom
a=1.0%
16
Total 119 13 84 24 132 328 6 603 1309~
Table 3.1. Distribution of anthropomorphic figurines by
stratum (raw data).
10 10B 10C 10B/C 11 12 13 Unstr. Total 11
ĀĪ 6 Ī 4 Ö 2 18 Ī 22 54
A2 0 1 1 1 2 7 0 16 28 II
A3
707
A4
1940
28
00000002
56
2
Table 2.2. Distribution of major types by stratum
(concateA5
15 1 6 3 8 13 0 50 96
nated): comparison of number of figurines per category
(regular
A6
0 0
1
1
2
3
0
8
font) with the expected value under the assumption
of
A7
00000001
homogeneity between strata (italicized, in brackets).
Total
10 ĪĪ 12 Unstr. I Total
15
1
~28
Ā 5 6 [46.2] 23 [25.4] 45 [63.2] 127 [1 1 6.2] 251
B 163 [176.3] 101 [96.9] 256 [240.9] All [442.9] 957
C 9 [4.1] 1 [2.2] 5 [5.5] 1 [10.2] 22
Others 12/7 3.4] 1 [7.4] 22 [18.4] 32 [33.8] 73
Total
240
132
328
603
Table
1303
3.2.
Distribut
stratum:
(regular
compari
font)
with
homogeneity
betw
10 11 12 Unstr. |Total||
~"ĀĪ 11/9.2; 2 [2.6] IS [16.4] 22 [24.9] 53*
A2 3 [4.8] 2 [1.4] 1 [8.6] 16 [13.1] 28||
Total 14 4 25 38 8lJ
Table
2.3.
types
by
stratum.
Values
one
standard
deviation
than
Standardized
residuals
for
the
distribution
38% of cells in table have expected values of less than 5!
deviating
are
from
expectation
italicized.
Values
more than two standard deviations are underlined. The subtables in which the deviation is concentrated are shaded.
10
A
11
J
B
-1.0
C
¿S
Others
12
+4
0.4
-0.8
-(M
Unstr.
'pinched' vs. moldmade figurines by stratum.
1.0
1.0
-0.3
-0.2
-1.0
-0.1
Table 3.3. Standardized residuals for the distribution of
0.8
-0.3
10 11 12 Unstr. ||
Al 06 IÕ4 04 5X6
A2
-0.8
X2= 19.48
X2-2.92
with 9 degrees freedom
with 3 degrees freedom
a=2.1%
a= 40.4%%
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0.5
-0.6
0.8
of
by
deviati
Graph 2. Distribution of 'pinched'
moldmade
figurines
Table vs.
3.5.
Standardized
residua
by stratum.
figurines
10
H
12
vs.
horseback
rid
Unstr.
Al-5 0/2 5TI ÕÕ (Ū)
100% J 79%
A6
50% I 21%
-0.8
0.5
0.2
0.2
*2=0.95
with
0% - ML
3
degrees
freedom
a= 81.2%
100% J
50% 50% ļļ
-
0% -I- - BBL
100% J 72%
28%
«12
Graph 3. Distribution of pillar figurines vs.
by stratum.
96%
100% y
50% -f ||H
100% y
"* 42% ^
1y+m
50% +
50% „tli -f ||H
LB -L- 4%
0% -L-
Al A2
91%
100%
y
■
50% I
LI J- ^
0%
J-
^
93%
100%
50% I
Table 3.4. Distribution of pillar figurines vs. horseback riders
by stratum: comparison of number of figurines per category
0% -
(regular font) with the expected value under the assumption of
y
■
LI - JL-
homogeneity between strata (italicized, in brackets).
94%
10 ĪĪ 12 Unstr. I Total
_100% T
■ Unstr.
Al-5 54 [52.6] 21 [21.6] 42 [42.3] 116 [116.5]
~233~
50% I
A6 2 [3.4] 2 [1.4] 3 [2.7] % [7.5] 15
Total
56
23
45
124
■ ^^
0% J-
248
Al-5 A6
38%
of
have
cells
in
expected
table
values
of
less
than
5
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Table 4.1. Distribution of zoomorphic figurines by stratum
(raw data).
Graph 4. Distribution of horses (B
by stratum.
10 10B 10C 10B/C 11 12 13 Unstr. I Total
B1 2 5 3 5 3 8 Õ 21 37
100%
B2 12 2 12 3 16 48 0 81 174
B3 69 7 39 14 82 200 5 335 751
J
50% 15%
Total 83 9 54 17 101 256 5 437 962
0% J100% -r 84%
■ 11
Table 4.2. Distribution of horses (B2) vs. other animals (Bl) by
50% 4
stratum: comparison of number of figurines per category
16% ^m
(regular font) with the expected value under the assumption of
homogeneity between strata (italicized, iņ brackets).
o% 1 M M
10
11
12
Unstr.
Total
100% J 86%
~~Bt 5 [6.0] 3 [3.3] 8 [9.8] 21 [17.9] 37~
B2 29 [28.0] 16 [15.7] 48 [46.2] 81 [84.1] 174
50% i
Total 34 19 56 102 2 ĪT
14%
■ 12
0% Lam -
100% y 79o/0
Table 4.3. Standardized residuals for the distribution of
horses (B2) vs. other animals (Bl) by stratum.
wm Unstr.
50% i ■
21% ^m
I 10 11 12 Unstr.
"ST -0.4 ^02 ^06 07
o% Lam - wm^
B2 0.2 0.1 0.3 -0.3
Bl B2
%2= 1.29
with 3 degrees freedom
<x= 73.0%
Table 5. Distribution of figurines in Stratum 13: comparison of
number of figurines per category (regular font) with the
expected value under the assumption of homogeneity between
strata (italicized, in brackets).
13 Marginal
A 1 [1.2] 19%
Table 6. Distribution of minor types: comparison of number of
figurines per category (regular font) with the expected value
under the assumption of homogeneity between strata (italicized,
in brackets).
B 5 [4.4] 73%
C Q[0.1] 2%
D 0 [0.2] 3%
E 0 [0.0] 1%
F 0 [0.0] 0%
M 0 [0.1] 1%
6
1309
10
11
12
Unstr.
E 1 [1.5] 0 [0.8] 2 [2.0] 5 [3.7]
F 2 [0.9] 0 [0.5] 3 [1.3] 0 [2.3]
M 2 [2.9] 2 [1.6] 3 [4.0] 9 [7.4]
marginal
distribution
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18%
850
APPENDIX F: A CERAMIC TWO-FACED FIGURINE
Donald T. Ariel
Israel Antiquities Authority
base is crudely concave, and as such is not at all
The figurine (K 18330; Fig. 18:9; Fig. 20; PI. The
9:6-7)
stableIt
in its current state of preservation.
is apparently an almost complete crude container.
derives from L. 2200B of Stratum 2 which, though
No attempt was made to connect the 'headdress'
of both faces or to connect between the two
designated as Islamic- Ayyubid (7th-13th centuries
CE), is restricted in Square K1 of Area K to the
opposing
7th
faces in the areas of the neck or top of
head. On one side, at the level of where the ear
and 8th centuries CE (Magness 1992: 161). the
It was
inadvertently omitted from the Index of Loci
in have been, the beginning of what appears to
would
have been a ribbon handle is found. Above the
Ariel and Magness 1992.
The ware of the fragment is a uniform pale
'headdress'
buff
the forehead tapers up to the break at the
(Munsell 2.5 YR 8/3) without visible inclusions.
preserved
It is
opening. There is no indication of where
hollow and could have contained a very small
the apparent ribbon handle was attached at the top.
Ceramic figurines of this size depicting, among
amount of liquid, poured through the hole at its top
(8 mm wide in its present state of preservation).other
The things, female faces are common not only in
the Israelite but also in the Greco-Roman worlds.
walls are very thick, as if the inner space was crudely
However, the details of our faces do not resemble
hollowed out through the original opening higher
closely
up, or was first hollowed out and the neck and
rim any of these ubiquitous figurines. Moreover,
attached afterwards. Another alternative is that it
the use of a two-faced decoration is extremely rare.
was made around a core which was incinerated
during firing; because of the vessel's crude manufacture, we have no evidence for this last alternative.
The body of the fragment is decorated with two
diametrically opposed depictions of faces. Though
worn and poorly preserved, they were apparently
mold-pressed onto the body, either with two
separate molds applied simultaneously or possibly
with the same mold. The preserved details of the
faces make it certain that if different molds were
used, then the intention was to depict the same
face. Our description of the faces therefore combines information from better preserved features of
both.
A stylized 'headdress' surrounds the face and is
depicted by one row of connected beads, continuing
down to the top of the jaws and hiding the ears. The
'headdress' and the absence of any beard suggest
that these are female faces. Eyelids, eyes and lips are
crudely indicated. The expression of the poorly
preserved lips may be interpreted in the range
between a grimace and a smile. The faces surmount
Fig. 20. K 18330. Ceramic figurine from L. 2200B: view of
opposing face to Fig. 18:9 (left) and P1.9:6.
a splaying base, which is the neck for both faces.
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The only two-faced female figurines from the 1st
The first discussion of the two-faced glass flasks
millennium BCE known to us are from the 8th-6th
appears in Kisa 1908: 753-55. Kisa explained that
centuries from Amman (Amr 1988). They are madethey were mold-blown, generally 8-10 cm high, and
very rare, being made by Sidonian, Syrian, Alexanfragment.
drian and Italian artists. There were a variety of
In the Greco-Roman world, the closest ceramic
depictions on the flasks and an even greater variety
parallel to this fragment is a well-defined group of
of identifications of the faces depicted (Hadrian and
small vessels, dated to the 2nd-3rd centuries or the
Antonous; two Medusas; smiling and crying faces;
first half of the 3rd century CE. The vessels depict
woman and child).
different faces on the same vessel. These are
Two details link our ceramic fragment to these
variously identified as males (sometimes mustached
glass flasks. First, the distinctive 'headdress' is
or bearded), females, mythical figures or gods.
In
characteristic
of some of the female faces (see Kisa
cases where the provenance is known, all but
one
1908:
730-31, Figs. 293-94; Saldern et al. 1974: 170,
(from Cyprus - Parasolia?) derive from Egypt
Nos. 464-66 - all one-faced flasks). This 'headdress'
of stone and bear little resemblance to this ceramic
(Ohnefalsch-Richter 1893: PL 93:3; Pagenstecher
is probably the remnant of the grape cluster
1913: 211-12, PL 37:2a-2b; Breccia 1934: Vol. 2,
Nos. 623?, 626; Bayer-Niemeier 1988: 284, Nos.
762-63; Schürmann 1989: 279, No. 1056; Dunand
1990: 325-27, Nos. 982-89; my thanks to Adi Erlich
for bringing my attention to these vessels). The
predominant sub-group comprises open vessels with
crude 'basket' handles and depicts two male figures,
one possibly Dionysus and the other a mustached
male. A smaller group (Dunand 1990: 326-27, Nos.
987-89) are also open vessels, but have no handles.
They bear the same face on either side, described as
feminine or Dionysiac.
These parallels, though more similar to the Area
decoration found on some flasks surrounding the
faces. Second, the ribbon handle stemming from the
area where the ear would have been is also found in
glass flasks (see Kisa 1908: 740, Fig. 297; Saldern et
al. 1974: 170, No. 462 - also one-faced flasks). Both
features are common in glass media.
The ceramic fragment from Area K is thus in all
likelihood an imitation of the more valuable and
rare two-faced glass flasks. Although the closest
parallels noted begin in the 2nd century and extend
to the late 4th-early 5th centuries CE, the date of
this probable ceramic imitation cannot be determined with any degree of certainty.
K fragment in material, stratigraphie date and
function than the Amman figurines, are still quite
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Pl. 10. Ceramie figurines.
Fig. 10.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type PI.
1. El/8475 1303 Ala
2. El/9927 1394 Ala
3. El/3436 621A Ala
4. Dl/12666 419 Ala
5. D2/20242 2323 Ala
6. E3/13138 1902 Ala
7. E2/2640 544 Ala
8. E2/1868 537 Ala
9. E3/131 15 1902 Ala
10. El/8651 1334 Ale
11. El/8494 1283 Ala
12. E2/7352 1447 Alb
1:1
1:2
1:3
1:4
1:7
1:6
1:10
15. G 11147 903 Ale 1:11
16. El/9582 1365 Ale
G
G
8227
11026
903
906
1.
G
5723
862
A2al
2:1
2. Dl/12507 383 A2al 2:2
3. El/10143 1604 A2al 2:3
4.
7.
14. El/16797 2076 Alf 1:9
17.
No. Reg . No. Locus Type Pl.
G
2320
727
A2a2
2:4
5. E3/19035 Surf. A2c 2:5
6. El/16756 2075 A2a2 2:6
13. G 11769 972 Alb 1:8
18.
Fig. 11.
Ale
1:12
Ale
1:13
G
11437
950
A2a3
2:7
8. E 1/8456 1303 A2bl 2:8
9. D2/20264 2323 A2bl 2:10
10. D2/20256 2325 A2b2 2:9
11. D2/13590 1870 A2bl
12. El/3416 618 A2b3 2:11-12
13. D2/13998 1818 A2g 2:13
14. E 1/6268 Surf. A2dl 2:14
19. E3/15787 1924 Ale 1:14
15. G 4471 782 A2f 2:15-16
20. G 8253 Surf. Aid 1:16-17
16. El/10527 1604 A2e 2:17
21. El/5948 698 Aid 1:15
17. G 5618 858 A2d2 2:18
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Fig. 12.
Fig. 15.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type Pl.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type Pl.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1. El/10422 1604 Bij 5:19
2. El/10025 1604 Bij 5:16,21
3. El/10790 1619 Bij 5:20
4. Dl/871 316 Bifl 6:4
5. E2/12115 1497 Bifl 6:1
6. El/9545 1365 Bifl 6:2
7. E3/15509 1911 Blf2
8. Dl/905 317 Blf2
6.
E3/15924 1957 A3al 3:1-2
D 1/6665 365 A3a2 3:3
El/ 62 1 7 1285 A3a2 3:4
E3/15592 1923 A3a2 3:5
E3/13016 1563 A3a2
G
11953
999
A3a2
7. E2/2992 1467 A3b
8. D2/13658 1882 A3a2
9. E2/3026 1476 A3b
10. E3/13037 1562 A3d2
11. El/10126 1623 A3dl
12.
G
11059
903
A3e
3:6
3:7
3:8
G
11152
903
A3e
G
10.
3:9
3:10
13. E3/15634 1927 A3e 3:11
14. E3/15547 Surf. A3e 3:12
15.
9.
4295
G
2117
761
Bifl
710
Bifl
6:3
11. D2/20327 2309 B2d 6:7
12. D2/21062 2759 B2d
13. El/9352 1394 B2d 6:6
3:13
Fig. 16.
Fig. 13.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type Pl.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type Pl.
1. E2/2779 553 A3f
2. El/19593 2128 A3f 4:1
3. El/2711 572 A3f 4:2
4. E2/3893 653 A5a2 4:3
5. E2/2604 544 A5a2
6. G 2089/2 710 A5a2
7. E 1/8644 1293 A5al
8. El/5987/1 Surf. A5al
9. E3/12938 1502 A4a
10. E2/12062 1485 A4a 3:14
11. El/3237 591 A6a 4:7
12. D2/20047 2326 A6b 4:5
13. E2/2614 544 A6a 4:6
14.
G
5789
850
A6a?
1. El/10256 1623 B2bl 6:8
2. El/16001 Surf. B2b2 6:9
3.
G
2330
710
B2a
6:11
4.
G
2110
710
B2a
6:10
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
El/9467 1365 B2a
D 1/6709 374B B2a
El/9377 1376 B2cl
El/3418 619 B2cl 6:13
H
5302
1039
B2c
6:14
10. El/10520 1604 B2c
11. D2/20801 2711 B2c
12.
G
2164
724
B2e
6:15
13. D2/13966 1819 B2c
14. El/9430 1380 B3a 7:1
15. E3/12957 1563 B2a-c 7:2
16. E3/13033 1562 B2al 7:3
17.
G
4510
787A
B2al
Fig. 14.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type Pl.
1.
G
4996
850
Bla
2. El/16498 2015 Bla 5:1
3. E3/13031 1584 Bla 5:2
4.
G
5517
850
Bla
5. Dl/6980 422 Bla 5:3
6. El/7806 1285 Bib 5:4
I.
G
5568
850
Bib
5:5
8. El/8620 1334 Blh 5:6
9. El/12141 1706 Ble
10. El/16286 2028 Bid 5:8
II.
G
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
E3/19275 Surf. Bil 5:10
El/5827 680A Blm 5:11
E3/15721 1933 Big 5:12,17
G 11968 999 Big 5:13,18
El/6223 W.265 Bii 5:15
El/10073 1604 Blk 5:7
15348
1107
Ble
5:9
Fig. 17.
No. . Reg. No. Locus Type Pl.
1. Dl/12711 436 B3b
2. E2/3005 1467 B3b
3. Dl/12726 Surf. B3al 8:3-4
4. El/3753 629 B3e 8:5
5. El/6357 1373 B3a 8:7
6. El/3733 637 B3a 8:8
7. El/6210 1285 B3cl
8. El/6040 Surf. B3al
9. El/5809 1643 B3cl 8:11
10.
G
4264
727
B3fl
8:9
11. D2/21011 2767 B3c
12. Dl/6773 388 B3c 8:10
13. Dl/12756 433 B3c 8:12-13
14.
G
2266
727
15.
G
2040
710
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B3hl
8:14
B3h2
8:15
Pl. 2.
Fig. 18.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type Pl.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type Fig.
1. El/16592 2015 C 9:1
2. E3/13090 1585 C
3. E2/1998 544 C 9:2
2. Dl/12507 383 A2al 11:2
3. El/10143 1604 A2al 11:3
4.
J
5.
B
420
8021
1063
6.
G
11434
111A
C
E2
K
10.
18330
G
2200B
11138
M
919
9:6-7
El
9:5
11. Dl/13251 450 El 9:8-9
727
A2al
11437
950
A2a2
11:1
9:4
G
2320
862
4.
7.
G
5723
5. E3/19035 Surf. A2c 11:5
6. El /16756 2075 A2a2 11:6
7. El/14470 1685 El 10:9
8. El/10325 1621 El 10:8
9.
G
9:3
C
949
1.
A2a3
11:4
11:7
8. El/8456 1303 A2bl 11:8
9. D2/20256 2325 A2b2 11:10
10. D2/20264 2323 A2bl 11:9
11-12. El/3416 618 A2b3 11:12
13. D2/13998 1818 A2g 11:13
14. E 1/6268 Surf. A2dl 11:14
15-16. G 4471 782 A2f 11:15
17. El/10527 1604 A2e 11:16
Fig. 19.
18. G 5618 858 A2d2 11:17
No. Reg. No Locus Type Pl.
1.
G
11329
915
Al
9:10
2. El/10736 1619 El 9:11
3. Dl/13214 458 E2 9:12
4. El/10545 1604 M
5.
B
6.
G
416
111
5588
F
804
10:1
F
7. Dl/957 317 F 10:3
8. El/16168 1604 F-M 10:4
9.
G
2492
735
M
10:5
10. El/14539 1692A M
11. E 1/9802 1392 M 10:6
12. G 2130/2 717 M 10:7
13. El/3736 1364 M
14. G 11474 975 F-M
15.
G
11731
903
PI. 3.
10:2
M
No. Reg. No. Locus Type Fig.
1-2. E3/15924 1957 A3al 12:1
3. Dl/6665 365 A3a2 12:2
4. El/6217 1285 A3a2 12:3
5. E3/15592 1923 A3a2 12:4
6. E2/2992 1467 A3b 12:7
7. D2/13658 1882 A3a2 12:8
8. E2/3026 1476 A3b 12:9
9. El/10126 1623 A3dl 12:11
10. G 11059 903 A3e 12:12
11. E3/15634 1927 A3e 12:13
12. E3/15547 Surf. A3e 12:14
Pl. 1.
13. G 11152 903 A3e 12:15
No. Reg. No. Locus Type Fig.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
El/8475 1303 Ala
E 1/9927 1394 Ala
El/3436 621A Ala
D2/20242 2323 Ala
E2/1861/1 546 Ala
E2/1868 537 Ala
E2/2640 544 Ala
G
11769
972
Alb
10:1
10:2
10:3
10:5
10:8
10:7
10:13
9. El/16797 2076 Alf 10:14
10. E2/7352 1447 Alb 10:12
11.
G
11147
12.
G
8227
13.
G
11026
903
903
906
Ale
Ale
Ale
14. E2/12062 1485 A4a 13:10
10:15
10:17
10:18
14. E3/15787 1924 Ale 10:19
15. El/5948 698 Aid 10:21
16-17. G 8253 Surf. Aid 10:20
PI. 4.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type Fig.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
El/19593
El/2711
E2/3893
E 1/3645
D2/20047
E2/2614
El/3237
2128 A3f 13:2
572 A3f 13:3
653 A5a2 13:4
631 A5a2
2326 A6b 13:12
544 A6a 13:13
591 A6a 13:11
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Pl. 5.
Pl. 8.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type Fig.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type Fig.
1.
2.
3.
4.
1. El/3223 594 B3b
2. El/3617 630B B3b
3-4. Dl/12726 Surf. B3al 17:3
5. El/3753 629 B3e 17:4
5.
El/16498 2015 Bla
E3/13031 1584 Bla
D 1/6980 422 Bla
El/7806 1285 Blb
G
5568
850
Blb
14:2
14:3
14:5
14:6
14:7
6.
G
2267
727
B3a
6. El/8620 1334 Blh 14:8
7. El/10073 1604 Blk 14:17
8. El/16286 2028 Bid 14:10
7. El/6357 1373 B3a 17:5
8. El/3733 637 B3a
9.
10. Dl/6773 388 B3c 17:12
11. El/5809 1643 B3cl 17:9
12-13. Dl/12756 433 B3c 17:13
14. G/2266 727 B3hl 17:14
G
15348
1107
Ble
14:11
10. E3/ 19275 Surf. Bil 14:12
11. El/5827 680 Bim 14:13
12. E3/15721 1933 Big 14:14
13. G 11968 999 Big 14:15
14. H 5105 1012 Big
15. El/6223 W. 265 Bii 14:16
16. El/10025 1604 Bij 15:2
17. E3/15721 1933 Big 14:14
18. G 11968 999 Big 14:15
19. El/10422 1604 Bij 15:1
20. El/10790 1619 Bij 15:3
21. El/10025 1604 Bij 15:2
9.
G
15.
4264
G
2040
727
710
B3f
17:10
B3h2
17:15
Pl. 9.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type Fig.
1. El/16592 2015 C 18:1
2. E2/1998 544 C 18:3
Pl. 6.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type Fig.
1. E2/12115 1497 Bifl 15:5
2. El/9545 1365 Bifl 15:6
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
G
4295
761
Bifl
15:9
Dl/871 316 Bifl 15:4
El/16583 2047 B2c
El/9352 1394 B2d 15:13
D2/20327 2309 B2d 15:11
El/10256 1623 B2bl 16:1
El/16001 Surf. B2b2 16:2
10.
G
2110
710
B2a
16:4
11.
G
2330
710
B2a
16:3
3.
J
8021
4.
G
11434
1063
949
E2
C
5.
G
11138
919
El
18:4
18:6
18:10
6-7. K 18330 2200B M 18:9,20
8-9. Dl/13251 450 El 18:11
10.
G
11329
915
A7
19:1
11. El/10736 1619 El 19:2
12. Dl/13214 458 E2 19:3
12. El/2807 584 B2al
13. El/3418 619 B2cl 16:8
14.
H
5302
15.
G
2164
1039
724
B2c
B2e
16:9
16:12
16. Dl/12750 431 B2c
17. El/16056 W. 241 B2f
Pl. 10.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type Fig.
1.
2.
B
G
416
5588
111
804
F
F
19:5
19:6
3. Dl/957 317 F 19:7
4. El/16168 1604 F-M 19:8
Pl. 7.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type Fig.
1. El/9430 1380 B3a 16:14
2. E3/12957 1563 B2a-c 16:15
3. E3/13033 1562 B2al 16:16
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
G
2492
735
M
19:9
E 1/9802 1392 M 19:11
G 2130/2 717 M 19:12
El/10325 1621 El 18:8
El/14470 1685 El 18:7
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CHAPTER THREE
LOOMWEIGHTS AND WHORLS
Orit Shamir
Israel Antiquities Authority
INTRODUCTION
g. Flat rectangle with two vertical perforations
h. Disc or discoid with vertical perforation
Disc or
discoid
During eight seasons of excavation ati. the
City
ofwith unfinished perforation
(drilled
from both sides)
David in 1978-1985, 186 loomweights and
73 whorls
j. Lentil-shaped
were found. Loomweights and whorls
were disk. Dome-shaped,
covered in all of the 16 strata ranging from
the Earlyhemispherical or near-hemiBronze Age (Stratum 20) to the 1st century CE
(Stratum 5). However, most of them were found in
strata dated to the Iron Age.
The material is presented in typological order. In
the typological system adopted here, an upper-case
letter designates the use of the item. A numeral
spherical
1. Conical or near-conical
m. Cylindrical or near-cylindrical
follows, indicating the material of which the item is
n. Ring
o. Amorphic
p. Varia (shapes undefined by other categories)
q. Poor state of preservation prevents categorization
made. Finally, a lower-case letter indicates the
shape.
In the catalogue weight is given in grams. Maximum
4. Limestone or dolomite
height and diameter measurements are given in
centimeters. The perforation diameter was measured by a digital caliper and the minimal size is
given in centimeters. This diameter determines the
amount and thickness of threads that could pass
through the loomweight (see, however, below), as
well as limiting the diameter of the spindle that
could enter the whorl. Dimensions are noted only
for loomweights or whorls whose state of preservation was adequate for measurement. The clay color
5. Chalk
was determined according to the Munsell Color
6. Basalt
Chart (1975). Grit density was estimated as F (few),
Use
A. Loomweight
B. Whorl
Material
1 . Unfired clay
2. Poorly fired clay
3. Well-fired clay (ceramic)
B (medium) or M (many); color of grits is defined as
Shape
a. Spherical with vertical perforation
b. Doughnut-shaped with vertical perforation
c. Biconical or near-biconical with vertical perfora-
W (white), Br (brown) and Gr (gray); the size of the
grits is given in millimeters.
A. LOOMWEIGHTS
tion
d. Pyramidal with horizontal perforation
e. Ovoid, elongated oval or fiat-based oval with
horizontal perforation
f. Flat ellipse with two vertical perforations
Perforated clay balls are termed loomweights. The
were used to stretch the warp threads in the war
weighted loom (see, however, the discussion below
The use of the warp-weighted loom has been
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described by Hoffmann (1974), Broudy (1979),
Sheffer (1981) and Shamir (1994b).
additional loomweights of other types were found in
definition pertains to those loomweights with a ratio
Material
of 1:1 between height and diameter (a deviation of
up to 1 cm was allowed for in this category). These
loomweights all have vertical perforations. Four
spherical unfired clay loomweights were found,
comprising 3% of the unfired clay loomweights.
These were larger than the other unfired clay
loomweights, their diameter and height being over
7 cm. Two of the spherical loomweights were found
intact. Their weights are: G 17546, 377.8 g; G 15381,
805 g.
Alb. Doughnut-shaped (Fig. 21:2,4-13,15-16; Pis.
11:2-5, 12:8-10,12). The City of David yielded 80
doughnut-shaped unfired clay loomweights, comprising 59.3% of the total. Their diameter is larger
The clay color of the unfired clay loomweights is
brown and shades of brown. The material, local
this locus, all of approximately the same weight.
One possible explanation for the shape of this type
is that their manufacture was not completed.
1. Unfired Clay Loomweights: Type Al
Alq. Undefined. All the unfired clay loomweights
The City of David yielded 135 unfired clay loom- whose poor state of preservation prevented their
weights from the Iron Age II. These have been
attribution to any of the above categories are
divided into the following types:
included here; they numbered 34.
Ala. Spherical or near-spherical (Fig. 21:3). This
than their height and the perforation is vertical. The
weights of 32 intact examples of this type ranged
from 45.6 to 724.9 g (average 161.9 ± 180.8 g). The
higher numbers of Type Alb than Type Ala may be
explained by the greater propensity of Type Ala to
break due to its spherical shape.
terra rossa, includes a large quantity of grits,
ranging in size from 1 to 6 mm.
In an experiment performed by the author, 35
loomweights were made from terra rossa clay. These
loomweights dried quite rapidly in the sun: an
average temperature of 25-30°C was sufficient to
dry loomweights of adequate quality for weaving.
An additional experiment proved that exposure to
heavy rain caused these clay balls to disintegrate.
This method of manufacture requires no special
knowledge. It would have been easy enough to
make a new loomweight if one broke or disintegrated, so that there was no need to invest effort
into making them durable. The unfired clay loomweights found in archaeological excavations thus
probably represent only a small percentage of the
original quantity, a point discussed, for example, by
Elgavish (1968: 33), Curai (1986) and Hoffmann
(1974: 314).
top (Fig. 21:14,17). Five unfired clay loomweights of
this type were found at the City of David,
Shape, Size and Manufacture of Perforation
comprising 3.7% of the unfired loomweights. TheMost of the unfired clay loomweights have a vertical
type has a horizontal perforation. The weight rangeperforation, except for Type Ale, which has a
is between 22.8 and 82.9 g (average 57 ± 20.3 g),horizontal hole. The perforation diameter varies
which is generally lower than the other types.
from 0.5 to 2.1 cm. The larger the hole, the more
Ale. Ovoid (Fig. 21:1; PI. 11:1). Only two samples numerous or thicker were the threads which could
of this type were discovered, making up 1.5% of the be passed through it, unless a loop was used as an
total unfired loomweights. They are egg-shaped, intermediary device between the warp threads and
with a horizontal perforation located in the upperthe loomweights (see below).
third of the object. One (D 1/1 328 1/2) was found The perforations of the unfired clay loomweights
intact; it weighed 468 g.
from the City of David differ in shape. In our
Alo. Amorphic (PI. 12:11; Photo 13). Ten such
opinion, these variations reflect different manufacloomweights were found, comprising 7.4% of the turing techniques. The relationship between the
total sample of unfired clay loomweights. Nine were
shape of the perforation and its manufacture was
found in L. 1110, while the tenth, G 11996, comes examined by the author. The shape definitions in
from L. 997; both loci are in Area G. Several of
Table 1 are based on those of Beck (1928: 51).
them bear the beginnings of a horizontal perforaClear proof that the hole was occasionally made
tion. The loomweights from L. 1110 range in weight from opposite sides comes from Tell Qasile (Shamir
from 53 to 115 g (average 84.2 ± 19.7 g). Sixteen 1994b): one of the unfired clay loomweights of Type
Ale. Biconical or near-biconical with a truncated
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Table 1. Shape definitions of perforations.
Perforation shape Manufacturing technique Examples
1. Plain: equal diameter throughout Stick (or other tool) pushed into one side G 15333 (Fig. 21:2)
and removed through the other G 15441 (Fig. 21:15)
G 17546 (Fig. 21:3)
2. Single cone: one side is wider than Stick (or other tool) pushed through one D2/20229/1 (Fig. 21:5)
the other side of hole and removed through same side
3. Chamfered: both openings are Hole made from both sides G 4867 (Fig. 21:6)
conical while in center sides are straight
Location
Alb had two perforations on opposite sides
that did
not meet in the center.
The following are the main assemblages of unfired
Among the City of David loomweights, the clay loomweights found at the City of David. The
perforation is often somewhat off-center. There numbers of loomweights in each locus are given in
was no need to be exact, as the placement of the Table 2.
hole has no bearing on the tension of the weave.
It is assumed (see also Barber 1991: 92, 104;
Shamir 1994a) that in the Iron Age, as in the Area Dl, L. 456 (Fig. 21:1,4; PL 11:1). Ten unfired
Hellenistic and Roman periods (see below), a loop clay loomweights were found in this locus, which
is defined as fallen rock debris from W. 535 (or
was used to connect the warp threads to the
loomweights. Stripes of blue color, 2-3 mm wide,W. 526) and attributed to Stratum 12. Two of
these loomweights are ovoid (Type Ale), four are
were discerned on the sides of the perforation and
on the face of loomweights from Tell Qasile (Shamir Type Alb, while the rest are undefinable (Alq).
1991a; 1994b). They were not painted deliberatelyTwo loomweights were found intact; their weights
and are probably evidence of the dyed loops thatare Dl/13281/1 (Alb): 160.5 g; Dl/13281/2 (Ale):
468 g.
passed through the loomweights.
Table 2. Number of loomweights per locus.
Area Locus Str. No. Context Number Weight Average (g)
weighed range (g)
D1
395
D1
453
12
12
1
Rubble
1
To
floor
D1 456 12 10 Stone collapse '2 160.5^68 314.3 ± 153.8
D1
469
12
5
To
floor
2
98.9-111.8
105.4
+
6.5
D2 2309 12 2 Plaster floor on bedrock 2 82-115 98.5 ± 16.5
El
1249
El
11
1303
El
1322
12
El
1394
E3
1944
G
784
1
12
Floor
1
1
11
10
Fill
Floor
1
1
Fill
Floor
10C-10B
1
Installation
-
G 792 10C-10B 1 Stone collapse to floor 1 161.4
G
G
G
986
997
1108
10C?
10B
10C
6
73
1
To
Fill
Fill
floor
25
1
93.7
22.8-805
201.8
±
236.7
G 1110 IOC 24 Living surface 16 48.8-377.8 95.9 ± 75.7
G
G
1122B
1132
12
10C
1
Floor
4
Fill
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Area Dl, L. 469 (Pl. 11:2-5). Five loomweights of
82.9 g (average 53 ± 22.2 g). Twenty-two loom-
Type Alb were found on this floor, belonging to
Stratum 12. Two loomweights were found intact;
their weights are Dl/13308/1: 111.8 g; Dl/13308/4:
98.8 g (average 105.4 ± 6.5 g).
weights are Type Alq. Eighteen intact loomweights
weigh 22.8-99.4 g, and seven loomweights weigh
366.4-805 g. The weight average of these groups
found together in this locus is 210.8 ± 236.7 g
(Graph 1).
Area G, L . 997 (The ' Burnt Room ') (Fig. 21:7-8; PL
12:8-12). Six burnt loomweights were found in this
locus. Four of them are doughnut-shaped (Alb), of
which one (G 11948; Fig. 21:7; PL 12:9), weighing
93.7 g, was found intact. The loomweights were
18 T ♦
16
14 ■
12 ■
found lying on the plaster floor, within the thick ash
10 ■
8
layer attributed to the destruction dated to 586 BCE
6
(Stratum 10B).
Area G, L. 1108 (Fig. 21:2,9-14,17; Photo 13). This
locus is an earth and stone fill placed under the
stones of W. 753. This wall served as a support for
the structures of the upper terrace and was part of
the 'House of the Bullae'. In L. 1108, a level of
oí
0
200
X
400
600
axis
=
800
weight
v axis = fřeauencv value ritem number!
range
Graph 1. Weight range of intact loomweights from L.
1108.
patchy beaten earth with pottery and unfired clay
loomweights on it was discerned. L. 1110, 1108 and
986 (where one loomweight was found) are thought
to be a fill laid down in Stratum 10C, when the
Area G, L. 1110 (Fig. 21:3,15,16; Photo 14). This
locus consists of plaster from the floor of the 'House
'House of the Bullae' and W. 753 were constructed.
of the Bullae' (L. 967) and the earth fill beneath it,
Seventy-three loomweights were found in L. 1108.which was placed on a layer of crushed lime. The
Three of them are Type Ala; 44 are Type Alb,excavators attribute L. 1110 to Stratum 10C,
comprising 59.4% of all the unfired clay loom-parallel to L. 986 and L. 1108. Twenty-four unfired
weights from this locus. The size range is very large clay loomweights were found both in the plaster
- the heights vary between 2.1 and 7.1 cm, while the layer of the L. 967 floor (Photo 15) and in the earth
diameters range from 3.8 to 9.4 cm. Twenty fill underneath it (Photo 16). Several of the loomloomweights of Type Alb were intact and thusweights bore traces of the floor plaster. One
weighable; their weights range from 45.6 to 724.9 .loomweight
g
is spherical (Ala): G 17546 (Fig.
(average 200 ± 218.3 g). Four of the loomweights 21:3), 377.8 g. One loomweight is conical (Ale): G
are Type Ale (Fig. 21:14,17). Their heights are15442, 48.8 g. Eight loomweights are doughnut-
between 2.0 and 4.1 cm, their diameter ranges from
shaped (Alb), comprising 32% of all the loom3.2 to 5.3 cm, and their weights vary from 22.8 toweights from this locus: their heights range from 2.8
Photo 13. Area G, loomweights from L. 1110 (YS).
Photo 14. Area G, loomweights from L. 1108 (SO).
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(gr
weight is 77.1 ± 21.4 g, excluding the loomweight
weighing 377.8 g (Graph 2).
20 *
181614 ■ ■
121086-
«I - , » ? * t ♦ t ♦ ■
0 200 400 600 800 1000
Photo 15. Area G, loomweights in situ in L. 1108 and
1110 (YS).
X axis = weight range (gr)
y axis = frequency value (item
Graph 2. Weight range of intact loomweights from L.
1110.
Weight
The average weight of all the unfired clay loomweights of the Iron Age II from the City of David is
160.7 ± 187.1 g (Graph 2). The standard deviation
is higher than the average and shows a very high
range for the weight, 22.8 to 805 g. The highest
weight is in L. 456, 314.3 ± 153.8 g, but represents
an average of only two loomweights. After this
comes L. 1108, with an average of 201.8 ± 236.7 g.
In the other loci (except for L. 792) the weight is
around 100 g. The weight of the clay loomweights
from the City of David is very low compared to
other sites from the Iron Age in Israel (Table 3).
However, the average weight for the Iron Age is
higher than the average for the Persian period: 1 19.2
± 91.4 g at H. Nimra and 36.2 ± 8.6 g at H. Rogem.
Dating
All of the unfired clay loomweights found in the
City of David belong to the Iron Age II, dating
from the 8th to the 6th centuries BCE (Strata
12-10).
Photo 16. Area G, loomweights in situ in L. 1108 and
In the Land of Israel, loomweights first occur in
1110 (SO).
the Middle Bronze Age II (Plan 2). Some of them
were mentioned by Barber (1991: 300-301). They
to 5.5 cm and their diameters from 4.8 to 7.2 cm.
are known from Tell el-Ajjul (Petrie 1934: Pl. XLI),
The five intact examples have a weight range ofBethel
56 (Kelso 1963: 68-69, 84, 112, 118-19), Tell
to 107.5 g (average 70.1 ± 19.4 g). Nine of the
Beit Mirsim, Stratum D (Albright 1938: 54, 56),
loomweights are amorphic (Alo), making up 36%
Beth She'an (A. Mazar, personal communication),
of the unfired clay loomweights found in this locus;
Gibeon (Pritchard 1962: 106), Gezer (Dever 1974;
they have a weight range of 53 to 115 g (average
1986; Dever et al 1970), Jericho, Stratum xliii
84.2 ± 19.7). The weight range of all the intact
(Wheeler 1982: 368-70), Kabri (Rozenberg 1991),
Megiddo (Guy 1938: Fig. 175:M, PL 48:7; Loud
loomweights from this locus is 44.8-115 g, apart
from one loomweight weighing 377.8 g. The average
1948: Pl. 169-70), Tel Megadim (Shamir, in
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Table 3. Weights of loomweights from other Iron Age sites in Israel.
Site Weight range (g) Average (g) Date (BCE) Source
Tel
Amai
90-420
-
10th
cent.
Gal
1989
Tell Qasile 264.8-403 335.3 ± 26.8 10th cent. Shamir 1994b
Motza 226-544 325.3 + 106.8 8th cent. Shamir in prep.
Tell Deir Alia - 400 9th cent. Eastwood- Vogelsang 1990
Tel Miqne 77.5-809.3 353.5 ± 170.5 7th cent. Shamir 1991b
Tel Batash 111.4-868 461.1 ± 220 7th cent. Weighed by author
Vered Jericho 100-440 212.7 ± 136.5 7th cent. Shamir in prep.
preparation), Tel Mevorakh (Stern 1984: 63, PL
45:9), Tel Qashish (R. Bonfil, personal communication), Shechem (Albright 1938: 56), Tel Ta'anakh
(Lapp 1969: 47), H. Nahal Te'enim (N. Scheftelowitz, personal communication) and Tel Yoqne'am
(A. Zarzecki-Peleg, personal communication). Their
shape is oval, egg-shaped or conical with round base
(Barber 1991: 300) and they are fired.
In Anatolia, such loomweights belonging to the
rical (Shamir 1994b) and display close connections
with the Late Bronze Age tradition.
Loomweights are very common in the Iron Age II
in Israel and have been found at many sites (see
below).
No loomweights have been found in Syria before
the Iron Age (Barber 1991: 300-302; Wakita et al.
1994: 29-30, Fig. 7) or in Egypt.
Early Bronze Age were found at Alaça Hüyük,
Distribution in the Iron Age II
The following is a list of sites in Israel where
loomweights belonging to the Iron Age II have been
found (Plan 2). Several sites were already mentioned
assumes that Anatolian families moved to Palestine
by Sheffer (1981) and Browning (1988). The aim of
the list is to examine to what extent is there a
in the Middle Bronze Age II and continued to use
the warp-weighted loom. The warp-weighted loom
regional concentration of sites: such concentrations
Alishar, Aphrodisias, Mersin, Tarsus and Troy II.
Their shape is similar to those from the Middle
Bronze Age II in Israel. Barber (1991: 300-301)
was apparently invented in Europe or Anatoliamay
in point to major textile production centers.
the Neolithic period (Barber 1991: 91-113).
Only a few loomweights were discovered in Tell
the Abu Hawam (Hamilton 1934: 25, 36-55, Pis.
Late Bronze Age in Israel: at Tell Abu Hawam
xx-xxi)
Afeq (Kochavi 1989: 12-13)
(Hamilton 1935: Pl. XXXI), Gezer (S. Gitin,
personal communication), Hazor (D. Ben Ami,
Tel Amai (Levy and Edelstein 1972: 331-35, 342)
Ashdod (Dothan and Freedman 1967: 74, 77, 136,
personal communication), Megiddo (Loud 1948:
PL 169) and Tel Ta'anakh (Lapp 1969: 47).
Fig. 39:1; 1971: 100, 103, 111, 138, Figs. 44:21, 49:89, 58:17, 75:7,9)
In the Iron Age I (Plan 2) loomweights are
associated with pottery of Myc. 3Clb type at
Tel Batāsh (Browning 1988; Keim and Mazar 1995:
Philistine sites such as Ashdod (Dothan and Porath162-63)
1993: 64, 68, Figs. 24:3-5, 25:8, PL 39:4), AshqelonTel Beer Sheba (Sheffer 1981)
(Lass 1994), Tel Miqne (Dothan and Gitin 1990: 31; Tell Beit Mirsim (Albright 1938: 55-56, PL 54; 1943:
Shamir 1991b) and Megiddo (Loud 1948: PL
56)
170:26). The loomweights are unfired and of
Bethel (Kelso 1963: 68-69, 84, 112, 118-19)
cylindrical shape with a narrower center, and are Beth She'an (James 1966: 118, 124, Figs. 110:18,22,
not perforated. They show strong connections with 114:14-16, 118:14,17, 119:13,15)
loomweights of the Mycenaean world (Lass 1994:
Beth Shemesh (Grant 1931: 24; S. Bunimovitz,
33) discovered at Mycenae and Tiryns (Schliemann personal communication)
1886: 146), Kition (Karageorghis and Demas 1985: Tell Deir Alia (Vogelsang-Eastwood 1989)
113, 153, Pis. 201, 229), Pylos and Troy (Biegen Tel Erani (Yeivin 1961: 93-94)
1958: 152, Fig. 256). At Tell Qasile in the Iron Age I En Gedi (Mazar 1964: 25)
Tel En Gev (Mazar et al. 1966: 25)
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Tel Gamma (Van Beek 1974)
Gezer (Dever et al. 1970; 1974; 1986)
Gibeon (Pritchard 1962: 106)
H. Hadash (S. Riklin, personal communication)
Tel Halif (Seger 1983: 14)
Tell el-Hammah (Cahill et al. 1985; 1989: 36)
Tel Haror (Oren et al. 1985: 32)
Hazor (Yadin et al. 1958: 18, 4445, Pis. VII:3^,
production in the region. A spindle with linen
threads still wrapped around it was found in the
10th century BCE stratum at Tell el-Hammah
(Cahill et al. 1989: 36). Linen seeds were discovered
at Tell Deir Alia (Vogelsang-Eastwood 1989: 58).
2. The Shephelah region: Gezer, Tel Batash, Tell
Beit Mirsim, Beth Shemesh, Tell Judeideh, Tell el-
Hesi, Lachish, Tel Miqne, Tel Maresha, Tell
Zakariya, Tel Erani, Tell es-Safi. Wool was
LXXIL14-18, LXXXII: 10-12)
probably produced in the Shephelah region.
Tell el-Hesi (Bliss 1894: 113, Fig. 243)
Tel Ira (Biran 1985: 26)
Discussion
Tell Judeideh (Bliss and Macalister 1902: 148)
Summaries of the possible use of the unfired clay
Kadesh Barnea (Shamir 1995)
balls are presented by Davidson and Thompson
Tell Keisan (Nodet 1980: 318-21, Pis. 97, 116d)
(1943: 65-75) and by Sheffer (1981). B. Mazar
Kuntillat Ajrud (Sheffer and Tidhar 1991)
Lachish (Tufnell 1953: 61, 103, 108-11, 122-24, 143, (1950-51: 197) views the function of the clay balls as
'clay heaters for keeping food warm.' Yeivin (1961:
250, Fig. 5:9, Pl. 65:1,10,12)
93-94), in his discussion of the finds from Tel Erani,
Tel Maresha (Bliss and Macalister 1902: 148;
claims that they were used to preserve heat during
Shamir in preparation, cave 75)
the Sabbath. The excavations at Tel Ta'anakh
Tel Miqne (Shamir 1991b)
(Lapp 1964: 26-28; 1967: 25) yielded 58 doughnutMotza (Shamir, in preparation)
Tell en-Nasbeh (Wampler 1947: 52, 185, Pl. 78) shaped loomweights (Alb). They were found inside
a krater in an Iron Age structure interpreted by the
Pella (McNicoll et al. 1982: 62)
Tell Qasile (Mazar 1950-51: 61-76, 125^0, 194-218;excavator as cultic. In Lapp's opinion, the clay balls
served to absorb heat during the burning of
1980: 42, 44; Shamir 1994b)
sacrificial
offerings. At En Gedi (Mazar 1966: 35,
H. Rosh Zayit (Gai 1989)
Pl. 22:5) loomweights with charred marks were
Tell es-Safi (Bliss and Macalister 1902: 148)
found adjacent to an oven in Locus 70 of Stratum 5.
Tell es-Sa'idiyeh (Pritchard 1985: 17-19, 36-38, Figs.
The above constitute specific cases, which must
2-3)
be tested in order to determine whether these clay
Samaria (Crowfoot et al. 1957: 398-99, Fig. 92a)
balls could indeed conduct heat sufficiently for use
Tel Sera' (Oren 1972: 16; 1973: 252)
in cooking.
Shiqmona (Elgavish 1969: 247^8)
B. Mazar (1964: 25) has suggested an additional
Tel Ta'anakh (Lapp 1964: 26-28; 1969: 47)
use for clay balls found at Tel En Gev: as fish-net
H. Uzza (Beit Arieh 1986: 34)
weights. However, these particular clay balls were
Vered Jericho (Shamir in press)
unfired and thus could not have served this purpose.
Tel Yin'am (Leibowitz 1992: 585)
In those instances where similar objects were
Tell Zakariya (Bliss and Macalister 1902: 148)
thought to be fish-net weights, such as at Khafaje
in Mesopotamia (Frankfort 1932: 91-93), they were
The site distribution pattern indicates that there
were two major centers of textile production during
made of fired clay, were ring-shaped, and bore
the Iron Age II (Browning 1988):
traces of the nets' strands.
1. The Beth She'an valley and central Jordan
valley region: Tell el-Hammah, Vered Jericho
(Shamir in press), Beth She'an, Tel Amai, Pella,
Recently, objections have been raised to the
interpretation of 'clay balls' as loomweights. The
Tell es-Sa'idiyeh, Tell Deir Alia. The Beth She'an
main proponent of this opinion is Castro Curai
(1985; 1986; 1988). She maintains that the occur-
region is known from various sources to have been a
rence of these clay balls in storerooms rules out their
center for linen production during the time of the
Mishnah and the Talmud, the 3rd and 4th centuries
use as loomweights, as it is unlikely that storerooms
housed looms. However, ethnographic parallels
indicate the existence of seasonal weaving. In
Yugoslav village communities weaving is practiced
9:42; Felix 1968: 284). Recent archaeological
discoveries have yielded further evidence of linenduring the winter and the loom is stored away when
CE (Midrash Genesis Rabbah 20; Mishnah Kelim
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not in use (Eckhel 1988: 63). Ethnographic evidence
belonging to the same loom. Despite their common
suggests that warp-weighted looms were generally
provenience, there were varying weights within the
dismantled by their owners and stored away when
same assemblage. Other assemblages of loomweights were found to vary in weight despite their
not actually in use (Barber 1991: 101-102 after
Hoffmann 1974: 31, etc.).
belonging to the same loom, as evidenced by their
Loomweights were discovered at Tel Beer Sheba position when found. At Tel Amai the weights
in a structure of Stratum II dated to the Iron Age. ranged between 90 and 420 g (Gal 1988: 283). At
This building served as a storehouse, at least during Tell es-Sa'idiyeh (Pritchard 1985: 36-38), no data
its final stage. Eleven loomweights were found in L. pertaining to weight were published; however, the
222 and 40 in L. 282. Tel Beer Sheba also yielded
published information on diameter and height
loomweights found inside a krater, in L. 362 of the allows us to infer that the weights varied here too.
Hellenistic period (Sheffer 1981: PL 12:2). At Tel For additional examples of differing weights beTa'anakh as well, loomweights were found inside a longing to the same loom, see Hoffmann 1974: 311krater dating from the Iron Age (Lapp 1964: 28, 12; Schierer 1987; Zimmermann 1982.
Fig. 13).
Possibly, the number of threads tied through each
Castro Curai (1985) and Gal (1989: 283) claim
loomweight (or tied to the loop) was not always the
that the lack of grooves around the perforation, same and it was thus not necessary to make every
which would have been caused by the friction of the loomweight identical in weight. More numerous
threads, proves that these objects were not used for warp threads could have been tied through a heavier
weaving. However, there are several instances in loomweight, while a lighter one would bear fewer
which such signs of wear have been found; for
threads (Broudy 1979: 26; Hoffmann 1974: 314).
example at Jericho in a Middle Bronze Age II level
Weight variation among loomweights from the
(Wheeler 1982: 623) and at Kadesh Barnea (Shamir same assemblage is a common phenomenon. At the
1995) and Vered Jericho from the Iron Age II
City of David, in L. 1 108 of Stratum 10C the weight
(Shamir, in preparation). At Wusturg Dalem, an
range is from 22.8 to 805 g. At Shiqmona, in Rooms
early medieval site in Germany, loomweights bear- PG-2 and PG-3 dated to the Persian period the
ing such thread marks were found (Zimmermann loomweights vary from 30 to 380 g (Elgavish 1968:
1982: 132).
33). At Tell Keisan, in L. 310 of Stratum 4B, dated
to the end of the 7th century BCE, loomweights
We maintain that such grooves do not always
form. If the threads were firmly tied to the loomwere found in two weight groups: three weighing
weight preventing their movement, no such grooves
450 g each and 36 weighing 700 g apiece (Nodet
1980: 318-20). However, in the above-mentioned
would be created. In an experiment carried out by
the author, woolen threads were tied to three clay
examples, none of the loomweights were found in a
loomweights in such a manner as to prevent thread
position that would conclusively prove their belongmovement. The loomweights were then moved,
ing to the same loom.
simulating the actual use of a loom. This was
This great variety of weights indicates one of the
repeated constantly for several hours. The loom- following possibilities: a) loomweights found in the
weights were then examined under a magnifyingsame assemblage were used for weaving on different
glass, and no signs of friction were detected. Similar looms; or b) the loomweights belong to the same
experiments were carried out by Schierer (1987: 65).loom, but were not used at the same time.
We reconstructed a warp-weighted loom and used In weaving experiments with the warp-weighted
the clay loomweights from Tel Batash and Tel loom we found that a difference of more than 200 g
created a distortion in the textile. In Yugoslavia the
Miqne; no grooves were created.
In Castro Cural's opinion (1986; 1988), the
loomweights were weighed before being hung on the
heterogeneity of shape, size and particularly weight
loom (Hoffmann 1974: 42).
of 'clay weights' prohibits their interpretation asAlternative explanations of this phenomenon
loomweights. She claims that the heterogeneity of
have been offered. Nodet has suggested that the
their weight would not permit the maintenance heavy
of
loomweights were used in the center of the
equal thread tension.
loom while two lighter ones were placed at the
However, the position of the loomweight assemmargins of the warp in order to pull groups of
blages when found provides evidence of their
strings of different color, thickness and solidity.
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We carried out experiments with loomweights
from various sites, with the following results. First,
Kadesh Barnea (Shamir 1995) display 10-20 threads
in the warp. Elgavish (1968: 33) claims that the
assemblages discovered at Shiqmona, in Rooms
PG-2 and PG-3 of the Persian period, constitute a
We found that when too many threads (more than
number of 30 loomweights per loom.
ten) were tied to each loomweight the warp was
uneven in tension; on the other hand, when one or
The possibility that a small loomweight served to
two threads were tied they tended to break. A
tighten each warp thread, as suggested by Nodet,
variation of about 200 g between the loomweights seems unreasonable. Such an arrangement for a
heavy weights ranging from 300 to 400 g were used.
caused deformation of the cloth. Increasing the loom 2-3 m wide would require about 1000-1500
weight of the loomweight (up to a certain limit)
loomweights per loom, making the operation of the
resulted in stretching of the warp threads, enabling a
loom very cumbersome. The claim that each thread
larger number of weft threads to be packed in and
resulting in a denser weave. Uneven spacing of the
warp threads caused tightening in areas where the
warp threads were more widely spaced.
In a second experiment, loomweights from the
Persian period which are no heavier than 30-50 g
were used. First, seven warp threads were tied to
was tied to a loomweight is based on vessel
paintings, such as the 5th-century BCE skyphos
from Chiusi, showing such a configuration. In this
case, Hoffmann's objection (1974: 306, Fig. 129)
that loom drawings on vessels have been overused is
valid: the artists were, at best, imprecise.
The rows of loomweights found at certain sites,
each of twelve loomweights; the tension of the such as those mentioned above and by Barber
threads was inadequate for operation of the loom. (1991: 93-103), enable us to reconstruct the width of
the loom, and hence the maximum width of the
Next, the number of threads was reduced to four to
each loomweight, and the number of loomweights cloth that could be woven on it (Barber 1991: 103).
was increased to 22, with slightly heavier ones at The table presented by Barber (1991: 387-89), which
each end to ensure straight selvedges. With this gives the various widths of warp-weighted looms
arrangement it was possible to weave, but the and the number of loomweights from those looms,
tension was still poor and resulted in a loose weave. demonstrates that there is no correlation between
The solution was to tie an even smaller number of
these two parameters.
warp threads (three or two) to each loomweight.The distribution pattern of loomweights found at
sites
One of the problems facing researchers is
to such as Tel Amai, Tell es-Sa'idiyeh and Tell
Deir Alia undoubtedly points to their belonging to
reconstruct the amount of loomweights used simullooms.
taneously on one loom. Davidson, in her report
on At Tel Amai, two meter-long parallel rows
of loomweights were found in situ (Levy and
the excavations at Corinth (Hellenistic period),
claims that a loom 1.75 m wide had 60-70 loom-
Edelstein 1972: 331-35, 342). A meter-long row of
62
loomweights
was found in situ at Tell esweights. This is the estimated width for making
a
Sa'idiyeh,
in House 6 of Stratum 5 (Pritchard
peplos. She based this estimate on an attempt
to
1985:
17-19, Fig. 3:2). Phase IX at Tell Deir Alia
reconstruct the scale of looms depicted on
conyielded three parallel rows of loomweights, dated to
temporary painted vessels. This was then correlated
the 9th century BCE (Vogelsang-Eastwood 1989:
with the quantities of loomweights found in various
60). At Troy (Biegen et al. 1950: 350), a row of
assemblages at Olynthos (Davidson 1952: 147).
loomweights
1.1 m long was found in situ. At
Nodet (1980: 318-21) based his reconstruction
on
Gordion
the assemblages at Tell Keisan in Stratum 4b,
dated in Anatolia, 21 loomweights, some still
to the 7th century BCE: 26 loomweights werebearing
found threads, were found lying in three rows
in L. 414 and 42 in L. 310. He concluded that the
(Brown 1980: 62, 86). Remains of wool fibers found
at Ashqelon led Lass (1994: 33) to the assumption
warp width ranged from two to three meters.
that the loom was 3 m wide. These data enable us to
However, if twelve threads were tied to each
reconstruct the width of the cloth.
loomweight (Sheffer and Tidhar 1991), there would
be a total of 312-504 warp threads on one loom. Looms using loomweights have been successfully
reconstructed by A. Sheffer (1980), by V. Idelin at
Calculating a density of five threads per centimeter
(Sheffer 1981), a cloth width of 0.62-1.01 m could be the Kibbutz Revadim Museum following the
discovery of loomweights at nearby Tel Miqne,
obtained. Textiles from the Iron Age II, e.g. from
Kuntillat Ajrud (Sheffer and Tidhar 1991) and and by O. Levy at En Yael (Photos 17-19).
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Gal believes that the weight of these clay balls
(420-650 g) is too high for use in weaving. However,
weaving experiments with loomweights of this
weight have proved that it is possible to weave even
with loomweights of 800 g. In general the weight of
loomweights diminishes from several hundred
grams in the Iron Age to a weight of tens to two
hundred grams in the Persian and Hellenistic
periods, and consequently the comparison with
Olynthos of the 5th century BCE is not relevant
here. Gal does not relate to those sites in which
these weights were found in rows. Moreover, the
suggestion that they were used as stoppers does not
explain why they do not occur in the Land of Israel
before the Middle Bronze Age II or after the 1st
century CE, and are entirely absent in Syria and
Egypt.
Photo 17. Reconstruction of warp-weighted loom, En
Yael, Jerusalem (YR).
Reconstructions were carried out by the author with
the loomweights of Tel Dor at the 'Glass Factory' at
Nahsholim, with the loomweights of Tel Batash
(Keim and Mazar 1995: 163), and with the loomweights of Masada (Shamir 1994b: 282).
The finding of two loomweights resting in the
mouths of storage jars at Tell el-Hammah, as well as
the correlation between the size of the loomweights
and the storage jar rim diameters at H. Rosh Zayit,
led Gal (1989) to suggest that clay balls served as
stoppers. However, Tell el-Hammah is an isolated
case in which the loomweights were in secondary
use. One of the loomweights was broken and only
half of it was used as a stopper. Spindles (one with
threads still wrapped around it), whorls and 161
loomweights found at Tell el-Hammah are evidence
of extensive spinning and weaving activity at the
site.
Photo 18. Reconstruction of warp- weighted loom, En
Yael, Jerusalem (YR).
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loomweights, the color on one side is gray (7.5YR
5/0), while the other side of G 11319 is pink (5YR
7/4) and that of G 11388 is red (2.5YR 5/6). The
maker's fingerprints are visible on loomweight
El/10101 (A2b).
All of the loomweights of this type at the City of
David have a vertical cylindrical perforation made
before firing. D2/20038 (A3b; Fig. 21:24) has two
perforations stemming from the same opening. This
may be understood to mean that one of the
perforations was unsuitable and thus was canceled.
It shows that importance was attached to the
position of the perforation.
The fired doughnut-shaped loomweights range in
diameter from 5.8 to 10.6 cm. Their height is
between 3.1 and 5.5 cm. The weights of the four
intact examples range between 127.3 and 406.5 g
and average 222.4 ± 108.7 g. Two examples vary in
weight from the others of this type: Dl/883/1 (A3b)
weighs 25.4 g and G 4326 (A2b) weighs 26.4 g.
Some other examples were damaged and thus were
not weighed, but from their dimensions appear to be
similar in weight to the intact loomweights. These
low weights are more suitable to whorls than to
loomweights, and indeed several similar items have
been termed whorls (Stern and Magen 1982: 194,
Fig. 6:9-12). However, the off-center position of the
perforation in these two examples shows that they
could not have been whorls. Moreover, the size of
Photo 19. Reconstruction of warp- weighted loom, En
Yael, Jerusalem (YR).
2. Fired Loomweights: Types A2, A3
the perforation is too small to have allowed a
spindle to pass through. The two light loomweights
(Dl/883/1 and G 4326/8) are rare in the Iron Age
but typical of the Persian period; similar examples
have been discovered at H. Nimra (Shamir 1992),
H. Rogem, Nahal Haro'a and H. Masora in the
Forty-three fired loomweights were discovered at
Negev (Cohen 1986; Shamir, in preparation).
the City of David. Two states of firing can be
differentiated: A2, poorly fired at low temperatures;
and A3, well fired at high temperatures.
A. Doughnut-shaped : Types A2b , A3b (Fig. 21:2021,24; PI. 12:6)
Fourteen fired doughnut-shaped loomweights were
found at the City of David in fills containing
material no later than Stratum 7, the Hellenistic
period. According to their typology and parallels
from other sites, they belong to the Iron Age or
Persian period. Those of the Persian period are very
light and usually weigh less than 100 g.
Ten of the loomweights are well fired (A3b). In
two cases the firing is uneven (A2b): in both these
B. Biconical: Types A2c, A3c (Fig. 21:19,22-23; PI.
11:6-7; PI. 12:5)
Fourteen loomweights of this type were found.
Their appearance is of two cones joined at their
wide base; they are vertically perforated. They may
be subdivided into A2c, fired at low temperatures,
and A3c, well fired at high temperatures.
All are relatively light, with a weight range of
18.8-68 g and an average weight of 35.3 ± 18 g.
El/16802 (A3c) was found on a floor of Stratum
12, but because of its shape (see Fig. 21:22) there is
considerable doubt about its function. El /16729
and El/16913 were found in L. 2092, a pit dated to
the Persian period Stratum 9. The others were found
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in fills containing material dated no later than
Stratum 9, apart from three from fills containing
material dated no later than Stratum 7. According
to their typology and parallels from other sites, they
all, except for El/ 16802, belong to the Persian
period.
Light biconical (and sometimes doughnutshaped) loomweights are typical of sites of the
Persian period: H. Nimra (Shamir 1992), H.
Rogem, Nahal Haro'a and H. Masora in the
Negev (Cohen 1986; Shamir, in preparation),
Shiqmona (Elgavish 1968), Tel Michal (SingerAvitz 1989), Kh. Abu et-Twein (Mazar 1981: 23),
Qadum (Stern and Magen 1982), Tel Tanim and Tel
Maresha (Shamir, in preparation).
C. Pyramidal : Types A2d, A3d, A5d (Fig. 21:26-30;
PL 11:9-10,14,17; PL 12:3)
Fifteen fired pyramidal loomweights, as well as one
made of limestone (A5d; Fig. 21:26), were found at
the City of David. Only one, El/3425 (A3d; Fig.
21:30; PL 11:9), was found in a secure context: L.
606. This locus is a floor belonging to Stratum 8,
dated to the early Hellenistic period. Three spatulas
were found in this locus (Ariel 1990: 134, BI 130132); it is suggested that these spatulas were used in
the weaving process (Ariel 1990: 129-30). The
4. Perforation drilled from one side, as in limestone loomweight D2/20910 (A5d; Fig. 21:26).
Rutschman (1988) suggests that the holes were
created by pushing a wooden stick, which later
burnt away during firing, through the soft clay. On
several loomweights from the City of David, e.g.
D2/20083, G 4323 (PL 11:14), G 11545 (Fig. 21:29;
PL 11:17), El/9391, G 2478 (all types A3d), clay
residues were found around the outer perforation.
This residue was caused when the stick entered the
clay and was then pulled out, smearing the clay.
The perforation diameter ranges from 0.3 to 0.8
cm and is thus too small to draw a group of warp
threads through. Some kind of intermediary between the warp threads and the loomweight would
have been necessary, possibly in one of the two
following manners:
1. A ring connecting the warp threads and the
loomweight. A similar type of connection is
depicted on a painted lekythos exhibited at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art (Hoffmann 1974:
307). A pyramidal loomweight of uncertain origin
(perhaps from Italy) in the British Museum has an
elliptical bronze ring attached to it (Davidson and
Thompson 1943: 68, Fig. 30). A similar type of
attachment could be achieved by use of a loop made
from organic material. At Masada, thanks to the
remaining loomweights of this type come from fills dry climate, some of the loops made of linen, goat
hair or date-palm fibers were preserved around the
containing material that is no later than Stratum 5,
loomweights (Shamir 1994a).
the 1st century CE.
Twelve of the pyramidal loomweights are well 2. A wooden or metal rod drawn through the
fired (A3d), usually with well-levigated clay. In perforation, with the string tied around it (McLauchlin 1981; Davidson 1952: 147). At Nemea in the
isolated instances, such as El/17351 (A2d; Fig.
21:27) and El/1643 (A2d), the clay is coarse and
Peloponnese, conical loomweights were found in
poorly fired. Most of the pyramidal loomweights which such wooden rods were preserved, some up to
are red. E 1/6 142 (A3d) is partly light reddish brown 4 cm long (McLauchlin 1981: 74). These were found
(5YR 6/4) and partly black (5Y 2.5/1), evidence of in a 2nd century BCE to 3rd century CE context.
uneven firing conditions in the kiln. G 4323 (A3d; Depictions "of similar rods appear on stamp
PL 11:14) bears the maker's fingerprints. Loom- impressions stamped onto four loomweights from
Corinth, dating from the 4th to the beginning of the
weight D2/20910 (A5d) from L. 2745 is made of
3rd century BCE (Davidson 1952: Figs. 25:1145;
limestone. No special effort was made to ensure that
27:1153,1164-65). Similar stamps were found on
the four sides of the pyramid were equal in size.
The perforation is horizontal, located in the top two loomweights from the Pnyx in Athens (Davidthird of the pyramid. The hole was made before son and Thompson 1943: Fig. 39:139). Metal rods
were discovered inside the perforation of a loomfiring and is not necessarily centered. Several
perforation types were distinguished:
weight from Myrna (Davidson 1952: 148, n. 4).
Pyramidal loomweights E 1/6 159, E 1/6 142, G
1. Single cone perforation, as in El/6159 (A3d);
2478, El/3896 (PL 11:10), all Type A3d, and
2. Plain perforation, as in El/3425 (A3d; Fig.
21:30; PL 11:9);
perhaps D2/20083 (A3d) and E2/1643 (A2d), have
3. Double cone perforation, as in D2/20083
a partial perforation on one side. Similar holes were
(A3d);
found on loomweights from the Pnyx, both
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pyramidal and cylindrical (Davidson and Thompson 1943: 72). Davidson views the function of these
perforations as aiding the firing process by prevent-
ing cracking. This opinion is shared by D. Castel
and O. Mazar, ceramicists consulted by the author.
Such a block of clay would crack during firing if no
holes were made in it. An additional explanation
(Davidson and Thompson 1943: 72) is that these
holes were used by the ceramicist when placing the
loomweights on the firing board in the kiln.
The weights of the pyramidal loomweights from
the City of David range from 35.9 to 144 g.
One of the finds from the City of David,
67-80, Fig. 17), Ashdod, Stratum 3a (Dothan and
Freedman 1967: Fig. 17), Tel Maresha (Shamir, in
preparation), Masada (Shamir 1994a), Mazor (Shamir, in preparation), Tel Michal (Singer-Avitz 1989:
359, Fig. 31.7:22), Samaria (Reisner 1924: 343),
Shiqmona, Stratum H, Room HD (Elgavish 1974:
35-36, PL xxv:255), Yodfat (M. Aviam, personal
communication); and, in Transjordan, Pella (McNicoll 1982: 75, PL 156).
The use of warp-weighted looms ceased almost
entirely at the end of the 1st century CE, when the
horizontal loom became common; the latter did not
require loomweights. This phenomenon is known
identified as a weight by Eran (this volume, Chapter from both literary sources and archaeological
V, W 161), is similar in shape to the fired pyramidalevidence (Broudy 1979: 27; Davidson 1952: 147;
Shamir 1991c). The pyramidal loomweights from
loomweights. The base of this object is incised. In
the City of David date from no later than Stratum 5
our opinion as well this is not a loomweight, as its
weight is only 3.65 g, too low to allow it to give anyand thus serve to verify the accepted dating.
The warp-weighted loom had several disadvantension to a group of warp threads.
tages which led to its eventual disuse. The weaver
Pyramidal loomweights, mostly fired, have been
had to weave while standing or walking back and
found as early as the 3rd millennium BCE in Early
forth (Crowfoot 1937: 47). Moreover, the weft
Bronze Age levels (Strata 1-7) at Troy (Biegen et al.
threads had to be beaten upwards, against the force
1950: 104, 338, 344, Figs. 221, 369; Biegen 1953: 232,
272, 315, Fig. 305; Biegen 1958: 57, 67, 199, Figs.of gravity. These two factors greatly complicated
the task of the weaver. In Iceland and Scandinavian
221, 256). Numerous pyramidal loomweights were
found in Strata 2A-3C at Enkomi, dated to 1425- countries, however, the use of the warp-weighted
1100/1075 BCE (Dikaios 1971: 445-74, Pis. 127:19,loom continued with some changes into the present
134:35,37-38, 154:9, 155:2,46). This type of loom-century (Hoffmann 1974).
weight apparently does not occur in Greece before
the 7th century BCE (Davidson and Thompson
3. Tablets with Two Holes: Types A3g, A5f
1943: 73). Pyramidal loomweights are pictured in
(Fig. 22:1-3; PL 11:13)
vessel paintings showing the warp-weighted loom,
an example of which is a lekythos exhibited at the
Four elliptical limestone tablets (A5f) and one
Metropolitan Museum of Art, dated to the 6th
century BCE. A similar depiction is found on a 5th- rectangular fired clay tablet (A3g) were found at
century BCE skyphos discovered at Chiusi (Hoff- the City of David. Two of these tablets are from the
mann 1974: 306-307). In Israel they appear in the Iron Age: D2/20366 (A5f; Fig. 22:3) from L. 2337,
Persian period (5th-4th centuries BCE) only at H. Stratum Ì2; and E3/15952 (A3g; Fig. 22:1) from L.
1930A, Stratum 10. El/17108 (A5f) is from L. 2092,
Nimra (Shamir 1992).
The use of pyramidal loomweights was common a pit dated to the Persian period, Stratum 9. Tablet
E3/7471 (PL 11:13) was made out of a broken piece
throughout the Hellenistic and Early Roman
periods (Reisner 1924: 343). Davidson (1952: 147) of a chalk vessel of the 'measuring cup' type in
mentions numerous sites where such loomweights
belonging to these periods were found: in Asia
Minor at Ephesus, Pergamon and Tarsus; and in
Greece at Dodona, Olympia, Delphi, Corinth, the
Argive Heroeum, Aegina, Athens (Pnyx), Olynthos,
Myrna, Lindos, Elatea.
secondary use (Cahill 1992: 210). Vessels of this type
were in common use during the 1st century CE up
to the destruction in 70 CE.
Tablets E3/7471 (PL 11:13) and G 4585 (Fig.
22:2) have holes drilled from the interior of the
original vessel. This can be inferred from the fact
Israel has also yielded many pyramidal loom- that the perforations are wider on the inner side and
weights from the Hellenistic and Early Roman are conical. El /17 108 (A5f) has cylindrical perforaperiods, such as Tel Anafa, Phase 1 (Herbert 1979: tions. E3/15952 (A3g; Fig. 22:1) is made of fired
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This type was used in 'tablet weaving,' in which
narrow strips of cloth, such as belts or narrow
momentum and equal distribution of the object's
mass around the hole (Nodet 1980: 316; Smith and
Hirth 1988).
Factors 1-3 are dependent on the type of fibers
ribbons meant to adorn clothing, are woven
used for spinning (wool, linen or other material), the
clay; the perforations were made before firing and
are cylindrical.
(Schierer 1987: 77). In this method, the greater the tightness of spinning and the thickness of the thread
number of holes in a tablet, the more intricate the to be spun (thicker threads, as well as two or more
design which can be created. The more numerous threads to be spun together, require a heavier
are the tablets used to weave one strip of cloth, the whorl).
wider will be the strip. Weaving experiments were
At Megiddo (Guy 1938: 170, Fig. 175:6, PL 84:1),
carried out: the end result of weaving with tablets two hemispherical whorls joined at the base on a
having two perforations was a woven strip of the spindle were found. The use of two such whorls
plain weave technique. Despite the success of this provides a weight which enables the spinning of two
experiment, we could also accept the proposal that or more threads into one.
these slabs were used as 'bull roarers' (Van Beek
1989).
1. Fired Clay (Ceramic) Biconical Whorls: Types
B2c, B3c (Fig. 21:18)
B. WHORLS
Two biconical whorls were found at the City of
Whorls are used as weights for spinning. David.
They They
are may be subdivided into B2c, fired at
hung on the spindle and weigh it down
(Yisraeli
low
temperatures, and B3c, well fired at high
1968), thus allowing the spindle to turn andtemperatures.
to twist
Whorl El/10004 (B2c; Fig. 21:18) was found in L.
Seventy-eight whorls were found at the1391,
City
of
defined
as a Stratum 12(?) floor; it weighs 17.3
David, a small percentage of which are doubtfully
g. Whorl G 17552 (B3c) comes from L. 1115, a
identified as whorls, as noted below. These
whorls
living
surface of Stratum 12B; it weighs 15.3 g.
are made of fired clay, basalt, limestone and
Thechalk.
perforation is cylindrical and was made
One whorl, E3/7672 (Fig. 22:16; PL 12:4), is a
before firing. Such a perforation shape is ideally
fossilized sea urchin with a hole drilled through it. suited for placing the whorl on the spindle (Nodet
Several interrelated factors are crucial for creat1980: 316).
ing the necessary momentum, the 'speed and forceAttempts to spin were carried out by the author,
of spinning' (Smith and Hirth 1988):
using the suspended spindle method in which the
1. The raw material from which the whorl is
whorl is placed at the bottom of the spindle. The
made. The spinning process requires the whorl
to beemployed was sheep wool. This experiment
material
the fibers together.
shaken. This action is especially intense in
the that the objects from the City of David
showed
could be used as whorls.
suspended spindle method, where spinning is carried
out while walking. The whorl must be made of a
durable enough material to withstand this. Thus,
2. Fired Clay (Ceramic) Disc Whorls: Type B3h
unfired clay and other such materials would be
(Fig. 22:4-10; PL 11:8,11)
unsuitable for this purpose.
2. The size of the whorl. Too large a whorl Twenty-one
would
fired clay (ceramic) disc whorls were
complicate the spinning.
found at the City of David. Six of them were found
3. The weight of the whorl. Whorls made of light
on floors dating to the Iron Age, Strata 14-10. One
material, such as wood, are used to spin wool such
(short
whorl, E3/19204/2 (Fig. 22:8), comes from L.
fibers), while heavier whorls, such as stone, are 2441,
used a floor dated to the Early Bronze Age,
for linen (long fibers) (Forbes 1956: 152; Ryder
Stratum 20. The thirteen remaining whorls were
1983: 747; Baginski and Shamir 1995: 31). discovered
Ryder
in fills of various periods, none of which
contained
maintains that a heavy whorl produces a tight
spin, material later than Stratum 7.
Similar whorls are found in the Land of Israel
which is suitable for the warp.
4. The location of the perforation. A hole located
from the Neolithic period (Perrot 1966: Fig. 6:17;
in the center of the whorl provides the best
Wheeler 1982: 626, Fig. 255). However, the main
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distribution of these whorls is in the Iron Age
an incised strip bearing a double zigzag. Whorl D2/
(Yisraeli 1968: 1000-1001). This type of whorl is 20067 (B4n; Fig. 22:21) has a natural shape and is
extremely common throughout the world. For
decorated with incised lines around the hole and
example, such whorls dating from 1025 BCE to around the base, with three zigzags incised between
700 CE were found in Mexico (Smith and Hirth them.
1988: 353-54).
The perforation of these whorls was drilled from
The shape of these whorls (B3h) is a result of one side and is cylindrical.
E3/7672 (B4k; Fig. 22:16; PI. 12:4), made of the
reworking pottery sherds to a rough circle. The
fossilized
sea urchin, weighs 7.6 g. The rest of the
rounded shape was obtained by sanding down the
edges. A hole was then drilled through the center. stone whorls were fragmentary, and thus their
Most of the sherds in secondary use as whorls are weight could not be determined.
body sherds and thus the original vessel is unidentifiable. An exception is whorl E3/ 19204/2 (Fig.
22:8), which was made out of a red-slipped and
4. Basalt Whorls: Types B6k, B61, B6n (Fig. 22:1115; PI. 12:1-2,7)
burnished Early Bronze Age platter.
In most instances, the hole was drilled from both Eight basalt whorls were found at the City of David,
sides of the sherd, evidenced by its being narrower seven of them in fills containing material no later
in the center than at the openings (Fig. 22:4-9; PI. than Stratum 6, dated to 70 CE. Whorl E3/19283
(B6n) was found in L. 2438 of Stratum 21-20, dated
to the Early Bronze Age.
Six of these whorls are hemispherical or dome11:11), E3/13107 and El/10605/1 have a perforation
which is drilled from one side and thus cylindrical. shaped (B6k; Fig. 22:12-15; PI. 12:2,7). Of these,
Although, as previously noted, a cylindrical hole is only two are decorated: G 4389 (Fig. 22:13) with an
11:8). This is termed a 'chamfered' or 'double cone'
perforation. Whorls El/16677 (Fig. 22:10; PI.
optimal for spinning, only a minority of the Type
B3h whorls have such a perforation. Whorl El/9815
has a residue of clay around both openings of its
perforation, showing that the hole was made before
firing. In only three cases, El/16677 (Fig. 22:10; PI.
11:11), Dl/12725 and El/10605/1, was the perforation centered.
incised band near the base and G/4387 with two
incised lines near the base. Whorl Al/108/1 (B61;
Fig. 22:11; PI. 12:1) is conical and is decorated with
an incised line near the base and an incised
concentric circle around the perforation. Whorl
E3/19283 is ring-shaped (B6n) and is undecorated.
The perforation of these whorls is drilled from
The size and weight range of Type B3h is quite one side and is cylindrical.
The weight of the six intact basalt whorls from
large. The height ranges from 0.7 to 1.6 cm, the
diameter is between 2.3 and 7.3 cm, while the weight the City of David ranges from 5.2 to 18 g.
varies from 4 to 88 g. Attempts to spin with these Ring-shaped basalt whorls are common in the
objects employing the suspended spindle method Early Bronze Age in Israel and have been found at
showed that they may certainly be used as whorls. Affula (Sukenik 1948: Pl. XIII:14-16), Ai (Callaway
1980: Fig. 84, Pis. 94:11,15,16; 140:19), Arad
(Amiran 1978: PI. 67), Azor (Shamir, in prepara3. Decorated Limestone Whorls: Types B4k, B41,
tion), Beth She'an (Fitzgerald 1935: PI. VI:23,25),
B4m, B4n (Fig. 22:16,19-21; PI. 12:4)
En Shadud (Braun 1985: 98), H. Iiiin Tahtit (Braun
Four limestone whorls were found at the City of 1994: Ch. 12:3), Jericho (Wheeler 1982: 626-27),
David. Only one, G 4890 (B41; Fig. 22:19), is from a Lachish (Tufnell 1953: 71), Megiddo (Loud 1948:
clear context, L. 792 in the 'House of AhieP, datedPI. 171:1,2,4,7,8; Guy 1938: PI. 76:5,6), Me'ona (E.
to Stratum 10C-B.
Braun, personal communication), Palmahim Quarry (Braun 1994: Ch. 12:3), Qiryat Ata (Shamir, in
Whorl E3/7672 (B4k; Fig. 22:16; PI. 12:4) is made
preparation), Yarmouth (de Miroschedji 1988: Fig.
of a piece of fossilized sea urchin with a hole drilled
16:9, PI. 49:7) and Yiftah'el (Braun 1994: Ch. 12:3).
through it; the natural lines of the fossil are visible
At Tell Abu al-Kharaz in Jordan, a ring whorl of
on the whorl's surface. Whorl G 4890 (B41; Fig.
the16Early Bronze Age I was found with part of a
22:19) is conical and decorated on its base with
spindle (Fischer 1993: PL 13). In the Early
dotted concentric circles. Whorl G 4546 (B4m;wooden
Fig.
Bronze
Age
a preference for stone whorls (basalt
22:20) is cylindrical and decorated on its side with
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and limestoné) is evident, but fired clay disc-shaped
whorls also continued in use (Wheeler 1982: 627).
5. Chalk Whorls: Types B5h, B5m, B5p (Fig.
22:18,23-27; PL 11:12)
Twenty-nine chalk whorls were found at the City of
David. Twenty-six of them came from fills and
dumps containing material no later than Stratum 5,
the 1st century CE. Whorl El/ 16848 (B5h) was
the horizontal loom type; whorls were not used on
such a loom. It is the author's opinion that BarAdon' s interpretation is incorrect, and the chalk
weights found in the Nahal Mishmar cave are
spinning whorls of Type B5h. Fired clay whorls
(Type B3h) were found at Nahal Mishmar as well;
this may indicate that threads of different types
were spun, which is borne out by the remains of
both linen and wool cloths found in the cave.
This type appears to be typical of the Hellenistic
found in L. 2089, defined as an earth layer. Whorl period, and also occurs at Tel Maresha (Shamir, in
El/21635 (B5h) comes from L. 2161, defined as a
preparation).
gravel layer. Both are dated to Stratum 18 of the
Middle Bronze Age. E2/7305/2 was found in L.
1431. This whorl was made from the base of a chalk
6. Chalk Discs with an Unfinished Perforation:
Type B5i (Fig. 22:22; PL 11:15)
vessel of the 'measuring cup' type in secondary use
(Cahill 1992: 210). The original vessel may be dated
At the City of David, four discs of Type B5i were
to the 1st century CE, with a terminus ante quem offound. They are similar in shape to Type B5h, but in
70 CE.
this case the hole is unfinished. The beginning of the
Most of the chalk whorls are discoid (B5h), apart
perforation can be seen from both sides of the disc.
from two, E3/7467 (Fig. 22:23; PL 11:12) and E2/
Nodet (1980: 20) claims that these discs served as
1573/2 (Fig. 22:25), whose shape is roughly circular
pivots for the drill boring a hole in a sherd or stone.
(B5p). One of the chalk whorls, El/4055 (Fig.
The drill's head would be lodged in the 'conical
22:27), is cylindrical (B5m).
cavity' hollowed out in the disc, and this would
In sixteen of the chalk whorls, the hole was drilledprovide the necessary vertical pressure for drilling
from both sides, as it is narrower in the center
the hole. When such a pivot eventually became
('chambered' perforation). Thirteen of the chalk
pierced through due to use, it might have then been
whorls have a cylindrical perforation drilled from used as a whorl.
one side (Fig. 22:26-27).
Twenty-three intact chalk whorls were weighed.
Their weight ranges from 6.5 to 70.1 g, apart from
CONCLUSIONS
three chalk whorls with exceptionally high weights:
Dl/6976 (B5h) weighing 97.6 g; El/10089 (B5h)
The different types of loomweights throughout
weighing 171 g; and E2/7305/2 (B5h) weighing 195.5periods at the City of David accord with the
g. Though it is generally assumed that a whorl
typology of loomweights at other sites in Israel.
weighing 195.5 g is too heavy to be used, the author The dominant type of loomweight in the Iron Age II
attempted to spin with it and was successful in
is doughnut-shaped with a weight of hundreds of
doing so. It may be concluded that these extremely grams; in the Persian period the dominant type is
heavy whorls were used to spin the warp threads, as
biconical with a low weight (less than 100 g); in the
a heavy whorl causes tight spinning suitable for the Hellenistic period the dominant type is pyramidal
warp (Ryder 1983: 747).
with a weight of around 100-200 g.
In the Nahal Mishmar cave, similar objects dated
Among the whorls, Type B3h (flat ceramic
to the Chalcolithic period were found. They have whorls) are found in all the strata, but are
parallels at other sites from this period, such as
concentrated mainly in the Iron Age strata, 14-10.
Jericho, Teleilat Ghassul and the Chalcolithic sites Type B5h (chalk whorls) come mainly from Strata
of the Beer Sheba region (Bar-Adon 1971). Bar- 7-5 of the Hellenistic period.
Adon maintains (1971: 183) that these were used as
A total of 186 loomweights and 73 whorls was
loomweights, claiming this as evidence for the use of found in the City of David (Table 4). This amount is
a weighted loom as early as the Chalcolithic period. low, considering the extent of the excavated Iron
However, it should be noted that the remains of a Age strata in the City of David: only 142 loomloom discovered in the Nahal Mishmar cave are of
weights attributed to the Iron Age were found. This
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Table 4. Finds by strata.
Stratum 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ?
Type
Total
Ala
Alb
Ale
Ale
Alo
Alq
A2b
A2c
A2d
A3b
A3c
A3d
A3e
A3q
A5d
A5f
TOTAL
LOOMWEIGHTS
186
B2b
B2c
B3c
B3h
1
-
1
1
-
-
4
-
7
B4j
-
3
1
-
2
2
B4k
B41
B4m
B4n
B5h
2
B5i
B5m
B5p
B6k
....
i
B61
B6n
1
B7n
TOTAL
TOTAL
4
-
3
1
1
-
4
WHORLS
-
37
5
118
14
7
28
6
10
-
1
73
2
18
259
Area G, Stratum 10,
despite
the fact that a larger
represents a small sample
in
comparison
to c
area of Stratum
12 was excavated.
The low Batash,
number
temporary Iron Age sites
such
as Tel
Ge
Tel Miqne, Tell Qasile
and Tell
Beit
wh
of loomweights
compared
to other Mirsim,
sites also persists
Persian and Hellenistic-Roman
periods in the
hundreds have beenin the
found.
This supports
th
of David. that two major cen
opinion of Browning City
(1988)
The whorls active.
found in the City of David are
of textile production were
relatively few
in numberdiscovered
as well: a total of 73 whorlsin loc
Very few loomweights
were
defined as floors in of
the
varyingCity
types from of
different
David:
strata. The majority
1-6 loo
weights
in
per
Areas
E
floor.
and
of whorls
were found
in fills and thus it is difficult to
Very
few
loomweights
were
E3;
form
definite conclusions about the nature
of this
17
loomweights
were
Area D, all from Stratum 12. The remaining
loomweights (102), with one exception, stem from
find.
The limited number of whorls and loomweights
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fou
found
found in the City of David provides evidence for
domestic weaving activity rather than industrial
production. The residents perhaps bought their
textiles from the Shephelah region and Beth She'an
Valley.
It is probable that the textiles produced at the
City of David were of wool, and not linen, which
was manufactured in the Beth She'an Valley. A
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CATALOGUE
Area Locus Str. Locus Basket Type Weight Dia- Height Hole Clay Core Grits Fig. Plate
Def.
meter
Diam.
Al 1 6 pit 108/1 B61 5.4 2.3 0.8 0.4 - - - 22:11 12:1
D1 316 12 fill 883/1 A3b 25.4 3.1 2.8 0.4 light reddish light reddish F, W 1-2
brown 2.5 brown 2.5
YR 6/4 YR 6/4
D1 327 6 fill and 1095 A3b - 5.6 3.2 1.5 light reddish gray 7.5 YR B, W 1-4
stone
brown
collapse
2.5
YR
5/0
6/4
D1 365 7 fill 6623 B3h 9.9 2.9 1.0 0.6/0.9 pinkish gray gray 5 YR B, Gr 1-2 5 YR 7/2 5/1
D1 395 12 rubble 6810 Alb - - - - reddish brown - M, W 1-6 - 5 YR 5/4
D1
408
7A
rubble
6914
B5h
42.5
4.7
1.8
1.1
-
-
D1 413 8-7 fill 6954 B5h 27.5 4.3 1.3 1.3/0.8 - 22:18 -
D1 416 9 gravel layer 6964 B3h 32.5 5.3 1.0 0.6/1.1 light reddish gray 5 YR M, W 1-2 brown 5 YR 5/1
6/4
D1 421 7B rubble 12725 B3h 88.0 7.6 1.6 0.7/1.6 pink 5 YR gray 5 YR B, W, Bn -
7/4
5/1
1-4
D1 422 8 fill 6976 B5h 97.6 6.8 2.2 1.8/0.7 - - -
D1 422 8 fill 12414 B3c - 3.2 2.7 0.6 gray 5 YR gray 5 YR F, W 1-2
5/1 5/1
D1
422
8
rubble
fill
12619
B5h
-
7.0
2.0
1.1
-
-
-
-
-
or terrace
D1 431 12 fill 12791 B3h 72.0 6.8 1.5 - pink 5 YR gray 5 YR M, W 1-2 7/3 5/1
D1
453
12
to
floor
13209
Alq
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
D1 456 12 stone 13269/1 Alb - 7.3 5.5 2.0 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 collapse
5
YR
5/4
D1 456 12 stone 13269/2 Alb - 7.5 6.7 - reddish brown - M, W 1-6 collapse
5
YR
5/4
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-
Area Locus Str. Locus Basket Type Weight Dia- Height Hole Clay Core Grits Fig. Plate
Def.
meter
Diam.
D1 456 12 stone 13269/3 Ale - - - - dark brown - M, W 1-6 - collapse
7.5
YR
4/4
D1 456 12 stone 13269/4 Alb - 6.6 4.9 2.0 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 - collapse
5
YR
5/4
D1 456 12 stone 13281/1 Alb 160.5 6.0 4.5 1.3 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 21:4
collapse
5
YR
5/4
D1 456 12 stone 13281/2 Ale 468.0 7.0 10.5 1.5 dark brown - M, W 1-6 21:1 11:1
collapse
D1
456
12
stone
7.5
YR
13281/3
4/4
Alq
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
collapse
D1
456
12
stone
13281/4
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
stone
13281/5
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
stone
13281/6
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
collapse
D1
456
12
collapse
D1
456
12
collapse
D1 469 12 to floor 13295 Alb - - 4.8 - light reddish - M, W 1-6 brown 5 YR
6/4
D1 469 12 to floor 13308/1 Alb 111.8 5.9 3.9 1.5 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 - 11.2
5 YR 5/4
D1 469 12 to floor 13308/2 Alb - 6.1 - 1.5 reddish brown - - - 11.3
5 YR 5/4
D1 469 12 to floor 13308/3 Alb - 6.9 5.2 1.8 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 - 11.4
5 YR 5/4
D1 469 12 to floor 13308/4 Alb 98.9 5.8 3.8 1.8 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 - 11.5
5 YR 5/4
Dl surf. - - 6635 A3e 62.0 3.8/3.5 4.7 0.7 light reddish light reddish F, W 1-2 brown 5 YR brown 5 YR
6/4 6/4
D2 1836 9 fill 14101 A3c 18.8 3.1 2.7 0.5 pink 5 YR 7/3 pink 5 YR 7/3 M, W 1-2 - 11:6
D2 1836 9 fill 14116 A3c 68.0 4.6 3.6 0.5 gray 5 YR 5/1 gray 5 YR 5/1 B, W 1-2 - 11:7
D2 1892 12 floor 13795 B3h 31.7 5.5 1.0 0.5 light reddish light red 2.5 B, W, 22:6 11.8
brown 5 YR YR 6/6 Gr 1-2
6/3
D2 2306 7 rubble 20038 A3b - 4.5 3.5 0.5 pink 5 YR 8/4 pink 5 YR 8/4 F, Gr 1 21:24 D2
2306
7
rubble
20067
B4n
-
2.3
2.3
1.0
-
-
-
22:21
-
D2 2309 12 plaster floor 20229/1 Alb 115.0 5.5 4.2 1.3 pink 5 YR 7/3 - M, W 1-6 21:5
on bedrock
D2 2309 12 plaster floor 20229/2 Alb 82.0 - - - reddish brown reddish brown M, W 1-6 - on
bedrock
5
YR
5/4
5
YR
5/4
D2 2337 12 earth floor 20366 A5f 6.4 2.7/2.5 0.9 0.5/0.7 - 22:3
D2 2745 8-7B terrace wall 20910 A5d 210.0 4.6/4.6 8.7 0.8 - - - 21:26 W. 168
D2 surf. - - 20083 A3d 106.0 4.0/4.2 5.8 0.6 light reddish light reddish F, W 1-2 - brown 5 YR brown 5 YR
6/4 6/4
El 522 5 dumps 1402 B5h 38.0 4.5 2.1 1.0/1.9 - - El
527
5
dumps
1267
B5h
61.5
4.9
2.2
1.4
-
-
-
-
-
El 527 5 dumps 1475 B6k 16.0 2.8 1.5 0.7 - - El
538
6
stone
1801
B5h
16.0
3.6
1.1
0.7
-
-
-
collapse
El 589 5 dumps 3245 B5h? 6.5 2.5 1.2 1.0/0.4 - - -
157
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Area Locus Str. Locus Basket Type Weight Dia- Height Hole Clay Core Grits Fig. Plate
Def.
El
603
5
meter
stone
3290
D
iam.
B5i
97.8
5.8
2.4
1.4
-
-
-
22:22
-
collapse
El 606 8 floor 3425 A3d 41.4 3.0/3.1 3.9 0.4 black 5 Y black 5 Y B, W, Gr 21:30 11:9
2.5/1 2.5/1 1-4
El 636 7 fill 3826 A3d 144.0 4.5/4.4 7.0 0.7 pink 5 YR 7/3 pink 5 YR 7/3 F, W 1-6 El
636
7
fill
4055
B5m
27.0
3.2
2.0
0.9
-
-
22:27
-
El 646 7 fill 3896 A3d 99.6 3.8/4.1 6.0 0.4 gray 7.5 YR gray 7.5 YR M, W 1-6 - 11:10
5/0 5/0
El 1249 11 floor 6292 Alb - 4.6 3.1 1.3 yellowish red - M, W 1-6 5 YR 4/6
El 1303 12 fill 7999 Alb - 8.5 5.9 1.6 dark brown - M, W 1-6 7.5 YR 4/4
El 1322 12 floor 9368 Alb - 5.1 4.1 - reddish brown - M, W 1-6 - 5 YR 5/3
El
1360A
8
El
1363
fill
7
fill
9161
9738
B5i
B6k
46.6
14.7
4.5
2.6
2.0
1.4
0.8
0.6
-
-
-
-
-
-
22:14
12:2
El 1365 7 fill 9391 A3d 55.9 3.0/3.2 5.0 0.4 light red 2.5 light red 2.5 F, W 1-2 21:28 12:3
YR 6/6 YR 6/6
El
1365
7
fill
9313/1
B5h
9.6
3.2
0.8
0.7
-
-
-
-
-
El 1381 12 fill 9815 B3h 23.1 3.6 1.3 0.7 light red 2.5 light gray 5 M, W 1-2 YR 6/6 YR 7/1
El 1391 12? floor 10004 B2c 17.3 2.8 2.3 0.55 black 2.5 YR black 2.5 YR F, W 1-2 21:18 -
2.5/0 2.5/0
El 1394 11 fill 9728 Alb - - 4.3 - pink 7.5 YR - M, W 1-6 - 7/4
El
1394
11
El
1617
0
fill
-
9910
10089
B5h
B5h
-
7.9
171.0
2.0
5.0
0.8
2.7
-
-
1.1
-
-
-
-
-
El 1619 7A-6 dumps 10232 B5h 70.1 7.2 2.7 1.1 - - El 1621 10 foundation 10101 A2b 127.3 5.7 4.0 1.3 reddish brown gray 5 YR F, W 1-4 - trench
2.5
YR
4/4
5/1
El 1621 10 foundation 10605/1 B3h 94.0 7.8 1.3 1.1 pink 5 YR gray 5 YR M, W 1-2 - trench
El
1633
12
from
W.
615
7/3
10441
B5i
5/1
61.2
5.3
2.0
0.8
-
-
-
El 1650 12 fill 14584/1 B3h 11.8 3.6 0.7 0.7 light reddish gray 5 YR B, W 1-2
brown 5 YR 5/1
6/3
El 1655 14 floor 14616 B3h - 8.0 1.1 1.0 light red 2.5 pink 5 YR M, W, Gr 22:5
YR 6/6 7/4 1-2
El 1657 17 grave 14380 B3h 4.0 2.3 0.5 0.3 pink 5 YR light gray 5 F, W 1 22:4 7/3 YR 7/1
El 1692A 14 floor 14496 B3h - - 0.8 - gray 5 YR gray 5 YR M, W 1-2 - 5/1 5/1
El 2012 7 dumps 16039 B5h 43.5 4.7 1.7 0.6 - - - - El 2015 12 stone floor 16802 A3c - 7.6 - 1.0 red 10 R 5/8 dark gray 5 B, W 1-4 21:22 YR 4/1
El 2015 12 stone floor 16677 B3h 10.1 3.2 0.6 0.6 light red 2.5 gray 5 YR M, W, 22:10 11:11
YR 6/6 5/1 Gr 1-2
El
2019
7A
staircase
16039
B5h
-
4.7
1.6
0.9
-
-
-
El 2086 12 terrace fill 17318 B3h - 4.6 1.2 0.8 light reddish gray 5 YR B, W 1 - W.
625
brown
5
YR
5/1
6/3
El 2086 12 terrace fill 17371 B3h 50.0 5.5 1.1 0.7/1.2 reddish yellow light gray 5 B, W, - W.
El
2086
12
625
terrace
5
fill
YR
7/6
17392
B5h
YR
7/1
20.3
3.7
Gr
1.8
1.2
1-2
-
-
W. 625
El
2089
18B
fill
16848
B5h
-
4.8
2.0
158
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1.6
-
-
-
22:26
-
Area Locus Str. Locus Basket Type Weight Dia- Height Hole Clay Core Grits Fig. Plate
Def.
meter
Diam.
El 2092 9 pit 16729 A3c 21.0 3.0 2.7 0.3 very dark gray very dark gray B, W 1-2 - 5 YR 3/1 5 YR 3/1
El 2092 9 pit 16730 A3d - 5.2/4.5 - - reddish brown reddish brown B, W 1-2 - 5 YR 5/6 5 YR 5/6
El 2092 9 pit 16913 A3c - 2.5 1.8 0.5 pink 5 YR 7/6 pink 5 YR 7/6 F, W 1-2 21:19 El 2092 9 pit 17108 A5f 6.0 2.7/2.5 0.7 0.3 - - El 2096 14 floor 17001 B3h 34.3 4.4 1.5 0.7/1.6 light red 2.5 light gray 5 M, W 1-2 22:7
2.5 YR 6/6 YR 7/1
El 2127 7 from 17351 A2d 114.0 4.3 6.6 0.5 reddish brown reddish brown F, W 1-2 21:27 -
W.
El
2130
0
665
2.5
cancelled
YR
5/4
17330
B5i
2.5
YR
88.4
5.1
5/4
2.5
0.8
-
-
-
-
-
El 2161 18A gravel layer 21635 B5h 29.5 4.7 0.8 0.7 - - - 22:24 El 2166 18A fill 19740 B3h - 4.4 1.1 0.4 light reddish gray 5 YR F, W,
brown 5 YR 5/1 Gr 1-2
6/3
El
2612
20
floor
14656
B4j
-
7.8
3.3
2.0
-
-
El cleaning - - 6142 A3d - - 7.2 0.8 black 5 Y black 5 Y F, W, - 2.5/1 - light 2.5/1 Gr 1-4
reddish brown
5 YR 6/4
El surf. - - 6127 A2c 62.0 4.7 3.7 3.6 very dark gray very dark gray F, W 1-2 - 5 YR 3/1 5 YR 3/1
El
surf.
El
W.
-
662
-
-
6039
-
B6k
16684
18.0
B7h
-
3.0
7.8
1.2
3.4
0.6
-
-
1.0/2.0
22:15
-
22:17
-
-
El sect. - - 6500 A3b - - - 1.0 light reddish gray 2.5 YR B, W 1-4 - brown 2.5 YR 6/0
6/4
El surf. - - 6159 A3d 206.0 5.6/5.5 8.3 0.6 reddish brown reddish brown B, W, - -
( 5 YR 5/6 5 YR 5/6 Gr 1-5
E2 501 5 dumps 1606 B5h - 4.9 3.0 1.1/2.1 - - - - E2 503 1 terrace fill 1573/1 B5h 27.3 4.5 1.0 1.0/0.7 - - W. 202
E2 503 1 terrace fill 1573/2 B5p 30.0 4.6 1.6 1.4 - - - 22:25 W. 202
E2 505 5 dumps 1363 A3d 102.5 4.0/4.5 5.9 0.4 light red 2.5 light red 2.5 F, W 1-2 - YR 6/6 YR 6/6
E2 519 7-6 dumps 1643 A2d - 4.6/5.1 - - white 5 YR white 5 YR B, W,
8/1 8/1 Gr 1-6
E2 519 7-6 dumps 1841 B5h 33.3 4.1 1.6 1.1/0.6 - - - - E2 544 11 fill 2603 A3b - - - 1.4 light reddish gray 2.5 YR B, W 1-4
brown 2.5 6/0
YR 6/4
E2
553
7A-6
fill
2662
B5h
36.5
4.3
1.6
0.6
-
-
-
-
-
E2 1431 6-5 rubble 7305/2 B5h 195.5 9.5 2.2 0.8 - - -
E3 1512 5 dumps 7467 B5p 41.9 4.2 2.2 0.7/1.3 - - - 22:23 11:12
E3 1516 5 dumps 7471 A5f 23.0 3.1/4.3 1.5 0.7 - - - - 11:13
E3
1531
6
stone
7672
B4k
7.6
2.7
1.5
0.6
-
-
-
22:16
12:4
collapse
E3
1541
7
terrace
fill
7671
B5h
18.0
4.1
0.9
1.9
-
-
-
W. 483
E3 1552 10 fill 7790 B3h 8.0 3.4 0.8 0.6 light gray 10 light gray 5 F, W 1-2
YR 7/2 YR 7/1
E3 1558 8? fill 12817 A2b 179.3 6.8 4.1 1.2 dark gray 2.5 dark gray 2.5 M, W 1-4 21:21 -
YR 4/0 YR 4/0
159
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Area Locus Str. Locus Basket Type Weight Dia - Height Hole Clay Core Grits Fig. Plate
Def. meter Diam.
E3 1902 11-10 floor? 13107 B3h 15.1 4.7 0.9 1.0 light reddish gray 5 YR 5/1 F, W 1 - brown 5 YR
6/3
E3 1930 A 10 to floor 15952 A3g 12.9 3.9/3.1 0.9 0.6/0.4 pink 7.5 YR dark gray 7.5 F, W 1-2 22:1
7/4 YR 4/0
E3
1944
10
floor
15784
Alq
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
E3 1978 14 stone 18902 B3h 18.5 5.0 1.0 0.6 pink 5 YR light gray 5 B, Gr 1-4 22:9
collapse
to
7/4
YR
7/1
floor
E3 2438 21-20 gravel fill 19283 B6n - 3.8 1.6 1.5 - -
E3 2441 20 to floor 19204/2 B3h 15.9 4.0 0.8 0.5 reddish brown light gray 5 M, W 1-2 22:8 5 YR 5/4 YR 7/1
E3 surf. - - 15550 A3c - 6.7 - 1.0 red 10 R 5/8 red 10 R 5/8 M, W 1-2 E3
surf.
-
-
15796
B5h
29.8
4.4
1.5
1.1
-
-
-
-
-
G 706 8 fill 4326/6 A2c - 3.9 2.9 0.6 black 5 YR black 5 YR M, W 1-5 2.5/1 2.5/1
G 706 8 fill 4326/8 A2b 6.4 3.5 2.9 4.6 gray 7.5 YR gray 7.5 YR F, W,
5/0 5/0 Gr 1-4
G 706 8 fill 4382/9 B5h - 6.2 1.6 1.9 - - - - G 711 8 fill 4323 A3d 90.8 4.2/4.4 5.2 0.5 light red 2.5 light red 2.5 F, W 1-2 - 11:14
YR 6/6 YR 6/6
G 718 9 earth layer 2159/1 A3b - 5.9 4.7 - pink 5 YR gray 2.5 YR F, W 1-2 7/4 6/0
G 721 7 fill 4232 A2c 24.0 2.5 1.9 0.4 pink 7.5 YR pink 7.5 YR M, W 1-2 7/4 7/4
G 721 7 fill 4242 A2c 24.0 3.5 2.5 0.6 yellowish red yellowish red B, W 1-2 - 5 YR 5/6 5 YR 5/6
G
721
7
fill
G
722
0
surf.
4389
B6k
2188
B5i
6.8
2.3
136.6
0.9
6.0
0.6
2.9
-
-
1.1
22:13
-
-
-
11:15
G 736 9 earth layer 2284/2 A3c - 4.3 - - yellowish red gray 5 YR M, W 1-2 - 5 YR 5/6 4/1
G 752 7 fill 2478 A3d 35.9 2.9/2.7 4.3 0.3 light reddish light reddish F, W 1-2
brown 5 YR brown 5 YR
6/4 6/4
G 753 8-7? clay 4249 A3b - 6.5 4.4 - red 2.5 YR red 2.5 YR B, W, -
deposition 4/8 4/8 Gr 1-4
G 756 9 fill 2532/10 A3c 38.3 4.0 2.7 0.6 light reddish light reddish M, W 1-5 21:23 12:5
brown 5 YR brown 5 YR
6/4 - black 6/4 - black
5 YR 2.5/1 5 YR 2.5/1
G
756
9
fill
4260
B5h
6.7
2.0
1.4
-
-
-
-
G 760 9 fill 4297 A3b - 5.4 3.1 - pink 5 YR reddish gray M, W 1-6
7/4 5 YR 5/2
G 760 9 fill 4729 A3b 172.5 6.6 3.8 0.7 light reddish light reddish M, W, 21:20 12:6
brown 2.5 YR brown 2.5 YR Gr 1-4
6/4 6/4
G
773
lOB
stone
4546
B4m
2.8
1.7
1.0
-
-
0.6
-
-
22:20
collapse
G
776
8
fill
4387
B6k
2.5
1.0
-
-
-
G 778 9 fill 4488 A3c - 4.5 - 1.0 gray 5 YR 6/1 gray 5 YR 6/1 M, W 1-2 G 784 10C- installation 4473 Alb - 5.7 2.9 1.1 yellowish red - M, W 1-6 10B
5
YR
5/6
G 791 10B stone 4736 A3b - 6.3 5.1 1.0 light red 2.5 black 5 YR M, W 1-2 -
collapse
to
YR
6/6
2.5/1
floor
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-
Area Locus Str. Locus Basket Type Weight Dia- Height Hole Clay Core Grits Fig. Plate
Def. meter Diam.
G 792 IOC- stone 4867 Alb 161.4 5.6 4.2 1.7 pinkish gray - M, W 1-6 21:6 10B
to
G
792
IOC-
10B
to
G
915
collapse
16A
7.5
YR
6/2
floor
stone
4890
B41
-
3.0
1.4
0.5
-
-
-
22:19
-
-
22:12
-
collapse
floor
fill
11195
B6k
5.2
2.6
0.5
0.3
-
12:7
G 950 9 fill 11388 A2b 406.5 9.7 4.6 1.8 red 2.5 YR gray 7.5 YR F, W 1-2
5/6 - gray 5/0
7.5 YR 5/0
G 951 3 dumps 11340 B5h 11.9 3.0 1.2 1.1/0.7 - - - - -
G 952 8 fill 11482 A3e 24.9 1.7/2.6 3.4 0.5 light brown light brown F, W 1-2 21:25 11:16
7.5 YR 6/4 7.5 YR 6/4
G 968 8 fill 11545 A3d 40.0 2.9/3.0 4.6 0.4 light reddish light reddish F, W 1-2 21:29 11:17
brown 5 YR brown 5 YR
6/4 6/4
G 986 10C? earth layer? 17520 Alb - 5.5 4.1 - reddish brown - M, W 1-6 5 YR 5/6
G 997 10B to floor 11925 Alb - 4.5 - 0.8 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 - 12:8
5 YR 4/3
G 997 10B to floor 11948 Alb 93.7 5.4 2.7 1.9 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 21:7 12:9
5 YR 4/3
G 997 10B to floor 11978 Alb - 7.3 4.5 1.5 pinkish white - F, W 1-2 - 12:10
7.5 YR 8/2
G
997
10B
to
floor
11979
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
G 997 10B to floor 11996 Alo - 5.8 3.0 no hole reddish brown - F, W 1-2 - 12:11
5 YR 5/3
G 997 10B to floor 15274 Alb - 6.4 3.7 1.6 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 21:8 12:12
5 YR 4/3
G 1108 10C living 15316 Alb 85.2 5.2 3.7 1.0 light brown - M, W 1-6 surface
7.5
YR
6/4
G 1108 10C living 15317 Alb - 4.9 3.3 - red 2.5 YR - M, W 1-6 -
surface
G
1108
10C
living
4/8
15318
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
surface
G 1108 10C living 15319 Alb - 5.0 3.8 - reddish brown - M, W 1-6 -
surface
G
1108
10C
5
living
YR
4/4
15320
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
surface
G 1108 10C living 15321 Alb 62.0 4.0 3.6 0.6 reddish-brown - M, W 1-6 21:11 -
surface
5
YR
4/4
G 1108 10C living 15322 Alb - 4.3 3.0 - reddish brown - M, W 1-6 surface
G
1108
10C
5
living
YR
4/4
15323
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
surface
G 1108 10C living 15324 Alb - - - - reddish brown - M, W 1-6 surface
G
1108
10C
5
living
YR
4/4
15325
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
surface
G 1108 10C living 15326 Alb - - - - reddish brown - M, W 1-6 -
surface
5
YR
4/4
G 1108 10C living 15327 Alb 82.5 5.0 3.4 2.0 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 -
surface
5
YR
4/4
G 1108 10C living 15329 Alb - - - reddish brown - M, W 1-6 -
surface
5
YR
4/4
161
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Area Locus Str. Locus Basket Type Weight Dia- Height Hole Clay Core Grits Fig. Plate
Def.
meter
Diam.
G 1108 10C living 15330 Alb 58.9 5.0 2.9 0.9 light brown - M, W 1-6 surface 7.5 YR 6/4
G
1108
IOC
living
15332
Alq----
-
-
-
surface
G 1108 IOC living 15333 Alb 366.4 8.5 6.0 1.1 red 2.5 YR - M, W 1-6 21:2
surface
4/8
G 1108 IOC living 15334/1 Alb - - 3.4 - reddish brown - M, W 1-6 - surface
5
YR
4/4
G 1108 IOC living 15334/2 Alb - - 4.1 - reddish brown - M, W 1-6 - surface
5
YR
4/4
G 1108 IOC living 15335 Alb - 9.3 6.4 1.4 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 - surface
G
1108
IOC
5
YR
4/4
living
15336
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
living
15337
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
living
15338
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
living
15339
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
surface
G
1108
IOC
surface
G
1108
IOC
surface
G
1108
IOC
surface
G 1108 IOC living 15340 Ale 22.8 3.2 2.0 0.5 light brown - M, W 1-6 21:17 surface
G
1108
IOC
7.5
living
YR
6/4
15341
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
surface
G 1108 IOC living 15342 Alb 724.9 9.1 7.0 2.1 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 - surface
G
1108
IOC
5
YR
living
4/4
15376
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
surface
G 1108 IOC living 15377 Alb 49.9 4.7 3.3 1.7/1.4 pink 7.5 YR - M, W 1-6 21:13 surface
7/4
G
1108
IOC
living
15378
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
surface
G 1108 IOC living 15379 Alb 56.8 5.0 2.9 1.2 pink 7.5 YR - M, W 1-6 surface
7/4
G 1108 IOC living 15380/1 Alb - 5.1 3.8 - reddish brown - M, W 1-6 - surface
5
YR
4/4
G 1108 IOC living 15380/2 Alb - - 5.0 - reddish brown - M, W 1-6 - surface
5
YR
4/4
G 1108 IOC living 15381 Ala 805.0 10.0 9.6 1.4 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 - surface
G
1108
IOC
5
living
YR
4/4
15382
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
surface
G 1108 IOC living 15383 Alb 408.8 8.5 6.2 1.7 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 surface
5
YR
4/4
G 1108 IOC living 15384 Ala - 8.6 7.7 - reddish brown - M, W 1-6 - surface
5
YR
4/4
G 1108 IOC living 15385 Alb - - 2.5 - pink 7.5 YR - M, W 1-6 surface
G
1108
IOC
7/4
living
15386
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
living
15387
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
surface
G
1108
IOC
surface
G 1108 IOC living 15388 Alb - - - - reddish brown - M, W 1-6 surface
5
YR
5/4
G 1108 IOC living 15391 Ale 82.9 5.3 4.1 0.6/1.3 light brown - M, W 1-6 - surface 7.5 YR 6/4
162
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Area Locus Str. Locus Basket Type Weight Dia- Height Hole Clay Core Grits Fig. Plate
Def.
meter
Diam.
G 1108 10C living 15392 Alb - - 4.0 - reddish brown - M, W 1-6 - surface
7.5
YR
6/4
G 1108 IOC living 15393 Alb 50.8 4.7 2.6 0.8 pink 7.5 YR - M, W 1-6 surface
7/4
G 1108 IOC living 15394 Alb 45.6 4.1 3.1 0.5 reddish brown - B, W 1-6
surface
5
YR
4/4
G 1108 IOC living 15395 Alb 96.2 5.4 3.5 1.6 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 - surface
5
YR
4/4
G 1108 IOC living 15396 Ale 62.0 4.6 3.3 0.7 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 21:14 surface
5
YR
4/4
G 1108 IOC living 15397 Alb 367.9 7.8 6.0 1.6 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 - surface
5
YR
4/4
G 1108 IOC living 15398 Alb 654.7 9.8 6.4 2.1 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 surface
5
YR
4/4
G 1108 IOC living 15399 Alb 546.0 9.4 7.1 1.6 light brown - M, W 1-6 surface 7.5 YR 6/4
G
1108
IOC
living
15408
Alq
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
surface
G 1108 IOC living 15409 Alb - 4.3 3.1 0.8 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 - surface
G
1108
IOC
5
YR
living
4/4
15410
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
surface
G 1108 IOC living 15411 Alb 77.9 5.3 2.7 1.9 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 21:9 surface
5
YR
4/4
G
1108
IOC
living
15412
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
living
15413
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
living
15414
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
living
15415
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
surface
G
1108
IOC
surface
G
1108
IOC
surface
G
1108
IOC
surface
G 1108 IOC living 15416 Ala - 8.0 7.1 1.3 light brown - F, W 1-4 - surface 7.5 YR 6/4
G 1108 IOC living 15417 Alb - - - - reddish brown - M, W 1-6 - surface
5
YR
4/4
G 1108 IOC living 15418 Alb 52.4 5.0 3.0 1.3 light brown - M, W 1-6 - surface
G
1108
IOC
7.5
living
YR
6/4
15419
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
surface
G 1108 IOC living 15420 Alb 47.5 4.8 2.5 1.4 pink 7.5 YR - M, W 1-6 surface
7/4
G 1108 IOC living 15423 Alb - 4.8 2.8 1.2 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 -
surface
5
YR
4/4
G 1108 IOC living 15424 Alb 72.6 5.0 3.0 1.4 light brown - M, W 1-6 21:12 surface
7.5
YR
6/4
G 1108 IOC living 15425 Alb 99.4 5.6 3.7 1.9 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 - surface
5
YR
4/4
G 1108 IOC living 15428 Alb - 5.0 3.7 1.6 pink 7.5 YR - M, W 1-6 - surface
7/4
G 1108 IOC living 15429 Alb - 5.4 4.4 1.4 light brown - M, W 1-6 surface
7.5
YR
6/4
G 1108 IOC living 15430 Alb - 4.5 2.6 1.1 pink 7.5 YR - M, W 1-6 21:10 surface
7/4
G 1108 IOC living 15431 Alb - 3.8 2.8 0.6 red 2.5 YR - M, W 1-6 surface
4/8
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Area Locus Str. Locus Basket Type Weight Dia- Height Hole Clay Core Grits Fig. Plate
Def. meter Diam.
G 1108 10C living 15432/1 Alb - - 3.7 - reddish brown - M, W 1-6 - -
surface
5
YR
4/4
G 1108 10C living 15432/2 Alb - 4.6 3.2 - reddish brown - M, W 1-6 - -
surface
5
YR
4/4
G 1108 10C living 15433 Ale 68.4 5.0 2.9 0.8 light brown - M, W 1-6 surface
7.5
YR
6/4
G 1108 10C living 15434 Alb - 7.4 5.5 - light brown - M, W 1-6 surface 7.5 YR 6/4
G 1110 IOC living 15362 Alb 70.0 5.2 2.8 0.9 dark brown - F, W 1-6
surface
7.5
YR
4/4
G 1110 IOC living 15363 Alo 109.0 - - - reddish brown - M, W 1-4 - -
surface
5
YR
5/4
G 1110 IOC living 15364 Alo 64.3 - - - reddish brown - M, W 1-4 - surface
5
YR
5/4
G 1110 IOC living 15365 Alb 56.0 4.8 3.6 0.7 light reddish - F, W 1-2 21:16 surface
brown
5
YR
6/4
G 1110 IOC living 15366 Alb - - - - yellowish red - B, W 1-4
surface
5
YR
5/6
G 1110 IOC living 15367 Alo 53.0 - - - reddish brown - M, W 1-4 - -
surface
5
YR
5/4
G 1110 IOC living 15368 Alo 65.8 - reddish brown - M, W 1-4 surface
5
YR
5/4
G 1110 IOC living 15369 Alo 90.3 - reddish brown - M, W 1-4 surface
5
YR
5/4
G 1110 IOC living 15370 Alo 86.8 - reddish brown - M, W 1-4 -
surface
5
YR
5/4
G 1110 IOC living 15371 Alo 115.0 - reddish brown - M, W 1-4 -
surface
5
YR
5/4
G 1110 IOC living 15372 Alb - 4.8 - 0.8 yellowish red - M, W 1-6 surface
5
YR
5/6
G 1110 IOC living 15373 Alb 107.5 5.9 3.4 0.8 yellowish red - M, W 1-6 surface
5
YR
5/6
G 1110 IOC living 15374 Alo 96.0 - reddish brown - M, W 1-4 -
surface
5
YR
5/4
G 1110 IOC living 15375 Alo 77.2 - reddish brown - M, W 1-4 -
surface
5
YR
5/4
G 1110 IOC living 15440 Alb 56.0 4.9 3.0 0.4 yellowish red - M, W 1-6 surface
5
YR
5/6
G 1110 IOC living 15441 Alb 61.0 5.2 3.0 0.7 light reddish - M, W 1-2 21:15 surface
brown
5
YR
6/4
G 1110 IOC living 15442 Ale 48.8 4.7 3.0 0.5 light reddish - M, W 1-6 surface
brown
5
YR
6/4
G
1110
IOC
living
15455
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
living
15456
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
living
15548
Alq----
-
-
-
-
-
surface
G
1110
IOC
surface
G
1110
IOC
surface
G 1110 IOC living 17546 Ala 377.8 7.5 7.0 1.9 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 21:3
surface
G
1110
IOC
5
living
YR
5/3
17547
Alq----
surface
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-
-
-
-
Area Locus Str. Locus Basket Type Weight Dia- Height Hole Clay Core Grits Fig. Plate
Def.
G
1110
IOC
meter
living
Diam.
17549
Alq
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
surface
G 1110 IOC living 17550 Alb - 7.2 5.5 - pinkish white - M, W 1-4 surface
7.5
YR
8/2
G 1115 12B patch or 17552 B3c 15.3 2.8 2.5 0.5 gray 5 YR - F, W 1-2
living
5/1
surface
G 1122B 12B floor 17506 Alb - 4.9 - - reddish brown - M, W 1-6 5 YR 5/4
G 1132 IOC fill 17567 Alb - 5.2 pink 7.5 YR - M, W 1-6 7/4
G 1132 IOC fill 17568 Alb - 7.0 - 2.6 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 5 YR 4/3
G 1132 IOC fill 17569 Alb - 4.6 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 5 YR 4/3
G 1132 IOC fill 17570 Alb - 4.5 reddish brown - M, W 1-6 5 YR 4/3
G surf. - - 4585 A5f 11.0 3.0/2.8 0.9 0.9/0.3 - 22:2
G cleaning - - 11319 A2b - 10.6 5.5 - pink 7.5 YR pinkish gray F, W 1-2 - 7/2 - gray 7.5 YR 7/2
7.5 YR 5/0
G cleaning - - 4507 A3e 24.0 1.7/2.6 3.4 0.7 light brown light brown F, W 1-2 - Kenyon
7.5
YR
6/4
7.5
YR
6/4
excavation
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Fig. 21. Loomweights and whorls.
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Fig. 22. Loomweights and whorls.
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3
2
1
ļ
5
4
6
11
10
14
9
8
7
15
12
16
Pl. 11. Loomweights and whorls.
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17
1
6
10
2
3
4
7
5
8
11
9
12
Pl. 12. Loomweights and whorls.
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PI. 11.
Fig. 21.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type Pl.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type Fig.
1. Dl/13281/2 456 Ale 11:1
13. G 15377 1108 Alb
1. Dl/13281/2 456 Ale 21:1
2. Dl/13308/1 469 Alb
3. Dl/13308/2 469 Alb
4. Dl/13308/3 469 Alb
5. Dl/13308/4 469 Alb
6. D2/14101 1836 A3c
7. D2/14116 1836 A3c
8. D2/13795 1892 B3h 22:6
9. El/3425 606 A3d 21:30
10. El/3896 646 A3d
11. El/16677 2015 B3h 22:10
12. E3/7467 1512 B5h 22:23
13. E3/7471 1516 A5f
2.
G
15333
1108
Alb
3.
G
17546
1110
Ala
4. Dl/13281/1 456 Alb
5. D2/20229/1 2309 Alb
6.
G
4867
7.
G
11948
8.
G
15274
9.
G
15411
792
Alb
997
Alb
997
Alb
1108
Alb
12:9
12:12
10. G 15430 1108 Alb
11. G 15321 1108 Alb
12. G 15424 1108 Alb
14. G 15396 1108 Ale
14.
G
4323
15. G 15441 1110 Alb
15.
G
2188
16. G 15365 1110 Alb
16.
G
11482
952
A3e
21:25
17. G 15340 1108 Ale
17.
G
11545
968
A3d
21:29
18. El/10004 1391 B2c
19. El/16913 2092 A3c
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
G
4729
760
A3b
711
12:6
E3/12817 1558 A2b
El/16802 2015 A3c
G 2532/10 756 A3c 12:5
D2/20038 2306 A3b
A3d
722
B5i
PI. 12.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type Fig.
26. D2/20910 2745 A5d
27. El/17351 2127 A2d
28. El/9391 1365 A3d 12:3
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
G
4729
30. El/3425 606 A3d 11:9
7.
G
11195
8.
G
11925
997
9.
G
11948
997
25. G 11482 952 A3e 11:16
29. G 11545 968 A3d 11:17
Fig. 22.
6.
Al/108/1 1 B61 22:11
El/9738 1363 B6k 22:14
El/9391 1365 A3d 21:28
E3/7672 1531 B4k 22:16
G 2532/10 756 A3c 21:23
11.
G
11996
12.
G
15274
1. E3/15952 1930A A3g
2. G 4585 Surf. A5f
3. D2/20366 2337 A5f
4. El/14380 1657 B3h
5. E 1 / 1 46 1 6 1655 B3h
6. D2/13795 1892 B3h 11:8
7. El/17001 2096 B3h
8. E3/19204/2 2441 B3h
9. E3/18902 1978 B3h
10. El/16677 2015 B3h 11:11
11. Al/108/1 1 B61 12:1
12. G 11195 915 B6k 12:7
G
4389
721
B6k
14. El/9738 1363 B6k 12:2
15. El/6039 Surf. B6k
16. E3/7672 1531 B4k 12:4
17. El/16684 W. 662 B7h
18. Dl/6954 413 B5h
19.
G
4890
792
20.
G
4546
773
A3b
915
21:20
B6k
22:12
Alb
Alb
21:7
10. G 11978 997 Alb
No. Reg. No. Locus Type Pl.
13.
760
B41
B4m
21. D2/20067 2306 B4n
22. El/3290 603 B5i
23. E3/7467 1512 B5h 11:12
24. El/21635 2161 B5h
25. E2/ 1573/2 503 B5p?
26. El/17392 2086 B5h
27. E 1/4055 636 B5m
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997
997
Alo
Alb
21:8
CHAPTER FOUR
THE GROUNDSTONE INDUSTRY*
Erella Hovers
Institute of Archaeology
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
INTRODUCTION
of pottery, were of primary significance. It would
seem that most researchers did not find domestic
tools to an
be of interest from those two points of
Grinding and pounding implementsstone
formed
view. Indeed,
in most cases there is no hint of
essential part of the individual household's
equipment in both the urban and rural societies of Israel
recognition of such items as possessing any archaeuntil quite recent times. In a society whose economyological meaning.
and social organization relied heavily on individual However, the focus of research has gradually
been shifting from the purely archaeological to
agricultural production, this class of finds, its intrasomewhat more anthropologically-oriented realms.
and intersite spatial distribution and its diachronic
Excavations no longer concentrate solely on monuchanges are probably most informative about daily
mental
architecture and massive fortifications, but
subsistence and the organization of the means of
also on the sometimes meager remains of the daily
production. However, domestic stone tools are
life of the population in the sites under study.
rarely discussed in 'biblical' site reports. A few
welcome trend, albeit slower to appear, is
categories of stone vessels, namely certain typesAnother
of
the shift to explanatory rather than descriptive
stone bowls, are sometimes included in the reports
because of their similarity to pottery types, and areresearch. Within this broadened research scope, all
analyzed by the same criteria. However, grinding
implements should be considered and studied.
and pounding vessels are rarely reported. In someIt was for this reason that it was decided to devote
instances comments are made in passing, or
specific attention to the domestic stone implements
from the City of David excavations.
illustrations are presented with cursory remarks, originating
if
Although it became clear from an early stage that
any (Albright 1932: PL 44; 1943: 84; Ben-Tor 1987:
236-43, Fig. 58; Franken and Steiner 1990: Figs. 2sample limitations restricted the full treatment of all
23:5, 2-24:1, 2-29:11, 2-35:3-4; Lapp 1978: 110, PLthe basic research questions (see below), it was
considered worthwhile to present the results of the
24; Lamon and Shipton 1939: Pis. 106, 112; Yadin
1958: Pis. LIX, LXIL5-8, LXXXVII:22-23,25,
analysis and the problems involved in dealing with
this class of finds. In conclusion several research
CXLII:23-26; 1960: Pis. LXXVII, CIV, CV:19-20,
CVII:22, CXXVI:26, CXLIX:1-12; Yadin and Geva
possibilities will be outlined.
1986: Figs. 38-39, Photos 45, 48; to name but a few).
The reasons for this omission are not easy to
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
understand. Its origins should perhaps be sought in
The current research was designed to clarify iss
the early days of archaeological research in the
country, when stratigraphie and chronological connected with the domestic groundstone indus
aspects, partly based on typological classifications at the City of David along three distinct lin
descriptive, methodological and interpretati
Since this class of finds has not been dealt with in
* Submitted October 1990.
the past by detailed typological or stratigraphie
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analyses, it was felt that a necessary step in the
present study was the clarification of any temporal
patterns that could be detected within the groundstone class of artifacts. The City of David excavations seemed to provide an appropriate case study
and described from several aspects (the raw data are
presented in Appendix A):
A. Provenience (record of stratum and locus
for a diachronic analysis, taking into consideration
which the object originated and the locus and
within the excavation). Spatial relations were
defined by both the designation of the area from
the long time span represented by the various
context description (e.g., fill, floor, foundation,
robbers' trench, etc.).
stratigraphie units in the excavated areas (ChalcoB. Raw material. Eight attribute states were used
lithic to Islamic periods; Shiloh 1984).
to describe this variable: 1) limestone; 2) basalt; 3)
In order to define the temporal characteristics of
sandstone; 4) flint; 5) vesicular basalt; 6) chalk; 7)
the assemblage, three analyses were deemed necesphosphorite; 8) other (various indeterminate matesary:
rials). Identification of raw material was carried out
A. Typological changes of grinding/pounding
vessels with time.
by the naked eye. In some instances, however, more
B. The relative frequencies of typological classes detailed tests or pétrographie analyses were used to
identify the raw material (see Appendix B).
within any period.
C. Length, width and thickness. These metrical
C. The metrical characteristics of specific types in
attributes
were measured in mm at their maximum
specific periods.
and
at
90°
to one another. The dimensions of
Only after dealing with the chronological aspects
broken items were measured when possible, but
could further subjects be raised:
D. Patterns of exploitation of raw materials andwere not used for specific statistical analyses.
the various techniques used for producing grinding/
D. Depth. This was measured only in hollow
vessels (such as bowls, basins, mortars, etc.). The
pounding stone tools.
E. Examination of the uses of various types and/measurement was taken in mm, perpendicular to an
or raw materials, which might have been diverse inimaginary horizontal line connecting the two sides
of the rim of the vessel.
both intraperiod and interperiod comparisons.
F. Patterns of intrasite spatial distribution of E. Diameter. This was also taken only in hollow
vessels, measured in mm at the opening of the
typological classes.
These analyses could have a bearing on techno- vessel. In the present sample it was also the
logical processes of the production of the stones, maximum distance between the walls of the vessel.
labor and trade organization (e.g., whether the
F. Weight. This is given in grams. Values are
stones were manufactured privately or by specia- correct within an instrument error of ± 5 g;
lized artisans, whether they were distributed from a however, several smaller objects were re-weighed
production center by means of a market economy,on a more sensitive scale.
etc.) and subsistence patterns, namely, which
materials were processed.
G. Morphology. This attribute describes the
shape of an artifact as seen in plan view. Nine
attribute states were used: 1) round; 2) elliptical; 3)
square; 4) rectangular; 5) amorphic; 6) oval; 7)
broken (when broken beyond recognition); 8)
indeterminate;
Groundstone artifacts are defined here,
following 9) cylindrical. Elliptical shape is
conceived
Clark (1988: 83), as 'all the artifacts produced
byhere
the as elongated, as opposed to the
more rounded
. . . process of pecking, grinding, abrading
andoval shape.
METHODOLOGY
H. Shape
of section (Fig. 23). This describes the
polishing.' At least one group of such artifacts
(flint
cross-section. The attribute states are: 1)
hammerstones) is described elsewhere transversal
(Rosen, this
round; 2)here
lens-like; 3) concave-convex; 4) planovolume, Chapter VI) and will not be discussed
convex; 5) rectangular; 6) trapezoidal; 7) convexconvex;
8) square; 9) triangular; 10) U-shaped; 11)
As is the common practice in biblical archaeology
excavations, the basic analytical unit used in this hat-like; 12) amorphic; 13) indeterminate (when
study is the basket. The artifacts were recorded by broken beyond recognition). Longitudinal section
an attribute analysis, in which every specimen was shape was noted in passing and usually conforms
identified by its basket number and then examined with the transverse pattern.
in detail.
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The other types consist of grinding utensils
1 w
(except for No. 15; see below), of which Nos. 10-
2 <Z522> /fa.
9 &22Z&
3 10^^
„V
5 ^
12 are upper stones. The lower grinding stone is also
known in the literature as a 'metate' (Carter 1977;
see Clark 1988; Flannery 1986: 147-56), a name
derived from South and Central America. The
difference between a grinding stone and a grinding
slab is primarily one of size (slabs have larger
working surface) and of shape (slabs are less regular
and do not show the typical elliptical or oval
morphology of a 'lower grinding stone'). The term
'mano' (attribute state No. 5) is also a South
American one (Clark 1988; Flannery 1986), describ-
6
7 ÏZZZZâ 13
ing a specific type of upper grinding stone (see
below). 'Muller' (attribute state No. 6) is also a
particular type of 'upper grinding stone' (see Belfer-
Fig. 23. Shapes of transversal cross-sections.
Cohen 1988: 191-92). In the current analysis the
distinction of upper grinding stone as opposed to
'mano' or 'muller' is based on their sizes and shapes:
I. Typology. The typological characteristics of
grinding/pounding stones are less definite than
those of pottery vessels, since the number of
while the former are larger and were probably
distinctive elements (e.g., rims, bases, decorations)
is low. The classification is therefore a flexible,
intuitive procedure.
employed with both hands, the latter two categories
are much smaller and fall within the group of the
'one-hand mano' (Clark 1988: Fig. 40).
A serious problem may arise when attempting to
differentiate between lower grinding stones of the
classical shape and upper stones belonging to the
Following Kraybill (1977: Tab. 1), the basic
typological division is between pounding as op- typical bun-shaped variety. In some cases, size
posed to grinding instruments. Each group consists serves as a criterion for distinction, since the lower
of lower and upper stones. Kraybill grouped them stones are larger. However, when intermediate sizes
in pairs, correlating types of lower stones with were encountered, the definition rested on several
specific upper stones. However, her scheme is based other criteria: when the face opposite the working
surface was not modified in any way and remained
on ethnographic material from hunter-gatherer
coarse,
this was taken as an indication of a lower
societies and cannot be employed here uncritically.
The typological list includes 17 types: 1) mortar; stone in which the coarse face was placed on the
2) pestle; 3) lower grinding stone; 4) grinding slab; ground or stuck into it, or inserted in a clay
5) bowl; 6) footed bowl; 7) bowlet; 8) cup mark; 9) emplacement, during work. On the other hand, if
basin; 10) upper grinding stone; 11) mano; 12)
the face opposite the working surface was smoothed
muller; 13) rounded hammerstone (without any
scars, but with pitting all over the surface); 14)
elongated hammerstone; 15) varia; 16) indeterminate; 17) broken.
Of these, Nos. 1, 2, 8, 13 and 14 are considered
or modified, and if the size and curve of the
opposite face fitted into the palm of the hand, the
items were considered to be upper grinding stones,
held in the palm during work. Another criterion for
distinction may be found in the degree and shape of
pounding instruments; in this category only the
pestle is an upper stone. The distinction between a
mortar and a deep bowl is a difficult one, and in
some cases the two terms may be interchangeable.
Differentiation between a small bowlet and a cup
mark is easier, since the diameter of the hole of a
curve of the working surface. While in lower stones
cup mark is small in relation to the area of the stone
grinding utensils, but which on the other hand could
surface, while in a bowlet this diameter takes up
not be included within any of the formal type classes
almost the whole surface.
used in the various analyses of finds from the
that surface tends to become concave with prolonged usage, the working platform of the upper
stone is either flat or slightly convex.
The term 'varia' was used to describe items that
were only loosely connected with either pounding or
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excavations. These items will be described in greater
Some of the stratigraphie designations are extremely
detail.
broad (e.g., Strata 17-20 cover some 1200 years),
J. Preservation. Attribute states here include: 1) while several artifacts originated from chronologicomplete; 2) broken longitudinally; 3) broken
cally questionable contexts within their assigned
transversally; 4) broken into fragments.
stratum. When broken down by typological classes,
K. Length of leg. In footed bowls the length of the sample is actually useless in terms of defining
the leg was measured from the rim of the bowl to any temporal patterns and diachronic changes.
the basis of the leg. This measurement was not
The poor sample is partly due to the fact that not
taken if the leg was broken.
all the items of possible interest for the current
analysis were available for study. This was partially
a result of the fact that some items were not saved
RESULTS
during the excavation. Others were too large to be
removed and could not be found during later visits
A. Sample Size and Preservation
to the site (although several were recorded by
Table 1 presents the absolute frequenciesphotographs).
of stone
Still others could not be located in
tools in the various strata and areas of excavation.
the laboratory, although they were appropriately
In order to achieve a better resolution, several strata
recorded and registered. Hence, the present sample
are collapsed together. Thus, all sub-divisionsofof190 items is by no means a complete one. Area G
Strata 3, 10 and 18 are disregarded, while Strata
7 yielded at least 15 additional groundstone
alone
and 8 (both Hellenistic) and 17 and 18 (both MB
items, two of which were saddle querns left at the
site. However, as far as I could establish, the
IIA-B) are combined.
As can clearly be seen from Table 1, sample size is
numbers of missing items are not large enough to
affect the results.
extremely small. The highest number of artifacts
was found in Stratum 12, dated to the 8th century
Out of the 190 objects recorded, there were only
BCE (N = 52), while the richest area is El (N = 76).
40 complete ones on which all the relevant
Table 1. Distribution of stone tools by stratum and area.
Area/Stratum Al B Dl D2 El E2 E3 G H K TOTAL
Unstr.
3
5
-
6-7
.
-
5
1
-
4
3
-
...
-
.
2
-
3
1
2
-
-
-
11
-
-
7
....
-
10
7
4
1
-
-
.
'
2
.
-
3
-
-
-
-
23
6
13
-
-
2
-
1
3
17
-
-
....
14
11
8
-
-
-
3
-
-
1
i
2
13
'
-
1
-
-
10
9
10-11
12
2
3
2-2-72---
7-8
9
2
12
6
10
1
-
5
32
io
-
2
-
52
...
9
13
14
1
1
7
-
-
15
...........
16
...........
17-18
....
19
20
ig
-
1
-
-
-
19
...........
....
17-20
i
.....
......
19-20
....
i
i
i
...
i
_
i
21
TOTAL
3
12
15
8
76
16
25
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30
4
1
190
measurements could be taken. Table 2 presents the
typological breakdown of these complete items. No
significant statistics regarding metrical data could
be extracted from such data, especially since 1 5 out
of the 40 undamaged specimens are classified as
'varia.' Consequently, any attempt to relate metrical
data to temporal patterns is rendered impossible.
Table 2. Typological breakdown of complete items
(all strata).
Type
N
Mortar
Pestle
5
Lower grinding stone 5
Upper grinding stone 5
Mano
4
Muller
B. Typology
1
Bowl
2
Footed bowl
Typological aspects seemed in many cases to be
Rounded hammerstone
inseparable from those of raw material and from the
Elongated hammerstone 1
techniques of execution of the objects. Hence, the Broken
following typological discussion touches upon all Grinding slab
Indeterminate
three issues. Table 3 presents the typological
breakdown by stratum across all areas of excava- Cup
mark
Varia
tion.
Bowlet
1. Mortars (N = 3; Fig. 24:1; cf. Lee 1973: Fig.
LBl:a-b; Samuel 1989: Figs. 12.2-12.3; Lamon and
Shipton 1939: PL 112:8). The only item from a
secure stratigraphie context comes from a floor in
2
13
2
Basin
TOTAL
40
workman
Stratum 12, but its position in the floor, i.e., whether well smoothed. The other two items are made of
it was inserted in the ground, in a pit, on a platform, basalt; while one is a surface find from a Roman
etc., is not clear. It is made of limestone by careful level, the other is of EB to MB IIA-B date.
Table 3. Typological classes by strata (all areas).
Type* I Stratum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 TOTAL
Unstr.
3
1
2
-
-
2
1
1
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
-
-
2
-
2
11
5
5
6
1
-
1
1
2
1
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
1
3
-
3
13
-
1
17
6-7
7-8
3
2
-
1
3
3
-
9
10
1
7
11
2
1
-
1
-
1
-
2
-
-
1
7
5
1
-
1
8
1
32
3
10-11
12
1
14
1
5
...
17-18
1
i
-
-
1
...
1
2
i
1
.
11
i
1
i
3
i
1
.
20
i
-
.
4
52
3
9
1422-2211-1-2-1
19
19
20
1
-
-
17-20
TOTAL
*
3
Type
10
24
9
9
14
numbers
6
are
-
1
6
5
25
as
in
7
7
2
the
46
2
type
15
190
list
described
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The distinction between mortars and deep bowls
can be extremely difficult. The criteria for distinguishing the two types should be metrical ones, and
were not so hard as to make grinding too difficult a
I suggest that they be based on the ratio between the
task. While vesicular basalt is considered by some
authorities to be a highly appropriate raw material
for such purposes (Xenophontos et al. 1988: 169,
depth of the hollow part to the diameter of the
Fig. 1:2-3), the size of the pores in the City of David
opening: i.e., the higher the ratio, the more 'mortar-
items is quite large and may reach 1-2 cm in
like' is the object. This suggestion is based on the
fact that a steeper angle of curvature reduces the
diameter and/or depth; thus the powdery substance
resulting from grinding could have fallen into them.
risk of the contents flying out during pounding (see
However, due to their size and curvature several
also Samuel 1989: 259). However, given the
such items were classified as lower stones.
extremely small sample size here it is difficult to When not too fragmentary, the items are mostly
set a threshold value for this ratio.
elliptical in plan view, with one or two oval
specimens. The cross-section in most cases is
2. Pestles (N=10; Fig. 24:2-5). Six of these are
plano-convex or shows a very slight concavity of
made of basalt, three of limestone and one of
the working platform (Figs. 24:6-8, 25:1-3, 26:1; see
vesicular basalt. One item is a surface find.
also Franken and Steiner 1990: Fig. 2-25:1; Gebel et
Several forms of pestles are grouped in the class.
al. 1988: Fig. 12:1; Lee 1973: Fig. LB2:a; Yadin
One item is a fragment. Three others (dated 1960:
to Pl. CIV: 16; Yadin and Geva 1986: Figs. 38:1Middle Bronze and Iron Age strata) are 'classical'
2,9, 39:1-2). However, in several cases the profiles
pestles, i.e., elongated and cylindrical in form (Davis
showed shallow troughs along the object, their
1982: Fig. 3.3:4-8; Franken and Steiner 1990: Figs.
depth varying between 5 and 46 mm (Figs. 24:6-8,
2-23:5, 2-29:11, 2-35:3-4; Kirkbride 1966: Fig. 7:4,6;
25:2-4; Yadin and Geva 1986: Figs. 38:12-13, 39:8).
Lamon and Shipton 1939: PI. 106:7-9), of which the
These could have been formed intentionally when
complete one measures 127 x 58 x 52 mm (Fig.
the item was manufactured in order to produce
24:2). Of these, one is polished along its whole
higher margins and thus prevent any loss of ground
length, but the others show signs of polish onlymaterial,
on
or may result from repeated grinding
their working edges (cf. Lapp 1978: PI. 24), which
action over a prolonged period. When grinding, the
are heavily battered. One item from the Persian
worker moves the upper stone from the proximal
Stratum 9 is a bell-shaped pestle (91 x 57 x 57 mm)
end (i.e., the one closer to his body; see Clark 1988:
(Fig. 24:3; see Davis 1982: Figs. 3.2, 3.4:5-6;
89-90) towards the center of the lower stone. The
Kirkbride 1966: Fig. 7:1-3 for Neolithic items;orientation of the lower stone might have been
Lamon and Shipton 1939: PI. 106:11, of Iron Age
frequently alternated, so that the abrasion of its
date). Pestles of later (Hellenistic and Byzantine)
working edge would be equal on both ends; or it
periods, however, tend towards a squat, cuboid
could have been rotated when one edge was too
form (54 x 48 x 45 mm and 48 x 36 x 36 mm) (Fig. worn to be used. Another sign of prolonged use
24:4-5; cf. Iron Age items: Ben-Tor 1987: Fig. 58:15- would be the very smooth, sometimes almost
20; Lamon and Shipton 1939: PL 106:4-5, 10-13,
polished, surfaces of the stone. In such cases,
where they are classified as 'hammers'). All the later
working faces would have to be renewed by pecking
specimens have in common two parallel worked (see below), in order to preserve the roughness
necessary for the grinding action. Since striations
resulting from heavy abrasion can be seen on the
Most of the pestles are quite light (weight range is working surfaces of such items (Figs. 24:6,8; 25:1),
105-1010 g) and seem unsuitable for heavy pound- and in a few cases (El/3486, El/21610, El/21655, G
ing of tough materials.
4566) pecking could be detected on the surfaces, I
tend to believe that the troughs observed on the
3. Lower grinding stones (N = 24; Figs. 24:6-8, 25:1- items are the result of use rather than of the original
5, 26:1). These comprise 15 made of limestone, five shaping of the product. Pecking may also appear on
of vesicular basalt, three of flint and one of finer- the outer face of a stone (see Fig. 25:3).
grained basalt. The materials for making lower
The heaviest complete specimen weighed 8740 g
grinding stones were probably selected for their and measured 390 x 190 x 78 mm (Fig. 24:6).
edges, but only the wider and flatter one shows signs
of polish, sometimes to a sheen, as a result of usage.
durability, thus giving a long life to the object, but Broken objects often weighed more than 4 kg.
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Specimens in this typological class show a clear
tendency to break transversally (Figs. 24:7-8;
25:2,4). This may be partly due to attrition and
thinning as a result of repeated grinding (see also
Clark 1988). However, it may also be viewed as the
physically probable breakage pattern for an elongated object.
haphazardly from local raw material. A similar
technique of executing lower grinding stones/bowls
is known from Arad in the EB (Saban n.d.). The
other specimens in the sample are more similar to
the latter than to the well-made one. Yadin presents
several intermediate cases of bowls that are carefully
hewn but not well finished (1958: PL LIX:12; 1960:
PL LXXVII:13,15; see also Gebel et al. 1988: Fig.
4. Grinding slabs (N = 9; Fig. 26:2-3). Four are made
of limestone, three of flint and two of vesicular
13:12-13).
Wherever possible, the ratio of the depth of the
basalt. These objects are large, massive lower
hollow part to the diameter of the opening was
stones. Little effort seems to have been made to
calculated; it was found to range between 0.18 and
shape them. The working faces are smoothed0.42.
and While still not sufficient to establish the
boundary line between mortars and deep bowls,
polished from heavy use, and most of the objects
these results may form a first clue for such an
show a concave-convex section, attesting to conanalytical distinction.
siderable attrition. Although none is complete
(Table 2), all the specimens are quite heavy (ranging
6. Footed bowls (N=14; Fig. 27). Although these
between 1240 and 6500 g) and thick. In fact, these
sometimes appear in the literature as footed
slabs are the flat, relatively wide lower stones known
mortars, I refer to them as footed bowls, based on
from both ethnographic examples (e.g., Reynolds
the tentative criterion suggested above.
1968: Pl. Y) and archaeological material (Samuel
This group is very homogeneous in terms of raw
1989: 260, Figs. 12.4-12.6, 12.11). Their outer faces
material:
except for one item made of vesicular
are not very convex and they can conveniently
be
laid on a flat surface (see also Fig. 25:4; cf. basalt,
Davis all are of fine-grained basalt. However, none
of the specimens is complete. As a rule, the objects
1982: Fig. 3.7).
are well made and carefully finished (Fig. 27:2-5),
5. Grinding bowls (N = 9; Fig. 26:4-5). Seven of except
these for one item where the basalt was left rough
are made of limestone, one of basalt and one (Fig.
of
27:1). Some variation can be seen in the shape
and
length
of the leg relative to the body of the bowl
flint. The two complete specimens (both of limeitself (Appendix A; Fig. 27). In one instance the
stone) are quite heavy (9400 and 6145 g). Recordvessel has a ledge handle (Fig. 27:3). Renewal by
able diameters (N = 6) of the vessels range between
pecking could be observed on the inside of H 5041/1
92 and 200 mm, again showing no clear temporal
trends.
(Fig. 27:2); this is rare in basalt, where pecking and
striations are difficult to identify. This type is very
In some cases the rim tends to be asymmetrical,
well
i.e., one side is higher than the other (E2/1212,
El/known from Iron Age assemblages (see Ben-Tor
1987: Fig. 58:2; Lamon and Shipton 1939: 14, and
10913). The inside of the bowl is sometimes highly
especially 12, described by them as a 'very common
polished and smoothed by use (E2/1212; El/ 16504,
type
seen in Fig. 26:5), and one item (El/21544, seen
in throughout Strata V-I'; Yadin 1958: Pis.
Fig. 26:4) has signs of pecking on the inside ofLIX:
the12,17, LXII:5; Yadin 1960: Pis. LXXVII:2-6,
CIV: 13, CXXVL12).
bowl. In one instance (E3/12955) the bowl is wide
and shallow, and is reminiscent of a basin.
7. Bowlets (N = 6; Fig. 28:1-3). The six specimens
The specimens seen in Fig. 26:4-5 demonstrate
are made of chalk, limestone (two items each),
that at least two techniques were used to manufac-
basalt and vesicular basalt (one each). Sizes vary
ture bowls. The item in Fig. 26:5 was accurately
The chalk bowlets (D 1/1 2527; El/
executed and carefully finished and smoothedconsiderably.
(cf.
17436,
seen
in
Fig. 28:3) are rough and their outer
Ben-Tor 1987: Fig. 58:3; Gebel et al. 1988: Fig.
faces are not well finished. The limestone objects are
13:10; Yadin 1958: Pl. LIX:13; Yadin 1960: Pl.
more finely made (Fig. 28:1-2). One of these (E3/
CIV: 10). Its function may not have been connected
with domestic grinding activities (see also the12852) has a base that is not completely flat, and the
hollow in the center is not symmetrical. The walls
mortar in Fig. 24:1). The item seen in Fig. 26:4 is
are quite thick in all cases (cf. Ben-Tor 1987: Fig.
a hollowed-out limestone boulder, probably made
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58:5-7; Yadin 1960: Pis. CIV: 11-12, CXXVLll).
Complete examples measured 66 x 53 x 36 mm
Kirkbride (1966: Fig. 7:5,7-9,11-12) defined a
similar artifact group at Beidha as 'cup bowls';
(250 g); 220 x 155 x 40 mm (1790 g); 132 x 93 x 37
mm (740 g); 1 1 1 x 96 x 61 mm (900 g); 108 x 75 x 46
their maximum size was 50-130 mm, and the
mm (435 g). These items are unquestionably upper
stones. Many of the almost complete specimens are
depression in their center as deep as 20 mm.
only slightly larger and heavier (e.g., the one in Fig.
25:9), and can also be classified as upper stones.
8. Cup marks (N = 6; Fig. 28:4-6). Three are made of
limestone, two of basalt and one of vesicular basalt.
However, some items, a few of which are heavily
damaged, were probably originally much more
The group consists of small objects (Fig. 28:4) in
which the stone itself is limited in surface area, and massive (Appendix A; Fig. 29:3-4; Yadin 1960: PI.
larger items (Fig. 28:6) in which the hollow isCIV: 18). Apparently, upper stones may be divided
into at least two broad categories: small items
relatively deep and the sunken area is only a small
fraction of the total surface of the boulder.
reminiscent of manos in size but not shape, and
larger specimens similar to the lower components.
Two specimens (Dl/13264, El/9686; Fig. 28:4-5)
The differences in size may reflect functional
are actually manos (see below) with two smoothed
differences (see the discussion below).
faces. In the first case a cup mark was pounded into
As noted above, distinguishing between relatively
each face. At least one of these two holes (the deeper
one) was used to pound or grind ocher, and clearlarge upper stones and relatively small lower stones
can be extremely problematic, especially since most
of the objects are broken. While the rough outer
the second the hollow is deep and marked.
surfaces of some stones served as a criterion to
Two additional items (D2/13830, D2/2039 6) bear
two holes on one face. The former had been an
include them with the lower stones (they were
difficult to hold in the palm of a hand), the reverse is
upper grinding stone before the holes were
not necessarily true, since some lower stones had
pounded. The latter has an asymmetrical rim.
smoothed outer surfaces. Fig. 25:8 is an example of
an
9. Basins (N = 5; Fig. 28:7-8). One is made of basalt, object which may be either a small lower stone or
an upper stone, although it was classified here as the
the rest of chalk and limestone. The depth of the
basins varies considerably, ranging from 5 to 61latter (cf. Yadin 1960: PL CIV:14-15,17; Yadin and
1986: Figs. 38:5,6, 39:9).
mm. They are rectangular or square in plan view: Geva
it
Working
faces are totally flat (plano-convex or
is this latter characteristic which distinguishes basins
from bowls.
triangular in transverse and longitudinal sections),
or slightly convex. This convexity was probably
One basin (Fig. 28:8) has a series of shallow
ledges inside the hollow and on the base. The object caused by the use of somewhat greater pressure on
seen in Fig. 28:7 is well executed. Two walls incline the lateral edges of the item during work, thus
inward, while a third is thick and projects outward.smoothing them and reducing their topography in
The sunken area in the center is square (see also relation to the central part. In one instance (Fig.
ocher stains could be detected inside the hollow. In
Yadin 1960: PI. CIY:20, though considerably
25:9) signs of battering were observed on the
larger).
surface, and the implement may have served as a
hammer stone.
10. Upper grinding stones (N = 25; Fig. 29:3-4). The
In three cases (D 1/6728/1, El/7876, E2/12050)
vast majority of these originates from Iron II strata
pecking could be observed on the working surfaces
(see Table 3). Fifteen are made of limestone, eight of
of the upper stones, presumably to renew the
surface and to improve grinding. On the whole,
vesicular basalt and two of flint.
however, pecking appears less frequently than in the
Since the upper stones were the active ones during
lower stones.
the grinding action, i.e., those moved by human
hands, their weight and size are significant factors in
77. Manos (N = 7; Fig. 29:1-2). The mano is by
their production, and this class of artifacts is
definition an upper grinding stone made from a
expected to be smaller and lighter than the lower
rounded item, with either one or both faces flat. In
theare
present sample all objects but two are of Iron
Only five items were complete (Table 2); these
stones.
Age date. The item from Stratum 7 is made of
small and light and relatively easy to handle.
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limestone, while the others are made from a variety
category of groundstone tools in terms of their
of materials: two of sandstone, one each of basalt,
manner of production, but rarely seem to have been
flint, limestone and phosphorite. The sizes of items
used for grinding/pounding activities, as is the case
with the objects described so far.
vary from 70 to 112 mm (length), 57 to 98 mm
(width), 24 to 46 mm (thickness); weight for
complete items ranges between 325 and 975 g, i.e.,
One specific type, the chalk cylinders, appears as
a distinct group within the 'varia' category (E3/
at the lower range of upper grinding stones. Section
13012/1, E3/13012/2, E3/13145, E3/13172, E3/
shapes are round, plano-convex, rectangular or
lens-like, while in plan view these objects are
round/oval or rectangular. The 'handstones' de-
13174, E3/13 175, E3/13187, E3/13193-13196, E3/
scribed by Davis (1982: 87-96, Figs. 3.5:3-9, 3.4:314) are such manos, as are Lee's (1973: Fig. LB25:ad) 'small hand-stone grinders.'
15517, all from L. 1901A-B (Photo 20); El/9035
and El/9035/1 from L. 1352; Dl/13259; E2/12024;
E3/19168; E3/15530). The majority of these objects
was found in a pit dating from the 8th century BCE
in Area E3, and only one (E2/12024) dates from
Roman times. Some are modified by 'shaving' along
the outer face of the object (Fig. 30:1-4). In most
12. Mullers (N = 7). These are upper stones made of
small flat pebbles with ogival lateral working
surfaces; i.e., the working faces are the narrow
edges of the pebble. This results in most cases in a
rectangular cross-section (in the present sample, in
four out of seven specimens). Three items are made
of limestone and one each of basalt, flint, vesicular
instances the ends are pointed, but in a few
examples the end is blunt and rounded (Fig. 30:5).
All of them were found covered with a yellowishbrown concretion, the nature of which is not yet
clear. The location of this concretion on the face of
basalt and sandstone.
the cylinder does not show any consistent pattern: it
sometimes covers the length of the object on half of
In one case (B 596) the muller shows signs its
of circumference, and in other cases it appears in
battering around its circumference, as if it were used
patches.
at some point as a hammerstone, a type defined by
Belfer-Cohen (1988: 191-92) as 'muller-hammer-
stone.' Another muller (H 5041/3) is a secondary
product. The two broad faces, formerly the working
surfaces of an upper grinding stone, were smoothed
and polished by use, and one of them was battered
by hammering. Only then were the lateral edges
used.
13. Round hammerstones. These are discussed by
Rosen (this volume). They are mostly made of flint
and show clear signs of pecking, either for their
initial shaping from flint pebbles or for renewal of
battered surfaces.
14. Elongated hammerstones (N = 2). One (B 568/2)
is made of flint. The long plane of the item is
covered with cortex; although it has the typical
plano-convex cross-section of a grinding stone, it is
therefore classified as a hammerstone. Battering
signs appear on the edges rather than on the narrow
distal-proximal ends. The other item (El /9067) is
made of limestone.
15. Varia (N = 46; Figs. 28:9; Fig. 30; PI. 13). This
group consists of objects of various shapes, types
Photo 20. Area E3, chalk cylinders from L. 1901B (ZR).
and raw materials. Many of these fall into the
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In two instances (E3/13012/1, E3/13012/2) striations are engraved deep into the soft chalk (Fig.
30:5-6; Photo 20). These are undoubtedly intentional and look as if they were made by rubbing a
rough object, perhaps vegetal material, along the
cylinder.
The function of these objects is obscure. It has
been suggested (A. Belfer-Cohen, personal communication) that these were reserves of chalk: when
chalk was needed in small amounts, for instance to
Two pieces (El/10840, G 11385), dated to MB
IIA-B and to the 7th century BCE, are elliptical, the
latter showing a lens-like section. The former has a
flat, worked face, while the opposite face has a
groove running along it. The second item is made of
sandstone and a very shallow groove runs along one
of its faces. These objects are reminiscent of the
artifacts known in prehistoric industries as shaftstraighteners, but their functions were not necessarily the same.
Two votive basins, not functional in terms of
grinding,
have been included here. One is a tiny
purposes of making a dye or a special plaster,
the
object
cylinder was either 'shaved' or rubbed and
the with two holes in it. One is diagonal to the
be mixed with other materials or minerals for
and goes through the wall; the other is
powder collected and further processed. inner
Such surface
a
a conical
process would have affected the thickness of
the hole leading from the rim of the basin into
the
sunken area. A second object (Fig. 28:9; PI. 13:1)
object rather than its length. The only complete
item
is mm,
well made, with its outer face smoothed and
(E3/13172; Fig. 30:1) measures 62 x 112 x 112
but others, broken transversally, vary in thickness
polished. A deep groove separates it into two parts,
and is higher than the hole breaching the side of the
from 36 to 159 mm. However, striations or 'shaving'
vessel.and
do not occur specifically on the thinner objects,
Two objects attesting to secondary use are
thus cannot be directly correlated with their
included in the 'varia' class. The first (Dl/13335)
Three more specimens, morphologically identical was formerly a mano made of vesicular basalt, into
with this group, are made of harder limestone (E2/ which a basin or a cup mark was later pounded.
While reminiscent of some of the cup marks
1561, E3/13173, E3/12992/4).
described above, the shape of the hollow and its
Another group that appears consistently,
although not as abundantly as the first one, are extent are not clear because of the breakage (Fig.
reduction.
30:12). The other item (El/9987) appears to have
been used twice: once as an upper grinding stone
El/8652, El/9957, E3/7548, G 4617, G 4829, G
11739, G 11794). These are made of hard, fine- with a smooth and shiny working face, and once as
grained limestone which seems to have been care- a lower stone showing a stepped longitudinal
the triangular and rectangular pebbles (E2/1572,
fully chosen, and one item (G 1 1794) is made of true
dolomite. The base is wide and slightly convex (Fig.
section on the opposite face.
A curious elongated object (G 4296), probably
30:7-8) or flat (Fig. 30:9-10; PI. 13:2-3) and is
made of sandstone, originated from a fill of the
polished, probably as a result from being used as a
grinder. In one case (G 4829; PI. 13:4) a hole exists
on one side and striations, probably as a result of
use, appear on the face rather than the base. Yadin
Persian period. All faces are well polished and
smoothed (Fig. 30:11). It resembles Davis's (1982:
an exclusive use for them.
from their being broken.
106, Fig. 3.11:1-2) type 1 of 'small abraders,' apart
from the fact that it was not originally a natural
(1960: PI. CV:l-6) presents an identical group, pebble.
One object, made of an unidentified magmatic
though at Hazor they were made of basalt rather
than limestone.
material, is perhaps a jewelry mold (E3/7772; Fig.
The function of this group is again unclear. Since30:13).
two rectangular objects (Fig. 30:9-10; PI. 13:2-3), as The rest of the objects included in 'varia' are
well as several other groundstone items not avail-pieces that could not be attributed with certainty to
able for the current analysis, were found on the any of the formal groups (see PI. 13:5).
floor of the 'House of the Bullae' in Area G, it has
been suggested that their existence is connected in16. Indeterminate (N = 2). Both are made of limesome way with the manufacture of the bullae. stone and dated to Iron Age II. The difficulty in
classifying these items stems from their indefinite
However, they also occur in other contexts, and
hence the manufacture of bullae was not in any casecharacteristics (shape of section, etc.) as well as
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limestone, and one is of true dolomite. The fine-
17. Broken (N= 15). These are fragments that could
not be identified. Eight are made of vesicular basalt,
grained limestone seems to have been chosen for
three of basalt and two each of flint and limestone.
artifacts requiring better finishing. However, for the
Except for three, all the items were unmeasurable
manufacture of many of the lower and upper
and weigh between 100 and 860 g. The remaining
grinding stones biogenic limestone was used. This
three items (Al/670, B 567/3, El/10912) may have
rock is morphologically very similar to kurkar:
been grinding stones, judging from their sections,
negative imprints of fossil mollusks abound, and the
matrix is coarse. The effect of this texture on
although it is impossible to tell whether they were
lower or upper ones. Another object (E2/7179)
grinding is identical to that of vesicular basalt - it
shows the longitudinal section of a saddle quern,serves to enhance the effectiveness of the grinding
but the finished working face shows the convexity
action, but on the other hand much of the powdery
and polish of an upper stone.
product may get lost in the pores. The origin of both
kinds of raw material is in the vicinity of Jerusalem,
and they can be found in the various formations of
C. Raw Material
the Cenomanian Judea Group.
Of the eight categories of raw material, limestone On
is the whole, limestone was chosen for making
the most common (N = 72). It appears in almost
theall
grinding implements, especially the larger ones:
strata where groundstone tools are found. When
15 lower stones, four grinding slabs, seven bowls,
sample size is somewhat larger (e.g., the Hellenistic
one mortar and 15 upper stones are made of this
material.
period and Iron Age: Strata 7-8, 10, 12; Table 4)
it is
the dominant raw material.
Basalt is the second most common raw material
The term limestone includes several kinds of rock:
(N = 34). Its temporal distribution is somewhat
uneven, and the bulk of basalt items seems to
many of the objects are made of fine-grained, hard
Table 4. Distribution of raw material.
Material! Stratum L B S F V.B. C P O ? TOTAL
Unstr.
3
5
6
i
1
4
6
7
2
1
1
11
-------
1-1
g
-
-
-
2
-
3
6-7
7-8
9
10
11
4
-
9
3
19*
4
16
13
14
15
3
2
1
3
i
4
-
-
1
1
4
-
-
-
2
5
-
.
3
-
-
-
2
-
i
5
1
-
18
17
.
1
-
6
13
3
-
.
-
7
1
2
.
1
-
1
4
-
3
-
-
-
10-11
12
-
2
32
-
-
*
10
-
2
52
---------
3
2
-
-
4
9
---------
16
17-18
19
20
9
1
-
i
19-20
TOTAL
2
1
-
2
-------
17-20
21
3
1
19
---------
i
1
.
.
-
i
-----
i
-
-----
i
---------
72
34
7
14
28
25
1
7
2
190
* Includes 1 dolomite item.
Key: L - limestone; B - basalt; S - sandstone; F - flint; V.B. - vesicular basalt; C - chalk; P - phosphorite; O - othe
undefined.
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appear in the later periods (Stratum 9 onwards).
This was apparently the preferred raw material for
making footed bowls and pestles (see above).
The problematic nature of vesicular basalt in a
Table 5. Number of objects per locus (N > 2).
Area Locus Stratum N Context
B1 128 2 7 Bedrock floor
B
grinding implement has already been discussed;
despite this, 13 out of 28 items made of this material
129
-
2
-
D1 361 9 2 Unclear
D1 468 12 2 Plastered floor
are upper and lower grinding stones. Both basalt
and vesicular basalt had to be brought to Jerusalem
E2 503 5 2 Debris accumulated up to
from a distance. The nearest sources are in
El 519 7-6 2 Floor
70 CE
El
10
Transjordan, though an exposure exists
in617
Wadi
2 Pit
El 631 11 3 Floor
Far'ah, some 30 km north of Jericho. Basalt could
G 783 10B 2 Floor of four-roomed house
also have been brought from the Golan Heights
and
G 790 10B 2
the Galilee.
Floor of four-roomed house
G 804 10B 2 Collapse on top of staircase
Flint appears in the form of larger artifacts (i.e.,
G 818
lower stones, grinding slabs and upper stones of the
10B 3 Floor north of four-roomed
house
G 951 3 3 Debris
larger variety). The flint in this sample seems to be
G 967 10B 4 Floor of 'House of Bullae'
of an inferior quality, with many cracks and
G 997 10B 2 Floor of 'Burnt House'
impurities, of a kind abundant in the vicinity ofG
Jerusalem. The hardness of the material combined
1008 3 A 3 Fill
El 1352 12 4 Pit
El 1365 7 2 Debris
with its rough texture would make for efficient
El 1390 18 2 From floor, but not certainly
grinding/pounding tools, though limestone utensils
in situ
were perhaps preferred due to their higher elasticity.
El 1394 11 2 Stone collapse above floor
Sandstone appears exclusively in Iron Age strata.
E2 1484 6 2 Stone collapse
The origins of this sandstone were probably in the
E3 1527 5 2 Debris
Negev and/or Sinai (see Appendix B), perhapsEl 1612 12 2 Pit
El 1648 17-18 2 Fill
explaining the fact that it was used mainly for
El
smaller types of upper grinding stones (manos,1658 14 2 Floor with poorly constructed
mullers and 'shaft-straighteners' in secondary use).
El
Chalk, a material common in the Judea Group
E3
installation
1660 7 7 Fill
1901A 12 2 Pit
rocks, is a very soft material which does not seem to
E3
1901B 12 11 Pit
El
be especially appropriate for making grinding
implements. Indeed, except for six bowlets and
2161 18 3 Pit
basins, it was used almost exclusively for the
manufacture of the pointed cylinders, a fact that
explains its main appearance in a single stratum (12) period. Floors in Area G ar
relatively large numbers of
and a single locus (L. 190 IB).
them.
The types found together o
not necessarily form a comp
Table 5 presents the loci in the excavation in which upper components) of either
D. Spatial Distribution
more than one item was discovered and their
kits. One may encounter o
various types, a number of bro
'varia.' When a formal set is fo
When discussing intrasite spatial relationships,
contexts.
fit
accurate contemporaneity of the objects must
be them together, due to the
established. As a rule, floor contexts are the almost
most
impossible to reconstr
the vessels and clarify whether
effective means available of defining such contemsize a5,lower one found next to it.
poraneity. However, as can be seen from Table
many other floors of different periods a single
concentrations of groundstone tools are mostlyOn
the
result of accumulations in fills or are derived from
implement was found. There are 26 such instances
(Table 6). In several cases such items are connected
collapses. There are rarely more than two vessels of
with
installations, usually of unspecified character.
this category on a single unquestionable floor in any
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Table 6. Floors with a single item: breakdown by area
and stratum.
Stratum/Area 10 11 12 14 17-18 TOTAL
B
Dl
3
1
D2
El
G
6
2
3
1
3
1
1
2
-
3
-
2
1
14
3
6
Kirkbride 1966: 32-36, Figs. 7; 9:1-3 - all PPNB
assemblages from Chayönu, Basta and Beidha; Lee
1973: 263, 270 - Chalcolithic from Teleilat Ghassul;
to name but a few examples). These are the same
forms as those found in Bronze and Iron Age sites,
the only exception being the appearance of footed
bowls, apparently in the Late Bronze Age. Indeed,
ethnographic evidence indicates that in certain rural
societies the same types prevailed until quite recent
times (Clark 1988; Reynolds 1968; Dalman 1933).
A lower stone was found on a floor with an oven or
hearth remains (L. 2616), while an elongated
hammerstone was discovered near an oven (L.
1201).
The number of items per area seems to reflect the
Hillman (1984: 8) has been able to show that in the
absence of modern technology there are very few
ways of doing any one of the tasks associated with
the stages of cereal processing. It would seem that
the shapes of groundstone tools, in the absence of
such modern technology, are so greatly determined
by their functional role that changing fashions or
size and volume of excavation rather than any
traditions did not affect their basic form. Only slight
differences in function of the specific area or socio-
changes, if any, have occurred over a period of some
economic status of the inhabitants.
20,000 years. This fact suggests a strong connection
between function and form. This conservatism, on
DISCUSSION
A. Function and Form
the other hand, may turn groundstone implements
into prime objects on which stylistic variation, in the
sense of Sackett (1977), may be observed. Sizes,
however, do vary considerably, apparently independently of chronological factors, as an intra-assemOne of the goals of the present study, the establish-
ing of a chronological sequence of the appearance
blageof
trait.
Ever since their appearance, pounding/grinding
various groundstone tools, proved impossible. This
stones
was due partly to sample size problems, but mainly have been viewed as part of the techniques
to the nature of the items themselves. Ben-Tor
for processing vegetal food which heralded the
(1987) has noted correctly that mortars andappearance
grind- of true agriculture. Mortars and pestles
are traditionally
seen as the means of processing
ing stones are difficult to date typologically.
He
nuts and acorns, while grinding stones {sensu lato )
suggests that the daily use of such vessels required
supposedly used for cereal processing (Byrd
their production from a hard raw material, were
namely
1989:
178, and references therein). Such a hypothstone (preferably hard stone). This fact made
them
esisand
relates the gradual disappearance of the former
less breakable and hence their long use-lives
lack of fast, dramatic typological changes. over time to the establishment of fully agricultural
communities in the Levant and the growing reliance
When viewed in a chronological perspective,
on cereal foods. However, the pattern seems to be
groundstone implements show very little variation
complex. While ethnographic evidence from
since their introduction into the repertoire ofmore
human
material remains. The earliest specimens dated
non-agricultural
to
societies supports this suggestion
(Kraybill 1977), both archaeological evidence and a
the early Epipaleolithic cultures of the Levant
(19,000-12,500 years BP) (e.g., En Gev I; Bar-Yosef
variety of ethnographies indicate that this is not
necessarily
the case. Byrd (1989: 178-79), for
1970: Fig. 97) are already fully developed and
show
example,
considerable diversity. The same basic shapes,
and a notes that replacement of pounding by
grinding may be related to reduced production costs
rather small range of raw materials, were exploited
rather than to changes in the types of vegetal
in the later Natufian, Neolithic (both pre-pottery
and pottery) and Chalcolithic periods (seeresources
Bar- exploited, as much more plant material
could be processed in a shorter time. Other studies
Yosef and Belfer-Cohen 1989: Figs. 6; 10:7-10,14demonstrate that mortars and pestles were part and
Epipaleolithic; Davis 1982: 73-174, Figs. 3.2-3.16,
Pis. 3.I-3.III; Gebel et al. 1988: 122-26, Figs. parcel
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threshing and glume wheats (see below). According
to some ethnographers, the two distinct sets are
ological data, based on relative geographical proximity and similarity of climatic conditions (see Wylie
used in different environmental circumstances.
1985 on the use of analogy), and probably also on
similarity of agricultural technology. Such a model
Experiments with an archaeological mortar (Samuel
1989: 266) indicated that pounding fragmented
maythe
explain the appearance of both grinding and
grain into a large range of sizes and thatpounding
a few vessels in one household. Admittedly,
very few mortars appear in the City of David
spilling of material out of the mortar during the record, but bowls may have been used for finer
process of pounding itself. Thus, pounding seems pounding, perhaps in the later stages of grain
not to have been a very efficient and economic
processing. Moreover, wooden implements that
method of grain processing. In Gwembe Valley might have been used in pounding/grinding have
kernels remained intact, while there was some
pounding of cereals was carried out in times of
'reasonable plenty' (Reynolds 1968: 82). Grinding,
on the other hand, is more economical and might
have been used in years when harvests were poorer.
Hillman (1984) has suggested another scenario.
probably not been preserved. For instance, when
experimenting with pounding, Samuel (1989: 259,
Fig. 12.9) used a long wooden pestle, on the basis of
Egyptian models and paintings dated to the elAmarna period. Dalman (1933: 213) describes the
On the basis of his ethnoarchaeobotanical work in
use of wooden pestles and hammers in Lebanon,
Syria and Palestine, and mentions the existence of
Turkey, he presented a model describing the stages
wooden mortars, 20-25 cm high from base to rim
of cereal processing from harvest to storage. The
and with a hole 12 cm deep; these were used for
initial phases are different for free-threshing wheats
(e.g., bread wheat, rye and barley which, whengrinding coffee beans. Hillman's model can also
threshed, immediately separate into rachis segexplain the variety of shapes and sizes for a single
type, if indeed they were used at various stages of
ments, grains and light chaff) and for glume wheats.
processing.
The latter have to be pounded (and sometimes even
It must be stressed here that the model is difficult
parched) in order to release the grain from the
spikelets. The final stages of grain processing to
aretest in the case of the City of David, due to the
insufficient
resolution of the data. Of the botanical
identical for the two types of cereals: after several
remains analyzed from the City of David excavawinnowings and sieving the hulled grain (hulled
forms of barley and oats, in the specific case) istions,
de- only two seeds of barley, identified to the
genus level, have been reported (Liphschitz and
husked by means of 'loose-set rotary querns, saddle
Waisel 1992), thus rendering impossible any reconand trough querns ... or by pounding in large
wooden or stone mortars' (Hillman 1984: 6, Fig. struction
4).
of the agricultural products (e.g., freeas opposed to glume wheats), and the
Bran removal at a later stage is also carried out threshing
by
processes necessary to prepare them for consumppounding, and the same is true for grain cracking,
tion. The same analyses do not support or refute the
usually done by loose querning or pounding, but
possibility that grinding/pounding vessels were
with different pestles I mallets from the previous
made of wood. Boxwood has been reported from
stages (emphasis mine). A similar process was
a floor in Area G, dated to the late Iron Age, but
described for Palestine and Syria, where various
since it was imported from abroad (e.g., central and
implements were used to prepare the wheat: first
mortars and wooden pestles, and only later on
western Europe, Spain, North Africa, southern
grinding implements (Dalman 1933: 273).
Turkey or northern Syria; Fahn and Werker
1992), it is hardly conceivable that it was used for
Taking into consideration the evidence for
temporal stability of the morphologies of ground- daily implements in all households. Other wood
stone tools, and Hillman's above-mentioned conremains from the excavations are of local species
clusion about the similarity of techniques in certain (Fahn and Werker 1992; Werker and Baruch 1992),
societies, application of this model to the archae- which apparently have not been worked.
Hillman's (1984) observations indicated that the
ological case at hand seems a legitimate endeavor.
Clearly, for Iron Age strata the validity of the spatial distribution of tasks connected with grain
processing is strongly influenced by climatic condiapplication is stronger, since they yielded the largest
numbers of artifacts. An analogy can certainly be tions: in regions with dry summers, dusty tasks (e.g.,
drawn between the ethnographic and the archae- threshing, winnowing and pounding) may be carried
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out on a large scale out-of-doors, thus preventing
dirt and dust from entering the living quarters. This
is indeed the habit of Arab villagers today. In such
regions the harvest is bulk-stored in the form of
cleaned grain, as opposed to wet-summer regions,
where dusty procedures are carried out inside the
houses and the grain is bulk-stored as spikelets.
The City of David falls within the first category of
climatic regions. Several mortars/bowls which were
documented in situ were found inside rooms (Photos
21-22), stuck in the floors in order to prevent their
movement while pounding (see also Samuel 1989:
259). However, given the fact that excavation
concentrated mainly on built structures and less
on open areas, the possibility cannot be ruled out
that at any one period function-specific areas
existed within the city boundaries (or outside the
walls), where winnowing and pounding on a large
scale were carried out. It is worth noting in this
connection that the pestles recovered from the
various habitation structures in all the periods
represented in the sample are 'light-duty' implements, not heavy enough to pound large quantities
of grain with any efficiency. The processed grain
may have been stored in the individual houses;
where no constructed silos were discovered, jars
could have served for storage. Another possibility is
that such pestles served for other domestic purposes; for example, Dalman (1933: 213) notes that
meat and onion, in addition to grain, were pounded
in mortars.
Photo 22. Area El, bowl (El /2 1544) on the floor of L.
2135 (YS).
Grinding, as opposed to pounding, seems to have
been a totally domestic activity, its goal being the
final preparation of grain, i.e., making flour, for
daily consumption. The amounts of grain that could
be ground at one time on a lower grinding stone/
slab could not have been very large, taking into
account the fact that such items are usually rimless.
Samuel (1989: 262-66, Fig. 12.5) observed that no
more than 15-20 ml of fragmented grain (after
pounding) could be ground at a time, because flour
fell off the sides. In order to collect the prepared
flour, the lower stones were frequently placed on a
pedestal or 'quern emplacement.' Such installations
were found at el- Amarna (Samuel 1989: 260), and
one was documented in situ in the City of David
(Photo 23). The stone would be in many cases
slightly tilted, and a catching basin for the flour
placed below the distal edge. Clark (1988: 89) has
stressed the importance of the tilt in terms of ease of
work, and notes than when the angle is not built
into the tripod metates used in modern Mexico, it is
attained by propping up the instruments with small
sticks or stones. Documentation of material in situ
from other excavations (e.g., Yadin and Geva 1986:
Photos 45, 48) and several occurrences on floors at
the City of David (see Tables 5, 6; Appendix A)
Photo 21. Area El, mortar (without registration no. - the
object remained in the field) in situ on floor of L. 631 show that lower stones were discovered lying
(YS).
horizontally on the floor, perhaps because their
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The lower stone will wear mostly in its center. As
noted in the typological discussion, several of the
City of David items demonstrated signs of heavy
use in the smoothness and sheen of the working
surfaces. In lower stones prolonged use gradually
forms a concave surface, and the smoothed surfaces
are usually in the center of the stone. Since both
upper and lower stones should be coarse in order to
perform the grinding action efficiently, smoothed
surfaces were pecked. Pecking has been noted on
many items (see the typological description), sometimes leaving part of the surface smooth and thus
creating signs of superposition of use-wear and
repairs on the working surfaces. A study of
'battered tools' thought to have been used for
processing of vegetal materials at the Armijo
rocksheiter in New Mexico indicated that such
items were actually tools for pecking other stones,
apparently the groundstone tools (Dodd 1979: 234-
39, Fig. 7), and that the metates were produced
from less durable stone than the tools which were
used to batter and peck them. While no such
Photo 23. Area G, lower grinding slab (without registration no. - the object remained in the field) in situ in
unexcavated installation L. 888, within room L. 818 (YS).
analyses were conducted in the present case, it is
perhaps possible that some of the artifacts desig-
supports have not been preserved or have collapsed.
volume) could actually have served such a purpose,
being made of hard flint nodules.
nated here as round hammerstones (Rosen, this
Another possibility is that a container made of
It is relatively easy to speculate about the
organic material was placed at the distal edge of the
functions of pestles, mortars (bowls), upper and
lower stone, and the flour fell directly into it (cf.
lower stones or grinding slabs, despite the problems
in the identification of the items themselves noted
Reynolds 1968: Fig. Y; Dalman 1933: 223).
A) suggests that they usually remained in one place
above. However, many of the vessels included in
this study may not have been connected with food
for long periods and were not carried around,
processing. Thus, Kirkbride (1966) suggested that
The heavy weight of lower stones (see Appendix
particularly in cases where special installations were
constructed for them. Manos and upper stones are
easier to move around, but it is feasible that upper
and lower stones formed permanent sets. The width
the small 'cup-bowls' (bowlets in the current
terminology) were cosmetic containers, or that they
of the lower stone and the length of the mano/upper
might have been lamps. The ocher marks discerned
in the shallow depression on one of the faces of a
cup mark (D 1/1 3264) indicate that the vessel was
stone are optimally equal (Reynolds 1968: 84;
used for grinding the mineral or as a sort of palette
Samuel 1989: 262), although Clark (1988: 89) notes
in his ethnographic example a special type of mano,
the 'brazo,' which is extremely long and whose ends
project out of the metate on each side.
Attrition of upper stones is caused by rubbing
for using it. Ethnographic evidence indicates that
wear studies, though able to pinpoint which faces of
against the lower ones. Hence, for the worn
the stones were worked (where this is not obvious to
temper for pottery production may have been
prepared by grinding the relevant minerals into
powder on the lower stone/slab. Conventional use-
portions, the longitudinal section of the mano /
the naked eye), are inadequate for identifying these
various functions, since they focus on edge damage
section of the lower stone. If an upper stone is too rather than the chemical residues on the working
curved to begin with, it will wear first in the center, surfaces of the stones. Indeed, studies of groundwhile if it is too thin it will wear first on the ends.
stone use-wear showed that the 'various types of
upper stone will be complementary to the transverse
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use-wear are not significantly associated with
different traditional functional categories of
organized network and not by individual enterprise.
A geochemical study by Xenophontos et al.
groundstone artifacts in the assemblage' (Gorman (1988) suggests that the basalts of the Galilee and
1979: 48). Chemical residue analyses could perhaps the Golan Heights were exported during the Late
clarify the functions of items such as cup marks, Bronze Age to Cyprus for the purpose of groundbowlets and votive basins, as well as the uses of stone production. While no such study has as yet
mortars (as opposed to bowls) and the various been conducted on the City of David material, it is
materials processed on the grinding stones and plausible that the basalt flows in these two regions
were indeed the sources of raw material in the
slabs.
present case. Identification of the trade center is not
B. Trade
as clear-cut as in the Cypriot trade, where Late
Bronze Age Beth She'an is the suggested central
As has been demonstrated, the raw materials point.
used For many of the periods represented in the
for producing the groundstone assemblage City
are of David sequence, Hazor could have held this
diverse and include both local and more exotic
position.
Items made of local material are found together
varieties. It is noteworthy that at some northern
sites, such as Hazor (Yadin 1958; 1960) and
Megiddo (Lamon and Shipton 1939: Pis. 106,
with basalt and other exotic stones. The spatial
the raw material for this class of artifacts (with one
describe the socio-economic status of a household
distribution within contemporaneous loci fails to
112), basalt and scoria served almost exclusively as show any clear pattern; thus it is impossible to
diorite item at Megiddo), while at Iron Age Qiri by the groundstone finds in it, since both categories
both limestone and basalt were reported. At Beth - local and non-local - may be represented.
She'an (Yadin and Geva 1986: Figs. 38, 39) pestles Ethnographic evidence from Mexico (Clark 1988:
were made of basalt, but there is no indication as to 83-88) indicates a similar situation, in which certain
the raw material of the grinding stones. At sites in raw materials are preferred and the tools made from
the Judean hills both limestone and basalt are
them by specialist artisans are sold on the market
reported (e.g., Lapp 1978), but the sample is
extremely small.
for a relatively high price, with the cost of
transportation figured into the price requested.
This pattern seems to corroborate the claim made Interestingly enough, there too the preferred mateby Xenophontos et al. (1988) that basalt was the rials are volcanic rocks, and especially basalts with
preferred raw material for groundstone tools (at
small vesicules. Local raw materials are also worked
least for certain typological sub-classes), and to by specialists and the tools are sold on the market
justify the extension of this claim from Cyprus to for a much lower price. While this analogy cannot
Israel. While inhabitants of northern cities were
be carried too far, it serves to suggest that both
exotic and local groundstone tools, though they
apparently satisfied with their local raw material,
were part of the individual household's equipment,
people in cities of central Israel invested the effort
were produced and sold by specialists. Thus,
and the expenditure of importing basalt items.
mundane, daily utensils as well as rare materials
No waste from basalt working has been reported
from any area in the City of David excavation.
and
This
prestige items were circulated by a market
economy.
probably reflects the fact that basalt implements
Some
were brought into the site in their finished forms,
or implements were made of very rare raw
materials that had been transported over long
at least had been roughly shaped before their
arrival. Indeed, basalt blocks in the size required
distances (Appendix B). However, the frequencies
such raw materials are too small to attribute their
for manufacturing grinding/pounding tools of
would
have been particularly heavy and difficult toappearance
move
to any large-scale trade. On the whole,
about. Even if this absence of basalt flakes and
they seem to reflect sporadic events.
chips is attributed largely to excavation techniques,
the items were probably brought into Jerusalem as
CONCLUSIONS
half-finished vessels rather than as heavy blocks of
raw material. Either way, there seems no doubt
Although
that
it forms an inadequate sample, the stu
basalt groundstone utensils were traded through
of the
an assemblage from the City of David serves
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APPENDIX A: RAW DATA
Reg. No. Loc. Str. Raw mat. Leng. W. Th. Dep. Dia. Wei. Leg Morph. Sec. Type Preserv. Fig. Photo
A 1/671 13 1 limestone 209 142 81 13 0 3520 0 round conv-conc. gr. slab broken
A 1/207/2 15 6 ves. bas. 0 0 52 18 0 1240 87 broken hat-like ft. bowl broken
Al/670 19 6 flint 119 135 43 0 0 1050 0 broken pl-con. broken broken
B411 1 1 1 A 12 ves. bas. 0 87 53 0 0 450 0 broken trap. upp. st. broken 1.
B 567/1 128 12 limestone 90 150 50 0 0 710 0 broken pl-con. broken broken 1.
B 567/2 128 12 ves. bas. 0 0 43 0 0 860 0 broken rect. broken broken
B 567/3 128 12 flint 174 119 73 0 0 1950 0 broken pl-con. broken broken
B 567/4 128 12 flint 0 0 68 0 0 600 0 broken pl-con. low. st. broken
B 568/1 128 12 ves. bas. 0 172 46 0 0 1055 0 oval pl-con. low. st. broken
B 568/2 128 12 flint 128 71 61 0 0 1055 0 pl-con. el. ham. complete
B 15008 128 12 flint 157 146 44 0 0 1820 0 round pl-con. upp. st. broken 1.
B 505 129 0 flint 210 162 46 0 0 3135 0 ellip. pl-con. gr. slab broken 1.
B 553 129 0 ves. bas. 0 0 0 0 0 195 0 broken indet. broken broken
B 584 130 12 ves. bas. 0 103 44 0 0 650 0 broken pl-con. upp. st. broken
B 596 132 12 limestone 0 44 10 0 0 60 0 rect. rect. muller broken 1.
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Reg. No. Loc. Str. Raw mat. Leng. W. Th. Dep. Dia. Wei. Leg Morph. Sec. Type Preserv. Fig. Photo
D 1/6566 352 6 basalt 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 broken indet. mortar broken
D 1/6569 353 6 ves. bas. 0 0 31 0 0 360 0 broken rect. broken broken
Dl/6630 357 12 ves. bas. 0 0 39 0 0 1240 0 broken rect. gr. slab broken
Dl/6617 361 9 basalt 0 0 49 27 0 320 0 broken U-shape basin
D 1/6643 361 9 flint 0 0 66 9 0 860 0 indet. round bowl broken
D 1/6728/1 374B 12 limestone 170 127 60 0 0 2210 0 ellip. pl-con. upp. st. broken 1.
Dl/6757 387 12 limestone 100 150 50 0 0 1285 0 ellip. pl-con. upp. st. broken 1.
D 1/6947 413 7-8 ves. bas. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 broken indet. broken broken
D 1/1 2467 421 7B basalt 0 0 51 63 0 655 67 square round ft. bowl broken
Dl/12527 421 7B chalk 0 57 19 18 38 40 0 round hat-like bowlet broken
Dl/13259 468 12 chalk 39 0 0 0 0 65 0 cyl. round varia broken
D 1/1 3264 468 12 basalt 83 77 29 3 25 455 0 oval rect. cup mark complete 28:4
D 1/1 3302 469 12 limestone 0 80 51 0 0 540 0 ellip. pl-con. upp. st. broken 1. 25:9
Dl/13335 472 14 ves. bas. 120 0 37 8 39 630 0 oval indet. varia broken w. 30:12
Dl/13368 476 12 sandstone 0 77 46 0 0 335 0 rect. muller broken 1.
D2/ 13686 1876 12 limestone 0 47 11 0 0 95 0 rect. rect. muller broken 1.
D2/20357 2309 12 chalk 0 113 58 34 0 485 0 rect. U-shape basin broken 1. 28:8
D2/20275 2327 12 limestone 240 120 50 0 0 2095 0 ellip. pl-con. low. st. broken 1. 25:4
D2/20396 2357 14 ves. bas. 131 0 68 13 0 900 0 round round cup mark broken w.
D2/21095 2724 8 basalt 54 48 45 0 0 215 0 square pestle complete 24:5
D2/21060 2772 12 ves. bas. 127 58 52 0 0 690 0 round pestle complete 24:2
D2/ 13830 S-W 0 limestone 0 61 39 4 30 505 0 ellip. conv-conc. cup mark broken 1.
D2/20796 Surf. 0 limestone 0 65 59 0 0 1010 0 round pestle complete
El/1969 519 6-7 limestone 193 170 136 34 93 5750 0 round round bowl broken
E 1/2672 519 6-7 limestone 180 130 80 0 0 2825 0 ellip. pl-con. low. st. broken 1.
El/4175 588 7 basalt 0 0 74 51 0 750 77 broken round ft. bowl broken 27:3
El/3361 617 10 limestone 0 0 90 61 0 1800 0 rect. U-shape basin broken
E 1/3371 617 10 limestone 0 47 47 0 0 250 0 round pestle broken
El/3486 631 11 limestone 230 144 62 0 0 3750 0 broken round low. st. broken 1.
El/6012 631 11 ves. bas. 0 0 31 0 0 120 0 broken rect. broken broken
El/6013 631 11 flint 99 98 46 0 0 975 0 round pl-con. mano complete
El/3676 636 7 basalt 0 0 37 15 0 2090 0 broken hat-like ft. bowl broken
E 1/4004 657 5 chalk 0 89 84 60 52 585 0 square U-shape basin broken
El/9259 680B 17-18 ves. bas. 0 0 0 0 0 455 0 round hat-like bowlet broken
El/5927 688 11 ves. bas. 0 135 49 0 0 1645 0 ellip. pl-con. low. st. broken 1.
E 1/9067 1201 10 limestone 0 0 45 0 0310 0 broken rect. el. ham. broken
E 1/6480 1277 7 limestone 87 53 48 0 0 350 0 indet. pestle broken w.
El/7876 1285 7 limestone 207 129 76 0 0 3370 0 ellip. pl-con. low. st. broken 1.
El/7904 1292A 11 ves. bas. 0 0 68 9 0 2125 0 broken round low. st. broken
El/9367 1307 19-20 limestone 66 53 36 0 0 250 0 rect. rect. upp. st. complete
El/3536 1310B 10 sandstone 113 89 58 0 0 845 0 rect. square varia complete
El/8598 1322 12 limestone 0 0 102 38 0 1135 0 round round mortar broken 24:1
E 1/9406 1324 12 limestone 170 140 40 0 0 2100 0 broken pl-con. low. st. broken 1.
El/8652 1334 10 limestone 71 73 58 0 0 415 0 rect. varia complete 30:7
El/9035 1352 12 chalk 105 178 178 0 0 357 0 cyl. round varia broken 1.
El/9035 1352 12 chalk 102 0 0 0 0 311 0 amorph, indet. varia broken 1.
El/9035 1352 12 chalk 121 196 196 0 0 471 0 cyl. indet. varia broken 1.
El/9035/1 1352 12 chalk 97 54 41 0 0 311 0 cyl. trian. varia broken 1.
El/9223 1365 7 basalt 0 52 44 0 0 270 0 round pestle broken
E 1/94 15 1365 7 basalt 0 50 42 0 0 195 0 rect. muller broken 1.
El/10087 1379 18 flint 0 0 0 0 0 1975 0 muller broken
E 1/9759 1390 18 limestone 180 229 87 13 0 6500 0 broken conv-conc. gr. slab broken 1.
El/9800 1390 18 flint 262 192 97 3 0 5865 0 ellip. conv-conc. gr. slab broken 1.
El/9838 1394 11 sandstone 0 72 39 0 0 265 0 oval round mano broken 1.
E 1/9903 1394 11 limestone 118 88 74 22 0 815 0 oval round varia complete
El/14311 1603 7 ves. bas. 0 132 66 8 0 2550 0 ellip. round low. st. broken 1.
El/9987 1608 11 ves. bas. 0 92 36 0 0 500 0 oval round varia broken 1.
E 1/9686 1612 12 basalt 77 61 27 4 22 265 0 oval rect. cup mark complete 28:5
El/9957 1612 12 sandstone 0 48 23 0 0 100 0 rect. conv-conv. varia broken 1.
El /10243 1618 12 limestone 210 130 50 0 0 2140 0 ellip. pl-con. upp. st. broken 1. 29:3
El /103 19 1627 12 basalt 0 0 0 0 0 290 0 broken indet. broken broken
El /10400 1629 14 limestone 0 68 42 0 0 380 0 ellip. rect. muller broken
El/10823 1648 18A other 0 0 39 0 0 190 0 pl-con. varia broken 1.
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Reg. No. Loc. Str. Raw mat. Leng. W. Th. Dep. Dia. Wei. Leg Morph. Sec. Type Preserv. Fig. Photo
El/10840 1648 18A other 0 59 25 0 0 155 0 ellip. amorph. varia broken 1.
El/10778 1653 17 ves. bas. 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 broken indet. broken broken
El/14342 1654B 18 limestone 80 120 70 0 0 1195 0 ellip. pl-con. upp. st. broken 1. 25:8
El/10939 1655 14 limestone 0 88 33 0 0 325 0 round conv-conc. mano broken
El /107 12 1656 A 18 limestone 0 0 44 21 0 320 0 broken round cup mark broken
El/10753 1658 14 basalt 0 0 0 0 0 125 0 broken indet. broken broken
El/10759 1658 14 basalt 0 0 35 0 0 575 0 broken indet. broken broken
El/10911 1660 6 flint 157 141 108 0 0 4065 0 ellip. pl-con. low. st. broken 1.
El/10912 1660 6 limestone 190 180 80 0 0 4100 0 broken pl-con. broken broken
El/10913 1660 6 limestone 281 227 112 51 200 9400 0 oval round bowl complete
El/10949 1660 6 limestone 237 0 122 52 199 5860 0 round round bowl broken
El /10954 1660 6 other 103 66 41 0 0 0 0 rect. rect. varia complete
El /14405 1660 6 ves. bas. 0 98 39 0 0 750 0 ellip. pl-con. upp. st. broken 1.
El/14561 1660 6 limestone 197 154 72 3 0 3255 0 broken conv-conc. gr. slab broken 1.
El/ 10909 1663 10 flint 272 269 51 12 0 4745 0 ellip. conv-conc. gr. slab broken 1.
El/10974 1667 12 limestone 190 130 30 0 0 1690 0 ellip. trap. low. st. complete 25:5
El/10694 2004 17-18 0 0 61 26 0 540 0 broken U-shape basin broken 28:7
El/17031 2062 14 ves. bas. 0 0 38 0 0 100 0 broken indet. broken broken
El/16504 2074B 18 limestone 0 0 175 139 92 4115 0 ellip. round bowl broken 26:5
El/16787 2076 14 ves. bas. 0 0 37 0 0 1695 0 round pl-con. gr. slab broken 26:2
El/ 17456 2085 10 basalt 0 0 31 0 0 725 70 broken U-shape ft. bowl broken
El /17458 2124 7 basalt 0 0 64 19 0 825 0 broken hat-like bowlet broken
El/17436 2135A 17 chalk 110 98 36 19 70 360 0 ellip. hat-like bowlet complete 28:3
El/21544 2135B 17-18 limestone 219 197 118 47 141 6145 0 round round bowl complete 26:4 22
El/17393 2137 12 ves. bas. 0 96 42 0 0 710 0 ellip. pl-con. upp. st. broken 1.
El/21581/1 2161 18A limestone 209 195 99 8 31 5375 0 ellip. round cup mark broken 1. 28:6
El/21581/2 2161 18A flint 0 182 96 0 0 4355 0 ellip. pl-con. low. st. broken 1. 24:7
El/21610 2161 18A limestone 256 167 76 0 0 4145 0 oval pl-con. low. st. complete 25:1
E 1/2 1634 2167 20 limestone 390 190 78 46 0 8740 0 ellip. conv-conc. low. st. complete 24:6
El /19687 2171 14 limestone 0 0 40 0 0 275 0 broken rect. upp. st. broken
E 1/2 1579 2601 12 basalt 0 0 24 0 47 55 0 round lens-like mano broken
El/21655 2616 18B limestone 276 141 109 5 0 4795 0 ellip. conv-conc. low. st. broken 1. 24:8
E 1/2 1693 2621 18 limestone 100 160 90 0 0 2930 0 broken indet. low. st. broken
El/9634 W. 226 11 limestone 160 120 40 0 0 1350 0 ellip. pl-con. upp. st. broken 1.
El/9081 03-N3 7 basalt 0 48 50 0 0 150 0 round varia broken
El/9893 03-N3 7 limestone 70 57 43 0 0 325 0 rect. round mano complete
E2/1561 501 5 limestone 74 161 161 0 0 242 0 cyl. round varia broken 1.
E2/7261 432 12 limestone 220 155 40 0 0 1790 0 oval pl-con. upp. st. complete
E2/7280 437 7 basalt 0 189 84 23 0 2140 0 round round bowl broken
E2/1212 503 1 limestone 148 73 57 18 99 490 0 ellip. round bowl broken w.
E2/1572 503 1 limestone 82 58 39 0 0 455 0 rect. rect. varia complete
E2/1633 510 5 basalt 0 0 49 12 0 2970 0 broken hat-like ft. bowl broken
E2/7179 1422 0 ves. bas. 0 103 60 0 0 1285 0 ellip. round broken broken 1.
E2/7251 1432 12 limestone 248 129 51 0 0 2670 0 ellip. pl-con. upp. st. broken 1.
E2/7317 1436 7 ves. bas. 132 93 37 0 0 740 0 rect. pl-con. upp. st. complete
E2/7324 1444 12 flint 0 142 39 0 0 1245 0 ellip. - pl-con. upp. st. broken 1.
E2/12050 1475 6-7 limestone 180 140 60 0 0 2325 0 ellip. pl-con. upp. st. broken 1.
E2/3072 1484 6 other 0 51 25 0 0 125 0 rect. varia broken 1.
E2/12024 1484 6 chalk 63 86 86 0 0 50 0 cyl. round varia complete
E2/12142 1705 11 limestone 130 130 60 0 0 925 0 ellip. pl-con. indet. broken 1.
E2/ 12226 1713 1 phos. 104 58 41 0 0 395 0 rect. rect. mano complete 29:1
E2/ 12288 dump 0 basalt 0 0 24 47 0 1170 85 broken U-shape ft. bowl
E3/12992/4 574 0 limestone 81 42 36 0 0 128 0 cyl. trian. varia broken 1.
E3/7548 1501 5 other 49 68 51 0 0 250 0 lens-like varia complete
E3/7772 1527 5 basalt 0 0 16 0 0 75 0 indet. varia broken 30:13
E3/ 12864 1527 5 chalk 42 32 16 10 0 40 0 rect. round varia complete PI. 13:5
E3/12852 1558 8? limestone 82 75 58 18 50 230 0 oval U-shape bowlet complete 28:1
E3/12955 1573 10 limestone 0 0 102 69 0 2445 0 broken round bowl broken
E3/15530 1582 10-11 chalk 83 187 187 0 0 91 0 cyl. round varia broken 1. 20
E3/ 130 12/1 1901 A 12 chalk 66 104 104 0 0 64 0 cyl. round varia broken 1. 30:6 20
E3/13012/2 1901 A 12 chalk 87 118 118 0 0 102 0 cyl. round varia broken 1. 30:5 20
E3/13145 1901B 12 chalk 64 107 107 0 0 47 0 cyl. round varia broken 1. 20
E3/13172 1901B 12 chalk 62 112 112 0 0 128 0 cyl. round varia complete 30:1 20
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Reg. No. Loc. Str. Raw mat. Leng. W. Th. Dep. Dia. Wei. Leg Morph. Sec. Type Preserv. Fig. Photo
E3/13173 1901B 12 limestone 143 164 164 0 0 297 0 cyl. round varia broken 1. 30:3 20
E3/13174 1901B 12 chalk 53 0 0 0 0 91 0 cyl. round varia broken 1. 20
E3/13175 1901B 12 chalk 92 159 159 0 0 272 0 cyl. round varia broken 1. 20
E3/13187 190 IB 12 chalk 51 0 0 0 0 77 0 broken indet. varia broken 20
E3/13193 190 IB 12 chalk 35 0 0 0 019 0 broken round varia broken
E3/13194 190 IB 12 chalk 7 109 109 0 0 86 0 cyl. round varia broken 1. 20
E3/13195 1901B 12 chalk 76 96 96 0 0 45 0 cyl. round varia broken 1. 20
E3/13196 1901B 12 chalk 165 121 121 0 0 172 0 cyl. round varia complete 30:2 20
E3/15517 1901B 12 limestone 103 158 158 0 0 357 0 cyl. round varia broken 1. 30:4 20
E3/1 5805/3 1933B 12 limestone 0 81 42 27 61 200 0 round hat-like bowlet broken 1. 28:2
E3/15790 1947 10 basalt 0 189 79 8 0 5450 0 ellip. pl-con. low. st. broken 1. 25:2
E3/19172/5 2411 17 basalt 0 46 37 0 0 225 0 lens-like pestle broken 1.
E3/19168 2414 10-11 chalk 147 143 143 0 0 296 0 cyl. round varia complete
E3/ 19240 2460 17-20 basalt 0 0 59 32 0 350 0 broken round mortar broken
G 2480 742 9 basalt 91 57 57 0 0 400 0 round pestle complete 24:3
G 4296 760 9 other 0 10 10 0 0 20 0 square varia broken 1. 30:11
G 4530 767 10B limestone 223 141 54 7 0 3050 0 oval conv-conc. low. st. complete 25:3
G 4545 783 10B-C limestone 220 147 50 0 0 2540 0 ellip. trian. upp. st. broken 1.
G 4665 783 10B-C limestone 80 120 50 0 0 910 0 ellip. pl-con. upp. st. broken 1.
G 4617 784 10B-C limestone 77 57 50 0 0 415 0 square varia complete 30:8
G 4566 790 10B-C limestone 186 172 67 0 0 2845 0 ellip. pl-con. low. st. broken 1.
G 4709 790 10B-C limestone 190 140 60 0 0 2240 0 ellip. pl-con. low. st. broken 1.
G
4993
791
10B
basalt
0
0
0
0
0
715
86
ft.
bowl
broken
22
G 4891/1 792 10B limestone 260 154 56 0 0 4215 0 ellip. pl-con. indet. broken 1.
G 4559 804 10B-C limestone 150 130 40 0 0 1420 0 ellip. pl-con. upp. st. broken 1.
G 5557/1 804 10B-C ves. bas. Ill 96 61 0 0 900 0 oval pl-con. upp. st. complete
G 4972 818 10B-C limestone 270 120 30 0 0 1720 0 ellip. pl-con. low. st. complete 26:1
G 4973 818 10B-C limestone 108 75 46 0 0 435 0 oval pl-con. upp. st. complete
G 5515 818 10B-C limestone 227 324 73 10 0 5880 0 broken conv-conc. gr. slab broken 1. 26:3
G 4829 826 12B-14? chalk 62 39 17 0 0 70 0 rect. round varia complete PI. 13:4
G 11260 933 9 basalt 0 0 55 10 0 725 76 broken round ft. bowl broken 27:4
G 11326 951 3 basalt 0 43 42 0 0 83 0 round pestle broken
G 11364 951 3 basalt 48 36 36 0 0 105 0 round pestle complete 24:4
G 11380 951 3 basalt 0 0 37 0 0 915 72 broken U-shape ft. bowl broken
G 11385 938 10C other 0 36 9 0 0 50 0 ellip. lens-like varia broken 1.
G 11540 967 10B-C ves. bas. 0 102 61 0 0 1175 0 ellip. trian. upp. st. broken 1. 29:4
G 11738 967 lOB-C limestone 130 120 50 0 0 1245 0 ellip. pl-con. low. st. broken 1. 25:6
G 11739 967 10B-C ark. sand. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 rect. rect. varia 30:9 Pl. 13:2
G 11794 967 lOB-C dolomite 0 70 26 0 0 0 0 rect. rect. varia 30:10 Pl. 17:3
G 11755 974 lOB ves. bas. 0 111 45 0 0 500 0 broken pl-con. low. st. broken 25:7
G 15211 986 10C? limestone 173 144 62 0 0 2280 0 ellip. pl-con. upp. st. broken
G 11999/6 997 10B sandstone 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 ellip. lens-like varia
G 17521 997 lOB 0 0 28 5 0 135 0 broken U-shape varia broken 28:9 Pl. 13:1
G 15422 1107 IOC sandstone 112 92 37 0 0 560 0 oval rect. mano complete 29:2
H 5130 1007 IIIG basalt 0 0 32 0 0 750 0 broken indet. ft. bowl broken
H 5041/1 1008 HIE basalt 0 0 41 4 0 775 73 round round ft. bowl broken 27:2
H 5041/2 1008 HIE basalt 0 0 40 3 0 2700 86 round conv-conc. ft. bowl broken 27:5
H 5041/3 1008 HIE limestone 95 62 36 0 0 350 0 rect. round muller complete
K 18676 2237 HID basalt 0 0 43 26 0 1300 94 broken round ft. bowl broken 27:1
Abbreviations
ark. sand. arkosic sandstone amorph. amorphic
ves. bas. vesicular basalt trap. trapezoidal
phos. phosphorite 1. length
ellip. elliptical w. width
cyl. cylindrical low. st. lower stone
trian. triangular upp. st. upper stone
rect. rectangular ft. bowl footed bowl
pl-con. plano-convex gr. slab grinding slab
conv-conc. convex-concave el. ham. elongated hammer
conv-conv. convex-convex
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APPENDIX B: PETROGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF
SELECTED STONE IMPLEMENTS AND SPECIMENS
Dan Gill and Arieh Shimron
Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem
1. G 11794; L. 967 (GSI id G-l).
Khaki dolomite. Polished hand specimen or
Very dense, homogeneous mosaic of very fine
anhedral dolomite crystals. Provenience could be
provenience. Provenience cannot be assigned; not
known
pebble.in Israel. Could be derived from any of a
number of provinces of clastic sequences derived
from and adjacent to the Alpine Orogenic belt, the
the Judea Group carbonates in the vicinity of closest of which are in Cyprus and the Greek islands.
Jerusalem.
5. E2/4080; L. 665 (GSI id G-5).*
2. G 11739; L. 967 (GSI id G-2).
Brown, ferruginous, quartz sandstone. Alluvial
pebble. Consists of about 70% subrounded to
Light brown arkosic sandstone. Polished hand
specimen or pebble. Well sorted, medium grain angular, moderately sorted fine- to medium-sized
size, very dense, hard and well cemented. Consistsquartz grains. Black iron-oxide cementing material
of 50% quartz grains, mostly subrounded to
comprises ca. 25% of the rock. Accessory minerals
angular in shape, and 40% feldspar (microcline include turmaline, chlorite and zircon. Well cemenand plagioclase) grains. Accessory minerals include ted, dense and hard. Provenience could be the
chert (5%) and turmaline, muscovite and opaque
Nubian sandstone of southern Israel and Sinai.
ore minerals. Provenience could be the Nubian
sandstone of Sinai.
6. El/10954; L. 1660 (GSI id G-6).
Dark gray diabase. Cut and polished hand specimen
3. G 11876; L. 967 (GSI id G-3).*
or alluvial pebble. Equicry stalline with ophitic
Dark brown limestone. Beach or alluvial pebble. texture. Consists of pale green amphibole and
Very fine grained, micritic fossiliferous limestone.
50% plagioclase laths. Diabases are very common
Abundant clayey mineral, dense. Scattered plankdyke-forming rocks in most magmatic terrains of all
tonic foraminifera. Probably of Cenozoic age. This
ages. They are very common in southern Israel and
Sinai.
rock type is not known in Israel, and thus an
unequivocal provenience cannot be assigned.
7. El/10786; L. 1619 (GSI id G-7).*
4. G 11999/6; L. 997 (GSI id G-4).
Brown, ferruginous quartz sandstone. Alluvial
Dark gray graywacke sandstone. Polished specimen.pebble. Very similar to GSI-5 above, but with
Very dense and hard, well sorted, subangular, slightly coarser grain.
medium-sized grain. Consists of about 60% quartz,
20% fine-grained chert, 15% altered ferromagnesian8. El/10285; L. 1619 (GSI id G-8).*
minerals, and various accessory minerals. The Brown arkosic sandstone. Alluvial pebble. Consists
quartz grains are highly strained and partially of 70% subangular, well sorted, fine quartz grains,
recrystallized, indicating an original metamorphictightly cemented by a ferruginous carbonate cement
which comprises 20% of the rock. Additional
constituents include altered feldspar grains (5%),
* Items which were examined but did not show any signs ofchert grains (5%) and traces of plagioclase and
use as grinding/pounding utensils, and are therefore notmuscovite. Provenience could be the Nubian sandstone of southern Israel and Sinai.
included in the catalogue of Appendix A.
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9. El/6475; L. 1272 (GSI id 9).*
10. G 15453; L. 1110 (GSI id 10).*
Black amphibolite. Alluvial pebble. The rock
Gray gabro. Alluvial pebble. Medium to fine
crystalline, 605 plagioclase (probably andesine- consists almost exclusively (ca. 90%) of a green
mineral, probably termolite, and of some feldspar
labradorite), and 405 anhedral, green amphibole.
Extensive alteration of ferromagnesian minerals. A and black opaque minerals. This is an ultra basic,
common rock type in most magmatic terrains. The low-grade rock which is found in the Alpine
closest occurrences are found in Timna and Sinai.
Orogenic belt and in the Pre-Cambrian of Egypt.
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Fig. 24. Groundstone industry.
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Fig. 25. Groundstone industry.
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Fig. 26. Groundstone industry.
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Fig. 27. Groundstone industry.
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Fig. 28. Groundstone industry.
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Fig. 29. Groundstone industry.
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Fig. 30. Groundstone industry.
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1
2
4
3
5
Pl. 13. Groundstone industry.
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Fig. 24.
Fig. 29.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type Pl.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type PI.
1. El/8598 1322 Mortar
2. D2/21060 2772 Pestle
2. G 15422 1107 Mano
1. E2/ 12226 1713 Mano
3. G 2480 742 Pestle
3. El /10243 1618 Upper grinding stone
4. Gil 540 967 Upper grinding stone
4. G 11364 951 Pestle
5. D2/21095 2724 Pestle
6. E 1/2 1634 2167 Lower grinding stone
7. E 1/2 158 1/2 2161 Lower grinding stone
8. El /2 1655 2616 Lower grinding stone
Fig. 25.
Fig. 30.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type PI.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type PI.
1. El /2 1610 2161 Lower grinding stone
2. E3/ 15790 1947 Lower grinding stone
3. G 4530 767 Lower grinding stone
4. D2/20275 2327 Lower grinding stone
5. El/ 10974 1667 Lower grinding stone
6. G 11738 967 Upper grinding stone
7. G 11755 974 Upper grinding stone
8. El/14342 1654B Upper grinding stone
9. D 1/1 3302 469 Upper grinding stone
1. E3/13172 190 IB Varia: cyl.
object
2. E3/13196 190 IB Varia: cyl.
object
3. E3/13173 1901 Varia: cyl.
object
4. E3/15517* 1901B Varia: cyl.
object
5. E3/13012/2 1901A Varia: cyl.
object
6. E3/13012/1 1901A Varia: cyl.
object
7. E 1/8652 1334 Varia: triang.
pebble
8. G 4617 784 Varia: triang.
pebble
9. G 11739 967 Varia: rectang.
pebble 13:2
10. G 11794 967 Varia: rectang.
pebble 13:3
Fig. 26.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type PI.
1. G 4972 818 Lower grinding stone
2. El/16787 2076 Grinding slab
3. G 5515 818 Grinding slab
4. El/21544 2135B Grinding bowl
5. El/16504 2074B Grinding bowl
Fig. 27.
11. G 4296 760 Undefined
No. Reg. No. Locus Type PI.
12. Dl/13335 472 Undefined
13. E3/7772 1527 Jewelry mold(?)
1. K 18676 2237 Footed bowl
* Considered as a weight by Eran (Chapter V, W 88).
2. H 5041/1 1008 Footed bowl
3. El/4175 588 Footed bowl
4. G 11260 933 Footed bowl
5. H 5041/2 1008 Footed bowl
Fig. 28.
PI. 13.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type PI.
No. Reg. No. Locus Type Fig.
1. E3/12852 1558 Bowlet
2. E3/1 5805/3 1933B Bowlet
3. El/17436 2135A Bowlet
4. D 1/1 3264 468 Cup mark (mano
in secondary use)
5. El/9686 1612 Cup mark (mano
in secondary use)
6. El/21581/1 2161 Cup mark
7. El/10694 2004 Basin
8. D2/20357 2309 Basin
9.
G
17521
997
Varia
1.
G
17521
997
Varia
28:9
2. G 11739 967 Varia: rectang.
pebble 30:9
3. G 11794 967 Varia: rectang.
pebble 30:10
4. G 4829 826 Varia
5. E3/12864 1527 Varia
13:1
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CHAPTER FIVE
WEIGHTS AND WEIGHING IN THE CITY OF DAVID:
THE EARLY WEIGHTS FROM THE BRONZE AGE
TO THE PERSIAN PERIOD
Abraham Eran
A. THE EVIDENCE FOR WEIGHING IN THE
CITY OF DAVID
late Yigal Shiloh weights were recovered from five
excavation areas: from north to south, Areas G, J,
E, D and B. The majority of early weights came
from Areas G and E. The excavations of Area H on
I. The Topographical Distribution of the Early
the western slope of the Tyropoeon Valley and Area
Weights Found in the City of David (Table 1)
A at the southern tip of the Ophel brought no early
The areas in the City of David excavated
by As noted, Macalister's Field 7,
weights to light.
Macalister and Duncan (1923-1925), Shiloh's
Crowfoot
Area G and Kenyon's Sites A and AA
and Fitzgerald (1927), Kenyon (1961-1967)
overlapped and
one another and the quantities of 31, 52
Shiloh (1978-1985) are widely distributed
over
the in these excavation areas are
and 55
weights
surface of the hill and the part of the
Tyropoeon
certainly
most noteworthy.
Valley adjoining the western slopes. Not all of them
yielded weights.
II. The Weights Found by Period and Size
For the excavations by Macalister and Duncan
no details as to the excavation areas in the modern
The finds recovered from different periods include
sense are available. They excavated in the large weights of widely differing sizes (Tables 2-3). The
'Field 7,' situated on the northern ridge of the picture formed by finds from specific periods may of
Ophel, but we do not know the precise locations course be a result of the exposure of areas and loci
where the early weights were recovered by them of different character, e.g. living quarters, a store or
(Macalister and Duncan 1926; Duncan 1931). shop, an office, a market place or a gate area, all
Duncan (1931: 216 ff.) reported quite large numbers places where weights might have been kept or
of such weights, but most of them have been lost handled for a variety of purposes and for different
(see Part C.II below).
quantities.
Crowfoot and Fitzgerald excavated a site that
Such widely varying practices of weighing seem to
was called Field 10, situated to the west of Area G, have been followed throughout history. People had
actually in the Tyropoeon Valley, where a gate area an interest in using a balance for small as well as for
was exposed.
larger, even substantial, quantities, and they pro-
Kenyon opened thirteen excavation areas, S, R, vided themselves according to their requirements
M, H, P, A, AA, V, K, W, O, F and X, extending with a single weight or a number of weights of
from north to south in the City of David. The different sizes. One should not conclude that the
majority of the weights found by Kenyon came recovery of weights of a particular size range may,
from Sites A and AA in the northern section of the without further consideration, be taken as indicateastern slope, overlapping Macalister and Duncan's ing that weighing at the time was carried out only in
Field 7 and Shiloh's Area G.
that particular range. Furthermore, ancient weighIn the excavations in 1978-1985 directed by the
ing was rarely analytical, but was mainly used for
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Table 1. Numbers of early weights found in different excavations at the City of David: topographical distribution.
Topography 1923-1925 1927 1961-1967 1978-1985 TOTAL
No. Field No. Field No. Site No. Area
Northern ridge plateau 317 - - IS -- 32
Eastern slope, northern section - - 54 A (48) 52 G 106
AA (5)
H (1)
Eastern slope, central section - - - - 146 B (3) 146
D1 (14)
D2 (12)
El (98)
E2 (4)
E3 (15)
Southern
ridge
IV
1
Tyropoeon Valley, north - - 510 - - -- 5
Tyropoeon Valley, south - - 2K - 2
Tyropoeon Valley, western flank - - - - 2F 2H 4
Water
system
1J
1
Surface
TOTAL
-
-
-
WEIGHTS
Table
2.
-
31
-
5
-
60
1?
202
1
298
City
of
David
excavatio
number
of
weights
by
A. Bag and Counter Weights B. Store Weights
( weights of less than 185g) ( weights of 185 g and more)
Periods I centuries Strata Total Total A Unit 1-3 4 and Total B 185-369 g 370 g
BCE weights parts units more and more
units
31st-29th 20, 20-19 3 1 1 2(1) - 2
18th 18, 18-17 17[2] 4[2] - - 2 13(13) 7 6
18th
17
4
2
1
1
2(2)
1
1
14th-13th
16
3
3
3
Bronze Age 20-16 27[2] 10[2] 1 2 5 17(16) 8 9
12th10th
9th
1
1th
15
1
...
i(i)
i
14
9
5
2
3
4(4)
4
13
11
-
_i-
8th 12, 12-11 52[3] 22[1] 4 5 12* 30(24)[2] 21 7
7th 11, 11-10 13 9 1 2 6 4(2) 3 1
ca. 650-586 10 45[2] 25(1)[2] 5 4 14 20(14) 11 9
Iron Age 15-10 121[5] 62[3] 10 13 36 59(44)[2] 40 17
Persian
9
Displaced
24[3]
-
30[9]
20[3]
3
4
13
23(1)[8]
5
1
9
4(1)
7[1]
1
3
4
2
GRAND TOTAL 202[19] 115(2)[16] 19 17 63 87(61)[3] 53 31
* The table shows the distribution of the sizes among the weights recove
standards represented by the individual weights. The number of flint weight
Fragmentary weights are included in one of the two size groups (A and
dimensions and conjectured mass. Their numbers are shown in square brac
The displaced early weights included are those which were recovered in St
A.II and A.III), but were recognized by their shape, material and mass as ha
W 101 from Stratum 11 has a mass of ca. 5437 g = 8 x 679.63 g or 10 x 5
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Table 3. Weights from the excavations at the City of David in 1961-1967 directed by K.M. Kenyon.*
I. Loci with several weights: the weights by standard and locus.
Judean shekel weights Nsp weights and parts Pym weights Weights of other than
and parts with loop inscr. 'nsp ,' loop inscr. 'pym' limestone and other standards,
sign or mute or mute or mute mute
A. Locus AA306.2
W* 291 m: 8 X 10.724 g W* 290 s: 1 x 7.92 g
B. Adjacent Loci A669.11a and b
W*
W*
W*
W*
W*
261
260
256
253
262
m: 8 x 11.70 g W* 251 irr. 1: 2 x 10.88 g W* 249: 1 x 12.05 g
1: 8 x 1 1.598 g W* 255 m: 4 x 10.848 g W* 252: 2 x 1 1.265 g
1: 4 x 11.388 g W* 254 m: 4 x 10.555 g W* 265: 3 x 10.09 = 4x 7.523 g
1:2x 11.365 g
1:4x 11.34 g
W* 248 1: 1 x 11.31 g
W* 264 m: 2 x 11.30 g
W* 259 1:8 x 11.258 g
W* 258 1: 8 x 11.164 g
W* 263 m: 8/20 x 11.075 g
W* 257 m: 8 x 11.008 g
W* 247 m: 6/20 x 11.00 g
C. Adjacent Loci A669.34, 34a and 669.42
W* 276 1: 4 x 11.39 g W* 269 nsp: 1 x 10.62 g W* 268 pym: 1 x 8.39 g
W* 272 1: 4 x 11.308 g W* 279 irr. 1: 16 x 10.146 g W* 267 pym: 1 x 7.80 g
W* 273 m: 7/2o x 1 1.286 g W* 274 nsp: 1 x 9.33 g W* 266 m: 1 x 7.48 g
W* 2771: 8 x 11.189 g
W* 2781: 24 x 11.179 g
W* 271 1:2x11.13 g
W* 270 1: 2 x 10.895 g
W* 275 1: 4 x 10.798 g
D. Adjacent Loci A672.12, 676.1 a and d , 676.3 and 5, 678.1, 680
W* 283 1: 8 x 1 1 .484 g W* 280 '5': 5/20 x 10.32 g
W* 286 1:2x 11.285 g
W* 281 m: 4 x [11.178] g
W* 285 1: 8 x [11.116] g
W* 284 m: 8 x [1 1.048] g
W* 282 1: 1 x 10.50 g
II: Various loci with a single weight each: the weights by standard.
Judean shekel weights Nsp weights and parts Pym weights Weights of other than
and parts with loop inscr. 'nsp, ' loop inscr. 'pym ' limestone and other standards,
sign
or
mute
or
mute
or
mute
mute
W* 239 m: 8 x 11.798 g W* 288 m: 4 x 10.838 g W* 304 m: 1 x 7.94 g W* 240: 5 x 9.10 = 4 x 11.375 g
W* 300 1: 4 x 11.568 g W* 293 m: 2 x 10.750 g W* 303 III: 3/i2 x 7.72 g W* 242: 5 x 9.10 = 4 x 11.375 g
W* 295 1: 4 x 1 1.42 g W* 244 m: 24 x 10.479 g W* 294 m: 1 x 7.00 g W* 246: 4 x 8.108 = 3 x 10.81 g
W* 301 m: 8 x 1 1.40 g W* 296 '6': 6/20 x 9.667 g W* 302: 10 x 8.624 = 8 x 10.78 g
W* 305 1: 4 x 1 1.373 g W* 297: 5 x 8.00 = 4 x 10.00 g
W* 243 1: 2 x 11.25 g W* 288: l/2 x 13.02 = 1 x 6.51 g
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Judean shekel weights Nsp weights and parts Pym weights Weights of other than
and parts with loop inscr. 'nsp,' loop inscr. 'pym' limestone and other standards,
sign
or
mute
4
X
or
mute
11.203
or
W*
289
1:
W*
287
m:
4
X
(11.15)
g
W*
292
m:
4
X
11.085
g
mute
mute
g
W* 241 1:2x 11.00 g
W* 299 1: 8 X 10.85 g
*
The
table
comprises
all
the
weights
from
Kenyon's
fragmentary W* 245 and the mutilated W* 250.
The weights are identified by their serial number in Par
letter 'm' after the serial number. Weights inscribed wit
The attribution of the weights to the various standards
and 2B) is recorded for each item in the Catalogue, Pa
The material of the weights is limestone, dolomitic lime
4 which are of the following materials: W* 249, gray q
W* 242, rhy olite; W* 246, chert; W* 302, bronze and l
they may have served for weighing in Judea according t
The occurrence of part weights of the nsp unit (W* 2
preserved
in thespecified
climate of Jerusalem.
Bronze
portions,
i.e.
quantities
balance
beams
are
known
from
the
Near
East,
materials or for verifying the mass of such porti
though discardedthe
bronze ancients
articles were usually
For such weighing practices
must
weighing
out
had access to balances with different-sized beams
collected and melted down in order to reuse the
metal. Balance pans (or receptacles serving as such)
and pans: some with a small delicate beam and
could have been made of metal or a variety of other
small pans for weighing small quantities of precious
such as wood, bone, leather or textiles,
metal (sometimes gold, but generally silver)materials,
for
but anone have been preserved. Ancient pans of
payment in trade or as a tax, and others with
metal are known but none have been found in the
beam of substantial dimensions and appropriate
City of David; the thin sheet metal of such pans was
scale pans.
particularly susceptible to corrosion.
The weighing practice of a particular period is
The scale weights recovered in the excavations of
characterized not only by the number of weights
1978-1985 and treated in this report date from two
and the standards used, but also by the size of the
main periods: the Bronze Age and the Iron Age.
weights kept and used. In order to describe the
weighing practice in this respect, the weights found
From the Bronze Age in the City of David
are classified into two classes: a) bag-and-counter
weights, i.e. the smaller weights consisting of hand
units, unit-part-weights and multiple unit weights
up to a mass of 184 g; and b) store weights with a
mass of 185 g or more.
excavations there are 27 weights. The majority of
the scale weights recovered in the excavations are
from the Iron Age: of 121 weights from stratified
Iron Age contexts, one is dated to the 12th- 1 1th
centuries BCE, nine to the 10th century, one to the
The importance of the size differences in an
9th century, 45 to the 8th century and 13 to the 7th,
assemblage of weights recovered cannot be overto 586 BCE. The Persian period Stratum 9 yielded
stressed. A balance to weigh a mass of 300-700 g
24 weights, many of which are probably intrusive
must have not only pans of suitable size to
from the Iron Age. To these finds must be added 30
accommodate the wares on one pan and the weight
stones on the other, but also a beam of adequate
weights of the same type, material, shape and mass
which were found in later strata and on the surface
length and strength for the total load on the beam,
which would have been from 600 to 1400 g. Neither
(Catalogue, Parts A.II and A.III); they comprise 23
a beam of such dimensions nor appropriate pans
bag-and-counter weights and seven store weights.
while another 45 are dated from the mid-7th century
have been found. Balance beams were probably From the Bronze Age we have nine bag-andmade of wood or bone, but wood is not often
counter weights and 18 store weights; from the Iron
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Age there are 62 bag-and-counter weights and 59
III. The Materials and Shapes of the Weights
store weights. The large number of store-size
weights invites the question of what commodities
The majority of the weights recovered in the City of
were weighed in Judean times. Could it be that
David excavations are made of two kinds of stone:
materials other than precious metal were handled
according to precise mass measures? Or must we
limestone and flint. Both were and still are available
assume that silver in substantial quantities was
we include here carbonate rocks in their various
handled by weighing on a balance either among the
types of calcite and the dolomite group. These are
usually classified as limestone, dolomite or chalk.
However, precise mineralogical identification is of
little importance in metrological considerations of
scale weights and would only have been obtainable
from a mineralogist, who would have needed to
perform a test on a sample from a stone object,
thereby perhaps spoiling the shape of the artifact.
people, or between the inhabitants and the authorities, or for record-keeping by the treasury? The
Eshtemo'a hoard of silver fragments (Yeivin 1990)
provides evidence for the weighing of a large
quantity of silver. Three of its jugs are inscribed
'five,' indicating a mass measure of five Mesopotamian minas of 841 g in each jug, while the whole
in the surroundings of Jerusalem. Under limestone
hoard amounted to thirty minas or a talent of
Consequently no such examinations were per-
25,320 g (Eran 1990).
Of the smallest weights, the part-weights of the
formed and all such materials are described here
Judean weight units, only very few have been
as 'limestone.'
The other local material from which weights were
made is flint, a variety of chert.1 This material
why part-weights are so much rarer thanoccurs
unit as individual nodules or as layers of nodules
in
limestone or dolomite, or as an erosion product
weights. One possible reason is that in the course
recovered in excavations. We must ask ourselves
wadi gravel.
of excavation large stone objects, even if they doin
not
In Palestine flint artifacts have not so far been
appear to be tools or weapons, are easily distinconsidered as scale weights. When flint artifacts are
guished by excavators. Moreover, larger scale
found at prehistoric sites, they have been described
weights will be recognized as soon as the excavation
as of
tools for various purposes (or as components of
procedure includes steps for further investigation
tools), as well as weapons or the cutting parts of
suspected stone weights, including a determination
weapons.
Occasionally archaeologists have pointed
of their mass on a modern balance. Part-weights,
on
out that the use of flint continued into historical
the other hand, with their tiny dimensions and mass
(see Barkay 1981) and the possibility of their times.
being Franken (1982: 29) recorded flint spheroids
Age sites and proposed for them a use as
covered by soil particles, are less conspicuous. on
It Iron
is
'throwing balls,' but remarked that a peaceable
not surprising, therefore, that so few have been
purpose could not be excluded.
recognized and published.
The inhabitants of Jerusalem must have learned
Can we expect that large numbers of such partearly on that the local geological strata of dolomite
weights did indeed exist? Weighing of small
and limestone provided two kinds of raw material
quantities in antiquity was generally not analytical
suitable
in purpose. The precise determination of small for working into scale weights. The earliest
weights appear to have been made of flint. Rough
quantities of precious metal was probably of interest
spheroids and cuboids of flint could be found or
only to a silversmith, goldsmith or jewelry merfreed
chant. Weighing in other trades or for payment
offrom dolomite and limestone matrices.
In apreparing scale weights from such material a
dues and taxes consisted of quantifying silver to
could have been selected by size with the mass
stipulated mass and of course of checking thepiece
mass
of a
the intended weight in mind, so that the blank
of such a quantity. This type of weighing required
would require a minimum of gross shaping by
scale weight of the correct size for the particular
flaking. The blank would have to be given a base
transaction. Therefore very few weights of standard
essential feature for a scale weight) and have its
fractions of a hand unit, a quarter, third or (an
half,
massItadjusted by hammer dressing and pecking to
would have been appropriate for such weighings.
is thus understandable that in contrast to the 25
the desired mass norm.
In shape the flint weights from the City of David
weights of one, two or three shekels found, only
are
either cuboids, pecked all over, or more often
seven part-weights have been recovered.
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spheroids, on which a segment has been split or
'yes-or-no' answer, is shown by their belief in the
flaked off in order to form the base. A base area has
weighing of the heart of the dead against the
become recognized as a distinctive feature of rotund 'feather of truth' or the 'statuette of Maat.'
scale weights. The shaping of a base is also an
A number of weights found in the City of David
important step in production in order to reduce the
are made of materials not available in the neighbor-
blank to the desired mass without spoiling itshood of Jerusalem (Table 4). These weights raise the
general shape. When a rotund weight was used onquestion of whether they were fashioned in Judah,
a balance pan its flat base prevented its rolling and
which was probably not the case. By this assumpslipping off the pan, a useful feature as the round
tion such weights are rendered still more intriguing.
sheet metal pans of balances were generally only Did they conform to one of the Judean weight
slightly concave and were not provided with a raised standards, or did they represent a foreign standard
edge. Out of 38 weights from the Bronze Age 18 are
known to the Judeans which had been applied in
of flint; among 121 Iron Age weights there are 46commercial transactions with a foreign partner or
flint weights.
with regard to wares originating from a foreign
The inhabitants also learned how to obtain pieces
country?
of dolomite or limestone (some containing a flint
kernel) and by pecking, grinding and polishing to
make such blanks into the shapely dome-shaped
Table 4. Stone weights of material foreign to the Jerusalem
weights of Judean times.
Flint as a material for weights is not limited to the
City of David. Petrie recorded some made from flint
area.
Material Cat. No. Mass
among his acquisitions and excavations of weights
Alabaster W 74 135 g = 10 x 13 g
in Egypt (Petrie 1926: Nos. 2313, 2815, 2887, 3335,
Basalt W 25 46.30 g = 5 x 9.26 g
3370, 3741), and listed some more as being made
W 38 ca. 68.40 g = 5 x 13.68 g
from a material of the silicate group.
W 41 160.80 g = 12 x 13.40 g
W 89 104.50 g = 10 x 10.45 g
Flint bulbs have been found in Ramesside Egypt
W 102 ca. 135.60 g = 10 x 13.56 g
in the laborers' camps in the Valley of the Kings
W 113 111.90 g = 15x7.46 g
(Valbelle 1977). There, these stones are inscribed
W 170 ca. 184 g = 24 x 7.667 g
W* 213 84.435 g = 8 x 10.557 g
cases their mass) or the number of objects that had
W* 240 45.50 g = 5x9.10 g
been dispatched to the workers in the valley. On Black stone W 26 114.40 g = 15 x 7.627 g
W 119 [12.78 g]
modern weighing of these stones, it was found that
W 143 ca. 359 g = 50 x 7.18 g
their mass approximately represented a mass value
W 165 45.55 g = 4 x 11.388 g
in Egyptian new deben units of 91 g. These inscribed
W 177 40.90 g = 5 x 8.18 g
stones can certainly not be regarded as scale weights
W* 223 214.90 g = 15 x 14.327 g
in the proper sense. They were not made for Hematite W 37 11.86 g = 2 x 5.93 g
with hieratic signs indicating the wares (and in some
repeated use and therefore had not been given a
designed shape and a worked surface safeguarding
the incorporated mass against diminution.
The inscribed stones from the Valley of the Kings
have been regarded as a record of the stores issuing
the wares. However, as they have been found
scattered about the camp sites in the Valley, it is
more likely that they served as a kind of manifest
accompanying the wares to the addressee. The
foreman of a group of laborers could, on the basis
of the information inscribed on the stone, determine
W 95 6.70 g = l/2 x 13.40 g
• W 116 25.15 g = 3 x 8.383 g
W 133 9.45 g = 2/3 x 14.175 g
W 145 ca. 90 g
W 159 11.50 g
W 164 13.15 g = 2 x 6.575 g
W 166 ca. 90.50 g = 10 x 9.05 g
W 190 11.70 g = 2x5.85 g
W 191 ca. 90.30 g = 10 x 9.03 g
W* 216 88.33 g = 12 x 7.361 g
W* 222 181 g = 20 x 9.05 g
W* 252 22.53 g = 2 x 11.265 g
W* 265 30.09 = 4 x 7.523 g
W* 298 6.51 g = l¡2 x 13.02 g
against the inscribed stone on a balance without Goethite W 115 4.47 g = l/3 x 13.41 g
using proper scale weights. That the Egyptians had Quartz W 153 169.70 g = 20 x 8.485 g
Rhyolite W* 242 45.50 g = 4 x 11.375 g
thought about such check weighing, resulting in a
the quantity of the wares arriving by weighing them
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From Stratum 12 came the alabaster ring weight
W 74 (found broken into two halves) with an
substantial mass; others are small, varying between
30 g and 250 g (Table 5).
original mass of ca. 135 g. This mass represents ten
Egyptian old deben (10 x 13.50 g), the mass unit
which appears to have been the progenitor of the
'Shekel of the Sanctuary' and the bqa', its half
(Exod. 30:1 1-16). At the time to which the alabaster
ring has been dated, the 8th century BCE, the
Temple tax already had a reduced mass value, and
that discrepancy may possibly have been the motive
for breaking it.
Stone ring weights have not yet received comprehensive study. A number of such artifacts have been
recovered from Near Eastern civilizations, all with-
out inscriptions or markings. For none of these
finds has their mass been determined, though their
use as scale weights had been suggested; cf. e.g. Tepe
Hissar (Schmidt 1937: 219, 311), Tepe Gawra
(Tobler 1950: 205), Tell Nebi Mend (Pezard 1931:
42 f., Pis. 33-34) and Shtora (Kuschke 1954: 110, PL
5A). From Egypt two such artifacts have been
recorded (Petrie 1920: 28; 1926: 11), both representing a Mesopotamian standard.
In Palestine mute stone ring weights, mostly of
basalt, are numerous. Some are of large size with a
B. THE MASS STANDARDS
I. The Weight Equipment of Judah and Israe
By the beginning of this century a number of
weights from ancient Palestine were known, suggesting for the first time a comprehensive treatment
(Conder 1902; Benzinger 1903; Moors 1904; Sayce
1904). Some of the weights recovered in and around
Jerusalem were found to be different from any
weights from the ancient Near East. They are
fashioned in a style which came to be described as
dome-shaped, a style represented among ancient
Egyptian weights with many variations.2 In Judah
these weights were made of locally available limestone or dolomite (see above, Part A.III). At the
same time other weights made of basalt, diorite and
hematite had been found in Judah. Thomson (1926:
312) described their shape as cones, cylinders, discs,
'torpedoes' (i.e. grain-shaped) and half spheres.
Of the dome-shaped limestone weights there are
five types which bear an inscription: those with a
Table 5. Stone ring weights in Palestine.
Site
I
refer
enee
Mass
Dan [5400 g] ca. 5555 g = 400 x 13.889 g
[140 g] ca. 145 g = 10 x 14.55 g
Fields of Kibbutz Dan (Beth Ussishkin) 4100 g = 8 x 512.50 g = 300 x 13.667 g = 480 x 8.542 g
510 g = 40 x 12.75 g = 60 x 8.50 g
Tel Hazor: BA 169-2085 2085 g = 150 x 13.90 g = 250 x 8.37 g
Kokhav ha-Yarden: BR 852 [137.50 g] ca. 138 g - 10 x 13.80 g - IV2 x 92 g
Akhziv (limestone, broken in half) [2620 g]- ca. 2730 g = 200 x 13.665 g = 325 x 8.40 g
Megiddo:
Schumacher 1908: 53, 111. 56 Mass not determined
Fischer 1929: No. 34.2691 49.97 g = 6 x 8.328 g
Fischer 1929: No. 34.2295 60.365 g = 8 x 7.546 g
Beth Shean
Fitzgerald 1930: No. 34.1444 62.136 g - 6 x 10.355 g
Ai: CVII, 0-280 [62.80 g] ca. 63.20 g = 6 x 10.533 g
Jericho (Garstang):
No. 35.2757 27.71 g = 2 x 13.855 g
No. 35.2760 27.60 g = 2 x 13.80 g
Tell Abu Saļima (Petrie 1937):
No. 6222 36.094 g - 4 x 9.023
g
No. 6266 6.35 g = l/ix 12.70 g
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Egyptologists have indeed recognized an early
Egyptian mass standard with a unit of such size
(Helck 1980: 1202, ca. 13.60 g; Hornung 1967: 16,
ca. 13.80 g).
The weights inscribed 'nsp' have a mass ranging
had been recognized as the Egyptian hieratic
numbers 5, 10 and 50, the connection of these
from just below eight grams to just above eleven
Judean weights to Egyptian metrology became grams, a spread which makes it unlikely that these
clear. Their mass of about 455 g, 91 g and 45.50 g Judean weights developed from a single model.
was that of five Egyptian deben, one deben and one There are indeed two foreign sources which
half deben, equalling 50, 10 and 5 Egyptian kite. As probably provided models for this extraordinary
the Judean weights with the looped sign included size variation among the Judean nsp weights. A
northern source is suggested by the Ugaritic meanspecimens designated by one or two unit strokes, i.e.
as one shekel and as two shekels, the unit-value of ing of 'nsp' as 'half (Gordon 1965: 50, 447; Scott
the Judean shekel turned out to be about 11.40 g 1970: 62) and by mass units in Mesopotamia of
(norm 11.375 g), and it was concluded that the 10.91/21.82 g (Hultsch 1898: 199, 201, 'Register of
hieratic numerals for 5, 10 and 50 on these weights Weight Norms' and discussion there). A southern
source is indicated by the various raised kite values
with the looped sign were understood in Judah as 4,
between 9.30 and 9.85 g which developed in times
8 and 40 (cf. Scott 1985: 198).
It was further observed that the Judean weight following the 18th Dynasty (Hultsch 1898: 198, 200)
inscribed 'pym' had a mass of one twelfth of the and spread along the Levantine coast and into
eight-shekel weight (91 g = 12 x 7.583 g). But as a Syria.
No stone weight inscribed 'maneh' or 'mina' has
value of 7.583 g did not constitute an original
Egyptian mass unit, a review of the metrology ofturned up, either dome-shaped of limestone or of
other neighboring civilizations of Judah leads to the any other type or material. Josephus Flavius used
the term 'mina' in his account of Crassus visiting the
recognition that the pym weights represent a
Temple to see the gold kept there. Stating the
Phoenician standard adjusted to the Egyptian
deben.
quantities of gold, Josephus adds: 'The mina with us
Much thought has been devoted to the under- is equal to two and a half pounds' {Ant. XIV, vii, 1).
standing and explanation of this Judean weight In modern times this interpretive equation has been
equipment as a unified metrological system. As the calculated on the basis of the classical Roman libra
weights with the looped sign form the majority of of 327.45 g as 2l/i x 327.45 g = 818.60 g. However,
in the development of Roman weight metrology
the weights recovered - both unit pieces and
there was an earlier unit, 'as libralis' or 'as librarius'
multiples - their unit is seen as the basis, the
looped sign and either unit strokes or numerals,
those inscribed 'pym,' 'nsp' or 'bqa',' and some very
small ones marked solely with hieratic numerals.
Once the numerals accompanying the looped sign
Judean shekel. From this shekel standard it was
of 273 g, later called 'litra italike' (Chantraine 1961:
col.
630 ff; Regling 1930: 39, 353, 713, s.v. as, libra ,
deduced that the pym, nsp and bqa' units had
been
uncia). This earlier pound unit, also divided into
intended as 2/3, 4/5 and V2 °f the shekel. However,
after a review of the artifactual evidence these
unciae (12 x 22.75 g = 273 g) had remained in use
by side with the classical libra.
conclusions are convincing only for the pymside
unit.
A find
As for the bqa' weights, there are many with
a from Herodian times provides evidence for
mass above the half value of the shekel, i.e. heavier
its use in Palestine. Some years ago a fine drum-
shaped
than 5.70 g. As the bqa' is a mass unit for
the weight made of hard limestone turned up in
Jericho.
payment of the poll tax (Exod. 38:26), it would
seem Inscribed 'LEIN,' it has a mass of [13,514 g]
and, estimating the loss from a few chips and
an unlikely development that a tax unit increased
over time.
scratches, must originally have weighed ca. 13,600
Furthermore, the mass of the poll tax was defined g.3 Its abbreviated inscription, reading 'year 5,
as a 'half shekel' after the shekel of the sanctuary italike [litrai] fifty,' explains its mass as 50 x 272 g
(Exod. 38:26). Petrie (1926: 17, sec. 42) recognized for the Italian litra, i.e. 0.37% below the norm of
an early Egyptian mass unit, originally of 13.61 g273 g.
It is this Italian litra by which Josephus defined
(Petrie 1926: VI, 'Key to the Standards'). He
the Hebrew mina, which accordingly must have had
recorded weights of this standard from the early
a mass of 2l/i x 273 g = 682.50 g. While we have no
dynasties and up to the 12th Dynasty. Recently
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further evidence that Josephus Flavius was indeed
aware of this early Roman pound, it is surprising
that the much later Josippon, writing in the 10th
century in southern Italy, was able to improve on
the definition given by Josephus. From his text
from the Bronze and Iron Ages (Table 7). These
weights are made from locally occurring flint
concretions, fashioned into cuboids or into spheroids with a base.
In comparison with the sculptural and geometrical weights from Mesopotamia and Egypt their
that Josippon did know of different mass values for
shape and manufacture appear primitive. They are
libra and litra and their unciae. In order to define
unsightly but stable and show the desire of the
the 'litra' he used the canonical Islamic weight unit
inhabitants to measure rather substantial quantities
of his time, the widely known 'mitqal' (in Hebrew
of materials or products on the balance.
'mishkal') and explained the litra as 60 mishkalim,
These weights are distributed over the different
i.e. 60 X 4.55 g = 273 g,4 thereby arriving at a mina
strata as follows: 16 from the Bronze Age, 47 from
value of 682.50 g.
Iron Age II, two from the Persian period and four
This mina was neither an invention of the
from Roman strata. The question arises why were
Hebrews nor a latecomer in their land. Aall
weight
weights in use at one time not made from the
of such a mina from a very early period same
has material.
been
Did these flint weights serve to weigh
recovered in Mesopotamia (see below, Partparticular
B.II). Its wares? Were the dome-shaped limestone
mass appears to have been derived from fifty
Indus
weights
intended for weighing precious metal in
Valley shekels: 50 x 13.65 g = 682.50 g. Weights
of
small quantities
- up to two dozen shekels - while
such mina size (and of their parts) have been
the found
flint weights served for consumer goods and
all over the Near East (Table 6).
other materials? Or might the dome-shaped weights
At the City of David such mina weights and
have partremained in the hands of persons of a
weights of such a mina have been found particular
in strata class, while the common people were
(Flusser 1978: Vol. I: 165, Vol. II: 119), it appears
Table 6. Weights on the mina standard of 682.50 g in the Near East and Greece.
Site
Mass
Bahrain
and
Dilmun1 ca. 1370 g = 2 x 685 g
Fara/Suppurak2 [170.40 g] ca. 174 g = */4 x 697 g
Lagash3 688.30 g and [167.50 g] ca. 173.50 g = l¡4 x 694 g
Ur4
691
g
Syria
and
Asia
Minor
Antioch5 674 g
Zinjirli6 13,475 g = 20 x 673.75 g
Troy7 137.50 g = l/5 x 687.50 g
Greece
Athens8 337.94 g = A/i x 675.88 g
337.52 g= '/2 1 675.04 g; 331.93 g= '/2x 663.86 g
Egypt
Ghurob9 343.05 g = l¡2 x 686.10 g
Sites unknown:10
No.
No.
4532
4540
680.79
683.38
g
g
No. 4563 341.88 g = '/2 x 683.76 g
No. 4567 342.99 g='/2x 685.98 g
No. 4533 272.30 g = 2/s x 680.75 g
No.
4539
2723
g
=
4
x
683.19
g
1. Bibby 1970: 74, No. 13. 6. Luschan and Andrae 1943: 28.
2. Unger 1918: No. 36. 7. Lindsten 1943: No. 16.
3. Unger 1918: Nos. 13, 37. 8. Pernice 1894: Nos. 180-20.
4. Powell 1971: Table 2. 9. Petrie 1891: 21, No. 4972.
5. Rostovtzeff 1941: Vol. II, 452, Pl. LIV:3. 10. Petrie 1926: Pis. 4M2.
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Mes
II. The Mass Standards of Egypt, Mesopotamia and
Table 7. Weights of the mina standard of 682.50 g
from Palestine.
Phoenicia
City of David
Well-known land routes connected the land of the
W 2 Limestone 672.50 g
W 193 Limestone 2045 g = 3 x 681.67 g
Canaanites and the Hebrews with their immediate
W* 232 Limestone 8530 g = 1272 x 682.40 g
W 6 Flint 347.80 g = l/ix 695.60 g
W 13 Limestone 342.50 g = l/2 x 685 g
W 34 Limestone 342.90 g = l/i x 685 g
W 39 Stone 338.20 g = l/i x 676.40 g
W 60 Flint 335.50 g = l¡2 x 671 g
W 127 Flint 348 g = l/2 x 696 g
W 132 Limestone 340.07 g = 72 x 680.14 g
W 178 Limestone 340.40 g = V2 x 680.80 g
W* 238 Limestone 173.50 g = 74 x 694 g
W 15 Flint 455.10 g = 2/s x 682.65
W 40 Flint 460.10 g = 2/s x 690 g
W 43 Limestone 114.10 g = 76 x 684.60
W 68 Flint 459.30 g = 2/3 x 688.95
W 76 Chalk 113.20 g = l/e x 679.20
W 79 Flint 231.70 g = l/3 x 695.10
W* 224 Limestone 228 g = V3 x 684 g
g
g
g
g
g
and more distant neighbors. The maritime route
from the Nile Delta along the Levantine coast to
Aegina and Athens brought influences from Egypt
to Phoenicia, the Syrian coast and Greece. Thus the
mass standards customary in these lands became
known to the Canaanites and the Hebrews and
foreign weights were handled by them.
During the 19th century discoveries and studies of
weights from Mesopotamia and Egypt made
archaeologists and historians aware of the weight
equipment of the ancient Near East. Comprehensive
treatises on weighing in antiquity were published
(Queipo 1859; Brandis 1866; Hultsch 1882). Petrie's
finds and acquisitions in Egypt had been regularly
published since 1886. They have been analyzed by
Hultsch (1898) and by Petrie himself in his
concluding catalogue of 1926.
W* 228 Limestone 454.50 g = 2/3 x 681.75 g1
However, some of these works were disregarded
W 45 Flint 271.90 g = 2/s x 679.75
W 58 Flint 272.60 g = 2/s x 681.50
W 83 Flint 273.10 g = 2/s x 682.75
W 106 Limestone 138.50 g = l/s x 692.50
W 108 Flint 406 g = 3/s x 676.70 g
W 188 Limestone 277.10 g = 2/s x 692.75
W* 220 Limestone 135 g = 75 x 675 g
g
g
g
g
g
Megiddo 2 2775 g = 4 x 693.75 g
5575 g = 8 x 696.88 g
Gezer3 167.40 g = V4 x 669.60 g
outright. The detailed survey of ancient weights, Die
Gewichte des Alterthums by F. Hultsch (1898), was
derided by the German scholar of Greek and
Roman history K.J. Beloch, who compared it to
'a witch's kitchen' (Beloch 1925: Vol. I, 2:333). And
Flinders Petrie's great catalogue Ancient Weights
and Measures (1926), concluding a lifetime of
excavating, collecting and studying weights from
Egypt, was at the time not even regarded as worth
acquiring by either the Library of the Palestine
169.95 g = 74 x 679.80 gDepartment of Antiquities or the National and
Library of Jerusalem.
[170.28 g] = 74 x 681.12 University
g
233.78 g = 73 x 671.34 g True, at the beginning of the present century
453.21 g = 2/3 x 679.82 gimportant knowledge for a full understanding of
456.33 g = 2/3 x 684.50 g
weight metrology of the ancient Near East was still
459.12 g = 2/3 x 688.68 g
lacking. Although Hultsch (1882: 197 ff., 'Register
Weight
Norms') recorded a unit of 90.96 g (the
1. Duncan (1925: 116-17) correctly related W*of228
to two
Egyptian
deben of the 18th Dynasty) as well
weights of the same size found by Macalister at
Gezer,ten-kite
but
failed to deduce correctly the shekel unit incorporated.
as a unit of 13.64 g, he had no sources to explain the
2. Schumacher 1908: 67, 123-24.
3. Macalister 1912: 281-86.
latter as an early Egyptian mass unit. Weights of
this standard from the Indus Valley civilization were
not known at that time (see Piggot 1950: 181), and
Egyptologists had not yet recognized a parallel early
forbidden to own them and thereby forced tomass
use unit in Egypt (see now Hornung 1967: 16,
about
the more primitive flint weights? If that was
the 13.80 g; Helck 1980: 1202, about 13.60 g).
case, one wonders why weights of this kind haveInsoMesopotamia three groups of mass standards
far turned up only in sizes much heavier thanhave
thebeen observed: the standards of the shekel of
8.186 g and the raised shekel of 8.41 g, both
dome-shaped weights.
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originally connected with the weighing of gold. For
weighing the more common silver, standards based
on shekel values between 10.20 and 10.91 g were in
use.
only a few pieces (see Catalogue, Part B.IV, W* 306315). Two different types, both made of limestone,
had attracted attention: weights of spheroid shape
with a flat base, a form later described as 'dome-
A singular Mesopotamian mina weight
shaped,'
from
allvery
similar but of small mass; and weights
early times represents a further standard
shaped in
like Mesoa disc or drum, some appreciably heavier
potamia. Inscribed 'Dudu - one mina
than
in the
wool,'
artifacts
it of the first type. Some of the
weighs 680.485 g5 (Table 6). This mass
dome-shaped
can be seen
weights were marked with signs and
as 50 shekels of 13.6097 g, the unit value now
others with inscriptions in ancient Hebrew letters.
known from the Indus Valley (norm 13.65 g), or as Weights so marked or inscribed became recognized
60 shekels of 11.3414 g, a shekel value known in as the earlier ones. It was thought that this group of
Mesopotamia which much later became the shekel weights represented a kind of official weight system.
of the Judean Kingdom. Weights of this mina size This understanding delayed the realization that
and its parts and multiples have been recovered stone weights of other types and materials were
from all over the Near East, in Greece and in
used by the inhabitants of Jerusalem at the same
Palestine (Tables 6-7).
time, as archaeological excavations were to show.
The Egyptian kite of 9.096 g, the tenth of the 18th The size of the earliest dome-shaped weights
recovered seemed to indicate a custom of weighing
Dynasty deben, continued into the later periods of
only small quantities of silver ranging from a few
East. These connections gave rise to a numbergrams
of
up to about 90 grams, presumably for use in
raised unit values from about 9.35 to 9.85 g, known
payment either in trade or in discharging taxes and
duties. Two finds in particular show that weighing
from Egypt to Syria. It seems that the higher values
also came to be seen as a diminution of the
of silver by householders and merchants was not
to such small quantities, but that silver
Mesopotamian unit of 10.91 g and as arestricted
half of the
Ugarit shekel.
was also weighed in far larger quantities. However,
On the Levantine coast of the Mediterranean,
the particular circumstances prevented the under-
intensive commercial contacts over the whole Near
where the influence of Egypt met that of Mesopotamia, a further system of mass standards developed, attributed to the Phoenicians. Mass units of
7.28, 7.48 and 7.58 g and double units of 14.56,
standing of the artifactual evidence in both cases. In
with a little copper.
stone artifact was recovered. Macalister and Dun-
1889 a large limestone weight (W* 308) turned up in
the courtyard of the White Fathers at St. Anna,
north of the Temple Mount (Chaplin 1890; Conder
1891; Cré 1892; Schick 1892; Guthe 1894; Cler14.96 and 15.16 g appeared and became known
through commercial contacts all over the Near East. mont-Ganneau 1899). A rather clumsy ellipsoid in
When coinage was first issued on the Lebanese shape, it has a smoothed surface and at one pole a
carefully carved cavity, a distinctive feature of scale
coast, it was the Egyptian mass unit of 13.64 g
which Tyre adopted as a coin standard for more
weights.6 The stone artifact weighed 41.9 kg, i.e. 50
than a hundred years, stamping its earlier coins with minas of 838 g.7 The find lapsed into oblivion when
Egyptian symbols: the crook, the flail and the owl its inscription was recognized as a modern and
amateurish fake (Guthe 1894, citing Prof. Euting,
(Naster 1967: 3, 22). The coin standard was later
raised, apparently when the originally quite pure Strassburg; Rafaeli 1920/21; Barrois 1932). The
silver, too soft to give coins a long life without loss other weight (W* 233) came from the excavations of
1923-1925 in the Ophel, where a very large limeof mass, was replaced by silver hardened by alloying
can (1926: 30, Fig. 23) did not consider the object a
C. THE EARLY WEIGHTS RECOVERED IN
JERUSALEM PRIOR TO 1978
scale weight, nor did they suggest any other use for
it. However, they published its main dimensions and
a section and described its material and surface
treatment. From these details the artifact can be
I. The First Finds of Early Weights in
recognized as a scale weight of Herodian times. As
Modern Times
noted in the catalogue, W* 233 can be seen as a
Recoveries of scale weights in Jerusalem and its
talent weight of 60 minas of 728 or 748 g the mina.
immediate environs amounted up to World War The
I to artifact appears to have been lost.
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Both these artifacts, so skillfully produced as
scale weights, show that some rulers of Judea had
provided themselves with a scale weight of substantial size, a custom which by the Iron Age had
become widespread. Archaeological excavations in
Mesopotamia, Elam and Egypt have brought to
light a number of large weights ranging from a
quarter talent to a triple talent (Table 8). Whether in
Judea these two weights were indeed used to weigh
such enormous quantities, or whether perhaps they
were exhibited near a monumental balance purely to
indicate the wealth of the ruler, we do not know.
The making of such huge weights, as well as their
use, would have required an especially large and
strong balance beam capable of being loaded with
double their mass, and also appropriate smaller
weights.8
Table 8. Some Near Eastern talent weights of various
materials and shapes.*
II. The Finds Made by Macalister and Duncan
(1923-1925)
In 1923-1925 excavations9 were undertaken at the
City of David by R.A.S. Macalister, the excavator
of Gezer, assisted by J.G. Duncan, who served as
acting director during Macalister's prolonged ab-
sences from Jerusalem. Macalister, through his
experience at Gezer (1912: 25 f., 278-97), had
become thoroughly disappointed with the study of
ancient weights,10 while Duncan, who had worked
with Flinders Petrie and admired his research on
ancient weights, was keen to discover Hebrew
weights. At the close of the excavations Duncan
(1925: 23) believed that a large number of weights
had been recovered: he spoke of hundreds from
different periods. However, when the excavators
came to write the final report on the excavations,
Macalister restricted the section on weights to the
enumeration of a mere handful of artifacts whose
identification as weights appeared to him certain:
two pieces had an inscription, one was marked,
No. Weight
another had lead fillings for adjustment of its mass
1. Susa; bronze and iron; 2 x 60,771 g; LM.
2. Lagas; granite duck; 2 x [30,278 g]; BM.
3. Khorsabad; 60,303 g; LM 20116.
4. Entemenanki; marble duck [29,680 g]; Berlin (?).
5. Susa; limestone duck [28,904 g]; LM 6427.
6. Susa, limestone duck [28,829 g]; LM 6109.
7. Susa; bronze astragalos; 3 x 31,023 g; LM (?).
8. Egypt, quartzose cone; 2 x 41,472 g; PM 4584.
9. Egypt; basalt cone; 57,218 g; PM 4667.
and two could be recognized because of their shape.
They were all from the Herodian-Roman period.
No dome-shaped weights were mentioned in the
10. Egypt; basalt cone; 29,160 g = V2 x 58,320 g;
PM 4722.
11. Egypt; limestone conical dome; 25,466 g =
72 X 50,932 g; PM 4357.
12. Mitrahineh; basalt dome; [18,165 g] ca. 24,570 g;
CM 31652.
final report, though according to Duncan (1931:
216, 218) 27 had been found, of which 13 had
inscriptions and the 'familiar mark' of the looped
sign. On the division of the finds between the
Mandatory Department of Antiquities and the
sponsoring institutions, some were allotted to the
Palestine Exploration Fund in London, but only 16
of these survived World War II and are now in the
custody of the Institute of Archaeology in Lon-
don.11 The majority of the weights, as well as the
13. Egypt; granite cone; 19,865 g = l/ix 39,370 g;
numerous stones which Duncan thought were
CM 31495.
were left in Jerusalem, but were apparently
14. Egypt; basalt cone; 18,767 g = V2 x 37,534weights,
g;
not even accepted for registration by the Mandatory
EM 68627.
15. Egypt; granite cuboid; 14,840 g = V2 x 29,680
g;
Department
of Antiquities.
BRM 36746.
Some of the weights from the Ophel excavations
of
1923-1925
were identified in 1974 when J. Zias,
* Shape descriptions: 'cone' for 'domed inverted frustum
of
cone' and 'duck' for 'sleeping duck with its headthe
turned
curator of the Mandatory period collections of
back'.
Locations of the artifacts: BM = British Museum,
London; BRM = Brooklyn Museum, New York; CM =
Cairo Museum; EM = The Scottish Museum, Edinburgh;
LM = Louvre Museum, Paris; PM = Petrie Museum,
London.
the Israel Department of Antiquities, drew the
author's attention to a box marked 'For Exchange'
and containing weights and other artifacts. The
weights among them were recognized as coming
from the Ophel when it was realized that they
References: for Nos. 1-6, Powell 1971: App. III; for No. 7,
included some of the items reported by Macalister
Soutzo 1911: 38f.; for Nos. 8-11, Petrie 1926: Pis. 40, 42; for
and Duncan (1926: 157) and that others had
No. 12, Weigall 1908: 12; for Nos. 13-14, Cour-Marty 1989:
III and HE 15:06.
numbers and letters pencilled in an English hand
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on them. To these finds belongs the marked 40shekel weight (W* 228) which had already been
registered in the collection of the Department in
1940.12
weight standards, but found some of these weights
useful locally - a fact which raises questions about
the relations between the local and foreign weight
standards and contemporary knowledge of such
relations.
Whether Macalister envisaged that Duncan
would publish their finds of weights at the Ophel W* 204 of 7.34 g, marked with a unit stroke, is
3.2% below the pym norm of 7.583 g (i.e. V12 x 91 g
we do not know. In any case, in 1928-1929 Duncan
= 2/3 x 11-375 g). One may not be justified in
took the opportunity of his Croall Lectures on
'Digging up Biblical History' to speak about 'Early regarding this weight as a pym: being midway
between Phoenician unit values of 7.28 and 7.48 g,
Hebrew Weights' (Duncan 1931: 216-27).
From what one learns from the Croall Lectures
it appears to represent a Phoenician unit.
W* 228, inscribed with the looped sign and the
about Duncan's approach to metrology and his
hieratic
number 50 (its mass being 454.50 g = 40 x
approach to the study of ancient weights, Macalister' s distrust of Duncan's ability to recognize and 11.3625 g = 5 x 90.90 g), provides striking evidence
interpret the scale weights of the Hebrews appears for the mass relation of the Judean shekel norm to
on the whole to be justified. However, one must the Egyptian deben norm of 90.96 g, the 'new'
applaud Duncan's efforts to recover and safeguard deben of the 18th Dynasty. It is only 0.07% below
all such implements: marked and mute weights, thethe norm value.
smallest and the largest, all had been saved by him W* 233 must have been an atypical talent weight.
in the field. This material would have made a great Macalister and Duncan (1926: 30, Fig. 23) found
contribution to the understanding of weights and the artifact important enough to report on it in
weighing in Judean and Herodian Jerusalem had it detail: 'A block of hard limestone in shape the
become properly known and recognized as relevant frustum of a cone with slightly convex sides, having
at the time. Duncan was one of the first to realize
a short cylindrical projection from its broader end.'
The excavators did not recognize this artifact as a
not only that the Hebrews weighed small quantities
of valuable materials either for the needs of the
scale weight, nor did they discuss its character or
purpose. Hard limestone was the usual material for
householder's shopping in the market or for their
better class of scale weights during various
payments to the authorities, but also that the
large
quantities, even of hundreds of shekels, mustperiods
have in Jerusalem. However, its shape is unique.
In making such a large weight there was the
been weighed on a balance.
problem
of giving the artifact a shape which was
Some aspects of the weights listed in Part B.I
of
special and different from other artifacts, and
the Catalogue call for comment. The customary
further enabling the blank in its final stage to be
material for local weights was limestone in the
different varieties found in the surroundings
adjusted
of
to the desired mass without spoiling the
intended shape. With the ellipsoid talent weight of
Jerusalem. However, there are some weights made
St.and
Anna the half-spherical cavity at one end of its
of other kinds of stone, e.g. basalt (W* 213)
axis served this purpose. On W* 233 from the Ophel
hematite (W* 216 and W* 222). Similarly, although
the rabbet at the base rim enabled the craftsman to
dome-shaped weights were predominant in Judean
times, other forms must be noted: an inverted
adjust the artifact to its intended precise mass. The
frustum of a cone with a domed top (W* 205rabbet
and also enabled those who lifted and handled
the a
weight to get a good grip on the heavy object.
W* 22213) a truncated pyramid (W* 220),
For the four weights W* 229-232, Duncan (1931:
rectangular block (W* 223), a cuboid (W* 224
226) stated their mass only in English pounds (272,
and W* 227) and a rough subglobe (W* 225). It
must be suspected that such weights of non-local 4, 10 and 19 pounds).14 From his explanation
material and of other than the customary shape are 'taking 450 g to represent one pound,' one
foreign weights which had been brought to Jerusa- conjectures that these weights had been weighed in
lem by traders or had been copied locally from Jerusalem on a decimal platform balance and that
foreign weights.
he translated the result into round figures of
These weights may have been taken over from avoirdupois pounds for the benefit of the audience
earlier times and show that the inhabitants of
of his Croall Lectures. There is no longer any reason
to follow Duncan in such an approximation, and
Jerusalem were not only familiar with foreign
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the norm: three (W* 206, W* 207 and W* 209) with
unit values of 11.05, 11.06 and 11.14 g and two
In view of the lack of information as to the
further ones (W* 215 and W* 217) with unit values
low as 10.98 and 10.996 g. These low unit values
material and shape of these weights, oneas would
the mass of these weights is given in grams based on
the exact value of the English pound (453.60 g).
approach the unit value of 10.765 g of the mute
hesitate to approach their metrological interpretation were it not for the fact that three of them
dome-shaped
(W*
weight W* 214. As this problematic
feature
also occurs in all later excavations, it is
229-231) do represent the same standard: either
the
Phoenician mina of 756 g (= 100 x 7.56 g)discussed
or thebelow in connection with the
the g).15
City of David excavations.
Judean multiple unit of 453.60 g (= 40 x 11.34
The unit value of 7.56 g incorporated in these
finds from
weights is quite near the norm value of the Judean
III. The Finds Made by Crowfoot and Fitzgerald
(1927-1928)
a late occurrence of a weight practically representIn 1927-1928 Crowfoot and Fitzgerald excavated in
ing a multiple of the pym unit? In this connection
one notes the unusual artifact of soft limestone
Field 10 on the western slope of the City of David
pym of 2/3 x 1 1.375 g = 7.58 g. Could one see this as
'in on
the Tyropoeon Valley,' a site 'about 120m south
found at Tel Shuqaf (Stern 1982: 216, 111. 362)
of the [Ottoman] City Wall and due west of the
which the letters 'pym' are engraved in 'common
Field [No. 7] excavated by Duncan.' One of their
Aramaic letters of the Persian period.'16
finds
W* 232 is reported by Duncan as having had
a was the Judean shekel weight W* 237 (90.50 g
8 x 11.313 g), inscribed with the looped sign and
mass of 19 English pounds (8618 g). Since he =was
hieratic
unable to interpret the result, it is likely that he
had 10.
Among the other stones for which Fitzgerald
rounded off the true figure. If he rounded down the
(Crowfoot and Fitzgerald 1929: lOlf.) had found it
mass value to exactly 19 lb, only about 4 ounces
'impossible to be certain of the purpose for which
(113.80 g) or 1.3% of its mass as weighed would
have been suppressed by Duncan, yielding a they
true were made,' there are three inscribed ones
which
mass of 8731.80 g or 12 minas of 727.65 g. Just
as from their description and mass may be
considered as weights from Judean times. The
parallels of 756 g for the mina value have been cited,
variety
of standards represented among these
so may parallels from Jerusalem be cited for
the
weights can be understood today: W* 238 of
incorporated in W* 232. Hultsch already recognized173.50 g = 16 x 10.844 g is a weight of high nsp
mina value of 727.65 g which appears to be
among the finds made by Petrie in Egypt separate value, while W* 235 of 49.50 g = 6 x 8.25 g and W*
Phoenician mina values of 718, 748, 758 and 764 g 236 of 66.50 g = 8 x 8.313 g represent Mesopotamian shekel units.
(Hultsch 1882: 418; Hultsch 1898: 204, Index).
On the other hand, if Duncan rounded up the
mass value of W* 232 by about 3 ounces (85 g) in
IV. The Finds Made by Kenyon (1961-1967)
order to obtain 19 lb, we obtain a true figure of
about 8530 g, i.e. the mass of a quarter of the talent At the time when Kathleen Kenyon began excavat-
of 34,120 g, composed of fifty minas of 682.50g, ing in Jerusalem, 22 dome-shaped limestone weights
which is the mass-unit described by Josephus with the looped sign were known (Yadin 1961). The
Flavius as 'our mina.'
recovery in 1963 at the City of David of 18 weights
with
For two additional very large scale weights,
see this symbol, together with five weights otherwise
below, Section D.III. One, also from Macalister
andinscribed and 12 mute ones, was therefore
understandably described by Scott (1965: 128) as a
Duncan's excavations, was never weighed. The
other (W 123) derived from the City of David 'veritable treasure trove,' although these weights did
excavations in 1978-1985.
Besides W* 228 discussed above, which almost
not form a single assemblage.
Altogether 67 weights probably dating from the
precisely represents the Hebrew shekel norm, there Judean Kingdom were recovered in Kenyon's
are two weights (W* 218 and W* 211) among those
bearing the looped sign which have slightly inexact
unit values, one on the high and the other on the
low side. Five other weights are substantially below
excavations in Jerusalem: 27 among them show
the looped sign. However, the weights did not all
come from one context. While 25 weights turned up
as single finds at different loci, 32 occurred in two
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groups, a group of 18 weights from Loci 669.1 la-b
and another of 14 weights from Loci 669.34, 34a
and 42 (Tables 3.1, 3.II).
How are these contexts to be characterized, and
287, 292, 301) and two mute weights of higher nsp
value (W* 246, 288). A similar correspondence is
found in the seven weights in Table 3. ID.
Scott (1965: 131), considering 'the baffling
what kind of activities were carried on at these
differences in mass of scale weights bearing the
premises? They may be understood in varioussame
ways:
or related inscriptions,' rejected the determi-
each of them may have been a weightmaker'snation
shop, of standards by striking averages without
a place from which official weights were distributed,
making allowances 'for loss in mass through wear
an office dealing with taxes or the shop of
andadeterioration' and 'loss through damage.' To
merchant.
take these factors into account he developed an
Some understanding in this respect may be gained
elaborate system of classifying the condition of the
by analyzing the composition of the groups of weights (Scott 1965: 132-33; 1985: 207-209). Anaweights. The Judean shekel weights with the looped lyzing the resulting tables at great length, he was led
sign form the main component in two groups. In to note 'anomalies' (Scott 1965: 133; 1985: 209); he
both the weights with the looped sign are joined by concluded that 'not all the twenty-one [shekel
uninscribed (mute) dome-shaped limestone weights weights with the looped sign, which can be classed
representing the same standard and also by part- fair or better] when first circulated, represented an
weights of the Judean gerah series. Moreover, there
identical standard shekel value' and consequently
are nsp weights and pym weights, some inscribed thought that 'the evidence from only 21 scale
and some mute.
weights is inconclusive.'
Two weights of a somewhat irregular dome shapeAs the model for the Judean shekel value has been
must be especially noted: their metrological value
recognized in the Egyptian (new) deben of the 18th
can be related to more than one standard.
Dynasty - eight shekels equalling one deben (Scott
a) The mute hematite weight W* 252 of 22.53 1985:
g - 198) - it appears reasonable to search for
a foreign weight - can be explained as 1 x 22.53possible
g, a
foreign models for the other Judean units.
heavy Mesopotamian royal shekel, or perhaps asThe
2 xcontemporary norm for the pym unit was
1 1 .265 g, a Judean shekel value albeit less than 1 indeed
%
also linked to the Egyptian deben: twelve
below the shekel norm.
pym units of 7.58 g equalling one deben. It appears
b) The limestone weight W* 279 (162.34 g) ishowever
that the mass of the three Phoenician units
inscribed with a particularly looped shekel symbol,
of 7.28, 7.64 and 7.86 g was well known in the Near
'a curved line closing an upper loop to form a figure East and Egypt, and that occasionally one of these
eight' (Scott 1985: 201, n. 29), similar to one from
values was taken as a model by the weightmaker,
Megiddo observed by Lamon and Shipton (1939: perhaps on the suggestion of the client who ordered
PL 104:37), though lacking any defining hieraticthe weight.
numeral. From its mass W* 279 could have
The case of the nsp weights attracted much early
attention,low
in the first instance because of the name
represented 20 shekels of 8.117 g or a rather
Mesopotamian shekel value of 16 units of
inscribed
10.146(see
g, the discussions in Scott 1970; 1985:
a nsp value. As the looped sign has never been
205-206). While Scott had 23 nsp weights before
found applied to a weight of Mesopotamian shekel him, Kletter (1991: 146-48, Table 6) listed 51 items.
value, it must be concluded that W* 279 was
Tabulating the mass data of these weights according
marked with this unusually shaped loop in order to their frequency, and disregarding the weights
be taken as a Judean shekel, though it does not havewith extremely irregular mass, one obtains mina
the mass of one.
values (fifty nsp units) surprisingly near to minas
Twenty-three of the 25 weights found singly wereobserved by Hultsch (1898) among Petrie's finds
dome-shaped (one is fragmentary and does not
from his campaigns in Egypt between 1886 and
1897.
appear in Table 3. II). These weights of units or
multiples display variations of unit size similar to
The comparable quinquagesimal weight stanthose found in the two largest groups of weights. dards have been rightly designated by Hultsch
Among them are: seven clearly inscribed Judean
(1898) as Mesopotamian (Babylonian). Mesopotashekel weights (W* 241, 243, 289, 299, 295, 300, mian counting and weighing has often been
305), four mute Judean shekel weights (W* 239,
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Mesopotamian shekel of 8.37/8.41 g, enabled the
owner to receive 10% more silver than a regular
pym would have weighed.
Among 38 dome-shaped limestone pym weights
standards.
whose mass was published (Kletter 1991: Table 7),
There are six weights made of material other than 29 pieces weigh under 8 g (7.18 to 7.95 g) and nine
the usual local dolomite or limestone: W* 242
pieces over 8 g (up to 8.591 g). Such a large number
of heavy
(rhyolite), W* 246 (chert), W* 249 (quartzite),
W* pym weights cannot be regarded as
fortuitous. Originally modeled on one-twelfth of
252 and W* 265 (hematite) and W* 288 (bronze).
the new Egyptian deben (V12 x 91 g = 7.583 g), over
W* 242 (45.50 g - 4 x 11.375 g) and W* 252
(22.53 g = 2 x 11.265 g) could have been used for time the Judean pym followed the Egyptian deben
in its increase to a heavier mass up to 7.95 g, or
weighing according to the Judean shekel unit with
came to be related to the Syrian multiple of 10 x
the looped sign.
9.40 g or 10 x 9.50 g. These influences, however,
W* 265 (30.09 g = 4 x 7.523 g) could have
represented a mass of four pym, while W* 246were not strong enough to exclude the influence of
(32.43 g = 3 x 10.81 g) and W* 288 (4 x 10.838 g)the Mesopotamian shekel units of 8.186/8.41 g, as
well as the parallel Egyptian unit of 8.53 g (Hultsch
could have served to measure nsp units of the higher
1898: 198, Index). Indeed among the foreign weights
range.
There is only one inscribed gerah weight (W* is W* 246 (32.43 g = 4 x 8.108 g), representing four
280), but there are three small mute artifacts (W*Mesopotamian shekels.
247, W* 263 and W* 273), all dome-shaped, which Together with the Judean shekel weights in Loci
may represent 6, 7 and 8 gerah, i.e. parts of shekel669.34 and 34a were two inscribed nsp weights.
units of 11.00, 11.075 and 11.286 g respectively. They differ widely in their mass: W* 269 (10.62 g) is
The group of weights found in Loci 669.1 la-b13.8% heavier than W* 274 (9.33 g). Such variation
(W* 247-265) contains seven intact shekel weightsin mass among nsp weights is now well known.
Among 48 nsp weights (all dome-shaped limestone
inscribed with the looped sign. With these inscribed
weights, the two mute ones (W* 264 and W* 261)and intact) there are nine weights with a mass from
and the foreign weight (W* 252) the owner could9.80 to 10.00 g and five weights from 10.10 to 10.63
have weighed any quantity from 1 to 47 shekels. g (Kletter 1991: Table 6). Even among the inscribed
Measuring silver quantities of 24 and more shekelsshekel weights, there are two weights (W* 270 and
was common: special weights of such large sizes W* 275) with a similar unit mass of 10.895 and
were provided, as shown by the 24-shekel weight10.798 g, i.e. 4.2% and 5.07% below the shekel
(W* 278, 268.30 g) and the 40-shekel weight (W* norm of 11.375 g. These also compare with the
10.829 g of the fossil echinus marked with the
228, 454.50 g) recovered by Duncan. Such large
looped sign (Barkay 1978: 217).
quantities indicate the size of the balance which
Further, among the mute dome-shaped weights
must have been available: both pans were loaded
with a total mass of 900 g and more. A balance with there are two, W* 254 (42.22 g = 4 x 10.556 g) and
W* 255 (43.39 g = 4 x 10.848 g) whose mass is
a substantial beam was required, equipped with
scale-pans much larger than the small pans recov- below the shekel norm by 7.2% and 4.6%
ered in the Armenian Garden Area (Tushingham
respectively.
All these weights are reminiscent of the weight
1985: No. 5480, Fig. 72.7, diameter ca. 5.6 cm).
Together with the Judean shekel weights at Loci from Samaria of ca. 2730 g inscribed as 1000
669.34 and 34a were two pym weights. One of them quarter-shekels of ca. 2.73 g, i.e. 250 shekels of ca.
(W* 268, 8.39 g) is clearly too heavy to be accepted 10.92 g. In the Mesopotamian weight system a unit
of this size was the light silver shekel, half of a heavy
without further consideration as a regular pym.
shekel (Hultsch 1898: 199, 201, Index). The lighter
Scott described its shape as an 'irregular polyhedron' and concluded that the artifact had remained
of these silver units was particularly common all
unfinished. The numerous facets making up itsover the Near East.
surface perhaps indicate that it was not fashioned
It is possible that 'nsp' means 'one half (Scott
206). The Mesopotamian silver units therefore
by a professional weightmaker: it is what may 1985:
be
the royal court weight of Samaria as well as
called a private weight. Its mass, reminiscent of explain
the
Haupt 1916). However, a decimal/quinquagesimal
substructure has also been recognized. It appears
that such weights had as wide a distribution in the
Near East as had the weights of sexagesimal
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the Judean nsp weights of higher mass. However,
this Mesopotamian weight standard did not have as
strong an influence in Judea as did the Egyptian
new deben of 91 g on the Judean shekel series. Nsp
weights fluctuated in mass: specimens of lower mass
approximated a unit value found in Ugarit (Scott
1985: 206), while the nsp weights of higher mass
followed the light Mesopotamian silver shekel, some
A stone weight may have been made locally or at
some other place; it may have been obtained in a
neighboring country or even in a distant land. It
may have been an heirloom in the family of its
owner, or it may have been brought to its findspot
by him or by a foreign trader. Unless it was found in
a weightmaker's workshop, a realistic dating for the
origin of a weight must come from the evidence of
parallels.
It was a novel step in the Kingdom of Judah for
all scale weights to be made in one style and from
II. Weights Found in Bronze Age Strata (W 1-27)
at a reduced value.
local stone. However, in unit mass the weights
display an eclectic adoption of various weight units
The oldest Bronze Age weights in the City of David,
dated to the 31st and 29th centuries BCE, are an
common in the Near East and known to the
Judeans from contact with their neighbors uninscribed
and withflint spheroid (W 1), with a mass of
the surrounding civilizations.
408.70 g = 50 X 8.174 g, and the equally mute
Returning to the question of how to characterize
limestone weight (W 2) of stele shape with a mass
the contexts in Site A where the bulk of the
weights
originally
of 672.50 g = 50 x 13.45 g. W 1 represents
were found, the possibility of a weightmaker's
the Mesopotamian half mina, or can be seen by the
workshop or an office or store of the administration
Egyptian old deben standard as thirty shekels of
can be excluded. No raw material or blanks for
13.623 g.
W 2 and W 15, both likewise mute, are remiweights were recorded (for a blank, see Catalogue,
Part A.III, Annex). While the condition of most
niscentof
of the ancient Mesopotamian weight from
the weights was described by Scott as 'good,'
for
Girsu-Lagash,
inscribed 'Dudu - mina in wool' and
seven only a 'fair' condition was noted. At the
with a mass of 680.485 g. Weights of this size and
offices of the weights administration one would related mina parts have been found all over the
expect neither foreign weights nor mute ones, unless Near East and are represented among the finds
the latter were in first-class condition just before from the City of David (Tables 6-7). It was a mina
being inscribed. One must thus conclude that the of this size that Josephus Flavius described as the
'Mina of the Hebrews,' which he defined as two and
contexts were the premises of merchants.
D. THE EARLY WEIGHTS FROM THE CITY
OF DAVID 1978-1985
I. The Dating of the Weights
a half Roman litra, i.e. 2X¡2 x 273 g = 682.50 g (see
above, Part B.I).
As these weights of local production are mute, we
cannot determine whether at the time W 1 and W 2
were regarded as multiples of certain shekel units or,
as seems more likely, as two kinds of minas. With
In the City of David excavations in 1978-1985
the
these earliest
weights we are already confronted
weights recovered were precisely recorded according
with uncertainty regarding the mass standard which
to their findspot, and for each its locus, an
stratum,
uninscribed weight may have represented in the
period and date were determined. The dateeyes
indicates
of its ancient owner or his counterpart in trade.
the approximate time at which the weight
was
All the
weights from the Middle Bronze Age (W
deposited at the findspot. For fragile pottery
4-24) are
one
also uninscribed. Some can be seen as
may assume that its production occurredrepresenting
not long more than one standard. W 18 (429.30
before its deposition. However, for stone g),
weights,
for example, may be seen as fifty shekels of 8.586
much more durable and of greater value than
many
g, though
this is a value 2% above the Mesopotatypes of pottery and likely to be held in safe
keeping
mian
norm of 8.41 g, as well as thirty shekels of
for a long time, a similar supposition is not
14.31 g, 1.65% below the Phoenician norm of 14.55
warranted. The making of a stone weight may have g. Both deviations are within a tolerance of 1.5% to
been coeval with the dating of its findspot but it 2% either way, which seems acceptable for weights
may also have been fashioned earlier, even by some of these times and materials.
generations.
Three Late Bronze Age weights (W 25-27)
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illustrate the ability of the ancients to find various
materials and produce weights of different shapes:
W 25 is a basalt rhomboid block, W 26 a black
stone of half-grain shape and W 27 a pebble. The
first two represent weights of a Phoenician standard, while the third conforms to a Mesopotamian
silver standard.
(8.186 and 8.41 g), while 24 weights appear to
represent various values of the silver shekel (the
lower ranges of ca. 10.50, 10.91 and 11.22 g and the
higher ranges of 11.375 and 11.46 g). The Egyptian
old deben standard appears to be represented by W
58, W 74 and W 77 with unit masses between 13.50
and 13.95 g, and the Egyptian gold unit by W 51
As shown by the weights recovered from the with its mass of 12.70 g.
Bronze Age, the inhabitants of Jerusalem were From the 7th century BCE we have 13 weights (W
familiar with weights and weight standards of the 91-103), all of stone (eight limestone, two flint and
neighboring civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia one each of basalt, hematite and some other kind of
and Phoenicia. There are two late 'descendants' of stone). Among these weights is one dome-shaped
the mina of Dudu: W 2, a full mina, and W 15, a limestone artifact (W 96), marked with an unusual
two-third mina weight, a mina size described by loop imitation and two unit strokes. Its mass is
Josephus Flavius as the 'Mina of the Hebrews' of nearly 2% above the norm value. The other
his time.
limestone weights are in the shape of a disc, a
III. The Early Weights from Iron Age Strata
(W 28-148)
Only one weight (W 28) was recovered from the
Iron Age I Stratum 15: it represents a Mesopota-
mian silver half mina.
cylinder, a globoid, a cushion and a pebble, while
two are grain-shaped.
Forty-five weights (W 104-148) were dated to the
mid-seventh century to 586 BCE. Among the
materials are flint and limestone (15 of each), chalk
and hematite (three of each), basalt and goethite
(one of each), as well as two pebbles. Flint was used
Among the nine weights from the 10th century
for weights of Phoenician, Mesopotamian and
standard (W 31), three on a Phoenician standard
Egyptian standards, always for sizable weights. An
unusual very large weight (?), W 123, is discussed
BCE we have one representing an Egyptian
(W 35-37) and four weights according to a
below.
Mesopotamian standard (W 30 and W 32-34). The
mute W 29, fashioned in the Judean style, is
From the Persian period there are 24 weights (W
149-172): one of bronze (W 154), one of pottery (W
161) and 22 of stone (eight of limestone, three of
remarkable as representing not only Judean shekels
(16.90 g = V/i X 11.267 g) but also Mesopotamian
units (16.90 g = 2 X 8.45 g).
The single find from the 9th century BCE, the
mute weight W 38, has a mass of ca. 68.40 g.
Judging by its shape and material, it is not of local
origin; it may have represented five Egyptian old
deben, but could have been seen as one tenth of the
Hebrew mina. Calculating its mass in Judean
shekels results in the multiple six, a step unknown
among the Judean weight equipment.
Fifty-two weights (W 39-90), all of stone, are
dated to the 8th century BCE, including 24 of flint,
1 1 of limestone, two of basalt, one of alabaster and
three pebbles. Flint was used for weights of both
Phoenician and Mesopotamian standards (eight and
15 respectively).
Among the weights on Phoenician standards, all
the known varieties of the shekel values are
chalk, three of hematite and one each of flint,
basalt, marble and quartz, as well as a pebble and
three stones of undefined kind). The Judean shekel
standard appears to be represented by ten weights,
but there is only one (W 169) inscribed with the loop
sign and hieratic 5. The dome-shaped black stone
weight W 165, with a mass of four Judean shekels
(45.55 g = 4 X 11.388 g), is marked with two small
cavities which appear to denominate it as two units
of 22.785 g.
Early weights have also been recovered as
intrusive in later strata. Thirty such weights were
found in Strata 8 to 5 (W 173-192) and as
unstratified or surface finds (W 193-202), eight of
them as fragments. Among these finds are four
weights of flint, 18 of limestone, one of chalk and
one pebble. It is noteworthy that among the flint
weights are two small weights: W 185 of 37.80 g = 5
represented (Hultsch 1898; Lehmann-Haupt 1916).X 7.56 g and W 187 of 184.75 g = 16 x 11.547 g.
Among the weights on Mesopotamian standards, The shape of the inscribed weight W 123 is a
six represent the common shekel in its two ranges
rectangular paralleliped, though not of angular
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ter and Duncan 1926: 29-30, Fig. 23). This artifact
(apparently now lost) was not recognized by the
These features raised doubts as to whether the stone
excavators as a scale weight. However, they found it
served as a constructional element in the wall and
so outstanding in shape, quality of manufacture and
led to its consideration as a stone weight.
size that they included in their report its precise
Very large stone weights are rare. Some are
measurements, a detailed description and a section
fashioned as real works of sculpture, more as rotund
drawing. It was a block of hard limestone in the
geometric bodies, and even boulders have served
shape of a frustum of cone with a slightly convex
such a purpose after adjustment by chipping mantle
and face, dressed with a comb pick, and with a
pecking. An example of the second class will
be cylindrical projection from its broader end.
short
discussed below. Both of the fashioned type require
The excavators reported precise measurements: a)
an experienced craftsman. One should thereforefor
not
the conical body, h 317.5 mm, d1 152.4 mm, d2
be surprised to find artifacts of simple shape being
292.1 mm; and b) for the cylindrical projection, h
50.8 mm, d 279.4 mm. To calculate the volume of
prepared as large scale weights.
The stone, weighed on the large Sartorius balance
the artifact, the convexity of the conical part was
of the Departments of Weights and Measures oftaken
the into account by the method of approximate
Ministry of Industry and Commerce, was found
to integration based on the section drawing.
volume
be 18,971 g in mass. Five main spots of damageMultiplying
are
the total volume of seven 'slices' and
sharp-cornered form; the face with the inscription is
well-rounded, as are the faces of the lateral sides.
discernible on the stone, causing a loss of mass;
the volume of the cylindrical projection of the
from plasticine complementation this loss may
be
cylindrical
projection by the specific weight of
Jerusalem limestone, the mass of the artifact
estimated as about 270 g. There are additional
chippings and rubbings and small flat cavities on the obtained was between 46,130 and 47,000 g.
stone's surface; thus the original mass may have
Such a mass corresponds to 6000 units of 7.689 g
been 19,240 g.
and 7.834 g respectively. In evaluating the result it
Such a mass is reminiscent of a half talent of one
should be noted that the lower value is higher than
of the so-called 'Phoenician' shekel standards:
the pym norm of 7.593 g by only 1.4%. Further, in
18,950 g = x¡2 X 37,900 g = 2500 shekels of 7.58
g
calculating
the convexity of the cone's surface we
were
19,100 g = y2 X 38,200 g = 2500 shekels of 7.64
g limited to the dimensions taken from the
19,650 g = V 2 X 39,300 g = 2500 shekels of 7.86
section
g
drawing, in which the convex curves are
The first standard is the norm of the Judean pym
probably the result not of measurement but of the
unit (7.583 g = x'n x 90.996 g), and the third is still
draftsman's visual impression. Calculating the
within the range of one-twelfth of the Egyptian
artifact as if it were fashioned with a straight mantle
deben in its later stages. In fact, our stone comprises
face to its conical part gives a mass of 46,763. The
2500 units of 7.736, i.e. a pym 2% heavier than the
difference between the lower value of 46,130 g and
norm.
the hypothetical mass of 46,763 g is great enough to
Taking into account how simple accommodate
it would ahave
mass of 45,000 g (6000 x 7.583 g)
been to fashion an available large stone
whileinto
still leaving
a scale
the conical part of the artifact
weight, one must consider the possibility
with a marked
that some
concavity.
of the artifact's feature which appear
Our conclusion,
to us therefore,
as
is that this outstanding
damage may have originally been part
artifact
of the
was a stone
scale weight of either 6000 pym of
or were the result of adjustments to
the
7.583
g ordesired
4000 Judean shekels of 11.375 g. Both
mass, perhaps in a secondary stage of
these
itslarge
production
stone weights found in 1980 and in 1923or use. In such a case, we would have
toconfirm
take that
thein the City of David there were
1925
stone at its weight as found. Dividing
18,971
g by of handling and weighing
large-scale
activities
2500 units, we obtain 7.588 g for the
quantities
unit,ofa silver.
value
This point was already shown
surprisingly near the norm for the Judean
by the recovery
pym unit
in Kenyon's excavations there in
(7.583 g).
1963 of a large group of scale weights.
As a large scale weight from the City of David,
our object from Area G joins another extraordinary
E. CONCLUSIONS
stone weight found by Macalister and Duncan in
Field 5 of their excavations in 1923-1925 (MacalisThe finds from the City of David provide a un
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opportunity for investigating a very large sample of
stone artifacts as to their possible use as scale
weights. The weights found in the City of David
excavations, joined by the finds from earlier
excavations by Macalister and Duncan and by
among the 'Forms of Weights' illustrated by Petrie
(1926: Pis. IV, V, VII).
3. The weight was acquired in Jericho by the Jerusalem
advocate Gabbay, who kindly permitted the author to
have it weighed at the Department for Weights and
Measures, Jerusalem. Its whereabouts are unknown
Kenyon, have opened a wider view on the practice
since Gabbay left Israel.
of weighing in Jerusalem in the Bronze and Iron
4. It must be noted, however, that the Josippon manuAges.
scripts which have come down to us contain a
There is evidence that weighing on a balance was
copyist's error, reading 'and the uncia 60 mishkalim,'
practiced with stone weights of widely differing
which is of course impossible and should be read 'and
sizes. There were tiny grain weights, weights of
the riti (litra) 60 mishkalim.' As the uncia of the litra
(Vi2 X 273 g = 22.75 g) contains five mishkalim (22.75
shekel units and shekel multiples, as well as mina
= 5 X 4.55 g), a correction of 'sixty mishkalim' to 'six
weights, some of substantial mass.
mishkalim'
cannot be justified.
For the Hebrew mina mentioned by Josephus
5.
Dudu
lived
about 2500-2400 BCE (Woolley 1950: 52;
Flavius there is now artifactual evidence. This mina,
Reifler 1964: 32). The weight, now in the Ashmolean
it turns out, was the descendant of a very ancient
Museum, is a pear-shaped artifact, pierced at the top
artifact from Sumer.
The mass standards used in Egypt, Mesopotamia
and Phoenicia were known in Jerusalem. The deben
for suspension (see Thureau-Dangin 1921; Powell
1971: 198, 255).
6. Axial cavities were noted by Dunand on many stone
of 13.65 g, the ancient Egyptian unit, must have artifacts which he did not weigh, but which may have
been the origin of the 'Shekel of the Sanctuary' in been weights, and by Petrie (1886: 43); both failed to
Jerusalem, with 'Beqa its half (Exod. 38:26).
recognize them as a characteristic feature of scale
However, despite the more than 300 weights
found up to now in all excavations at the City of
David, one must realize that for each century of the
Iron Age we still have only relatively limited
artifactual evidence for the practice of weighing.
For the 8th century BCE, from which the greatest
yield has come, there are 52 weights, i.e. only one
weight for each two years. One must hope that
future excavations make further evidence available,
if special attention is paid to the recovery of such
elusive artifacts, which have often been regarded as
tools or weapons or have remained altogether
unrecognized.
weights. Petrie thought that the artifacts were
hammerstones, conjecturing that 'the habit seems to
have been to hold them between the thumb and the
finger and not in the palm of the hand.' He noted
however that 'very often old weights were thus used
and many weights catalogued have thus been treated.'
He did not return to this feature in his 1926 study and
catalogue, though he again referred to weightstones
having been used as hammerstones: 'a common fate of
even the best of weights.'
7. Cf. the Mesopotamian mina of raised royal norm of
836/841 g (Hultsch 1898: 204; 1882: 400; Powell 1971).
8. In connection with the weighing of such quantities of
the Eshtemo'a hoard, a talent of scrap silver (Eran
1990).
NOTES
9. Activities actually continued into 1928 and information on a few finds must be added to the chapter on
weights in the official report of 1929.
10. Having
described and discussed his harvest of 238
1 . The investigation of flint weights in the City
of David
weights on fifteen pages, Macalister (1912: 278-93)
excavation was not carried out as a comprehensive
held it The
'hardly worth the space ... needed to follow
study of the total yield of flint artifacts recovered.
further
the intricacies of these miracles of dishonesty'
aim was to test the supposition that flint may
also
and concluded
his effort with the remark: 'that this
have served as a material for weights by applying
the
bewildering
subject is exhausted here cannot be
usual criteria for a scale weight (a geometrical
or
claimed.'
otherwise deliberate shape, the presence of a base,
and
1 1well
. The author
wishes to record his thanks to the Director
a surface treatment making diminution as
as
deterioration recognizable), and finally by weighing
of the Institute of Archaeology, London, for facilitatthe selected object and checking its mass against
ing his
one
study of these weights.
of the known mass standards. The selection was aimed
12. The few remaining pieces in the collections of the
at objects of no more than mina size.
Institute of Archaeology, London, and the forgotten
2. Cf. the numerous outlines of dome-shaped weights group in Jerusalem (now in the collections of the Israel
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Antiquities Authority) are included in this study.
13. Weights of similar shape and mass to W* 222 are
known from Egypt, where they represented two deben
(or 20 kite) of the (new) deben/kite standard first
introduced under the 18th Dynasty (see e.g. Petrie
1926: Catalogue of Weights No. 3227: 181.39 g; No.
3232: 181.60 g; and 3237: 181.71 g, all of basalt).
14. The ellipsoidal stone weight illustrated by Duncan
(1931: plate facing p. 219, bottom row, second from
right), stated to have had a mass of 1810 g, cannot be
15. Cf. W* 228 (454.50 g), inscribed with the looped sign
and the hieratic numeral 50.
16. The artifact (Israel Museum No. 57-703, R1670) was
investigated in 1974 by the author with the kind
permission of the curator Ruth Hestrin. It is a fivesided prism of soft limestone with an adjustment
cavity at its base. In its present state, damaged at four
of its corners, it weighs [81.28 g] and originally
weighed ca. 95 g as established by plasticine complementation. The statement by Stern (1982: 216) as to
identical with W* 230 as its original mass is uncertain.
its mass cannot be maintained. The weight represents
He reported it to have 'lost one inch diameter at one
spot' (whatever that phrase means); and on p. 222 he
states its 'loss' to have amounted to both 290 g and
12 pym-deben of a late period, a deben of a size
observed in Egypt from the 26th Dynasty onwards
(Petrie 1926; Hemmy 1937: 39, Table 10; Porten 1968:
68).
190 g.
CATALOGUE*
A. THE EARLY WEIGHTS FROM THE CITY OF DAVID EXCAVATIONS 1978-1985 (W 1-202)
Stratum 18
I. WEIGHTS FOUND IN STRATA 20-9
Stratum 20
Area E3
Area El
W 4. L. 1386; El/9503; Fig. 31:8. Hard gray stone; irregular pyramid on base of half-elliptical outline with large
bored cavity showing pressure rubbing (from secondary
W 1. L. 2480; E3/19288; Fig. 31:1. Fl; globoid with ellipuse?);
tical horizontal section, pecked surface, small split base;
h part of mantle face plane; some damage; h 41.4 mm,
base 37.5 x 40 mm.
63 mm, d 71/62 mm.
g]ca. 102 g = 78x816 g = 15 x 6.80 g = Ys x 510 g
408.70 g = l/2x 817.40 g = 50 x 8.174 g = 30 x 13.623[95.80
g
= 10 x 10.20 g = 8/5o x 637.50 g = 8 x 12.75 g
W 5. L. 1648; El/10966. Fl; globe, pecked surface, split
base;
h 60 mm, d 66/64 mm.
Area El
353 g = 72 x 706.60 g = 25 x 14.32 g = 50 x 7.066 g
W 2. L. 1400; El/9975; Fig. 31:2. Hard 1st; stele-shaped,
W 62
6. L.
base split to a flat surface; damaged; h 86 mm, base
x 648; El/14309. Fl; angular globe, pecked surface,
split base; h 56 mm, d 70/67 mm.
[73 + ] mm, top 62 x 48 mm.
347.80 g = 72 x 695.60 g = 25 x 13.912 g = 30 x
[626.50 g] ca. 672.50 g = 80 x 8.406 g = 50 x 13.45 g
11.593 g
W 3. L. 1400; El/10172. Lst; triangular plate; slight daW 7. L. 1648; El/14323/2. Fl; low dsh, pecked surface,
mage; h 20.7/17 mm; sides 30/30/31.2 mm.
[16.10 g] ca. 16.40 g = 2/ioo x 820 g = 2 x 8.20 g split base; h 48 mm, d 60/61 mm.
Strata 20-19
* Designation: the letter W designates a weight from the City
either estimated or determined by plasticine complementa-
of David excavations in 1978-1985, while W* designates a
tion and calculation based on the relevant specific gravity
weight found in one of the earlier excavations on the Ophel
values, the resultant value of the original mass is qualified
and elsewhere in Jerusalem by Macalister and Duncan,
Crowfoot and Fitzgerald, Kenyon and others.
Abbreviations: 1st: limestone; fl: flint; dsh: dome shape;
fed: frustum of cone, inverted and domed; d: diameter; h:
height; 1: length; w: width.
Dimensions: in order to indicate the degree of sphericity
of rotund artifacts, two diameters have been measured and
recorded at right angles, e.g. W 45: d 63/53.5 mm; W 10:
46.4/46 mm; W 12: 68/68 mm.
Original mass: for fragmentary or damaged weights the
value of their extant mass in grams is placed in square
by the term 'ca.' Every unit value in the metrological
equations for such weights is to be understood accordingly.
During preparation of the stratigraphie reports, changes
continue to be made in stratum designations for certain
loci. Since this catalogue is organized and numbered by
strata, it was impossible to take account of a number of
changes made while the volume was in press. Note,
however, the following revisions: W 37 (Stratum 12), W
39 (Stratum 0), W 135 (Stratum 147-12B), W 182 (Stratum
5), W 191 (Stratum 6). The revised stratum designations
are given in the Concordance.
brackets. Where the original mass of such weights has been
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232.10 g = 73x696.30 g = 20 x 11.605 g = V2x464.10 g
= 15x 15.473 g = 30x7.737 g
286.60 g = 72x573.20 g = 30x9.553 g = 73x859.80 g =
20 x 14.33 g
W 8. L. 1662; El/ 10842. Lst; small fragment of weight;
Stratum 17
form and dimensions cannot be established with certainty
(egg- or dome-shaped).
Area El
[25 g]
W 9. L. 1662; El/10851; Fig. 31:9. Fl; faceted spheroid,
pecked and ground all over; has lost a few chips; h 68 mm,
d 74/73 mm.
[503.40 g] ca. 504.90 g = 60 x 8.415 g
W 10. L. 1689; El/14519; Fig. 31:3. Made from fl spheroid by splitting off large chunks, adjusted by knapping
around rim; h 45 mm, d 46.4/46 mm.
222.30 g = 72 x 444.60 g = 15 x 14.82 g = 30 x 7.41 g
W 11. L. 2042; El /16235. Lst; fragment of grain-shaped
weight; finely polished, about 55-60% of original mass;
mid-section 25.5/27 mm; extant 1 ca. 33 mm.
[33.35 g] ca. 57.00 g = 5/so x 570 g = 5 x 11.40 g
W 21. L. 1637; El/10613. Fl; half-globe, pecked, base
split; mass adjusted by flaking around base rim; h 51.3
mm, d 80.7/79.4 mm.
423.40 g = 72 x 846 g = 50 x 8.468 g = 30 x 14.113 g
W 22. L. 2135; El/19509; Fig. 32:2. Gray-white stone;
drum shape, with straight mantle face and well-rounded
rims; one base nearly flat, the other slightly concave; mini-
mal damage; h 11.3 mm, d 18.8/18.3 mm.
5.86 g = 10/20 x 11.72 g = 10x0.586 g
A part weight 2.3% above the Mesopotamian silver norm
of 1 1 .46 g, perhaps intentionally so, as weighing of such a
small quantity of silver particles possibly covered with dirt
and corrosion must have been difficult.
W 12. L. 2161; El/19616; Fig. 31:4. Fl; low globe, pecked
W 23. L. 2135; El/19804; Fig. 32:3. Ellipsoidal pebble; h
12.7 mm, d 38/28.4 mm.
surface, large split base; two spots chipped off; h 59 mm, d
68/68 mm.
Area E3
[369 g]ca. 371.50g = 72x743g = 25xl4.86g = 50x7.43g
W 13. L. 2161; El/21583; Fig. 31:5. Fl; cuboid or spheroid
with three facets at right angle, one serving as base; intact;
h 62.5 mm, d 61.5/59 mm.
28.18 g = 2/ so x 704.50 g = 2 x 14.09 g
W 24. L. 1962; E3/1 8846/1; Fig. 34:1. Fl; faceted spheroid,
pecked all over except at split base; h 61 mm, d 64/65 mm.
333 g = 72 x 666 g = 25 x 13.32 g = 50 x 6.66 g
Stratum 16
342.50 g = 72 x 685 g = 30x11.417 g = 25x 13.70 g
W 14. L. 2161; El/21638; Fig. 31:6. Lst; irregular conoid
globoid with base; superficial surface damage; h 36.5 mm,
d 36/39 mm.
75.60 g = 7s x 378 g = 7io x 756 g
W 15. L. 2169; El/19717; Fig. 31:7. Fl; globoid made by
flaking and pecking; flat base; h 63.5 mm, d 76/73 mm.
455.10 g = 2/3 x 682.65 g = 40 x 11.378 g = 3/sx 758.50 g
= 60x7.585 g
W 16. L. 2177; El/19767; Fig. 32:1. Fl; cuboid pecked into
shape with three facets remaining from surface of blank; h
68 mm, d 68/71.4 mm.
524.40 g = 2/3x 786.60 g = 40x13.11 g = 50x10.488 g =
60 x 8.74 g
W 17. L. 2616; E 1/2 1656. Fl; globe, surface pecked, nearly
flat base formed by flaking off opposite faces; h 67 mm, d
67/73 mm.
493 g = 60 x 8.223 g
Area D2
W 25. L. 1891; D2/13753; Fig. 33:12. Basalt; rhomboid
block; rough finish prevents determination of preservation; h 26 mm, d 42/42 mm.
46.30 g = 72 x 92.60 g = 5x9.26g = 4x 11.575 g = 6x
7.717 g
Area G
W 26. L. 915; G 11366. Black stone; half-grain shape with
base; pointed end shows traces of percussion, no damage
discernible; h 36.5 mm, 1 49/46 mm, d 38 mm.
114.40 g = 74x457.60 g = 15/i2x91.52g = 15x7.627 g
W 27. L. 1118; G 17522. Gray-brown pebble; superficial
damage; h 29.6 mm, d 37/34.6 mm.
[51.50 g] ca. 51.80 g = Vio x 518 g = 5 x 10.36 g
Stratum 15
Area Dl
W 28. L. 450; Dl/13267; Fig. 32:4. Fl; multifaceted globe,
pecked surface, split base; h 55 mm, d 58/57 mm.
W 18. L. 1974; E3/19010. Fl; faceted globoid, pecked 258.60
all
g = 72 x 517.20 g = 25 x 10.344 g
over, small ground base, edges nicely ground; h 64 mm, d
72/69 mm.
Stratum 14
429.30 g = 72 x 858.60 g = 50 x 8.586 g = 30 x 14.31 g
Area E3
W 19. L. 2429; E3/19166. Fl; irregular globoid/cuboid,
split and pecked with pronounced base; h 64.4 mm, d
67.7/69.1 mm.
423.50 g = 72x847 g = 50x8.47 g = 30x14.117 g
Strata 18-17
Area Dl
W 29. L. 432; Dl/12724; Fig. 32:5. Hard 1st; low dsh with
base, horizontal section slightly ellipsoidal; h 16.8 mm, d
26.4/25.5 mm.
16.90 g = 2/ioo x 845 g = 2 x 8.45 g = 3/i2ox676g = V/ix
11.267 g
Area D2
Area El
W 30. L. 2357; D2/20394; Fig. 32:6. Chalk; cylinder made
W 20. L. 1652; El/10641. Fl; faceted cuboid, pecked
and
by paring
with knife, two axial cavities; damaged, estiground all over except for small area retaining cortex
mated of
loss ca. 4 g; 1 57.6 mm, d 35.4/33.8 mm.
[66.80 g] ca. 67.50 g = 8/ioo x 843.75 g = 8 x 8.438 g = 6/óo
blank; h 60.7 mm, d 60.5/61.2 mm.
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160.80 g = 2/iox 804g - 2x80.40 g = 20x8.04 g = 12 x
X 675 g = 6 X 11.25 g = 5/so x 675 g = 5 x 13.50 g = 10 x
6.75 g
13.40 g
Area El
Area Dl
W 31. L. 1616; El/10265; Fig. 32:7. Ellipsoidal pebble;
smooth surface; h 17.3/18.40 mm, d 40/36 mm.
38.95 g = 3 x 12.983 g = 6 x 6.492 g
W 42. L. 317; Dl/981; Fig. 32:13. Chalk; roughly shaped
elliptical cylinder with axial cavities in both end faces; h
32 mm, d 40/31 mm.
56.70 g = 712 x 680.40 g = 5 x 11.34 g = V/i x 7.56 g
W 32. L. 1643; El/10531; Fig. 34:2. Fl; spheroid, pecked,
reshaped by splitting to flat ellipsoid; h 49.5 mm, d 67.1/
W 43. L. 419; Dl/12624; Fig. 32:14. Hard 1st; ellipsoid;
surface corroded, some damage; 1 50 mm, d 45/39 mm.
254.10 g = 73 x 762.30 g = 20 x 12.705 g = 30x8.47 g = [110.60 g] ca. 114.10 g = 10/ 60 x 684.60 g = 10 x 11.41 g
25x 10.164 g
W 44. L. 429; Dl/12579. Fl; globe, pecked surface, small
W 33. L. 1651; El/10648; Fig. 32:8. Fl; faceted globe with
flat base; no damage discernible; h 65 mm, d 66/67 mm.
well-rounded ridges; h 53 mm, d 61 mm.
381.70 g = 72x763.40 g = 50x7.634 g
254.40 g = Vsx763.20 g = 20 x 12.72 g = 72 x 508.80 g =
W
45. L. 431; Dl/12633. Fl; spheroid, pecked surface,
30x8.48 g = 25x 10.176 g
roughly split base; h 52 mm, d 66/62 mm.
W 34. L. 1658; El/ 10799; Fl; made by splitting a globoid
271.90g = 3x90.63 g = 30x9.063g = 20x 13.595g = 2/s
into two halves, one half-spheroidal part adjusted by
x 679.75 g = 24x 1 1.329 g = 36x7.553 g
knapping/flaking around rim of circular fracture face; h
W 46. L. 456; Dl/13266; Fig. 33:1. Pebble; irregular shape
41 mm, d 82/83 mm.
approaching kind of dsh; no damage discernible; h 54
342.90 g = 72 x 685.80 g = 30x 11.43 g = 25x13.716 g
64.5 mm.
W 35. L. 2076; El/16918. Fl; cuboid, nearly spheroid,
pecked all over; h 58 mm, d 58/58 (over flat areas), d
60/60 (over corners).
295.70 g = 73 x 887.10 g = 20 x 14.785 g
Area E3
mm, d 63/53.5 mm.
283.50 g = 73x850.50 g = 20 x 14.175 g = 40 x 7.088 g =
3 x 94.50 g = 30 x 9.45 g
W 47. L. 456; Dl/13245; Fig. 32:15. Brown stone; irregular low dsh with concave base; h 25.4 mm, d 35/35 mm.
47 g = 72x94 g = 4 x 11.75 g = 6x7.833 g
W 36. L. 1992; E3/ 15971; Fig. 32:9. Lst; globoid without
W 48. L. 468; Dl/13288; Fig. 33:2. Fl; faceted spheroid,
base; perfect preservation; d 40/39/35.5 mm.
pecked all over; h 53 mm, d (over facets) 54/54 mm, d
71.95 g = 7io x 719.50 g = 5 x 14.39 g
(over angles) 55/52 mm.
W 37. L. 1957; E3/ 19009; Fig. 32:10. Hematite; grain222.20 g = 72 x 444.40 g = 30 x 7.407 g
shape with flat base and flat ends; 1 25.5 mm, mid-section
W 49. L. 469; Dl/13297; Fig. 33:3. Brown stone; ellipsoid,
d 15/12.4 mm, base 8.5 x 20 mm.
finely polished; good preservation; h 28 mm, 1 34 mm,
11.86 g = 7óox711.60 g = 5/6x 14.232 g
breadth 29 mm.
Stratum 13
24.85 g = 2 x 12.425 g = 3 x 8.283 g
W 50. W. 526; Dl/13326; Fig. 34:4. Lst; half-sphere; damage at base and base rim; h 17.5 mm, d 35.5 mm.
W 38. L. 1896; D2/14172; Fig. 32:11. Basalt; wedge shape;
g] ca. 46.83 g = 72 x 93.66 g = 6 x 7.805 g
damaged; 1 55 mm, thickness 21.5 x 15.5 mm/31.5 x[45.33
27
Area D2
mm.
W 51. W. 187; D1 /13336. Pebble; ellipsoid, worked
[67.60 g] ca. 68.40 g = 710 x 684 g = 5 x 13.68
g = 10 x
around part of rim; h 10.5 mm, d 23.3/19.8 mm.
6.84 g = 3/4 x 91.20 g = 6 x 11.40 g
6.35 g = 7 100 x 635 g - 72 x 12.70 g
Stratum 12
Area D2
W 52. L. 1859; D2/13580. Hard 1st; fragment of large
grain-shâped weight; length of fragment 92 mm, d (max)
W 39. L. 129; B 364/1; Fig. 32:12. Hard stone; faceted
46/41.5 mm; original length possibly approximately 110
globoid with base; pair of bored holes (d 2 mm) about
mm, but too uncertain to determine original mass.
two thirds up mantle face, perhaps a mark for 'two' or
[259.20 g]
'half; h 66.5 mm, d max 63/63 mm.
W
338.20g = 2x 169.10g = 72x676.40 g = 20x 16.91 g = 453. L. 1876; D2/13624; Fig. 33:4. Hard 1st; disc made
damage in two or three spots; h 21/20 mm, d
x 84.50 g = 4/io x 845.50 g = 40 x 8.455 g - 3/s x 563.60by
g splitting;
=
51/46 mm.
30x 11.273 g = 74x 1352.80 g = 25x 13.528 g
[89 g] ca. 89.50 g = 8x11.188 g = 12x7.458 g
W 40. L. 111A; B 411. Fl; globe with numerous facets; h
W 54. L. 1887; D2/13762; Fig. 34:5. Gray pebble; good
67 mm, d 72/72 mm.
460.10g = 5 x 92.02 g = 50x9.202g = 40x 11.503 g =preservation; h 25 mm, d 32/27 mm.
33.40 g = 3/50 x 556.67 g = 3x11. 133 g = 4/óox501g = 4
60 x 7.668 g
x 8.35 g
W 41. L. 114A; B 480; Fig. 34:3. Basalt; truncated cone,
Area El
marked on mantle face near base rim with bored cavity (d
W 55. L. 640; El/3853; Fig. 33:5. Yellow-gray stone; irre3.5 mm) and opposite with pair of similar holes (d 2.5
gular dsh, base split and partly flattened by pecking; h
mm); some trace of (later?) use as rubber; h 40 mm, d
44.5 mm, d 57/57 mm.
max 52.5/51.5 mm.
Area B
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207.70 g = 20/ so X 519.25 g - 20 x 10.385 g = 25/ioo x
830.80 g - 25 x 8.308 g
W 56. L. 680A; El/9259/1. Fl; globoid, pecked surface,
provided with base by splitting away one large and one
small segment; h 60 mm, d 74/73.5 mm.
420.10 g = 50/ioo x 840.20 g = 50 x 8.402 g
W 57. L. 1272; El/6375; Fig. 34:6. Fl; roughly multifaceted globe; dimensions 61.5 x 66 x 65 mm.
391.70 g = 72x783.40 g = 50x7.834 g
W 58. L. 1274; El/6394; Fig. 33:6. Fl; faceted globoid,
pecked surface, split base; h 55 mm, d (over facets) 58/
56 mm, d (over angles) 61/60.5 mm.
272.60 g = 3x90.867 g = 24x 11.358 g = 20x 13.63 g
W 59. L. 1275; El/6437; Fig. 33:7. Fl; globoid, mantle
face pecked, two split facets, either of which could have
served as base; h 53/49 mm, d 67/62.5 mm.
304 g = 25/50 x 608g = 25x12. 16 g = 30/sox 506.67 g = 30
x 10.133 g
W 60. L. 1293; El/8632; Fig. 34:7. Fl; globe, pecked surface, split base; h 61 mm, d 63/62 mm.
335.50 g = 72 x 671 g = 25 x 13.42 g = 50x6.71 g = 4/iox
838.80 g = 40x8.388 g
W 61. L. 1303; El/7982; Fig. 34:8. Fl; cuboid, pecked all
over; dimensions 57.4 x 56 x 61.5 mm.
322.20 g = 30/50 x 5 3 7 g = 30 x 10.74 g
W 62. L. 1303; El/8498; Fig. 34:9. Fl; cuboid with base,
pecked all over; dimensions 53 x 54 x 54 mm.
214.30 g = 20/ so x 535.70 g = 20 x 10.715 g
W 63. L. 1303; El /8538/1; Fig. 33:8. Mottled gray stone;
spheroid; minimal damage; h 28 mm, d 36/35.4 mm.
[45.10 g]ca. 45.60 g = 72x91.20 g = 4 x 11.40 g = 6x
7.60 g
W 64. L. 1303; El/8538/2. Fl; faceted globoid, split base;
intact; d (over angles) 62/62.5/62 mm.
323.10 g = 30/5ox 538.50 g = 30x10.77 g = 4/iox 807.80 g
= 40 x 8.078 g
W 65. L. 1303; El/8538/3. Fl; globoid, pecked all over,
split base; intact; dimensions 58 x 66 x 65 mm.
W 70. L. 1325; El/8549; Fig. 33:11; Pl. 14:2. Brown 1st;
spheroid roughly made with numerous facets, separating
rims rounded, one facet serving as base; h 19 mm, d 20.6/
21 mm.
11.55 g = 78 x 92.40 g = 1 x 11.55 g
W 71. L. 1325; El/8579; Fig. 33:13. Dark gray stone;
ellipsoidal shape, made with many facets, separating rims
rounded, two wide-angled facets serving as base; h 14.5
mm, d 18.5/18 mm.
7.15 g = 7i5 x 107.25 g = 2/3 x 10.725 g = 1 x 7.15 g
W 72. L. 1604; El/10176; Fig. 34:10. Lst; domed cylindrical drum, some facets of shaping process still discernible,
flat base; h 8 mm, d 12 mm.
1.70 g = 3/2o x 11.333 g = 3/24 x 13.60 g = 3 x 0.5667 g
W 73. L. 1604; El/10430; Fig. 34:11. Soft 1st; globe; no
damage discernible; h 32 mm, d 38/35 mm.
41.90 g = 720X838g = 5x8.38 g = 4/sox 523.75 g = 4x
10.475 g
W 74. L. 1604 and L. 1646; El/10528 and El/10766; Fig.
34:12. Alabaster; two fragments of disc with central biconical hole, d 24.5/9 mm; found in two spots, conjoining
and restored; h 27.5 mm, d 57.5/58 mm; original mass
determined by plasticine complementation and calcula-
tion.
[102.40 g] ca. 135 g = 10 x 13.50 g = 20 x 6.75 g
W 75. L. 1604; El/16066. Fl; cuboid, pecked all over;
dimensions (over facets) 58 x 58 x 59 mm.
316 g = 30/5o x 526.67 g = 30 x 10.533 g
W 76. L. 1618; El/10270; Fig. 34:13. Chalk; roughly fashioned into stele shape either for standing or lying; negligible damage; h 67 mm, base 41 x 35 mm.
113.20 g = 10x11.32 g = 15x7.547 g
W 77. L. 1650; El/14596; Fig. 34:14. Gray-brown stone;
ellipsoid; dimensions 24 x 30 x 28.3 mm.
27.90 g = 2x13.95 g = 3x 9.30 g
W 78. L. 1670A; El/10965. Fl; globoid, horizontal section
roughly five-sided; d 65/63 mm.
397.70 g = 72 x 795.40 g = 25 x 15.908 g = 40 x 9.943 g
= 35 x 10.014 g
W 79. L. 2015; El/16060. Fl; faceted globoid, pecked all
over, split base; h 51.4 mm, d 56/56 mm.
231.70g = 73x695. 10 g = 20x 11.585g = 30x7.723g =
W 66. L. 1303; El /8540. Fl; globoid with base made by
splitting off chunk and adjusting by knapping all around
W 80. L. 2015; El/16248; Fig. 34:15; Pl. 14:3. Lst; globoid
350.50 g = 4 x 87.625 g = 40 x 8.763 g = 35/so x 500.70 g
new rim; h 47/43 mm, d 66/63 mm.
258.90 g = 3 x 86.30 g = 30 x 8.63 g = 25/so x 517.80 g =
25x 10.356 g
W 67. L. 1303; E 1/8462; Fig. 33:9. Hard gray stone; wedge
shape with flat base; little damage at both ends, loss ca.
3.50 g; dimensions 35x78x53 mm.
[208. 10 g]ca. 21 1.60 g = 25/ioox 846.40 g = 25x8.464 g =
20/50 x 529 g = 20 x 10.58 g
with small base; a few tiny cavities appear to be natural; h
29.6 mm, d 32/31.4 mm.
37.40 g = 5/ì2 x 89.76 g = 5 x 7.48 g
W 81. L. 2015; El/16439; Fig. 35:1. Hard 1st; fragment
(slice) of dsh weight, part of mantle face of possibly a 40shekel weight; h 47.5 mm, 1 47.1 mm, w 16 mm; original
height more than 48 mm.
[57 g]
W 68. L. 1322; E 1/9445/1. Fl; pecked into cuboid; intact;
dimensions 65x72x72 mm.
459.30 g = 5x91.86 g = 50x9.186 g = 40x11.483 g =
60 x 7.655 g
72x463.40 g = 25x9.268 g
W 82. L. 2107; El/16942; Fig. 35:2. Fl; faceted spheroid
with well-rounded corners and rims; h 52.5 mm, d 54/58
mm.
238.50 g = 72 x 477 g = 25 x 9.55 g
W 83. L. 2601; El/21509; Fig. 35:3. Fl; faceted globo
W 69. L. 1322; El/9445/3; Fig. 33:10; Pl. 14:1. Gray
veined stone; irregular pyramidal shape; little damage, split base, other surfaces pecked all over; h 53.5 mm, d
62 mm.
loss ca. 0.20 g; h 23 mm, d 35 mm.
[33.95 g]ca. 34.15g = 3/sx 91.07 g = 3xll.383g = 2l/2x 273.10 g = 3 x 91.03 g = 30 x 9.103 g = 24 x 11.379 g =
2/5 x 682.75 g = 20 x 13.655 g
13.66 g = 5x6.83 g
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W 96. L. 1310; El/9134; Fig. 35:8; PL 14:5. Hard yellow
W 84. L. 1450; E2/7374. Fl; cuboid, pecked surface, some
1st; dsh, flat base; inscribed with unusual loop imitation
and two unit strokes; few spots of damage; h 20.5 mm, d
natural cavities; h 59.9 mm, d 58.8/58.6 mm.
316.90g = V2X633.80 g = 25x 12.676g = 50x6.338g =16.7/16.8 mm; base d 16 mm.
[22.80 g] ca. 23.20 g = 2/s x 92.80 g = 2 x 1 1.60 g
30 X 10.563 g
One cannot determine whether this irregularly inscribed
W 85. L. 1500; E2/12179/1; Fig. 35:4. Fl; faceted spheroid,
weight was deliberately given a mass substantially above
split concave base; h 57 mm, d 59/60.5 mm.
the shekel norm or was bungled.
292.90 g = Va X 878.70 g = 20 x 14.645 g = 40 x 7.323 g
W 97. L. 1609; El/14684; Fig. 35:9. Lst; pebble with base;
W 86. L. 1500; E2/12179/2. Fl; spheroidal segment,
intact; h 31 mm, d 49/39 mm.
ground base, rim knapped around for mass adjustment;
87.40 g = 8 x 10.925 g = 6/so x 728.30 g = 6 x 14.567 g =
h 38.8 mm, d 77.7/72.6 mm.
12 x 7.283 g = 8/ so x 546.25 g = 8 x 10.925 g
283.60 g = Va x 850.80 g = 20 x 14.18 g = 40 x 7.09 g
W 98. L. 1679; El/14525; Fig. 35:10. Gray stone; ellipsoid,
W 87. L. 1670; E2/10965. Fl; faceted globoid; intact.
ground, one rather flat side serving as base; h 29 mm, d
397.70 g = 72x795.40 g = 50x7.954 g = 25 x 15.908 g = 47.5/47.5 mm.
30 x 13.257 g = 60x6.628 g
59.50 g = 4/5o x 743.75 g = 4 x 14.875 g = 8 x 7.438 g
Area E 2
Area E 3
W 99. L. 1679; El/14546; Fig. 35:11. Soft 1st; globoid, cut
W 88. L. 1901B; E3/15517; Fig. 30:4 (Chapter IV). Soft and pecked, but somewhat angular; surface corroded; di-
1st; fragment of grain-shaped weight, fashioned by paringmensions 36.4 x 35 mm.
parallel to axis, extant end cut flat; d (max) 49.5/51 mm, 49.25 g = 6 x 8.208 g
extant 1 104 mm. This fragment is also discussed by HoW 100. W. 248; El/5957; Fig. 35:12. Hard 1st; grainvers, this volume, Chapter IV.
shaped; damage in four spots with loss calculated from
[357.40 g]
plasticine complementation ca. 87 g; h 108 mm, 1 220 mm,
width of middle part 133/144/123 mm.
W 89. L. 1934; E3/15829; Fig. 35:5. Basalt disc; approach[5350 g]ca. 5437 g = 8 x 679.63 g = 400 x 13.593 g = 480
ing low dsh, pecked and ground, some natural small cavx 11.327 g = 10x543.70 g = 500 x 10.874 g
ities; h 31/27 mm, d 48/47.5 mm.
104.50 g = 10/ 50 x 522.50 g = 10 x 10.45 g
Strata 11-10
Strata 12-11
Area El
W 101. L. 658; El/3934; Fig. 35:13. Soft 1st; roughly ellipsoidal cushion shape, with flat cavities at end of short
W 90. L. 1873; D2/13595; Fig. 35:6. Soft 1st; conical pyraxis; no damage discernible; h 48.5 mm, d 76/67 mm.
amid on rectangular base with 'corners' and well-rounded
295.20 g = 20/50 x 738 g = 20 x 14.76 g = 40 x 7.38 g
rim; slight damage around base rim; h 44 mm, maximal
Area
E3
horizontal section 39 x 34 mm, less than fair preservation.
[55.30 g] ca. 56.30 g = Vio x 563 g = 5 x 11.26 g =W
10102.
x L. 658; El/5965; Fig. 35:14. Basalt; disc with wellrounded mantle face; damage with loss of ca. 1 g; h 26.5
5.63 g
mm, d 58/55 mm.
[134.60 g]ca. 135.60g = lV2x90.40g = 12/öox678g = 12
Stratum 11
Area D2
x 1.30 g = 10/ 50 x 678 g = 10 x 13.56 g
Area El
W 103. L. 2402/2; E3/19079. Soft 1st; short grain shape; h
W 91. L. 571; E 1/2746. Soft 1st; dise; damage around
24.6 mm, 1 32.3 mm, width 21.3 mm.
mantle face; h 20/16.4 mm, d 35/33.5 mm.
22.20 g = 3/i2x88.80 g = 3x7.40 g = 3/ioox740g = IV2X
[28.80 g] ca. 29.20 g = 4/100 x 730 g = 2 x 14.60 14.80
g = 4
g x
7.30 g
W 92. L. 571; E 1/2808. Soft 1st; roughly cylindrical, to be
placed with axis horizontally; small cavities bored in both
end faces; 1 37 mm, d 37/30 mm.
38.40 g = 3/óox768g = 3x 12.80 g = 5/i2x92.16g = 5x
7.68 g
W 93. L. 1259; El/6329. Fl; globoid, pecked all over;
intact; h 58 mm, d 65/61.5 mm.
325.20 g = 30/50 x 542 g - 30 x 10.849 g
Stratum 10
Area El
W 104. L. 686; E 1/5894. Fl; cuboid, pecked to shape; no
damage discernible; dimensions 55 x 55 x 57 mm.
265.80 g = V2 x 531.60 g = 25 x 10.632 g
W 105. L. 1312; El/8449. FI; globoid, split concave base;
h 48 mm, d 60/59 mm.
238.70 g = V2 x 477.40 g = 25 x 9.548 g
W 94. L. 1293 A; El/8632. Fl; globoid, small split base; h W 106. L. 1355; El /9064/1; Fig. 35:15. White chalk; irre60.1 mm, d 62.4 mm.
gular truncated pyramid with trapezoidal base; no da335.50 g = V2 x 671 g = 25 x 13.42 g = 30 x 11.183 g
mage discernible; mass 1.47% above norm value; h 63
mm, base 40 x 40/25 mm, top 38 x 26 mm.
W 95. L. 1309; El/8435; Fig. 35:7; PL 14:4. Hematite;
138.50 g = 10/5ox 692.50 g = 10x13.85 g = P/2 x 92.33 g
small irregular cone with tiny bored cavity in mantle face
= 12 x 11.542 g
as distinguishing mark; intact; h 20.8 mm, midsection 14 x
10.5 mm, base 12 x 7.5 mm.
W 107. L. 1355; El/9288; Fig. 36:1. Fl; half spheroid,
roughly fashioned, split flat base, rim roughly rounded;
6.70 g = V loo x 670 g = V2 x 13.40 g = 1 x 6.70 g
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in one spot a little damage; h 36.8 mm, d 72.2/70.5 mm.
280.30g = 3x93.43g = 30x9.343g = V2x560.60g = 25
X 11.212 g
W 108. L. 1621; El/10153; Fig. 36:2. Fl; globoid, pecked
surface with split base and top chipped flat; a few chips
could be damage; h 63 mm, d 68/68.5 mm.
[401.20 g]ca. 406 g = 72x812 = 50x8.12g = 3/sx 676.70
g = 30 X 13.533 g
W 109. L. 1636; El/10671; Fig. 36:3. Fl; cuboid, pecked
all over; small flat cavity in base; intact; 54 x 62 x 60 mm.
300.15 g = 40/ioo x 750.40 g = 40 x 7.504 g
W 110. L. 1663; El/10872/1; Fig. 36:4. Fl; faceted spheroid, pecked all over, small split flat base; h 63 mm, d (over
angles and corners) 68/69 mm.
394.30 g = 72 x 788.60 g = 25 x 15.772 g = 50 x 7.886 g
See Hultsch 1898: 144 ff. on this unit of Tyre and Carthage, here 1% above the known norm of 7.86 g.
W 111. L. 2155; El/19526; Fig. 36:5. Hard 1st; globoid,
large flat base, horizontal section somewhat quadrangular; h 40 mm, d 60/60 mm.
205.65g = 72x41 1.30 g = 25x8.226g = 2/sx514.13g =
20 x 10.283 g
W 112. L. 2159; El/19658; Fl; multifaceted globoid with
any facet serving as base, pecked all over; intact; h 48.5
mm, d (over corners) 64/64 mm.
400 g = 72x800 g = 50 x 8.00 g = 3/sx 666.70 g = 30x
W 120. L. 784; G 4509; Fig. 36:9; PI. 14:7. Lst; fragment
of dsh weight, base finely polished, sharp edge between
base and mantle face; dimensions of fragment 13 x 15 x
6.5 mm.
W 121. L. 784; G 4520. Fl; flat ellipsoid, partly pecked,
partly split, no damage discernible; h 54/43 mm, d 95.83
mm.
587.60 g = 2/3 x 881.40 g = 40 x 14.69 g = 80 x 7.34
W 122. L. 790; G 4567; Fig. 36:10; PI. 14:8. Lst; dsh;
marked with looped sign and unit stroke much shorter
than sign; very slightly damaged; h 17 mm, d (max) 29.9
mm, d (base) 21.8 mm.
[11.56 g] ca. 11.60 g = 78 x 92.40 g = ï/6o x 696 g = 1 x
11.60 g
W 123. L. 790; G 4809; Fig. 39:16. Large inscribed 1st
weight (?) from the debris of the 'House of AhieP (Shiloh
1984: 18, Figs. 20, 25); inscription read by Prof. J. Naveh
(forthcoming; IN 15) as:
I I I ;(twice) nobib
Paralleliped with all edges and corners and both end-face
well rounded; some damage with loss of about 270 g;
dimensions 325 x219x 145/153 mm.
[18,971 g] ca. 19,240 g = 72 x 38,680 g = 2500 x 7.736 g
If however the block was already damaged when its mas
was adjusted as a weight: 18,971 g = 72 x 37,942 g = 250
x 7.588 g, a mass value practically identical with the pym
unit (7.583 g). See discussion in text, Section D.III.
13.333 g
W 124. L. 791; G 4728; Fig. 36:11; PI. 14:9. Lst; dsh, bas
very slightly concave and in its center faintly scratche
lines; base rim rubbed; a chip lost; h 36.8 mm, d 54/5
W 113. L. 1574; E3/12951. Basalt; well-rounded cone;
mm.
possibly minimal loss; h 35 mm, d 49/44 mm.
[181.20 g]ca. 181.80 g = 2x90.90 g = 16x 11.363 g
111.90g = 15/i2x89.52g = 15x7.46 g
Area E3
W of
125. L. 791; G 4736; Pl. 14:10. Light-colored ellips
W 114. L. 1585; E3/13034; Fig. 36:6. Hard 1st; fragment
pebble;
dimensions 44.2 x 24 mm.
dsh weight; in its base a little lead filling; d 43.3/42 mm,
h
(extant maximum) 31.5 mm; original mass calculated51 g = 5/50 x 510 g = 5 x 10.20 g
from plasticine complementation.
W 126. L. 792; G 4825/1; Fig. 36:12. Ellipsoidal pebb
[78.35 g] ca. 91.26 g = 8/óo x 684.45 g = 8 x 11.408 g
14.6 mm, d 34.5/30 mm.
22.65 g = 2/8 x 90.60 g = > x 679.50 g = 2 x 11.32
W 115. L. 1599; E3/ 19044. Goethite module; some facets
appear rubbed and have become flat; minimal damage in
W 127. L. 792; G 4884. Fl; nicely pecked spheroid,
one spot; d 15/13.5 mm.
and ground base; h 58 mm, d 65/64 mm.
4.47 g = 8/24 x 13.41 g = 2/3 x 6.705 g = 8 x 0.5587 g
348 g = 72x696 g = 30 x 11.60 g = 25x 13.92 g
W 116. L. 1956; E3/15897. Hematite nodule; h 24.5 mm, d
W 128. L. 798; G 4660; Fig. 36:13. Fl; smooth-faced
25/24 mm.
cretion, ellipsoidal shape; at ends of long axis trac
25.15 g = 7ioo x 838.33 g = 3 x 8.383 g
pounding causing small loss of material; dimensions
Area G
78.5 x 65.5 mm.
W 117. L. 773; G 4727; Fig. 36:7; PI. 14:6. Hard 1st with[326.70 g] ca. 328.20 g = 4%o x 492.30 g = 20 x 16.41 g =
40 x 8.205 g
red crust; dsh; two round spots scratched through red
crust (d 3 mm), probably a mark indicating 'two units';
W 129. L. 799; G 4692; Fig. 36:14. Fl; globe, roughly
superficial damage and some incrustation; h 19 mm, d 27/
pecked into kind of low dsh with split base; h 41 mm, d
26 mm.
[22.79 g] ca. 22.83 g = > x 684.90 g = 2 x 11.415 g
53/52.5 mm.
159.30 g = 15/50 x 531 g = 15 x 10.62 g
W 118. L. 783; G 4529. Fl; rough globe, pecked surface,
W 130. L. 804; G 5583/1. Fl; spheroid, nicely pecked sursplit base; h 40.4 mm, d 60.5/51 mm.
face, split base; h 51 mm, d 62/64 mm.
186.20 g = 2x93.10 g = 16x 11.638 g = 20x9.31 g
266.70 g = 72 x 533.40 g = 25 x 10.668 g
W 119. L. 784; G 4474; Fig. 36:8. Black stone; half-sphere
W 131. L. 818; G 4668. Lst; irregular dsh, two facets at
(h 14.9 mm, d 25 mm), perforated parallel to base (d 4
right angle; in one is flat cavity possibly made while admm), on top and base some scratches (signs?); rims of
justing to desired mass.
both openings of perforation damaged; mass [12.78 g].
129.50 g = 7ó x 111 g = 10 x 12.95 g = 20 x 6.475 g
A scale weight prepared for safe keeping, its intended
mass uncertain.
W 132. L. 818; G 4986; Fig. 37:1. Lst; globe, pecked, split
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base; no damage discernible; h 59 mm, d 63.5/70 mm.
340.07g = 72x680. 14 g = 30x 11.336g = 25x 13.603 g
W 133. L. 823; G 4957; Fig. 37:2; PI. 14:11. Veined hematite; roughly dsh; no damage discernible; h 15.3 mm, d
17.5/17.5 mm.
9.45 g = 3/4 X 12.60 g = 2/s x 14.175 g
W 134. L. 824; G 4948/1; Fig. 37:3. Chalk; pyramid, crudely carved along axis; 1 29 mm, sections 17.5 x 17.4 mm
and 14 x 12 mm.
10.55 g = Vso x 527.50 g = 1 x 10.55 g
The fracture face appears partly rubbed with traces of
pounding. The change was possibly intended to give the
piece a new metrological value: perhaps 25 x 12.386 g =
309.65 g.
W 144. L. 959; G 11574; Fig. 37:11. Hard 1st; asymmetrical dome; base rim rubbed and partly damaged, elsewhere minute spot of damage; h 31.4 mm, d 43/42 mm,
base d 30 mm.
[87.58 g] ca. 88.50 g = 6 x 14.75 g = 12 x 7.375 g
W 145. L. 967; G 11509; Fig. 37:12. Veined brown hema-
tite; fed; in base rough cavity with two small borings, one
W 135. L. 826; G 481 1/1. Fl; globe, split base; h 64 mm, d
still filled with what appears to be a remnant of a lead
74/70 mm.
filling made in order to adjust mass of weight to intended
433 g = 72 x 866 g = 30 x 14.433 g = 60 x 7.217 g
value; some damage to base, dome and mantle face; h 30.6
mm, d 41.2 mm.
W 136. L. 850; G 5569/1. Fl; globe with base, h 65 mm, d
74/72 mm, d (base) 51/43 mm.
466.50 g = 50 x 9.33 g = 60 x 7.775 g = 30 x 15.55 g
W 137. L. 791; G 5626; Fig. 37:4; Pl. 14:12. Lst (?); irregular dsh; h 31 mm, d 35.35 mm.
60.04 g = 8/i2 x 90.06 g = 8 x 7.505 g
W 138. L. 856; G 5676; Fig. 37:5; Pl. 14:13. Chalk; cylinder, roughly fashioned with two axial cavities; slightly
damaged; 1 58 mm, d 24/22 mm.
[40.80 g] ca. 41 g = 4/50 x 512.50 g = 4 x 10.25 g = 5/ioo x
820 g = 5 x 8.20 g
As this artifact was found in a drainage channel, one
wonders whether it is intrusive from a later stratum, since
chalk weights of this shape and manufacture are known
from Hellenistic and Herodian times in Jerusalem.
[87.65] ca. 90 g = 10/5o x 450 g = 10 x 9.00 g = 8 x 1 1 .25 g
= 12x7.50 g
W 146. L. 967; G 11510; Fig. 37:13. Hard stone; loafshaped, base smoothed and polished to brilliant surface,
in center flat pecked cavity, similar cavity on humped top;
both end faces show traces of use for pounding, with
resultant damage and loss of material amounting to a
few grams; dimensions 53.5 x 114 x 84 mm.
[814.30 g] ca. 820 g = 100 x 8.20 g = 50 x 16.40 g
W 147. L. 967; G 11597. Lst; asymmetrical dsh; loop sign
and hieratic 5; base rim well rounded and rubbed; on
mantle face is (natural?) cavity; h 32.7 mm, d 32/31.8
mm, d (base) 28.7/28 mm.
[44.80 g] ca. 45.50 g = l/i x 91 g = 4 x 11.375 g
W 148. L. 967; G 11598. Hard 1st; dsh; loop sign and
W 139. L. 868; G 5768; Fig. 37:6; PL 15:1. Soft 1st; faceted
hieratic
5; base rim rubbed, otherwise good preservation;
into dsh with many facets and cavity in base; h 28 mm,
d
h 25 mm, d 34.5/34.4 mm; d base 24 mm.
32.5/31 mm.
46.20 g = 72 x 92.40 g = 4 x 11.55 g
43.77 g = l/2x 87.54 g = 4/so x 547.13 g = 4 x 10.943 g
W 140. L. 903; G 11183; Fig. 37:7. Hard 1st; sphere; intact.
2.42 g = 4/24 x 14.52 g = 4 x 0.605 g = 5/io x 9.68 g = 5 x
0.484 g
W 141. L. 913; G 11110/3; Fig. 37:8. Hard 1st; spheroid,
lightly faceted and surface pecked; no damage discernible;
h 61 mm, d (over angles) 65/64 mm; d (over facets) 65/61.
401.70 g = 72 x 803.40 g = 25 x 16.068 g = 30 x
13.39 g
This piece may have been a blank intended to be made
into a 40 shekel weight (40 x 1 1.375 g = 455 g) and found
too light to be finished by grinding down a base and
grinding the spherical surface to a proper dome shape.
Alternatively, it may have remained unfinished, as the
Judean weight system appears not to have had a step with
32 shekels ( = 40 kite); at least none such has so far been
found.
W 142. L. 923; G 11175; Fig. 37:9; Pl. 15:2. Grayish-white
1st; cone shape with slightly convex base; superficial damage; h 33 mm, d 21.7/22 mm.
14.40 g = 7so x 720 g = 1 x 14.40 g = 2 x 7.20 g
W 143. L. 959; G 11528; Fig. 37:10. Black stone; cuboid,
flat base, other faces slightly convex, surface ground and
polished; one corner apparently chipped away; dimensions 48.5 x 57 x 57.3 mm.
Stratum 9
Area D2
W 149. L. 1877; D2/ 13672. Soft 1st; slightly conical disc,
both bases flat; very little damage; h 23.5/20 mm, d(l) 38/
38.5 mm, d(2) 36/33 mm.
[37.25 g] ca. 37.75 g = 5/i2 x 90.60 g = 5 x 7.55 g
Area El
W 150. L. 1369; El/9360; Fig. 37:14. Chalk; roughly
shaped into short cylinder or well-rounded block, axial
cavities in both end faces; a few spots of damage with
resultant loss of material; 1 37.4 mm, d 25/24 mm.
[24.20 g] ca. 25.60 g = 2 x 12.80 g = 4 x 6.40 g
W 151. L. 2066; El/16576; Fig. 37:15; PL 15:3. Chalk;
prismoid, axial cavities in both end faces; 1 52 mm, mid
section 19 x 21 mm.
28.50 g = 2/5ox 712.50 g = 2 x 14.25 g = 4x7.125 g = 2l/i
x 11.40 = 5x5.70 g
Chalk weights of elongated shape with axial cavities are so
far known from the Herodian period, but not as early as
the 6th-4th centuries BCE. Might this artifact be intrusive? But cf. W 163, a weight of similar material and
shape.
[309.65 g] ca. 359 g = l/ix 718 g = 25 x 14.36 g = 50Wx152. L. 2092; El/16945; Fig. 37:16. Gray marble; frag7.18 g
ment of grain-shaped weight with base; dimensions of
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fracture section 25 x 26 mm; h (frag) 21 mm; original
length cannot be determined.
[19.10 g]
W 153. L. 2103; El/17071; Fig. 37:17. Hard quartz; fairly
well-rounded disc shape and ellipsoidal circumference,
mantle face pecked, base split; h 38/36 mm, d 47/45 mm.
169.70 g = 2/io x 848.50 g = 2 x 84.85 g = 20 x
8.485 g
A weight of two Persian karsha, not likely to have been
made locally.
W 154. L. 2113; El/17136; Fig. 37:18; PL 15:4. Bronze;
dsh, on top oval flat area (7x8 mm) where casting channel was possibly connected to body of artifact; h 13.6 mm,
d 17.8/17.8 mm, d base 12 mm.
20 g = 272 x 8.00 g
W 155. L. 2113; El/17143/2. Hard 1st; rectangular block
(93 x 72 x 58 mm) with flat cavity on each of four large
faces, end faces slightly convex; some traces of use discernible at corners and edges; probably originally a weight
adjusted by making the four cavities and secondarily used
as a tool.
[670.40 g] ca. 678 g = 50 x 13.56 g = 60 x 11.30 g
89.25 g = 8x11.156 g = 6x 14.875 g = 12x7.438 g
One suspects that the mass of a Judean eight-shekel
weight was intentionally diminished by 1.92% from the
norm in order to change the piece into a weight on a
Phoenician standard, only 0.57% below the standard
norm of 14.96 g.
W 163. L. 742; G 2443/1; Fig. 38:7. Chalk; roughly fashioned cylinder with axial cavities; no damage discernible;
h 54 mm, 1 100 mm.
374.20 g = 72 x 748.40 g = 25 x 14.968 g = 50 x 7.484 g
Cf. W 151, a similar chalk weight.
W 164. L. 742; G 2467; PL 15:8. Hematite; sphere; d(l)
19.5/18.6 mm, d(2) 19/19 mm.
13.15 g = 7so x 657.50 g = 1 x 13.15 g = 2 x 6.575 g
A private weight made from a traditional material to represent two bqa' of the shekel of the sanctuary; in mass it
is substantially above the mass of the Judean bqa' weight.
W 165. L. 756; G 4252; Fig. 38:8; Pl. 15:9. Black stone;
dsh; two very small cavities, probably natural; h 20.6 mm,
d 28.2/28.3 mm, base d 18/17 mm.
45.55 g = 72x91.10 g = 4 x 11.388 g = 6x7.592 g
W 166. L. 760; G 2580; Fig. 38:9; PL 15:10. Hematite;
W 156. L. 2115; El/17292. Fl; faceted spheroid, pecked
all
grain-shaped,
not fully rounded but worked facet by facet,
over, except for small split base; h 67 mm, d 70.6/72.5flat
mm
base; very little damage; dimensions 27 x 48 x 31 mm.
over angles, 69.5/71 mm over flattish convex facets.
[90.30 g]ca. 90.50 g = 10/sox 452.50 g = 10x9.05 g = 8/öo
472.50 g = 72x945 g = 50 x 9.45 g = 30 x 15.75 g = 60 x
x 678.75 g = 8 x 11.313 g
7.875 g
A weight fashioned in the Mesopotamian style, 0.55%
under the Egyptian and Judean norms.
W 157. L. 2129; El/17349; Fig. 38:1; PL 15:5. Reddish 1st;
drum-shaped, slightly elliptical section and bulging manW 167. L. 760; G 4354; Fig. 38:10. Gray stone; fragment
tle face; some minor damage; h 23/20 mm, d 34.4/33 mm.
of small dsh weight; h (frag) 11 mm, d 16.7 mm.
[41.98 g] ca. 42.40 g = 5 x 8.48 g = 4 x 10.60 g
[ca. 4.50 g]
W 158. L. 2114; El/19657; Fig. 38:2. Pebble; circular outW 168. L. 778; G 4791; Fig. 38:11; PL 16:1. Gray stone;
line, one face very slightly convex; h 18.7 mm, d 37/37
globe-shaped with a kind of 'nose'; ground, not polished;
mm.
intact; d(l) 35.1/34.5 mm, d(2) 36/36.5 mm.
40.20 g = 5 x 8.04 g
60 g = 4/5o x 750 g = 4 x 1 5.00 g = 8/i2 x 90 g = 8 x 7.50 g
= 5/60 x 720 g = 5 x 12.00 g = 10 x 6.00 g
Area G
W 159. L. 718; G 4244; Fig. 38:3; PL 15:6. Hematite;
W 169. L. 778; G 4793; Fig. 38:12; PL 16:2. Lst; dsh; loop
shaped by faceting to spheroidal zone approaching rough
sign and hieratic 5; very little damage, tiny areas of indsh.
crustation; h 24.8 mm, d 34.2/34 mm, base d 25.5 mm.
11.50 g = 7s x 92 g = 1 x 11.50 g = 2x5.75 g
46.22 g = 72x92.44 g = 4 x 11.555 g
An unusual private weight made from a material traditionally used for scale weights; its mass is 1.1% above theW 170. L. 950; G 11315. Basalt; grain-shaped with trianJudean shekel norm, perhaps intended to represent twogular section, surface faceted with one facet forming the
bqa' units.
base, well-rounded edges, flat ends; a little damage in one
W 160. L. 736; G 2196; Fig. 38:4. Lst; fragment of upper
part of dsh weight; on top loop sign and hieratic 20 (in
Judea understood as 16); original surface perfectly preserved; h (frag) 26 mm, d 53/52.5 mm.
[113.75 g]
A fragment of a fine Judean 16-shekel weight (182 g by
the norm).
W 161. L. 737; G 2239; Fig. 38:5. Pottery; small pyramid,
holed near the top; marked on one side Ā and on base III;
h 28 mm, base 134 x 150 mm. This item is also discussed
by Shamir (this volume, Chapter III).
3.65 g = 7i5o x 547.50 g = 7s x 10.95 g = 8 x 0.4563 g
W 162. L. 742; G 2340; Fig. 38:6; PL 15:7. Lst weight, low
dsh with faint hieratic 10 (?) (in Judea understood as 8),
flat indentation in mantle face and flat cavity in base; h
31.5 mm, d 44/42.6 mm.
spot; h 31/34/31 mm, 1 86 mm.
[183.65 g]ca. 184 g = 2x92 g = 16 x 11.50 g = 24 x
7.6667 g
W 171. L. 950; G 11361; Fig. 38:13. Lst; dsh; in base (d 34
mm) circular cavity (d 5 mm) partly filled with gray ma-
terial, perhaps remains of lead filling; preservation less
than fair; some damage at top and base rim, which is
rubbed; h 58.5 mm, d 60/58.5 mm.
[263.90 g] ca. 268 g = 3 x 89.33 g = 24x1 1.167 g = 72 x
536 g = 25 x 10.72 g
W 172. L. 950; G 11438; Fig. 38:14. Lst; fragment of dsh
weight, split vertically; h 33 mm, d 47.5 mm. The fragment
has a mass of 47.6 g, i.e. little more than half the original
artifact. Judean eight-shekel weights with comparable dimensions are known.
[47.60 g] ca. 91 g = 8x 11.375 g
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II. INTRUSIVE EARLY WEIGHTS FOUND IN
STRATA 8-5
Stratum 8
W 173. Area Dl; L. 422; Dl/12642; Fig. 38:15. Reddish
1st; fragment (more than half) of dsh weight; mass 53 g; h
31 mm (originally a little more), d 43 mm, d (base) ca. 37
mm. At one stage a half-moon area has been clumsily
scraped or filed from the flat base to a thickness of 1-3
Stratum 6
W 181. Area El; L. 521; El/1347; Fig. 39:1. Fl concretion;
still covered by 1st from matrix except for area roughly
split away forming concave base, disclosing siliceous concretion; h 37 mm, d 42/40 mm. Extant mass 88.90 g = 8 x
1 1.123 g. When preparation of the base disclosed the concretion, no limestone cover remained for the base and the
blank was found unsuitable to be finished as a Judean
weight of eight shekels.
mm, reducing the mass of the artifact (or of the fragment).
W 182. Area E2; L. 537; E2/1637; Fig. 39:2. Chalk; small
As Judean dome-shaped eight-shekel weights with comcuboid; well-rounded edges and corners, which have sufparable dimensions are known (cf. Kletter 1990: Catalofered damage, loss 0.30-0.40 g; dimensions 14.7 x 18 x 18
gue, Group 4), twelve with a diameter of 40 to 42 mm and mm.
one each of 43 mm and 44 mm, our fragment possibly
[6.24 g] ca. 6.59 g = 72 x 13.18 g
comes from an eight-shekel weight.
W 183. Area El; L. 1350; El /9 175. Pebble (or concr
W 174. Area Dl; L. 422; Dl/7000. Hard gray stone; intact, minimal surface damage; h 32.5 mm, 1 55
sphere; intact; dimensions 20.8 x 21 x 21 mm.
midsection 35/31 mm.
12.44 g = y5o x 623 g = 7«> x 747.60 g
91 g = 10x9.10 g = 8 x 11.375 g = 12x7.583 g
The correspondence of this artifact' s mass to two weight
standards - the (later) coin standard of Aegina and the W 184. Area El; L. 1660; El /10900. Hard 1st; fragm
Phoenician mina of 748 g (also known from Egypt) - is dsh weight; h (frag) 36 mm, d 51.4 mm, d (base) 3
Mass of fragment [78.60 g]. An intact sixteen-sh
probably not a coincidence.
weight (Lemaire 1976: No. 18) has a body diamete
W 175. Area D2; L. 2745; D2/20983. Gray stone; globoid 54 mm and a base diameter of 37 mm. Our fragm
made by faceting and rounding; dimensions 18.4 x 18.4 x too probably comes from a weight of such size.
19.1 mm.
9.475 g = Y 60 x 568.50 g = l/so x 473.75 g = 1 x 9.475 g W 185. Area E3; L. 1539; E3/7653. Fl concretion,
completely covered with limestone layer from m
W 176. Area D2; L. 2745; D2/20888; Fig. 38:16. Grayglobe shape, base formed by flat cavity exposing
mottled stone; triangular pyramidal body with blunt apex,interior; negligible damage in one spot; h 33 mm,
base cut to wedge shape, surface smooth, three large fa-33 mm. A weight of five pym.
cets and rounded edges bordering them slightly convex; 37.80 g = 5/ 50 x 378 g = 5/n x 90.72 g
minimal damage at edge of wedge; h 41 mm, 1 (wedge) 18
W 186. Area E3; W. 471; E3/7756; Fig.
mm, largest triangular section 14/14.5/11 mm.
[7.57 g]ca. 7.60 g = Vi2x9ļ.20g = V90 x 684 g = 1x7.60 gpecked surface, slightly concave base,
splitting off part adjoining the base; h
mm, d (base) 45 mm.
Stratum 7
= 5 x 7.56 g
39:3. Fl; gl
mass adjus
51 mm, d 6
409.80g = 72 x 819.60 g = 50x8.196g = 30xl3.6
W 177. Area El; L. 1365; E 1/9280/4. Black stone ellip- 60 x 6.83 g
soid; base worked flat; five faint parallel strokes, perhaps W 187. Area H; L. 1023; H 5416/3. Fl; cuboid; little supermarks for five units; h 21.2 mm, d 38.7/23 mm.
ficial damage; some trace of secondary use in rubbing; h
40.90 g = 5/ioox818 g = 5x8.18 g = 3/6ox818g = 3x 29.1 mm, 1 45.2 mm, w 33.4 mm.
13.633 g
184.75 g = 2x92.375 g = 16 x 11.547 g = 24x7.698 g
W 178. Area G; L. 727; G 4985. Hard 1st globoid, split
angled base; h 59.4 mm, d 70/63.4 mm.
340.40g = V2X68O.8O g = 30x 11.347g = 25x 13.616g
W 188. Area H; L. 1024; H 5185. Lst; spheroid; very little
flaking off, scarcely discernible as damage; d 61/60.5/57
mm.
277. 10 g = 3x92.367 g = 24x1 1.546 g = 24/öox 692.7
At some stage of production it was probably found
the artifact was already too small in mass to grind dow
W 179. Area E2; L. 519; E2/1635; Fig. 38:17. Lst; upper proper flat base and give the blank the customary d
part of fragmentary dsh weight; d (max) 54/53.7 mm, hshape. It was left without a base, but its mass exceeds
(frag) 35.5 mm.
norm by 1.5%.
[131.80 g]
A Judean sixteen-shekel weight in the Paris Bible Museum
Strata 6-5
has a comparable maximum diameter (Lemaire 1976: No.
W 189. Area D2; L. 1803; D2/ 13959; Fig. 39:4. Lst; ellip18). Our fragment probably came from such a weight with
soid, flat concave surface area serving as base, in center of
an original mass of ca. 182 g, representing 16 Judean
shekel.
which is shallow bored cavity (d 4 mm); very slight superficial damage on surface, some incrustation on base; h
W 180. Area El; L. 1619; El/10220; Fig. 38:18. Hard
29.5, d 36/32.5 mm.
reddish 1st; triangular prism, parallel bases, well-rounded
50.04 g = 6/ioox834g = 6x8.34 g = 4/sox 625.50 g = 4x
corners; few spots of superficial damage; h 37 mm, 1
12.51 gè m
(sides) 51/53/55 mm.
The cavity in m the base is too small to have been intended
[179.80 g]ca. 180.30g = 2x90.15g = 16x 11.269 g = 24
to adjust the mass of this weight. It may possibly be a
x 7.513 g
mark identifying the artifact as a scale weight, although
Strata 7-6
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one would expect such a 'dot' mark to have been placed
on the top of the weight or on its mantle face (Eran 1994).
give its mantle surface and its base the final grinding and
polishing.
W 199. Area G; Surf.; G 8124; Fig. 39:12; PL 16:7. Lst;
dsh; marked with loop sign and two unit strokes; few
W 190. Area El; L. 657; El/4038. Dark brown hematite;scratches or imperfections of production on the surface;
dsh, base irregular; d 12.7 x 11 mm; h 16 mm, dimensionsh 21 mm, d 24 mm.
Stratum 5
22.70 g = 2/8 x 90.80 = 2/óo x 681 g = 2 x 11.35 g
(max) 18.4/18.4 mm.
II.70 g = 2x5.85 g
W 200. Area G; Surf.; G 11001; Fig. 39:13; Pl. 16:8. Lst;
dsh; loop sign and hieratic 10; some damage around base
W 191. Area El; L. 1280; El/6454; Fig. 39:5; Pl. 16:3.
Hematite; roughly grain-shaped; damaged; dimensions rim and at a few other spots; h 32 mm, d 42.7 mm, base
23 x 43 x 31 mm; original mass determined by plasticine 33/32 mm.
[92.12 g]ca. 92.45 g = 8/6ox 693.38 g = 8 x 11.556 g
complementation .
[74.45 g] ca. 90.30 g = 10 x 9.03 g = 8 x 11.288 g
W 201. Area J; L. 1069; J 8032; Fig. 39:14. Reddish-
W 192. Area El; L. 1286; El/9121; Fig. 39:6; PL 16:4. Lst; brown 1st; fragment of dsh weight; on surface negligible
dsh weight of Judean style (eight-shekel weight) reduced damage; h 37.5 mm, d 38.7 mm; dimensions of fracture
in mass by grinding down from mantle face near base; h surface 32/34 mm; mass [58.46 g].
The interesting feature of this artifact is its kernel, a
39.5 mm, d 39/40 mm.
88 g = 3/i2 x 352 g = 3 x 29.333 g = 8 x 11.00 g = 6x siliceous concretion exposed on the fracture face. The
remnant of this concretion is of spheroidal shape and
14.667 g = 12x7.333 g
Cf. Hultsch (1898: Norm List) on the late period mina ofcompletely surrounded by limestone from the matrix in
354.70 g, making our artifact appear 0.76% below the which it had developed. The blank must have been collected in awareness of its structure and have been carefully
norm.
III. UNSTRATIFIED AND SURFACE FINDS OF
EARLY WEIGHTS
worked so as to retain its limestone cortex to a thickness
of 2-2.5 mm all over its domed surface and 3-5 mm over
the base. The original mass remains uncertain. As the
diameter of the weight approximates those of two known
W 193. Area D2; Surf.; D2/13823. Hard 1st; eight-shekel
fragment weights
of
(Kletter 1990: Catalogue, Group 4,
large dsh weight, lower part with base in which
cavity
Nos. flat
13-14),
it appears possible that an eight-shekel
(d ca. 30 mm) has been roughly pecked out;weight
d (max)
108/
was intended.
However, calculating a sphere with
111 mm, h (frag) 79 mm; mass of fragment
[1170
g].ofThe
the
diameter
this artifact (in fact a volume substantially
shape complementation led to two reconstructions,
the
larger than the
original dome-shaped artifact), one obsecond one appearing more probable.
tains a mass of 80-83 g, which would have been too small
[1170 g] ca. 1951 g = 3x650 g = 180x 10.839
for agJudean eight-shekel weight, but suitable for a weight
[1170 g] ca. 2045 g = 3 x 682 g = 180x 1 1.375
of ten g
shekels of 8.19 g to 8.36 g. In the circumstances we
cannot say whether the weight was accidentally damaged
W 194. Area El; Surf.; El/6158; Fig. 39:7; Pl. 16:5. Stone;
or intentionally destroyed.
irregular dsh; h 45 mm, d 54/49 mm.
201.90 g = 18x11.217 g = 15x13.46 g
W 202. Surface find, area and findspot unrecorded; Surf.
3001; Fig. 39:15. Reddish 1st; fragment of dsh weight (larW 195. Area El; W. 253, 255, 257; El/6260; Fig. 39:8; Pl.
ger part of artifact); h 46.5 mm, d 62 mm, d (base) 47 mm.
16:6. Hard gray 1st; fragment of dsh weight, the larger
[189.20 g]ca. 371 g = 4x92.75 g = 32 x 11.594 g
part of the artifact; h 34 mm, d 41.6 mm, d (base) 22.5
So far no weight of 32 shekels (32 x 11.375 g = 364 g by
mm; mass (frag) [53.3 g]. Weights of eight shekels which
the norm) is known. Possibly this mass step was undesirhave a diameter of 41-41.5 mm are known (Kletter 1990:
able among the Judean equipment of dome-shaped
Catalogue, Group 4). Probably this fragment too comes
weights, as such a mass represented the Phoenician shekel
from a weight of such a size.
of 7.28 g ( = 750 x 364 g), different from the unit of 7.583 g
W 196. Area El; Surf.; El/9013; Fig. 39:9. Hard 1st; frag- sanctioned in Judea under the name 'pym.' Perhaps this
ment of irregular dsh weight; h 39.5 mm, d 41.5 mm; mass was the motive for the destruction of this artifact.
of fragment [72.70 g]. The fragment is a little more than
ANNEX: BLANKS FOR EARLY WEIGHTS
half the original artifact, which was possibly meant to
represent the shekel of the Sanctuary (136 g = 10 x
Bk 1. Area and find spot unrecorded; Surf. 3006. Hard 1
13.60 g) but was destroyed because the dome-shaped style
roughly hewn into low cylinder (h 5.5 mm), topped
was not to be used for a weight of this standard.
cone; total h 165 mm, d (base) 200/190 mm, sides of c
W 197. Area El; Surf.; El/9854; Fig. 39:10. Lst; dsh with 170-190 mm; mass 6670 g. The artifact appears to b
ellipsoidal section and irregular concave base; intact ex- blank after the first rough shaping, intended to be m
cept for spot of very thin splitting off; h 14 mm, d 17.6/ into a sizable dome-shaped weight, perhaps of five mi
15.8 mm; mass ca. 5.80 g; possibly a mute bqa' weight.
5 x 682.50 g = 3413 g = 300 x 11.375 g.
W 198. Area G; L. 714; G 2057; Fig. 39:11. Hard 1st;
fragment, base part of dsh weight, only surface pecked;
h 57.5 mm (originally a little more); d 68.7 mm, mass
[201.50 g]. Macalister and Duncan recovered a 40-shekel
weight with h 59 mm and d 71 mm (W* 228). Our fragment may have been intended to become a weight of that
Bk 2. Area and find spot unrecorded; Surf. 3106. Hard 1
fragment of roughly pecked globe; h (frag) 83/75 mm
138 mm; mass [2091 g] originally a little more than 4
The artifact may be the remnant of a blank, already par
prepared to be made (by further splitting, pecking, gri
ing and polishing) into a five-mina weight of 3413 g = 5
size (455 g = 40 x 11.375 g), but was found too small to 682.50 g = 300 x 11.375 g.
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B. WEIGHTS RECOV ERED PRIOR TO 1978
I. WEIGHTS RECOVERED IN THE EXCAVATIONS
OF MACALISTER AND DUNCAN 1923-1925
(W* 203-233)*
W* 211. Ldn 50.4841; dsh; loop sign and hieratic 5; base
rim rubbed, superficial damage; h 2.6 mm, d 33/32.3 mm;
base 22 mm (JD 45 g).
45.23 g = 4/8 x 90.46 g = 4 x 11.308 g
W* 203. Jim 10868; spheroid with base; in some spots very
W* 212. Ldn -/-; dsh; marked with scarcely legible hieratic
thin layer has flaked off; h 13 mm, d 15.3 mm.
extensively damaged, loss unknown; h 34 mm, d 42/40
[4.60 g] = V2xca.9.20g = 8/24xl3.80g = 8x0.575g = 10;
8/2o
mm, base ca. 29 mm (JD 81 g).
[81.815 g] = 8 x [10.227 g]
W* 204. Jim 2170; dsh; marked with unit stroke; d 18, h
W* 213. Ldn -/-; basalt; round flat cushion shape; h 26
11 mm.
mm, d 43/42.5 mm.
7.34 g = Y íoo X 734 g = l/n x 88.08 g = 1 x 7.34 g
84.435 g - 10 x 8.444 g = 8 x 10.554 g
W* 205. Ldn 50/4847; fed; flat cavity in mantle face; base
W* 214. Ldn 4838; dsh; superficial damage, loss 0.5 g; h
edge rubbed; h 12.5 mm, d 20 mm, base 11 mm.
31.4 mm, d 41/40.4 mm, base 28 mm (JD 85 g).
[1 1 . 147 g] ca. 1 1 .25 g = l/% x 90 g = 1 x 1 1 .25 g
85.618g = ca. 86.1 18 g = 8x10.765g = 6x 14.35g = 12
W* 206. Jim S2585; dsh; loop sign and two unit strokes; h x 7.177 g
21.5 mm, d 25 mm; Field 9B; Duncan 1931: 217, center of
W* 215. Jim S2672; dsh; loop sign and hieratic 10; h 35
plate (?).
mm, d 41 mm; from Field 9 A.
22.12 g = 2/8 x 88.48 g - 2 x 11.06 g
87.84 g = 8 x 10.98 g = 6 x 14.64 g = 12 x 7.32 g
W* 207. Ldn 50/4846; low dsh; marked with hieratic 5;
W* 216. Ldn 50/4844; hematite; high fed; polished, base
base rim rubbed; loss ca. 0.5 g; h 26 mm, d 33 mm, base 21
smooth, not completely flat; minimal damage; h 26.3 mm,
mm (JD 44 g).
d 38/36 mm, base 27/25 mm (JD 88 g); Duncan 1931: 216,
[43.70 g] ca. 44.20 g = 4 x 1 1 .05 g
No. 2.
The hieratic numeral for 5 means 4 when inscribed on
[88.12 g] ca. 88.33 g = 8 x 11.041 g = 6x14.722 g = 12 x
Judean weights. Despite its low mass, W* 207 must still
7.361 g
be understood as four shekels of 11.05 g, a value 2.86%
W* 217. Ldn 50/4843; dsh; on top lightly scratched loop
below the shekel norm of 11.375 g. W* 207 is not unique
in this respect: W* 209, with a similar low unit mass, is
sign; extensively damaged; h 33.8 mm, d 42 mm, base ca.
marked with the same sign. Furthermore, there are similar
35 mm (JD 87 g).
low shekel values among mute weights, e.g. W 52, W 144,
[87.97 g], an impaired eight-shekel weight.
W 162, W 192 and W* 208, W* 216, W* 257 and W* 292.
W* 218. Ldn 50/4842; dsh; in flat hollow, loop sign and
X 11.50 = 8 X 0.575 g
W* 208. Ldn 50.4845; low dsh; base rim rubbed, tiny
spots flaked off, loss ca. 0.50 g; h 25.5 mm, d 33.3/33
mm, base 22 mm (JD 44 g).
[43.927 g] ca. 44.425 g = 4xll.l07g = 3x 14.808 g = 6 x
7.404 g
W* 209. Ldn 50/4840; dsh; loop sign and hieratic 5; some
flaking off, base edge rubbed, loss ca. 0.50 g; h 27.5 mm, d
32.4/32.5 mm (JD 44 g); Duncan 1931: 217.
[44.06 g] ca. 44.56 g = 4 x 11.14 g
W* 210. Ldn 50/4839; plump dsh; superficial damage and
a little incrustation; h 26 mm, d 33 mm, base 22 mm (JD
45 g).
45.083 g = 4/8x90.166 g = 4 x 11.271 g
* The material is one of the local varieties of limestone,
hieratic 10; some flaking off; loss 0.75 g; h 35 mm, d 40.5/
40 mm, base ca. 25 mm (JD 90 g).
[90.774 g] ca. 91.52 g = 8 x 11.44 g
W* 219. Ldn 50/4848; brown nugget; roughly dsh with
base; d 24 mm (JD 107.50 g).
108.22g = 8/5ox676.40 g = 8x 13.528g = 10/5ox541g =
10 x 10.822 g = 15/6o x 432.88 g = 15 x 7.215 g
W* 220. Jim 10885 (excavated 1928); roughly square truncated pyramid; in four side faces concavities, loss 0.75 g; h
35.5 mm, base 43/39 x 47/41 mm (JD 135 g).
[134.30 g] ca. 135 g = 10/so x 675 g = 10 x 13.50 g
W* 221. Jim 10878; low dsh; base rim damaged, loss 1.75
g; h 32 mm, d 57 mm.
[154.70 g] ca. 156.50 g = 2 x 78.25 g = 20 x 7.825 g
W* 222. Ldn 50/4837; hematite; fed; polished; well preserved; h 37 mm, d 48/47.5 mm, base 30 mm (JD 180.50
g); Duncan 1931: 216, No. 3, and Fig. 218:3.
181 g = 2x90.50 g = 20 x 9.05 g = 16x 11.313 g = 24 x
7.542 g
unless another material is indicated. The mass data for
weights in Part B.I - the rediscovered finds of Macalister W* 223. Jim 10883; black stone; rectangular block,
and Duncan - are from weighings by the author of this smooth except for one face; in four faces tiny cavities;
report. Weighings by J.G. Duncan and G.M. Fitzgerald dimensions 37.5/41.3 x 36.2/42.3 x 157 mm.
are indicated by their initials (JD and GF). 'Jim' indicates
214.90 g = 74x859.60 g = 15x 14.327 g = 30x7.163 g
data from the records of the Israel Antiquities Authority,
W* 224. Jim 10897; cuboid, flat base, five convex faces;
Jerusalem. The present location of the objects is indicated polished; a little loss; dimensions 47.6 x 52 x 46 mm.
by 'Ldn' for the Institute of Archaeology, London, and
'Jim' for the Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem.
[227.10 g]ca. 228 g = 2l/ix9'.20g = 20x11.40 g = l/ix
456 g = l/i x 684 g = 30 x 7.60 g
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W* 225. Jim 10891; 1st concretion; roughly subglobe; d
54/52/55 mm.
241.70 g = 3x80.57 g = 24/so x 502.54 g = 24x 10.071 g
W* 226. Jim 10882; low dsh; top and mantle face rough,
base smooth; h 45.5/38 mm, d 65/63.5 mm (JD 269 g).
269.10 g = 3 x89.70 g = 24 x 11.213 g = 36 x 7.475 g
W* 227. Jim 10886; cuboid, well-rounded edges and corners; a little damage.
[281.70 g] ca. 282.80 g = 2%o x 848.40 g = 20 x 14.14 g
W* 228. Jim 52671; dsh; marked with loop sign and hiera-
tic 50; h 59 mm, d 71 mm; Duncan 1931: 216, No. 4, ill.
facing p. 218 middle row at left.
454.50 g = 5 x 90.90 g = 40 x 1 1 .363 g
The mass of the weight was recorded after partition of the
finds from the excavation, when this weight was left with
For these values, see Hultsch 1882: 418, Table XXII;
Hultsch 1898: 204, Index of Mass Norms; Haeberlin
1909: Tables 13 and 16; Lehmann-Haupt 1916: 611 ff.,
table under No. 4.
II. WEIGHTS RECOVERED IN THE
EXCAVATIONS OF CROWFOOT AND
FITZGERALD 1927 (W* 234-238)
W* 234. Weight; marble (?); pyramidal; Room 17; below
street level; GF No. B2.
9.50 g = 7so x 475 g = 1 x 9.50 g
W* 235. Weight; egg-shaped; Room 28; 'street level'; GF
No. D2.
49.50 g = 6/ioo x 825 g - 6 x 8.25 g
W* 236. Pebble; oval; location not indicated; 'upper level';
the Mandatory Department of Antiquities. Its marking
was explained by Aharoni (1971: 35f.).
GF No. E3.
W* 229. Weight, now lost; probably 1st; shape and dimen-
13.30 g
sions not reported; mass per JD 2xļi lbs; Duncan 1931:
226.
1134 g = 272x453.60 g = lOOx 11.34 g = 172x756 g =
150x7.56 g
W* 230. Weight, now lost; mass per JD 4 lbs.
1814.40g = 4x453.60 g = 160x 11.34 g = 22/sx756g =
240 x 7.56 g
W* 231. Weight, now lost; mass per JD 10 lbs.
4536 g = 10x453.60 g = 400x 11.34g = 6x756g = 600
x 7.56 g
66.50 g = 6/ioox 831.30 g - 8x8.313g = 5/sox665g = 5x
W* 237. Weight; dsh; loop sign and hieratic 10; Room 47,
below door level, 'low level'; GF No. A2.
90.50 g = 8 x 11.313 g
W* 238. Weight; globular; no location indicated; 'upper
level'; GF No. E8.
173.50 g = 2 x 86.75 g = 16 x 10.844 g
III. THE EARLY WEIGHTS RECOVERED AT THE
CITY OF DAVID AND ELSEWHERE IN
JERUSALEM IN THE EXCAVATIONS OF KENYON
W* 232. Weight, now lost; mass per JD 19 lbs.
8618.40 g = 19x453.60 g
See the discussion of this item in the text, Section C.II.
1961-1967 (W* 239-305)*
1. Northern Ridge Plateau
W* 233. 4 A block of hard limestone, in shape the frustum
of a cone with slightly convex [mantle face]; dressed with
the comb pick' (Macalister and Duncan 1926: 30, Fig. 23).
Around the base rim a rabbet (width 12.7 mm, h 50.8 mm)
has been cut, forming a socle to the conical body. Overall
height 368.3 mm, h (cone) 317.5 mm, h (socle) 50.8 mm; d
(top) 152.4 mm, d (max) 292.1 mm, d (base socle) 279.4
mm (Macalister and Duncan 1926: 30, Fig. 23).
Cutting the rabbet permitted the mason to adjust the
blank to the desired mass without spoiling the artifact' s
shape (cf. the axial cavity on the talent weight W* 308 for
the same purpose). The finished rabbet on the weight's
base rim also enabled the weightmaster's assistant to get
a sure grip on the heavy implement while lifting it on and
off the balance pan.
The measurements stated by the excavators do not define the bulging body described and illustrated. The section of the artifact in Fig. 23 does not permit reliable
calculation of the body's volume, as the drawing is not
precisely to scale. Calculating the mass of a straightwalled cone together with the mass of the socle according
to the stated dimensions, one obtains a minimum mass of
42.76 g. However, the artifact as found and described by
the excavators must have been heavier, because of the
slight bulging of the conical part. Conjecturing the mass
of the 'bulge' as having been between one and two kilograms, the total mass of the lost artifact may have been
between nearly 44 kg and about 45 kg. These limits comprise the talent values of two Phoenician standards: 43,680
g = 60 minas of 728 g and 44,880 g = 60 minas of 748 g.
Site S
L. S100.20
W* 239. Reg. No. 6557; dolomitic 1st; dsh; mute; poor
condition; fragment, 'about 40% missing'; Scott 1985:
No. 42, n. 22: 'probably 8 [unspecified] shekel.'
[56.63 g] ca. 94.38 g = 8 x 11.798 g
The loss estimate by Scott, leading to a shekel value substantially above the shekel norm, is possibly too high.
* The listing of weights from Kenyon's excavations in
Jerusalem is limited to weights from the period of the
Judean Kingdom, recognizable by the criteria of mass,
shape, material and context. They comprise the weights
listed by Scott (1985) in Tables 2A and 2B under Nos. 1-66
and No. 89. They are listed here in order of the
geographical position of the excavation area and by loci.
The relevant data on each item are taken from the entries
in Scott's tables, the accompanying notes and the discussion (Scott 1985: 197-212).
The material, as determined by Scott, is limestone unless
another material is indicated. Each item is identified by
locus number and registration number. A brief description
following Scott, publication details and Scott's metrologica! interpretation follow.
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2. Eastern Slope
1985: No. 4, Fig. 78:4: 'probably l/3 n-s-p' [i.e. x 9.90 g].
3.30 g = 7s x 9.90 g = 6 x 0.55 g = 6/2ox 11.00 g
Site A
For a definite interpretation of this part weight (now in
Oxford) it would be desirable to have it reviewed and
L. A1.21
reweighed to greater precision.
W* 240. Reg. No. 35; basalt; irregular discoid; mute; good
condition; Scott 1985: No. 65: 'context 7th-2nd century
W* 248. Reg. No. 3234; dsh; loop (incomplete, like St.
B.C. fill - probably light MNA, Hellenistic-Herodian'
Andrew's Cross) and unit stroke; good condition; Scott
[i.e. l/s X 364 g or l/i6 x 728 g].
1985: No. 15, Fig. 78:15: 'one Judean shekel.'
45.50 g = V2x91g = 5x9.10 g = 4/sx91g = 4xll.375g
11.31 g = 7sx90.48 g = 1 x 11.31 g
= 6x7.583 g
W* 249. Reg. No. 3235; gray quartzite (?); sphere; mute;
The context in which this weight of atypical material and
very good condition; Scott 1985: No. 16, n. 7: 'possibly an
shape was found makes it possible that it originated in
Judean times, as did W* 241, W* 242 and W* 243.unfinished one Judean shekel ... removal of a segment to
provide a flat base would reduce the mass to ab. 11.30 g';
L. A 1.2 3 a
mass 12.05 g = l/60 x 723 g.
As the material and shape are unusual, one must conW* 241. Reg. No. 93; high dsh; loop sign and two unit
sider the relation of the weight to a foreign standard. Its
strokes; good condition; Scott 1985: No. 59: 'probably
mass is only 0.64% below the norm of 12.128 g, a PhoeJudean shekel - Late Monarchy.'
nician unit also known from Aegina.
22.00 g = 2/8 x 88.00 g = 2 x 1 1.00 g
W* 250. Reg. No. 3236; fed; 'deep random (?) incisions on
top and base'; mute; poor condition; Scott 1985: No. 17,
W* 242. Reg. No. 90; rhyolite; dsh; mute; good condition;
n. 8, Fig. 78:17: 'defaced.' Mass 13.83 g.
Scott 1985: No. 58: 'probably 4 Late Monarchy shekels.'
L. A1.24
45.50 g = 72x91 g = 5x9.10 g = 4x 11.375 g
W* 251. Reg. No. 3237; dsh; loop and two unit strokes;
Scott (1985: 206): 'Shallow and partly marred by chipW* 243. Reg. No. 491; dsh; loop sign and twoping.
unitThe body of the loop is exceptionally large, the
projecting upper lines are exceptionally short, and the
strokes; good condition; Scott 1985: No. 61, Fig. 79:12:
angle between the latter is greater than 90°.' Scott 1985:
'probably 2 Judean shekel, Late Monarchy.'
No. 18, n. 9, Fig. 78:18: '2 Judean shekel'; Scott 1965: PI.
22.50 g = 2/8x90 g = 2 x 11.25 g
L. A2.7
23:3.
L. A301.16
21.76 g = 2/8x 87.04 g = 2/so x 544 g = 2 x 10.88 g
W* 244. Reg. No. 487; dsh; mute; worn; Scott 1985:
SinceNo.
in mass this weight is 4.4% below the Judean shekel
60, Fig. 79:13: 'probably 24 [unspecified] shekel,
Late
norm,
the peculiar features of the inscription make one
Monarchy.'
suspect that it was intentionally marked in this way to let
251.50 g = 3 x 83.833 g = 24/so x 524 g = 24 x 10.479 g
it appear a two-Judean-shekel weight, while its mass is
only that of two nsp units of higher range (in origin a
L. A604.2
Mesopotamian silver shekel unit).
W* 245. Reg. No. 89; fragment of dsh weight; mute; half
preserved; Scott 1985: No. 57: 'probably 8 shekel,W*
Late
252. Reg. No. 3240; black hematite; irregular low
Monarchy.' Mass of fragment not recorded.
dome; mute; poor condition; Scott 1985: No. 21: 'probably 2 [unspecified] shekel.'
L. A65.7
22.53 g = 2/8x90.12 g = 2 x 11.265 g
W* 246. Reg. No. 3730; chert; leaning dome, large Acavity
mute Judean shekel weight 0.97% below the norm vain the base; mute; good condition; Scott 1985: No. 26, n.
lue. The material and shape are unusual for a Judean
14, Fig. 78:26: '... not of Hebrew origin.'
weight. Its mass relates to the Mesopotamian standard
32.43 g = 2x 16.215 g = 4x8.108g = 3/sox 540.50ofg the
= 3silver shekel of royal norm of 11.22 g.
x 10.81 g
In material and shape this weight is foreign in Judea. Its
mass relates to the Mesopotamian silver standard of 10.91
g, a norm well-represented in Judea by nsp weights of
higher value.
W* 253. Reg. No. 3258; dsh; marked with loop and two
unit strokes; good condition; some chipping; Scott 1985:
No. 24, n. 12, Fig. 78:24: '2 Judean shekel'; Scott 1965: PI.
23:1.
[22.73 g] = 2/8 x 90.92 g = 2 x 1 1.365 g
L. A669.11a
W*Scott
254. Reg. No. 3244; dsh; mute; fair condition; Scott
W* 247. Reg. No. 3228; dsh; mute; good condition;
1985: No. 27: 'probably 4 [unspecified] shekel.'
42.22 g = 4/s x 84.44 g = 4/so x 527.75 g = 4 x 10.555 g
W* 255. Reg. No. 3242; low dsh; mute; fair condition;
Scott on
1985: No. 30: 'probably 4 [unspecified] shekel.'
Where Scott relied for his interpretation of a weight
43.39 g = 4/8 x 86.78 g = 4/50 x 542.38 g = 4 x 10.848 g =
the loop sign as representing the standard Hebrew shekel
x 14.463 g = 6 x 7.232 g
unit (Scott 1985: 206), the unit is designated here 3'Judean
shekel.' Where Scott's 'probable identification' of any
W*mute
256. Reg. No. 3245; dsh; loop and hieratic 5; good
dome-shaped weight is simply 'shekel,' a qualifying
condition; Scott 1985: No. 38, Fig. 79:1: '4 Judean shekel.'
45.55 g = 4/8x91.10 g = 4 x 11.388 g
[unspecified] is added here.
The concluding lines contain the object's mass inW*
grams
257. Reg. No. 3249; low dsh; mute; fair condition;
(according to Scott 1985) and mass equations showing
Scott the
1985: No. 47: 'probably 8 [unspecified] shekel.'
metrologica! interpretations suggested here.
88.06 g = 8x 11.008 g = 6x 14.677 g = 12x7.338 g
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W* 258. Reg. No. 3259; dsh; loop and hieratic 10; fair
condition; Scott 1985: No. 50: '8 Judean shekel.'
89.31 g = 8x11.164 g
W* 259. Reg. No. 3250; dsh; loop and hieratic 10; good
condition; Scott 1985: No. 52: '8 Judean shekel.'
90.06 g = 8x 11.258 g
W* 260. Reg. No. 3260; high dsh; loop and hieratic 10;
very good condition; Scott 1985: No. 54, Fig. 79:7: '8
W* 270. Reg. No. 3238; low dsh; loop and two unit
strokes; fair condition; Scott 1985: No. 19, Fig. 78:19: '2
[Hebrew] shekel.'
21.79 g = 2/8 x 87.16 g = 2/so x 544.75 g = 2 x 10.895 g
The shekel unit of this weight is 4.22% below the Judean
shekel norm. It has a parallel in W* 275, with a unit mass
5.07% below the norm, and there are mute Judean
weights with a similar low unit mass, e.g. W* 214, W*
215, W* 255, W* 288 and W* 291.
Judean shekel.'
W* 271. Reg. No. 3241; low dsh; loop and two unit
strokes; good condition; Scott 1985: No. 20, n. 10, Fig.
78:20: 'the left [unit] stroke is short and less deeply inW* 261. Reg. No. 3248; fragment of low dsh; mute; poor
condition; Scott 1985: No. 44, n. 24: 'ab. 10% ... is miss-cised'; '2 Judean shekel.'
22.26 g = 2/s x 89.04 g = > x 667.80 g = 2 x 11.13 g
ing'; 'probably 8 [unspecified] shekel.'
[84.24 g] ca. 93.60 g = 8 x 11.70 g
W* 272. Reg. No. 3246; dolomite or dolomitic 1st; high
The missing part is possibly slightly overestimated.
dsh; loop and hieratic '5'; good condition; Scott 1985: No.
W* 262. Reg. No. 3247; dsh; loop and hieratic 5; 'very35, n. 20, Fig. 78:32: '4 Judean shekel.'
good condition; unused, as if it had just left the workshop; 45.23 g = 4/s x 90.46 g = 4 x 11.308 g
the inscription deep and sharply edged, the base rim
L. A669.34a
sharp...'; Scott 1985: No. 36, Fig. 78:33, pp. 197, 207W* 273. Reg. No. 3253; dsh; mute; good condition; Scott
208: '4 Judean shekel'; Scott 1965: PL 23:2.
1985: No. 5, Fig. 78:5: q/3 Judean shekel' [i.e. 73 x 11.85 g].
45.36 g = 4/s x 90.72 g = 4x11. 34 g
3.95 g = 7/2ox 11.286 g = 7x0.5643 g
92.78 g = 8 X 11.598 g
L. A669.11b
W* 274. Reg. No. 3253; dsh; inscribed 'n-s-p'; very good
W* 263. Reg. No. 3229; dsh; mute; good condition; Scott
condition; Scott 1985: No. 13, Fig. 78:13; Scott 1965: PL
1985: No. 6, n. 1, Fig. 78:6: 'probably 3/s shekel' [i.e. 4.43
24:6.
= 3/g x 11.813 g].
9.33 g = 1 x 9.33 g
4.43 g = 8/2ox 11.075 g = 8x0.55375 g
W* 275. Reg. No. 3255; high dsh; loop sign and hieratic 5;
W* 264. Reg. No. 3239; low dsh; mute; good condition;
fair condition; Scott 1985: No. 28, n. 15, Fig. 78:28: 'probScott 1985: No. 23, n. 11, Fig. 78:23: 'probably 2 [Judean]
ably 8 [unspecified] shekel.'
shekel.'
43.19 g = 4/8 x 86.38 g = 4/so x 539.90 g = 4 x 10.798 g
22.60 g = 2/8 x 90.40 g = 2 x 1 1.30 g
W* 276. Reg. No. 3254; dsh; loop and hieratic 5; very
W* 265. Reg. No. 3243; black hematite; fed; mute; good
good condition; Scott 1985: No. 39: '4 Judean shekel.'
condition; Scott 1985: No. 25, n. 13: 'probably Egyptian
45.56 g = 4/8 x 91.12 g = 4x11.39 g
or Phoenician.'
30.09 g = 4/i2 x 90.27 g = 4 x 7.523 g
L. A669.34
W* 266. Reg. No. 3230; unworked pebble (dolomite);
resembling low dsh; mute; Scott 1985: No. 8, n. 3, Fig.
78:8: 'possibly an unofficial pym.'
7.48 g = Vi2 x 89.76 g = 1 x 7.48 g
W* 277. Reg. No. 3256; dsh; loop and hieratic 5; fair
condition; Scott 1985: No. 51: '8 [Judean] shekel.'
89.51 g = 8/8 x 89.51 g = 8x11.189 g
W* 278. Reg. No. 3257; dsh; loop and hieratic 30; good
condition; Scott 1985: No. 56, Fig. 79:9: '24 [Judean] shekel'; Scott 1965: Pl. 23:4.
268.30 g = 3 x89.433 g = 24 x 11.179 g
W* 267. Reg. No. 3231; high dsh; inscribed 'p-y-m'; very
L. A669.42
good condition; Scott 1985: No. 9; Scott 1965: PL 24:5.
7.80 g = Vi2 x 93.60 g = 1 x 7.80 g
W* 279. Reg: No. 3251; irregular dsh; poor condition;
'traces of the shekel symbol: ... a curved line ... to form
W* 268. Reg. No. 3232; inscribed 'p-y-m'; good condition
(unfinished); Scott 1985: No. 12, n. 5: 'between dsh and a figure of eight'; Scott 1985: No. 55, n. 29, Fig. 79:8:
'probably 16 [unspecified] shekel.'
irregular polyhedron'; Scott 1965: PL 24:7.
162.34 g = 2x82.17 g = 16/sox 507.31 g = 16 x 10.146 g
8.39 g = Vioo x 839 g = 1 x 8.39 g
The traces of a shekel symbol on this weight, which has a
The illustration does not show the artifact as polyhedral
mass 10% below the Judean shekel norm, leads one to
and Scott's conclusion that it is unfinished is perhaps unjustified, as its mass accords with the heavier Mesopota- think of an attempt to make the weight appear to repremian shekel unit, for which there are parallels among the
Judean weights.
W* 269. Reg. No. 3233; inscribed 'n-s-p'; good condition
(unfinished); Scott 1985: No. 14, n. 6, Fig. 78:14: 'between
dsh and irregular polyhedron'; Scott 1965: PL 24:8.
10.62 g = Ys x 84.96 g = 7so x 531 g = 1 x 10.62 g
Cf. the preceding item: the conclusion that its shaping
remained unfinished is perhaps unjustified as its mass accords with other nsp weights of the higher range.
sent the Judean shekel norm, while in fact its mass is that
of a nsp weight of the higher range.
L. A672.12
W* 280. Reg. No. 3227; dsh; inscribed hieratic 5; good
condition; Scott 1985: No. 2, Fig. 78:2, p. 198: '5 gerah';
Scott 1965: PL 24:9: il/4 n-s-p,' [i.e. 7* x 10.32 g].
2.58 g = 5/2o x 10.32 g = 5 x 0.516 g
The unit value of this 'five-gerah' weight decidedly does
not accord with the gerah of the Judean shekel.
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L. A676.1a
good condition; Scott 1985: No. 34, Fig. 78:31: '4 [Judean]
shekel.'
W* 281. Reg. No. 4441; low dsh; mute; good condition;
g = 4/s x 89.62 g = 4 x 11.203 g
'base rim rounded, many small percussion marks,44.81
some
lime incrustation'; Scott 1985: No. 33, nn. 18-19: 'probL. AA306.2
ably 4 [unspecified] shekel.'
W* 290. Reg. No. 6558; inscribed 'p-y-m-'; very good
[44.71 g] = 4/s X 89.42 g = 4 x 11.178 g
condition;
Despite its many percussion marks, the weight is still
with- Scott 1985: No. 10, Fig. 78:10.
7.92 g = Vi2 x 95.04 g = y2 x 15.84 g = 1 x 7.92 g
in the toleration limit of the Judean shekel.
W* 291. Reg. No. 6481; mute; dsh; poor condition; Scott
1985: No. 45: 'probably 8 [unspecified] shekel.'
W* 282. Reg. No. 4442; dsh; imitation loop sign and unit
85.79 g = 8 x 10.724 g = 6 x 14.298 g = 12 x 7.149 g
stroke, 'form of shekel symbol unusual, but not unique';
'hole drilled in base, lead filling missing'; Scott 1985:
No.
L. AA307.4
63, n. 1, Fig. 79:20: 'one Late Monarchy shekel.' W* 292. Reg. No. 6777; dsh; mute; good condition; Scott
[10.50 g] = Vs x 84 g = 1 x 10.50 g
1985: No. 31, n. 17: 'probably 4 [unspecified] shekel.'
In view of the unusual shekel symbol on the weight,
one
44.34g
= 4/8x88.68 g = 4xll.085g = 3x14.78g = 6x
cannot be sure that the cavity bored in its base was
7.39 made
g
to hold a lead plug in order to increase the mass: the
intention may have been to lower the mass to the value
Site H
of a nsp of the higher range.
L. A676.1d
L. H103.2
L. A676.3
293. Reg. No. 1244; high dsh; mute; condition not
W* 283. Reg. No. 3728; dsh; loop and hieratic 10; W*
very
stated;
good condition; base well defined; inscription worn; Scott Scott 1985: No. 62: 'context Byzantine fill'; 'probably 2 depreciated Late Monarchy shekel.'
1985: No. 53, n. 28, Fig. 79:6: '8 Judean shekel.'
21.50 g = 2/ so x 537.50 g = 2/s x 86.00 g = 2 x 10.75 g
91.87 g = 8x 11.484 g
L. A676.5
3. Southern Ridge
W* 284. Reg. No. 3727; dsh; mute; poor condition; 'base
badly worn, three large chips missing, small percussion
Site Y
marks on top and sides'; Scott 1985: No. 48, n. 26: 'probably 8 [unspecified] shekel.'
L. V50.2
[88.38 g] = 8 x 11.048 g
W* 294. Reg. No. 4945; irregular dsh; mute; poor condiEven in its mutilated state, the weight may originally have
tion; Scott 1985: No. 64: 'context Byzantine-medieval fill';
been a satisfactory Judean eight shekel weight.
'probably p-y-m, Late Monarchy.'
[7.00 g] = Y 2 X 14.00 g = yi2 x 84.00 g = 1 X 7.00 g
L. A678.1
W* 285. Reg. No. 3726; high dsh; loop and hieratic 10;
fair condition, 'inscription faint, base rim worn, the sides
pitted'; Scott 1985: No. 49, n. 27: '8 [Judean] shekel.'
[88.93 g] = 8x11.116 g
L. A680 +
4. Central Valley
SiteK
L. K15.17
W* 286. Reg. No. 4440; dsh; loop and two unit strokes;
W* 295. Reg. No. 1672; high dsh; loop and hieratic 5;
good condition; Scott 1985: No. 22, Fig. 78:22: '2 [Judean]
good condition; Scott 1985: No. 40: '4 [Judean] shekel.'
shekel.'
45.68 g = 4/8 x 91.36 g = 4x11.42 g
22.57 g = 2/s x 90.28 g = 2 x 11.285 g
L. K10L5
L. A845.22a
W* 296. Reg. No. 5455; low dsh; inscribed hieratic 6;
W* 287. Reg. No. 4443; high dsh; mute; good condition;
good condition; Scott 1985: No. 3, p. 205, Fig. 78:3:
some flaws; Scott 1985: No. 32, Fig. 78:30: 'probably 4
[unspecified] shekel.'
[44.60 g] = 4/s x 89.20 = 4 x 11.15 g
Site AA
'probably x1a shekel [i.e. l/4 x 11.60 g].'
2.90 g = 6/24 x 1 1.60 g = 6/20 x 9.667 g = 6 x 0.4833 g
Regarding the second equation, compare the Egyptian
weights on a unit norm of 9.70 g, cited by Hultsch 1898:
171, 172, Table 5.
L. AA106.10
W* 288. Reg. No. 7655; bronze; high dsh, different from 5. Central Valley, Western Flank
shape of stone weights; mute; lead filling in base; fair
Site F
condition; Scott 1985: No. 29, n. 16: 'a non-Israelite
weight'; 'probably 4 [unspecified] shekel.'
L. F202.6
43.35 g = 4 x 10.838 g = 3 x 14.45 g = 6 x 7.225 g
The weight has the mass of a nsp weight of the higherW* 297. Reg. No. 91; calcined 1st; irregular-oblong shape;
mute; fair to good condition; Scott 1985: No. 66: 'context
range.
7th c. B.C. to Hellenistic fill'; 'probably not a weight.'
L. AA305.13
40 g = 4/sx50g = 4/50 x 500 g = 4xl0.00g = 3xl3.333g
= 55;x 8.00 g = 6 x 6.667 g
W* 289. Reg. No. 6776; high dsh; loop and hieratic
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L. F409.33
L, L713.18
W* 298. Reg. No. 3267; black hematite; high dsh;
W*
mute;
305. Reg. No. 5628; dsh; loop and hieratic 5; good
condition;
Scott 1985: No. 37: '4 Judean shekel.'
fair condition; multifaceted; Scott 1985: No. 7, n.
2, Fig.
45.49 g = 72x90.28 g = 4 x 11.373 g
78:7: 'many fine ridges between small planes; base roughly
hexagonal; unfinished'; 'probably bqa' (?).'
6.51 g = V120X 781.20 g = 72 X 13.02 g
The way that this rotund artifact has been shaped shows
IV. EARLY WEIGHTS FOUND ON OTHER
that it is a private weight. From its material not part
of
OCCASIONS
NEAR THE CITY OF DAVID AND
the Judean weight equipment, it corresponds nicely toELSEWHERE
the
IN JERUSALEM (W* 306-315)
mina standard of 785.90 g = 60 x 13.10 g = 120 x 6.55 g,
being only 0.6% below this norm known from Egypt
(seeWeight; marble (?); mute; excavated near the
W* 306.
Siloam
Channel; Guthe 1882: 373.
Petrie's finds discussed by Hultsch 1898: 138-39 and
norm
24.4944 g = 2 x 12.247 g = 3 x 8.165 g
list p. 204). It may however have been fashioned in Judah.
6. Annex: Armenian Garden
W* 307. Weight; inscribed with loop and hieratic 10; excavated near the Siloam Channel; Guthe 1882: 373.
46 g = 4/sx92g = 4x11.50 g
W* 308. Lst weight of boulder size, nicely crafted to an
ellipsoidal shape and provided with a cavity at one end of
L. L14.34
its axis; originally mute but with some spurious lettering,
W* 299. Reg. No. 7513; low dsh; faint inscriptionapparently
of loop scratched by local inhabitants at the end of the
and hieratic 10; much worn; Scott 1985: No. 89. 19th century, who had accidentally come across the arti86.80 = 8 x 10.85 g = 6 x 14.467 g = 12 x 7.233fact.
g While the true site of its discovery in Jerusalem is
unknown, it became known as the 'Talent of St. Anna,'
L. L6 1.24a
where it had been clandestinely reburied to be 'discovered'
W* 300. Reg. No. 7495; dsh; loop and hieratic 5; very
by one of the Fathers (Cré 1892).
good condition; 'broken and carefully restored'; Scott
41,900 g = (a) 60x698.34 g = 3600x1 1.639 g = 3000 x
1985: No. 41.
13.967 g = (b) 50x838 g = 5000x8.38 g = (c) 80x523.75 g
46.27 g = 72x92.54 g = 4 x 11.568 g
= 4000 x 10.475 g
Testing the relation of its mass to a Judean standard
L. L50.11b
(equation a) results in shekel values 2.3% over their norm
W* 301. Reg. No. 3729; dolomitic 1st; dsh; mute; frag;
values. Calculating the mass of the artifact as a multiple of
Scott 1985: No. 43, n. 23: '...closely matches the same
either the Mesopotamian common or the Mesopotamian
segment of the complete [8 shekel piece] No. 3728
[W*
silver standard (equations b and c), the resultant unit va283] (91.87 g)'; 'probably 8 [Judean] shekels.'
lues concord surprisingly with other known local Iron
[60.45 g] ca. 91 g = 8x11.40 g
Age weights.
Site L
L. L252.14
W* 302. Reg. No. 4702; bronze and lead; mute; good
condition [but] corroded; Scott 1985: No. 46, n. 25, Fig.
79:3: 'doubtful that this is an Israelite weight, because of
its material, ... too light to be 8 [Judean] shekels and too
heavy to be 8 nsp.'
86.24 g = 8 x 10.78 g = 6x 14.373g = 10x6.24g = 12x
7.187 g
While metal weights are rare in Judah, the unit mass of
this weight accords with the nsp value of the higher range.
L. L325.5
W* 309. Weight; marble (?); mute; spheroidal segment,
axially bored with resultant loss of 1.425 g; Sayce 1893;
Pilcher 1912.
[8.6832 g] ca. 10.109 g = l/so x 505.45 g = 1 x 10.109 g
W* 310. Weight; mute; found in the Tyropoeon Valley;
Bliss and Dickie 1898: 267.
90.8519 g = 8x 11.356 g = 12x7.571 g
W* 311. Weight; marble(?); spheroidal zone; inscribed
'nsp'; perfect preservation; acquired in Jerusalem; Barton
1903: 386f.
9.9468 g
W* 303. Reg. No. 6766; low dsh; inscribed with three unit
strokes; very good condition; Scott 1985: No. 1, pp.
198W* 312.
Weight; marble (?); domed spheroidal zone;
99.
mute; acquired in Jerusalem; Torrey 1903: 206.
1 .93 g = 7s x 5.79 g or 1 .93 g = 3 x 0.6433 g = 3/i2 x 7.72 g
5.8696 g = 10/2o x 11.74 g = 10x0.587 g
The first equation, expressing 'three make one unit,' inW* 313. Weight; irregular spheroid with flat base; indicates a likely value of a bqa'; the second equation inscribed 'bqa"; found at Ras Salah Sha'fat; Dalman
dicates a possible pym value.
1906: 94, Fig. 4.
L. L550.25
6.643 g = 72 x 13.286 g = 7ioo x 664.30 g = 1 x 6.643 g
W* 304. Reg. No. 3266; low dsh; mute; Scott 1985: No.
W* 314. Weight; brass (?); irregular cube; inscribed 'pym'
11, n. 4: 'top surface rough, base smooth and well-deand 'lezaharyahu/yair'; 'slight loss of material'; acquired
fined'; 'probably a pym.'
in Jerusalem; Barton 1903: 384; Pilcher 1912: 86 (2).
7.94 g = 7i2 x 95.28 g = 72 x 15.88 g = 1 x 7.94 g
[7.6095 g] = 712 x 91.31 g = 1 x 7.6095 g
As a pym weight this piece is 5% too heavy. However, the
rough top and low dome shape raise a suspicion W*
of 315.
tam-Weight; inscribed 'pym'; found near Silwan; Pilpering with a weight of another standard, perhaps
Me- 99 (2).
chera 1914:
sopotamian weight of 8.18 6g which was reduced by
7.753%.
g = 712 x 93 g = 1x7.75 g.
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Fig. 31. Weights.
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Fig. 32. Weights.
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Fig. 33. Weights.
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Fig. 34. Weights.
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Fig. 35. Weights.
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Fig. 36. Weights.
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Fig. 37. Weights.
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Fig. 38. Weights.
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Fig. 39. Weights.
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2
4
3
5
6
7
8
10
11
9
12
13
Pl. 14. Weights.
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Pl. 15. Weights.
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Pl. 16. Weights.
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Fig. 34.
Fig. 31.
No. Cat. No. Reg. No. Locus PL
No. Cat. No. Reg. No. Locus Pl.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
1. W 24 El/18846/1 1962
2. W 32 El/10531 1643
W1 E3/19288
W 2 El/9975
W 10 El/14519
W 12 El/19616
W 13 El/21583
W 14 El/21638
W 15 El/19717
W 4 El/9503
W 9 El/10851
2480
1400
1689
2161
2161
2161
2169
1386
1662
Fig. 32.
3.
W
41
B
480
114A
4. W 50 Dl/13326 W. 526
5. W 54 D2/13762 1887
6. W 57 El/6375 1272
7. W 60 El/8632 1293
8. W 61 El/7982 1303
9. W 62 El/8498 1303
10. W 72 El/10176 1604
11. W 73 El/10430 1604
12. W 74 El/10528 1604
El/10766 1646
13. W 76 El/10270 1618
14. W 77 El/14596 1650
15. W 80 El/16248 2015 14:3
No. Cat. No. Reg. No. Locus Pl.
1. W 16 El/19767 2177
2. W 22 El/19509 2135
3. W 23 El/19804 2135
4. W 28 Dl/13267 450
5. W 29 Dl/12724 432
6. W 30 D2/20394 2357
7. W 31 El/10265 1616
8. W 33 El/10648 1651
9. W 36 E3/15971 1992
10. W 37 E3/19009 1957
11. W 38 D2/14172 1896
12. W 39 B 364/1 129
13. W 42 Dl/981 317
14. W 43 Dl/12624 419
15. W 47 Dl/13245 456
Fig. 35.
No. Cat. No. Reg. No. Locus Pl.
1. W 81 El/16439 2015
2. W 82 El/16492 2107
3. W 83 El/21509 2601
4. W 85 E2/12179/1 1500
5. W 89 E3/15829 1934
6. W 90 D2/13595 1873
7. W 95 El/8435 1309 14:4
8. W 96 El/9134 1310 14:5
9. W 97 El/14684 1609
10. W 98 El/14525 1679
11. W 99 El/14546 1679
12. W 100 El/5957 W. 248
13. „ W 101 El/3934 658
14. W 102 El/5965 658
15. W 106 El/9064/1 1355
Fig. 36.
Fig. 33.
No. Cat. No. Reg. No. Locus Pl.
1. W 46 Dl/13266 456
2. W 48 D 1/1 3288 468
3. W 49 Dl/13297 469
4. W 53 D2/13264 1876
5. W 55 El/3853 640
6. W 58 El/6394 1274
7. W 59 El/6437 1275
8. W 63 El/8538/1 1303
9. W 67 El/8462 1303
10. W 69 El/9445/3 1322 14:1
11. W 70 El/8549 1325 14:2
12. W 25 D2/13753 1891
13. W 71 El/8579 1325
No. Cat. No. Reg. No. Locus Pl.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
W 107 El/9288 1355
W 108 El/10153 1621
W 109 El/10671 1636
W 110 El/10872/1 773
W 111 El/19526 2155
W 114 E3/13034 1585
7.
W
117
8.
W
119
9.
W
120
G
G
4727
4474
G
773
14:6
784
784
14:7
10.
W
122
G
4509
4567
790
14:8
11.
W
124
G
4728
791
14:9
12. W 126 G 4825/1 792
13. W 128 G 4660 798
14. W 129 G 4692 799
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Pl. 14.
Fig. 37.
No. Cat. No. Reg. No. Locus PL
1.
W
132
G
4986
818
2.
W
133
G
4957
823
14:11
3. W 134 G 4948/1 824
4.
W
137
G
5626
791
14:12
5.
W
138
G
5676
856
14:13
6.
W
139
G
5768
868
15:1
No. Cat. No. Reg. No. Locus Fig.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
W 69 El/9445/3 1322 33:10
W
W
W
W
70 El/8459
80 El/16248
95 El/8435
96 El/9134
1325 33:11
2015 34:15
1309 35:7
1310 35:8
6.
W
117
G
4727
773
7.
W
120
G
4509
784
8.
W
122
G
4567
790
36:10
10. W 143 G 11528 959
9.
W
124
G
4728
791
36:11
11. W 144 G 11574 959
10. W 125 G 4736 791
12. W 145 G 11509 967
11.
W
133
G
4957
823
13. W 146 G 11510 967
12.
W
137
G
5626
791
37:4
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
13.
W
138
G
5676
856
37:5
7. W 140 G 11183 903
8. W 141 G 11110/3 913
9.
W
142
W
W
W
W
W
G
11175
923
15:2
150 El/9360 1369
151 El/16576 2066 15:3
152 El/16945 2092
153 El/17071 2103
154 El/17136 2113 15:4
No. Cat. No. Reg. No. Locus Pl.
1. W 157 El/17349 2129 15:5
2. W 158 El/19657 2114
G
3.
W
4.
W
160
G
2196
4244
736
5.
W
161
G
2239
737
6.
W
162
G
718
2340
742
7. W 163 G 2443/1 742
8.
W
165
9.
W
166
G
4252
G
167
756
2580
760
4354
760
G
15:6
15:7
15:9
15:10
10.
W
11.
W
168
G
4791
778
16:1
12.
W
169
G
4793
778
16:2
14. W 172 G 11438 950
W 173 Dl/12642
W 176 D2/20888
W 179 E2/1635
W 180 El/10220
422
2745
519
1619
Fig. 39.
No. Cat. No. Reg. No. Locus Pl.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
W 181 El/1347 521
W 182 E2/1637 537
W 186 E3/7756 W. 471
W 189 D2/ 13959 1803
W 191 El/6454 1280 16:3
W 192 El/9121 1286 16:4
W 194 El/6158 Surf. 16:5
W 195 El/6260 W. 253,
1.
W
2.
W
139
142
G
G
159
G
4244
718
38:3
W
162
G
2340
742
38:6
8.
W
164
9.
W
165
10.
W
G
2467
G
166
742
4252
G
2580
756
38:8
760
38:9
Pl. 16.
No. Cat. No. Reg. No. Locus Fig.
1.
W
168
G
4791
778
38:11
2.
W
169
G
4793
778
38:12
3.
4.
5.
6.
W
W
W
W
191 El/6454 1280 39:5
192 El/9121 1286 39:6
194 El/6158 W. 241 39:7
195 El/6260 W. 253,
255, 257 39:8
7. W 199 G 8124 Surf. 39:12
8. W 200 G 11001 Surf. 39:13
13. W 200 G 11001 Surf. 16:8
14. W 201 J 8032 1069
15. W 202 SF 3001
4809
37:9
W
11. W 198 G 2057 714
G
37:6
923
7.
12. W 199 G 8124 Surf. 16:7
123
868
6.
255, 257 16:6
W
5768
11175
3. W 151 El/16576 2066 37:15
4. W 154 El/17136 2113 37:18
5. W 157 El/17349 2129 38:1
9. W 196 El/9013 Surf.
10. W 197 El/9854 Surf.
16.
37:2
Pl. 15.
13. W 171 G 11361 950
15.
16.
17.
18.
36:9
No. Cat. No. Reg. No. Locus Fig.
Fig. 38.
159
36:7
790
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CHAPTER SIX
FLINT IMPLEMENTS*
Steven A. Rosen
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
These methodological problems require some
further discussion, and may be organized under
The analysis of lithic implements and three
waste
general
fromheadings: 1) the nature of the site; 2)
INTRODUCTION
complex societies can provide significant
theinformanature of the artifacts; and 3) the nature of the
tion on such diverse subjects as trade and
archaeological
economy, interpretation and chronological
attribution. of
social organization, functional interpretations
sites and activity areas, chronologies, and
First,
perhaps
the City of David was intensively occupied
over
the
course
even ethnicity. Although most of the work on
theof several millennia. As such, it was
general subject of lithics in complex societies
has
subject to repeated
episodes of construction, repair
and destruction, all of which tended to create
come from the New World (e.g., Hester and
Hammond 1976; Pires-Ferreira 1976; Winter and significant problems in the chronological attribution
Pires-Ferreira 1976; Stone et al. 1983; and for
of finds from fill layers. In connection with this, flint
Greece, e.g., Runnels 1985), in recent years the
artifacts are small and behave like potsherds and
groundwork has been laid for the comprehensive coins in an archaeological stratum. They move
analysis of lithic implements in the Levant during easily and are subject to a wide variety of
the early historical periods (e.g., McConaughy 1979; disturbances, both human and natural. Unless
Schick 1978; Milstein 1981; Rosen 1982; 1983a;
found in pristine condition, in a totally primary in
1983b; 1983c; 1984a; 1984b). These studies, com- situ context, one cannot rule out the possibility of
bined with earlier work, primarily by Neuvilleintrusion.
Failure to consider the likelihood of such
(1934-35; 1930) and Crowfoot (1935; 1937; 1948a; intrusions can lead to the mistaken attribution of
1948b; Crowfoot Payne 1984), provide a sound data types, and consequent misinterpretations of assem-
base for attempting to understand some of the blages. These two factors together create major
above subjects from a lithic perspective.
problems in the attribution of material to particular
The collection from the City of David provides a cultural or chronological horizons. Of further
good example of both the potentials and the
interest in connection with the features of the site
problems of lithic analysis in the historical periodsitself is the apparent fact that virtually all intrusions
in Israel. On the one hand, the site was occupiedseem to reflect upward movement of material. It is
repeatedly for long periods, thus providing a good very common for older material to be found in
chronological sequence for lithic types. On the other younger levels, and much less common for younger
hand, this same settlement history causes significant material to infiltrate downwards. This is undoubt-
problems in terms of intrusions and the interpreta-edly a function of large-scale construction, which
tion of finds recovered from fill horizons, from tends to bring up older material during the digging
which the bulk of the material was recovered.
of foundations and other building activities. The
same is generally true of ceramics as well.
Secondly, the vast majority of flint artifacts are
not culturally or chronologically diagnostic. With
* Submitted in 1986.
respect to industrial waste, apart from exceptional
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types of cores or the waste from specialized
manufacture such as microburins, most flint debitage can be dated and interpreted only by reference
DESCRIPTION
Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Loci
to the assemblage as a whole. Index fossils are
virtually absent in waste assemblages. The picture is
For the purposes of description, the Chalcolit
only slightly better for tools, especially in the later and Early Bronze Age loci have been groupe
periods. The vast majority of tools from the together. There are no clean, unmixed Chalcoli
loci, and many of the Early Bronze Age loci s
historical periods are ad hoc and cannot be assigned
a date without contextual information; there are few Chalcolithic intrusions. In Table 1 an attempt
exceptions (e.g., Canaanean sickle segments). Evenbeen made to separate industries, based on str
such well-known types as tabular scrapers span graphic considerations; the experiment was
more than a millennium in their chronological
successful in cúlling out intrusions.
As is typical of the assemblages from the
Finally, archaeological recording tends to stressperiods, the bulk of the tool assemblage is
range.
the dating of architectural horizons. The rule of comprised of non-diagnostic ad hoc elements. These
thumb is that the youngest ceramics date the fillinclude borers, notches, denticulates, miscellaneous
trimmed pieces, various scrapers, choppers and
(e.g., Walker 1978). A fill layer in which 90% of the
ceramics are dated to the Late Bronze Age and 10%hammerstones. Excepting the choppers and hamto the Iron Age can be interpreted as having beenmerstones, virtually all of these tools were manulaid down during the Iron Age, but having reusedfactured on flakes.
an earlier matrix. Unfortunately, attributing an Iron Borers (Fig. 40:1-3) are pointed pieces whose
Age date to the lithics from such an horizon wouldworking edge was manufactured either by notching
clearly be inappropriate, and leaves the problem ofto form a 'nose' between the notches, or by
how to date artifacts from such fill horizons. When
retouching a corner or natural point. Two (of 20)
are better classified as drills. They show long thin
data are available, assemblages (as opposed to
individual artifacts) can often be dated roughly by bits, with abrupt retouch.
Notches and denticulates (Figs. 40:5-7,13) show
reference to the predominant ceramic types present.
However, such information is often not available. In single or multiple concavities. In the case of notches,
such a situation one is left with the option of
the concavities show internal retouch. Of the 39
discarding all material from fills as unfit for analysis pieces in this general class, 19 are notches and 20 are
(thus eliminating the vast majority of artifacts), or denticulates.
noting the presence of fills and trying to take them
Miscellaneous trimmed pieces consist of two pieces
showing truncations, two microtools and 15 pieces
into due consideration in the analysis. Similar
problems occur in the analysis of bones and other showing retouch, but without diagnostic shapes or
non-intrinsically datable artifacts.
attributes.
The 37 scrapers (excluding tabular scrapers)
In spite of this array of difficulties, when such
assemblages are considered with reference to pre- comprise the largest tool group from the assemvious research, it is possible to make good use of blage, accounting for 26.1% of the total tools. A
even the problematic collections. While the assem- general breakdown of types shows 13 steep scrapers
blage from the City of David suffers from many (Fig. 40:16), two heavy scrapers, three denticulated
difficulties with respect to intrusions, it is also one scrapers (Fig. 40:9), one small scraper, and 18 flat
of the few well-collected assemblages from a
scrapers (Fig. 40:17-18). As a general rule, workhistorical mound site, with more than 6000 artifacts. manship is of poor quality, and type of retouch is
Collection bias is minimal, and this alone makes thenot standardized.
The three choppers are bifacially retouched wadi
lithics from the City of David worthy of closer
study. With regard to the stratigraphical analysis of cobbles.
the loci in which lithics were uncovered, stratum The two hammerstones , perhaps better called
designations here are up-to-date as of March 1986. pounding stones, are fist-sized, and show pecking
Loci from which lithics were examined for this
over most of their surface. They are grouped
from other tools in Table 1 due to
report will be noted accordingly in the locus separately
indices
essential contrasts in technology and raw material.
in the forthcoming final stratigraphical reports.
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Table 1. Lithic frequencies by period.
Chalco./EB EB EB/MB II* LB Early Late Pers.j
Iron
Iron
Hell.
Total
Tools
Notches/denticulates 11 (35.5) 28 (25.2) 17 (15.6) 2 (50) 8 (15.1) 3 (12.0) 2 (15.4) 71
Borers/drills 5 (16.1) 15 (13.5) 10 (9.2) 6 (11.3) 1 (7.7) 37
Scrapers 4 (12.9) 33 (29.7) 26 (23.9) 1 (25) 6 (11.3) 1 (4.0) 1 (7.7) 72
Miscellaneous 8 (25.8) 11 (9.9) 8 (7.3) 9 (17.0) 2 (8.0) 38
Choppers
3
(2.7)
1
(1.9)
4
Blade tools 1 (3.2) 14 (12.8) 3 (5.7) 4 (16.0) 1 (7.7) 23
Sickles 14 (12.6) 27 (24.8) 1 (25) 18 (34.0) 15 (60.0) 6 (46.2) 78
Axes/adzes 1 (3.2) 2 (1.8) 2 (1.8) 1 (7.7) 6
Tabular scrapers 1 (3.2) 5 (4.0) 2 (1.8) 1 (1.9) 9
Varia
3
(2.8)
1
(1.9)
1
(5.9)
5
TOTAL 31 (99.9) 111 (99.9) 109 (100) 4 (100) 53 (100.1) 25 (100) 13 (100.1) 346
Pounding
stones
2
46
2
12
54
33
149
Debitage
Flakes
143
Primary
597
flakes
Blades
9
Debris
281
Cores
1366
6
WASTE
TOTAL
LITHICS
*
Although
of
163
128
29
11
2
3
4
48
482
2339
loci
loci
30
6
27
1
1366
2
2
5
358
85
1
20
114
715
25
2226
513
the
the
1462
39
13
renewal
TOTAL
matrix
9
163
40
Bladelets
Core
409
42
1
65
9
6
13
3932
1
89
2051
43
920
108
27
5856
2206
49
985
187
73
6351
from
shows
MB
high
II
strata
are
proportions
clearl
of
Early
inappropriate.
and measures 4.9 x 3.8 x 0.9 cm. The final one is
Although the three other tool classes, sickle
segments, tabular scrapers and axes/adzes, comprise oval in shape, measures 4.4 x 3.2 x 0.3 cm and shows
a much smaller proportion of the tool assemblage, minor incisions on the cortex (Fig. 41:3).
The three fragments of groundstone axes are both
they stand out because of their more standardized
attributes and specialized production technologies. too broken tó be adequately described. All seem to
Of the 14 sickle segments recovered, seven were fall into the Chalcolithic axe group. One comes
from a mixed Chalcolithic-Early Bronze Age locus,
manufactured on Canaanean blades (Fig. 41:6-7)
(Rosen 1983a). All of these were broken, but
and it is likely that the other two, found in Early
Bronze Age fill layers, are also intrusive.
average width and thickness measurements are 21
mm and 5 mm respectively. Three plain sickle Debitage analysis shows a very high proportion of
blades were recovered (Fig. 41:10), and four backed
flakes as opposed to blades/bladelets (15:1), which is
sickle blades (Fig. 41:8), typologically probablysimilar to that of flake tools to blade tools (12.4:1).
Of the 49 blades recovered, only five are technoloChalcolithic (Rosen 1982), were also found.
gically Canaanean. The remainder are crude,
Six tabular scraper fragments were recovered
(Figs. 40:19, 41:1-3) (Rosen 1983b). Of these, threeirregular blades, in some cases probably not
intentionally manufactured as such. The presence
are too fragmentary for measurements or attribute
descriptions. One is broken but quite large, with aof 11 bladelets may be of some interest, since
bladelet industries are known in the Chalcolithic at
minimum length of 7 cm. One is irregular in shape,
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Ghassul (Neuville 1934) and in the Early Bronze I at
Arad (Schick 1978). However, it is impossible to
determine whether these pieces are in fact intrusive
from even earlier periods.
Cores consisted of 37 irregular, nodular flake
cores (Fig. 40:10), five small mixed blade/flake
cores, two single platform non-Canaanean blade
cores and ten bladelet cores. The latter could easily
be Epipaleolithic intrusions. All come from fill loci.
The 46 hammerstones (or pounding stones)
recovered (Fig. 40:11) are similar to the two from
the Early Bronze Age assemblage. They are
generally fist-sized spheroids with pecking over
their surface. In general, the much higher number
of these objects in post-Early Bronze Age layers
suggests a real difference between the Early Bronze
Age assemblage and its successors. A chi-square test
of the relative numbers of pounding stones found in
Chalcolithic/Early Bronze Age loci versus postEarly Bronze Age loci, using proportion of excavaMiddle Bronze II Loci
tion per period to compute expected numbers (Table
2), gives
The Middle Bronze II fills, and to a great extent
the a chi-square statistic of 8.21, with p < .005
(very
cleaner loci as well, show a high proportion
ofsignificant), strongly supporting the contrast
between
intrusions from earlier periods as evidenced by
the the assemblages. By way of explanation, I
presence of types such as Early Bronze Age
suggest that these stones were perhaps some type of
Canaanean blades and sickles, Chalcolithic backed
sickles, a Chalcolithic adze and chisel, and two
projectile weapon, and that the differences between
tabular scrapers. This is not surprising and is true of
the ceramic repertoire as well, but still presents
difficulties in the interpretation of the assemblage.
Most of the general types recovered from the
Middle Bronze II loci are similar to those of the
the assemblages reflect basic contrasts in the nature
of the settlements in the different periods. The
presence of fair numbers of these pieces at other
Early Bronze Age sites suggests that this difference
may be specific to the City of David.
The adze and chisel recovered from Middle
Bronze II loci are unquestionably intrusive and
Early Bronze Age assemblage and require little
further description. This is particularly true should
of the be assigned a Chalcolithic date. The two
tabular
scraper fragments are also undoubtedly
pieces classified as ad hoc tools, i.e., the notches
and
intrusive
and may be either Early Bronze Age or
denticulates, the borers (Fig. 40:4), the scrapers
and
in date.
the miscellaneous trimmed pieces. All derivedChalcolithic
from
The sickle segment class illustrates the problem of
relatively simple flake technology and show little
well. Of the 26 sickle segments recovered,
sophistication in later stages of manufacture intrusions
either.
seven
were
manufactured on small backed blades
It is difficult to assess exactly what proportion of
these tools is indeed Middle Bronze II in date.
with truncations. They averaged 3.4 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm
in dimensions, and are clearly Chalcolithic in
Scrapers include four steep scrapers, two small
affinities (Rosen 1982).
scrapers, two heavy duty scrapers, one denticulated
Another seven are Canaanean sickle segments
scraper (Fig. 40:8) and 17 general end- and side-
(Fig. 41:5,9), manufactured on Canaanean blades
scrapers. This last general scraper category shows
and attributable to the Early Bronze Age (Rosen
While the ten borers resemble those from the
1983a). Unfortunately, all of these were fragments
and length measurements were impossible to take,
Early Bronze Age levels, in contrast to the Early
although width and thickness averaged 1.8 and 0.5
Bronze Age assemblage, no drills were recovered
cm, respectively. Of particular interest is the
from the Middle Bronze II assemblage.
presence of backing on four of these segments.
Miscellaneous trimmed pieces include one small
nibbled flake, two truncations, one microtoolWhile
(Fig. backing (abrupt retouch on one edge of the
piece, presumably to facilitate hafting) is not
40:14) and four retouched flakes.
Varia consist of three retouched bladelets, none
unknown on Canaanean blades (cf. Crowfoot
much variability.
of which falls into any set category of tool. 1948a),
They it is certainly not common (e.g., Rosen
1983a; 1983b; Schick 1978), and the high proportion
cannot be attributed to a particular period.
Aside from one truncated blade, the 14 retouched
of such pieces here is unusual. One of these can be
explained
as the subtriangular endpiece of the
blades fall into a general class showing scraper
or
composite sickle, backed possibly to allow the final
nibbling retouch on one or two working edges.
None were manufactured on Canaanean blades.
segment to fit into a curved haft (Fig. 41:5). One
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shows a point in conjunction with the back,
non-Canaanean blade core and the others were
suggesting possible reuse as a borer. Finally, it is nondescript flake cores (Fig. 41:4). Of the blades
suggested as a speculative hypothesis that the final recovered, only one was technologically Canaanean,
two may be Canaanean blades (Fig. 41:9) initially and it is undoubtedly intrusive (or re-used).
manufactured in the Early Bronze Age, and later
reworked in the Middle Bronze II to fit better the
Late Bronze, Iron Age and Persian/Hellenistic Loci
paradigm of how sickle segments were supposed to
look. Notably ethnographically, such reuse isAlthough these periods were distinguishable straticommon, and the lithics from the Early Bronzegraphically, they have been grouped together
of the continuity in tool types and the low
Age layers would certainly be readily available because
to
numbers of pieces from most of the levels.
Middle Bronze II occupants of the site. Regardless,
it is likely that the sickle/borer is indeed an example The ad hoc tool types (e.g., Fig. 40:12) are similar
of such reuse.
to those of earlier periods and require no further
Of the remaining 13 sickle segments, 11 are the description. The lithic frequencies are presented in
large geometric sickles (Fig. 41:14,19) typical of theTable 1. It is likely that a very high proportion of
Middle Bronze II through Iron Age (Rosen 1982), these tools is intrusive, since single-stratum sites,
and two are truncated sickles manufactured on
e.g., Deir el-Balah (Rosen and Goring-Morris
forthcoming;
Rosen 1983a) exhibit very low ad hoc
plain blades. All of these can best be attributed
to
percentages.
the Middle Bronze II. The large geometric tool
sickle
Along with sickle segments, the 101 pounding
segments reflect a basic technology totally removed
from that of either the Chalcolithic or the stones
Early dominate these later assemblages. They are
similar in size and shape to those of the preceding
Bronze Age assemblages. The segments are conAgain, they have been separated from the
siderably bulkier and were manufactured on periods.
broad
rest of the tool assemblage because of essential
blades/flakes and flakes rather than blades. Average
contrasts in technology and raw material.
dimensions are 5.3 x 2.5 x 0.7 cm, contrasting
Of the 40 sickle segments recovered, 30 are large
significantly with those from earlier periods and
matching the dimensions of Middle Bronze II geometries (Fig. 41:12-13,15-18,20), typologically
sickles from other sites (Rosen 1982; 1983a; Gilead similar to those of the Middle Bronze Age but
1973). The pieces generally show abrupt or semi- somewhat smaller, averaging 4.3 x 2.8 x 0.9 cm.
abrupt backing and one or two truncations, and These sickle segments were manufactured on broad
often show a serrated working edge. Sometimes the blades/flakes and usually show backing and two
ventral face shows bulbar thinning, presumably to truncations. Edge retouch varies from nibbling to
more marked serration. Shapes are generally
The two plain blade sickles both show single parallelogram and rectangular (cf. Rosen 1982).
truncations and gloss on only one edge. One is The decline in average length from 5.3 cm in the
facilitate hafting.
fragmentary and measures 2.8 x 0.2 cm in width and
Middle Bronze II to 4.3 cm in the Late Bronze/Iron
thickness, respectively. The second measures 6.0 x Age is seen in other assemblages as well (Rosen
2.0 x 0.8 cm. Although I have assumed that both are 1982).
The nine intrusive sickle segments include two
Middle Bronze II on the basis of their general
dimensions and raw material, they could also fit plain blade sickle segments (excluded here due to
differences in technology), four Canaanean sickle
into the Early Bronze Age assemblage.
The debitage counts show high proportions ofsegments (Fig. 41:11) and three Chalcolithic- type
backed sickle segments. One piece was too fragflakes with low blade and bladelet components.
Since there is no record in Israel of the use of
mentary for subtype classification.
Varia included a small chip of obsidian found in a
bladelet tools in Middle Bronze Age assemblages,
the few bladelets and truncated bladelet tools
Persian fill and a small Pottery Neolithic arrowhead
(Fig. 40:15). The obsidian cannot be dated,
present are either intrusive or were produced
unintentionally. This general observation is
although
sup- its original source is undoubtedly Anatolia. The arrowhead is a small pressure-flaked piece
ported by the abraded quality of the four bladelet
with a tang, similar to those recovered from Jericho
cores recovered and their affinities to Epipaleolithic
(Crowfoot
1937) and other sites. The axe
bladelet cores. Of the remaining cores, oneVIII
was
a
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site, and that in this sense, the City of David
resembles most other Early Bronze Age sites. The
low number of unretouched Canaanean blades (i.e.,
blanks for sickle blade manufacture) also suggests
that the pieces were produced off-site.
none of the flakes recovered can be related to the
In contrast to the tabular scraper and Canaanean
manufacture of sickle segments. The three blade and
blade industries, the ad hoc industry is well
two bladelet cores recovered are undoubtedly
represented by a large industrial waste component,
intrusive, dating from the Neolithic/Chalcolithic
including both flakes suitable as blanks for these
and Epipaleolithic, respectively.
tools and cores, reflecting the actual manufacture of
recovered is typically Chalcolithic in its affinities.
Debitage from these levels relates almost exclusively to flake manufacture. The proportion of
blades and bladelets is very low despite the increase
in the percentage of blade/flake tools (i.e., sickles);
these tools on site. In particular, the large number of
DISCUSSION
flake cores recovered from Early Bronze Age layers
is to be emphasized, indicating that the manufacture
Despite the problems of intrusive materials,
of adthe
hoc City
tools in the Early Bronze Age was very
of David assemblage provides good supporting
common and
data
contrasted with later periods.
The later Middle Bronze II and Iron Age strata
for previously presented hypotheses concerning
lithic analysis in the early historical periods
show similar,
in the
though more simplified, pictures. As
with
Canaanean
sickles, there is no evidence of the
Levant. In particular, these include models of trade
and exchange in tabular scrapers and different
manufacture
types
of large geometric sickles on the site,
of sickles, and the analysis of the decline
and both
of lithic
cores appropriate to blade/flake manufacture and blanks for the manufacture of these
industries and their replacement by metallurgy.
Studies of the changing functions of lithic
sickles assemare absent. This may be interpreted as the
blages can also be related to this process.
result of either the import of these pieces or their
With respect to the exchange hypotheses,
specialized
the
manufacture in an area of the site not yet
Early Bronze Age assemblage is of particular
excavated (cf. Rosen 1986). With respect to the
interest. First, as has been noted for numerous
other sites (Rosen 1983a; 1983c), there are no cores
lithics, there is no other evidence for specialized
trade or manufacture of other tools in the postor debitage which relate to the manufacture of Early Bronze Age strata.
tabular scrapers. This suggests that these tools were
Shifting the discussion to the function of the lithic
manufactured off-site and imported. The medium to
assemblages, three trends can be isolated. First,
low percentage (4.5%) of these pieces in the tool
while the Early Bronze Age shows a wide range of
assemblage closely matches that predicted by the lithic types, and, in particular, a relatively low
fall-off trade model (Rosen 1983c), lending further percentage of sickle segments, later periods show
support, albeit indirect, for the suggestion of the increasing restriction in the number of other tools
western Negev as a manufacturing center of these and tool types and an increasing dominance of
pieces and for the hypothesis that these tools sickle segments in the assemblages. Secondly, there
represent a diffusion type of exchange. It may be seems to be a quantitative decrease in the number of
further noted that the addition of the Chalcolithic/ lithics recovered in the later strata. This is especially
Early Bronze Age assemblage does not change this evident when a rough calibration is calculated to
picture. Obviously, problems of intrusions render account for the differences in the amount of
the specific numbers somewhat unreliable; however, material excavated from the different strata (Table
the closeness of the predicted percentage of tabular 2). Both of these trends are best explained as the
result of the increasing availability and popularity
scrapers at the City of David to the actual
percentage recovered seems unlikely to be a mereof metal replacements (cf. Rosen 1984). Finally, the
chance result.
significant differences in the proportions of pound-
The low number of Canaanean sickle segments ing stones, possibly interpretable as projectile
recovered from either Early Bronze Age contexts or
weapons, suggests a marked difference between
Middle Bronze II fills is insufficient for the testing
the Early Bronze and post-Early Bronze Age
of hypotheses concerning the trade of these implesettlements. It is significant that despite the proments. However, it is still useful to note that no blems of intrusions, the general trends are clear and
Canaanean blade cores were recovered from the
unambiguous.
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Table 2. Calibrated lithic frequencies by period, showing quantitative decline in use of flint tools (up to 1984 season).
Period % of Total Calibrated Total Calibrated
excavation
Chalco./EB
Middle
LB,
7.5
Bronze
Iron
*
tools
142
20.5
72.0
1893
109
95
tools
2852
532
132
lithics
2206
1294
lithics
38026
10760
1797
* Pers. comm., Alon De Groot.
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Fig. 40.
No. Reg. No. Locus Stratum Tool Type
1. E3/1923 1/1 2438 21-20 Borer
2. E3/19220 2441 20 Borer
3. E3/19231/2 2438 21-20 Borer
4. El/9128 1353 18A Borer
5. E 1/9267 1307 20-19 Notch
6. E3/19238 2441 20 Notch
7. E3/19194 2431 20 Denticulate
8. E3/19214 2421 18 Denticulated scraper
9. E3/ 19204 2441 20 Denticulated scraper
10. E3/19211 2438 21-20 Flake core
11. El/19764 2177 18 Hammerstone
12. El/17403 2005 12 Hammerstone
13. E3/19296 2456 20 Denticulate
14. E3/19206 2433 - Microtool
15. El/19780 2152 12 Arrowhead
16. E3/ 19222 2451 20 Scraper
17. E3/19267/1 2456 20 Scraper
18. E3/ 19223 2452 20 Scraper
19. El/9901 1399B 20-19 Tabular scraper
Fig. 41.
No. Reg. No. Locus Stratum Tool Type
1. E3/19265 2438 21-20 Tabular scraper
2. E3/19260 2470 20 Tabular scraper
3. E3/19267 2456 20 Tabular craper
4. E 1/9346 1375 18-17 Flake core
5. E3/19105 2417 18-17 Canaanean sickle
6. El/19700 2167 20 Canaanean sickle
7. E3/19172 2423 20 Canaanean sickle
8. El/9525 1294 18-17 Backed sickle
9. El/19818 2139 18B Canaanean sickle
10. E3/ 19027 1975 18 Plain blade sickle
11. E 1/6436 1275 12 Canaanean sickle
12. D 1/6571 354 12 Large geometric sickle
13. El/10014 1608 11 Large geometric sickle
14. El/17408 2161 18A Large geometric sickle
15. D 1/6678 371 12 Large geometric sickle
16. G 11004 Surf. - Large geometric sickle
17. D2/20157 2319 12 Large geometric sickle
18. D2/20467 2357 14 Large geometric sickle
19. E 1/1 9562 2135 17 Large geometric sickle
20. D2/20093 2309 12 Large geometric sickle
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CHAPTER SEVEN
GEMSTONES*
Ann Swersky
In the introduction to his discussion
than theon
average
gemstones,
emerald or ruby. Thus all gem
Pliny the Elder wrote (Eichholzmaterials
1971: are
165):
now defined as gemstones without an
'Here Nature's grandeur is gathered together
evaluative prefix.
within the narrowest limits; and in no domain
Gemstones have been used by mankind for
decorative, medicinal, magical and artistic purposes
at all stages of human history and in all cultures
texture and the elegance of gems that they think it throughout the world. One reason is that, as Pliny
is a crime to tamper with certain kinds by
put it, they are 'a supreme and perfect aesthetic
engraving them as signets, although this is the experience' and satisfy man's desire for adornment.
prime reason for their use; while some they
Another is the mystery surrounding their formation
consider to be beyond price and to defy evalua- in the depths of the earth. There was a theory that
tion in terms of human wealth. Hence very many gems grew and matured with time, their colors being
people find that a single gemstone alone is enough
indicative of varying stages of development. Their
of hers evokes more wonder in the minds of many
who set such store by the variety, the colours, the
to provide them with a supreme and perfect chemical properties were assumed to impart to
gemstones a medicinal value when crushed or
imbibed. It was even believed that gemstones were
This is a remarkably modern approach to the
aesthetic experience of the wonders of Nature.'
definition of gemstones and hints at several problematic aspects of the subject.
Gemstones are indeed wonders of nature, produced under unique and distinctive physical and
chemical conditions typical of different regions of
uniquely attuned to the vibrations of nature, and
when worn as a talisman around the neck assisted in
the wearer achieving a harmony with the music of
the stars or the 'humors' of the human psyche. Thus
particular gems were highly prized in certain regions
the world, so that certain gemstones are only found of the world and in different eras, according to the
in certain areas. This was even more clearly
social, religious and mystical beliefs and traditions
delimited in ancient times, when primitive mining of the tribes and peoples of the period. A knowledge
techniques limited the depth and extent of mining of the gemological preferences of a place or period
operations. By identifying the nature and internal throws new light on the values and concepts of the
features of a gemstone, in some cases the gemologist people.
can even determine from which mine in a particular
region the specimen was taken.
Gemstones are no longer classified as 'precious'
(rubies, sapphires and emeralds) or 'semiprecious'
(all other gem materials from agates through
ARCHAEOLOGY AND GEMOLOGY
Although practically every archaeological exc
tion turns up some gem materials, whether in
andalusite to alexandrite, irrespective of rarity,form of seals, scarabs, jewelry or carvings, very
beauty or market value). An alexandrite with good archaeologists work with gemologists in identi
red/green color change can be far more valuable these finds and interpreting their significance.
In the early 1960s, Kathleen Kenyon gave
* Submitted in 1987.
Jericho finds to John S. Harris, F.G.A., a ge
ogist from Carlisle, who subsequently wrote
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articles (1962-63, 1963-65); one described the gem
typical of the species and variety and may be
indicative of the location in which the material
materials excavated, while the other used this
information to speculate on the possible identity crystallized, as the environment impinges on the
of the twelve gemstones in the breastplate of thedeveloping crystal and different elements are preHigh Priest of Israel.
sent in different regions. The surface structure of the
To my knowledge, no other gemologists havegemstone can also be more clearly defined under
been involved in archaeological research. A brief
magnification; very often surface cracks reveal
survey of the gemstone finds from the City of Davidinternal features that can be diagnostically decisive.
excavations follows (the photographs were taken byA gemologists' trick of the trade is the use of an
Israel Haramaty).
unglazed porcelain tile to determine the color of the
streak left by a gemstone drawn across the surface
of the tile; lapis lazuli leaves a blue or gray streak,
NATURE OF GEM TESTING
hematite a distinctive reddish-brown.
Gem testing is non-destructive and based
Allon
thethe
information gleaned from these varied,
non-destructive
physical, chemical and optical properties
of gem- tests can usually lead to a definitive
identification.
stones, which are distinctive, characteristic and
diagnostic (Anderson 1980). Destructive tests, such
as scratching the surface for hardness or powdering
the specimen for x-ray diffraction, are not used as a
GEMSTONES FROM THE CITY OF DAVID
matter of course by the gemologist in the field,
These gemstones were excavated in different l
though they may certainly be useful in gemological tions: in fills, floors, dumps, walls, pits and bu
research laboratories and in the development of They come from different periods: Iron Age I
procedures for the manufacture of synthetic gem- II, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman and Islamic. Th
stones for lasers and electronics. It is usually
were used for different purposes, as seals, beads a
possible to make a positive identification with the pendants, and there were several small round st
aid of gemological identification tables. When
of unidentified purpose, similar in size and color
occasionally a very rare and unusual specimen is without stringing hole or scratches from mountin
encountered, more sophisticated instruments, such
Of 82 specimens received for testing, 29 were
as the electron microprobe, may be pressed into
defined as gemstones. The remaining 53 gemst
service - but this has not as yet proved necessary appear in Table 1. There were five manufactu
with archaeological specimens.
glass beads. Natural glass, such as obsidian, is
regarded as a gem material although it does not
crystallize and is therefore amorphous in structure.
GEMOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS
Though man-made glass is an ornament, it is not a
By using a polariscope to polarize the gem
light
material.
passing
Nine faience beads and scarabs are
through a gemstone it is possible to
determine
similarly
defined. Two pieces of shell and three bone
whether the stone is single or doubleseals
refracting
could be positively identified by zoologists or
(Read 1983). A refractometer then measures
biologists, the
but only tentatively by gemologists. One
angle at which a beam of light passingspecimen
through
wasthe
a rock and not a gemstone, and
gemstone is refracted by the internal
another
crystal
was heavily coated and could not be
structure of the stone. As the refractive index
identified without further cleaning, which might
have
destructive.
(Ri) is characteristic for each gemstone, this
is proved
a
very important test. Heavy liquids or hydrostatic
The remaining specimens were defined as gemweighing determines the specific gravity (S.G.)
stonesof
and identified as chalcedony (variety: carnethe stone and a table equating the S.G. and
lian),
R.I.
tubular agate, sandstone agate, yellow
defines the possible limits of identification.
Some
chalcedony,
gray-blue jasper, rock crystal quartz,
minerals also fluoresce under ultra-violet light,
brownaaventurine quartz, calcite, orthoclase feldfurther piece of information. A stereoscopicspar,
microhematite, lapis lazuli, 'Eilat stone,' gypsum
scope with dark field illumination enables the
and sodalite. This assortment shows no particular
gemologist to examine the internal structure and pattern and most are common varieties found in
inclusions of the gemstone. The inclusions are many localities throughout the world. Lapis lazuli,
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Table 1. Gemstones from the City of David.
Type Reg. No. Locus Context Str. Color Dimensions Weight S.G. R.I. Identification Illustration
(cm) (g)
Seal El/9688 1358 Dumps 5 Pinkish 2.1 x 1.6 20.81 2.65 - Banded calcite
brown
Seal* D2/13957 1815 Steps 7A Gray- 2.15 x 1.4 27.21 2.579 1.54 Quartz: aventurine
brown
Engraved D2/21140 Surf. - - Orange 1.25 x 1.1 2.16 2.56 1.54 Quartz
gem*
Seal G 2071 714 Surf. - Black 2.05 x 1.3 12.73 Sinks Over Hematite
pendant*
in
3.56
1.8
liquid
Scarab* G 4452 778 Fill 9 Green 1.2x 1.00 6.22 3.1 - 'Eilat stone' Timna? Crisocolla
and turquoise in
matrix
Bead Dl/12779 448 Tabun 12 - - 2.67 1.54 Chalcedony: red Fig. 42:5;
carnelian Photo 24:3
Bead Dl/13201 450 Fill 15 - 2.67 1.54 Chalcedony: red Fig. 42:7;
carnelian Photo 24:5
Bead Dl/13364 472 Floor 14 - - - - Carnelian? Fig. 42:1
Bead D2/20865 2701 - - - 0.9 x0.7 4.9 2.59 1.53 Quartz Fig. 42:4
Bead El/2772 575 Fill 11 - 2.56 1.51 Orthoclase feldspar Fig. 43:1;
Photo 25:2
Bead El/3479 631 Floor 10 - - 2.67 1.54 Chalcedony: red Fig. 42:3;
carnelian Photo 24:2
Bead El/6006 631 Floor 11 - - 2.7 1.54 Chalcedony: red Fig. 42:15;
carnelian Photo 24:10
Bead El/6340 1264 Fill 12 - 2.67 1.54 Chalcedony: red Fig. 42:16;
carnelian Photo 24: 1 1
Bead El/7887 1285 Fill 7 - 2.67 1.54 Chalcedony: red Fig. 42:11;
carnelian Photo 24:7
Bead El/10182 1608 Floor 11 - 2.67 1.54 Chalcedony: red Fig. 42:12;
carnelian Photo 24:8
Bead El/10533 1618 Floor 12 - - 2.67 1.54 Quartz: rock crystal Fig. 43:2;
Photo 25:3
Bead El/14430 1655 Floor 14 - - - 2.67 1.54 Chalcedony: red Fig. 42:6;
carnelian Photo 24:4
Bead El/17440 2135 Floor 17 - 0.59x0.81 3.70 2.91 1.53 Sodalite Fig. 43:6
Bead El/19564 2135 Floor 17 - 2.62x 1.16 21.01 2.6 1.53 Chalcedony: carnelian Fig. 42:17
Bead El/19628 2093 Stone 12 - 1.00x0.41 1.19 2.6 1.53 Chalcedony: carnelian Fig. 42:14
floor
Bead E2/3403 601 Fill 10 - - - 2.67 1.54 Chalcedony: red Fig. 42:9;
carnelian Photo 24:6
Bead E3/15554 Surf. - - Brown- 15.6x6.1 - 2.6 1.54 Quartz: orbicular Fig. 43:5
white
Bead G 2124 718 Fill 9 - - - 2.6 1.52 Chalcedony: carnelian Fig. 42:13;
PI. 17:1;
Photo 24:9
Bead G 4313 760 Fill 9 - 2.6 1.53 Quartz: gray-blue Fig. 43:3;
jasper Photo 25:4
Bead G 4831 826 Floor 14?- - - 2.8 1.5 Lapislázuli Fig. 43:7;
12B
Photo
26:1
Bead G 11316 Surf. - - - - - 2.66 1.54 Chalcedony: carnelian Fig. 42:2;
Photo 24:1
Bead G 11942 997 Floor 10B Black - - 2.6 1.5 Lapislázuli Fig. 43:8;
Photo 26:2
Bead G 15490 1110 Fill 10C - - - - - Chalcedony: carnelian Fig. 42:8
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Type Reg. No. Locus Context Str. Color Dimensions Weight S.G. R.I. Identification Illustration
(cm) (g)
Bead H 5447 1049 Found. IIIG - - - 2.66 - Chalcedony: tubular Fig. 42:10;
trench agate Photo 25:1
Bead K 18486 2232 Earth IIIA Brown- 9.8 x 5.8 - 2.6 1.54 Quartz: orbicular Fig. 43:4
layer white
Pendant E3/13073 1588 - 11-10 - - - 2.62 1.53 Lapislázuli Fig. 45:2;
Photo 26:3
Pendant G 11050 886 Floor 10C - - - over - Hematite Fig. 45:5;
3.32
PL
17:3;
Photo 26:6
Pendant G 11389 960 Floor 12B - - - 2.67 - Chalcedony: carnelian Fig. 45:1;
Photo 24:12
Pendant G 11790 972 Floor 13 - - - over - Hematite Fig. 45:4;
3.32
Photo
26:5
Pendant G 11791 972 Floor 13 - - - over - Hematite Fig. 45:3;
3.32
Photo
26:4
Crystal D2/14124 1836 Dumps 9 - - - 2.67 1.54 Chalcedony: sandstone
agate
Crystal D2/20549 2703 W. 168 7B - 5.2 x 3.7 - - - Calcite
Crystal El/9583 1388 Terrace 7 - - - 2.63 1.54 Chalcedony: red
fill
carnelian
Crystal El/9681 1269 Collapse 7 - - - 2.8 - Quartz
Crystal El/17035 W.661 - 18 - 1.06x 1.39 18.926 2.73 - Calcite
W.658
Crystal El/21535 2135 Floor 17 - 1.35x 1.4 21.1 2.72 - Calcite
Crystal El/21628 2612 Floor 20 - 4.8 x2.5 152.6 2.72 - Calcite
Crystal E3/7604 1530 Collapse 6 - - - 2.67 1.53 Yellow chalcedony
Crystal E3/19144 2402 - 11-10 - - - Gypsum
Crystal E3/19176 2431 Gravel 20 - - - - - Gypsum
layer
Crystal G 11881 982 Floor 10B - - - 2.67 1.53 Yellow chalcedony
Crystal G 17578 1123 Fill 10C - 1.52x 1.26 21.347 3.77 - Sinai turquoise
Crystal G 17657 1151 Fill 14 - 1.5x0.41 3.218 - - Quartz
Pebble D2/20593 2701 - - - 1.6x 1.0 25.5 2.59 1.53 Chalcedony: carnelian
Pebble El/16793 2085 Pit 10 - 1.5 x0.91 10.943 2.96 1.53 Serpentine
Pebble El/9697 Baulk - - - - - 2.8 1.5 Lapislázuli?
Pebble El/17140 2113 Gravel 9 - 1.8 x 1.5 24.954 2.63 - Calcite
fill
Pebble E3/15814 1950 Fill 11-10 - 2.1 x 1.8 54.69 3.56 - Hematite
* Brandl, forthcoming.
however, is not mined in this area the
and
principle
probably
that the substance with the higher
value will scratch the substance next in line
came from the Badakshan district inhardness
Afghanistan
(Scalisi and Cook 1983: 66).
below it. This is a comparative scale from ten to
one, but the difference between 10 and 9 is greater
GENERAL MINERALOGICA!.
INFORMATION (Webster 1978)
than the difference between 9 and 1 .
Specific Gravity (S.G.): the specific gravity of a
substance is the ratio between its mass and the mass
Crystals', mineralogists recognize six crystal systems of an identical volume of water at 4° C.
(seven in England), namely cubic, tetragonal,
Refractive Index (R.I.): the refractive index of a
hexagonal (trigonal in England), orthorhombic,mineral is the degree to which it bends or refracts a
monoclinic and triclinic, which are arranged inbeam of light passing through it.
descending order of symmetry.
Hardness : the Mohs scale of hardness is based on
Birefringence : when a mineral is double refracting, it splits the beam of light that enters and bends
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with a hardness of 3, meaning that it is not very
durable but can be worked easily even with
Quartz (Si02; Photo 25) crystallizes in the
primitive tools and fashioned into seals or statues.
trigonal system and has a hardness of 7, an S.G.It has an S.G. of 2.71, an R.I. of 1.48 to 1.65 and a
it at two different angles. The difference between
these two angles is the birefringence of the mineral.
of 2.65 and an R.I. of 1.548. The varieties include
distinctive high birefringence of 0.17. This is
rock crystal, which is transparent; aventurine, which
another mineral that appears in many colors,
is green or brown with minute included platelets;
including a beautiful pink, and is commonly found
and jasper, which is a massive variety of quartz.
in this region.
Quartz is the most common mineral on the earth's
Lapis lazuli (Photo 26) is a complex silicate
surface and is found world-wide, although wellcontaining sulfur which is actually a rock comprisformed crystals are less common.
ing the minerals lazurite, sodalite and diopside, with
Chalcedony is a crypto-crystalline quartz, which
specks of pyrite and streaks of calcite. It has a
means that its crystal structure is so minute that
hardness
it of 5.5 and so was easily fashioned into the
cannot be seen even under magnification. It also
scarabs
has that were so popular in ancient Egypt. The
S.G.
a hardness of 7 but its S.G. is slightly less (2.6), as
is is 2.8 for varieties that include pyrite, someits R.I. (1.53). The varieties include carnelian (Photo
what less for others, and the R.I. is 1.5. Lapis lazuli
was a highly prized gemstone throughout the ages
24), which is red, and agate, which has concentric
banding and is found in many colors.
and is thought to be the 'sapphire' of the ancient
texts.
Hematite (Fe203) (Photo 26) crystallizes in the
trigonal system, has a distinctive brilliant metallic
luster and leaves a reddish-brown streak when
DISTRIBUTIVE PATTERN
drawn across unglazed porcelain. Its hardness is 6
and its S.G. is high (5.1). The R.I. is very high
No pattern
and
in the use of particular gem materials i
cannot be measured on a standard refractometer.
the City of David was discerned (Table 2). Th
were carnelians in Iron Age I and II, but also
Feldspar has a very complex chemical formula
Hellenistic and Persian period fills. The lapis la
that is irrelevant for most gemological purposes.
Crystallizing in the monoclinic system, it has was
a found in Iron II and Hellenistic contexts. The
hardness of 6, an S.G. of 2.7 and an R.I. of 1.53.
hematite comes from Iron II (including 10th
This is a fairly common mineral even in our
century) contexts. If more gemological testing is
minerally poor region and is found in many colors.carried out on a wide variety of archaeological
material, a pattern may hopefully emerge.
Calcite (CaC03) crystallizes in the trigonal system
Table 2. Distribution of gemstones by stratum.
Stratum/ Stone type 3 5-6 7-8 9 10-12 13 14 15 17-18 19-20 Unstr. Total
Calcite
Chalcedony:
1
1
agate
1
1
-
-
2
1
1
-
-
'
-
-
6
-
-
2
Chalcedony: carnelian - - 2 19 - 21 1 1 - 2 18
Chalcedony,
'Eilat
yellow
stone'
.
.
.
i
-1--1
.
.
.
-
-
_
.
-
2
1
Feldspar
1
1
Gypsum
1
_
_
_
_
1
2
Hematite
Lapis
lazuli
Quartz
1
-
2
2
32
2
1
Serpentine
1
Sinai
turquoise
-
_
1
-
2255
-
_
1
-
-
1
20
1
2314
1. Includes one doubtful identification.
2. Includes one item from Str. 147-12B.
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5
_
-
1
4
-
-
3
9
1
1
_
_
_
_
1
_
_
_
_
-
Sodalite
TOTAL
-
_
-
2
7
1
53
CONCLUSIONS
and Seal-Impressions on Vessels. Excavations at th
City of David 1978-1985 Directed by Yigal Shiloh, Vo
Gems appear in jewelry, scarabs and seals,
as
V: Extramural
Areas and Inscriptions (Qedem).
weights, and as carvings. As more gemological
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information is collected, it should be possible
History ,to
Vol. 10. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University.
Harris,
J.S. 1962-1963.
An Introduction to the Study of
determine which gems were most highly
prized
in
Ornaments of Precious, Semi-precious and
which period, for what purpose, and Personal
by which
Imitation Stones
Used Throughout Biblical History.
peoples. Because they are durable, gem materials
do
Annual
of
Leeds
University
Oriental Society 4: 49-83.
not undergo severe changes with time. Gemological
Harris, J.S. 1963-1965. The Stones of the High Priest's
testing can throw new light on these materials which
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were so admired and desired in ancient times,
on
their sources and distribution.
5: 40-62.
Read, P.G. 1983. Gemmological Instruments. 2nd edition.
London: Butterworths.
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Photo 24.
No.
Reg.
No.
Locus
Identification
Fig.
PL
1. G 11316 Surf. Chalcedony: carnelian 42:2
2. El/3479 631 Chalcedony: carnelian 42:3
3. Dl/12779 448 Chalcedony: red carnelian 42:5
4. El/14430 1655 Quartz: rock crystal 42:6
5. Dl/13201 450 Chalcedony: red carnelian 42:7
6. E2/3403 601 Chalcedony: red carnelian 42:9
7. El/7877 1285 Chalcedony: red carnelian 42:11
8. El/10182 1608 Chalcedony: red carnelian 42:12
9. G 2 1 24 718 Chalcedony: carnelian 42: 1 3 17:1
10. E 1/6006 631 Chalcedony: red carnelian 42:15
11. E 1/6340 1264 Chalcedony: red carnelian 42:16
12. G 11389 960 Chalcedony: carnelian 45:1
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Photo 25.
No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Reg.
No.
Locus
Identification
H 5447 1049 Chalcedony: tubular agate
El/2772 575 Orthoclase feldspar
El/10533 1618 Quartz: rock crystal
G 4313 760 Quartz: gray-blue jasper
Fig.
PL
42:10
43:1
43:2
43:3
Photo 26.
No.
Reg.
No.
Locus
Identification
Fig.
PI.
1. G 4831 826 Lapislázuli 43:7
2. G 11942* 997 Lapislázuli 43:8
3. E3/13073 1588 Lapis lazuli 45:2
4.
G
11791
972
Hematite
45:3
5.
G
11790
972
Hematite
45:4
6.
G
11050
886
Hematite
45:5
17:3
*
Gl
1942
was
burnt
and
therefor
the
specific
gravity
and
streak
com
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CHAPTER EIGHT
BEADS AND PENDANTS
Sharon Zuckerman
Institute of Archaeology
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
INTRODUCTION
(the largest pendant in the City of David assemblage
is less than 6 cm long). Such objects may be
During the eight seasons of excavations
seriously
at theaffected
City by natural pressures on the
of David (1978-1985), some sixty objects
ground
identified
in which they are buried, or even by human
as beads and pendants were found. These were
involvement in the stratification process, such as
made of various materials: gemstones, faience, glass, trampling on the surface, digging and building
activities.
ivory, bone and stone. The definition of these
objects as beads or pendants is based on the
In an experiment designed to examine the effects
nomenclature proposed by Beck (Beck 1928: 11):
of such pressures, potsherds and coins were buried
beads are 'perforated along the axis' and pendants
in pebble layers. It was found that potsherds in most
cases remained in the place in which they were
are 'perforated at one end.' The description and
buried, while coins (also representing other small
typology of the objects appearing opposite the
figures uses the terms suggested by Beck in theand valuable objects, like beads) tended to move
considerable distances, even through the stone
same study. Gemological identification of the beads
was carried out by Ann S wer sky (Chapter VII).layers, which were not damaged during this process
(Adkins and Perry 1989: 124-29). This difference
Geological details were kindly provided by Naomi
Porat of the Geological Institute of Jerusalem. may also be due to excavation methods, which are
more efficient in the case of the largest pieces of
This chapter deals with all the beads and
pendants made of gemstones, faience and stone.
pottery. Nevertheless, these findings demand the use
of caution regarding the provenance and dating of
The ivory and glass beads and bone pendants have
small objects.
already been published by Ariel (1990: 136-37, Fig.
17 for bone pendants and ivory beads; 157-59, Fig.Beads, considered valuable and sometimes made
31 for glass beads).
of gemstones, have great symbolic social significance. Objects of this kind can pass from generation
The figures depicting the beads and pendants
(Figs. 42-44) are arranged by material, and within
to generation as heirlooms (Chin 1988: 60-61); thus
each material in typological order. The pendants the
are finding of a bead in a certain context may
represent only the last stage of its use, and its
grouped together in Fig. 45 by the same system.
This presentation makes it possible to trace manufacture
the
and primary use may have been much
connection, if any, between the materials and earlier.
the
forms of the beads. It also emphasizes visually theThe gemstones of which some beads were made
differences in abundance of the various materials.
were valued for long periods. Stones like lapis lazuli,
A systematical theoretical study of bead assemchalcedony, agate, hematite and rock crystal were
blages in archaeological contexts has not yet been
common from the predynastic period in Egypt until
carried out. It is therefore important to stress aas late as the 19th century and even up to the
number of considerations.
present (Clark 1986: 65-66). This fact makes it
Beads, by definition, are relatively small objects
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tured in different periods on the basis only of the
blage are rock crystal, orbicular quartz and jasper.
Its hardness makes it very durable and hence
These factors, and the small number of beads
valuable. Quartz jewelry has been popular in many
found in the City of David, make any conclusion - periods (Ogden 1982: 105).
material used.
Lapis lazuli and sodalite (Figs. 43:6-8; 45:2).
- disputable. The fact that less than 25% of the Much has been written about the rarity of this
whether chronological, typological or technological
beads were found on floors or in other well-dated
stone, found mainly in Afghanistan and probably
from there to all the areas of the ancient
stratigraphie contexts should also be taken imported
into
account. Thus, the parallels presented oppositeNear
the East (Aldred 1971: 15; Ben-Tor 1989: 41). The
high value of this stone, prized for its blue color,
figures serve merely to emphasize the wide spatial
in its use in jewelry from the predynastic
and chronological range which characterizesresulted
the
period in Egypt (Petrie 1920: 44), the Early Bronze
simple form of the beads.
Age in Iran (Gwinnett and Gorelick 1981), and later
MATERIALS
on in Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Aegean. All
these areas engaged in trade relations in order to
acquire
this
Most of the beads and pendants found in the
City
ofstone (Clark 1986: 67-69). Lapis lazuli
appears in the City of David in Middle Bronze Age
David were made of gemstones. These include:
II contexts and reappears in Iron Age II strata.
Chalcedony-carnelian (Figs. 42:1-3,5-9,11-17;
45:1). This is the most common material in the City Hematite (Fig. 45:3-5) is represented in the City
of David by four pendants, two of which (from the
of David assemblage (15 beads and one pendant).
This stone was very popular in almost every period same locus) are made of natural crystals of
throughout the ancient Near East, due to its red- hematite, adopting its mamillated form (Hamilton
orange color, its hardness and the fact that it can be et al. 1974: 42) as an aesthetic feature (Fig. 45:3-4).
worked to obtain many forms (Clark 1986: 70-72). All the stratified hematite pendants are attributed to
In Israel rare occurrences of carnelian have been
Iron Age II strata. The hematite probably originated in Egypt (Petrie 1920: 43).
reported from Lower Cretaceous basal conglomerate in the Negev (Machtesh Gadol and MachteshOther materials not defined as gemstones which
were used for beads and pendants are glass, faience
Ramon); carnelian is common in Sinai and Egypt
and natural stones (limestone, sandstone and
(N. Porat, personal communication). Carnelian
beads were found as early as the 8th millennium pebbles).
Faience (Fig. 44:1-6): the use of this material goes
BCE in sites like Khirokitia in Cyprus (Mellaart
1975: 131), in the royal cemetery of Ur (Woolley back to the predynastic period in Egypt (Aldred
1934: PI. 131), in sites from the prehistoric period in 1971: 35) and perhaps even earlier, in fifth-
Egypt (Petrie 1920: 44; Andrews 1981: Pis. 20-22, millennium Mesopotamia (Stone and Thomas
25) and later. The predominance of carnelian over 1956: 40-44). Faience is an artificial material, made
other gemstones used in the manufacture of beads of ground quartz and usually glazed (Ogden 1982:
124-25). This material is easy to work and diverse
and pendants is attested in many contexts (e.g.
Tufnell and Ward 1966: 194; McGovern 1980: 311
forms can be obtained by molding and firing; some
- Late Bronze Age pendants at Beth She'an). In the of them are represented in Fig. 44.
City of David assemblage carnelian appears in
Stone (Figs. 44:11-12; 45:6-9): this category
contexts dating from the Middle Bronze Age II up includes one bead made of limestone, one stone
(Fig. 44:12) whose identification as a bead is
to the Persian period (see Table 1).
dubious (it could be a loomweight), one natural
Orthoclase feldspar (Fig. 43:1). This stone has
been identified as the Biblical bareket and nophech pebble perforated as a pendant and three large
(Harris 1963-65: 50). Both feldspar and quartz are pendants made of sandstone, which occurs in
found in crystalline rocks in Sinai (N. Porat,
Transjordan (N. Porat, personal communication).
personal communication).
Quartz (Figs. 42:4, 43:2-5). This widely distribTHE PRODUCTION PROCESS
uted mineral occurs in many varieties with different
transparency and color (Hamilton et al. 1974: 128).The process of producing beads from gemstone
Varieties represented in the City of David assem-relatively simple. The same method, consisting
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four principal stages, was used from the Early
Bronze Age in Iran (Gwinnett and Gorelick 1981),
through the Middle and Late Kingdoms of Egypt
(Aldred 1971: 116), and to this day, for example in
the Cambay region in India (Possehl 1981: 42-46).
All the gemstones found in the City of David,
including those with the highest hardness value such
as carnelian (6.5) and rock crystal (7), could have
been worked with tools made of quartz, which is
common enough to be an inexpensive tool material.
Due to the lack of beads in different stages of
manufacture or areas which could be recognized as
working areas by production debris, raw materials
or specialized tools, it is impossible to identify
specific techniques or implements which were used
during this process (see Mackay 1937). In fact, few
such working areas have been identified archae-
ologically in Israel, most of them unpublished
(McGovern 1980: 311); but see Bikai (1978: 8) for
a Late Bronze Age workshop of faience beads.
be found in Early Bronze Age sites in Iran
(Gwinnett and Gorelick 1981: 21) and at the
Harrapian site of Chanhu-Daro (Mackay 1937).
One of the pebbles at the City of David (E3/7604)
shows signs of incomplete perforation. Some of the
complete beads show signs of cracking in the
perforation area, which was smoothed before or
after the perforation was made. This is probably
due to the greater sensitivity of the bead in this area.
The perforation was done by one of several
methods:
A. Using a sharp implement made of quartz
(flint) or metal (Lucas and Harris 1962: 54-55;
Gwinnett and Gorelick 1981: 21).
B. Using a bow-shaft drill with a point of bronze
(Stocks 1989: 527) or another hard material, such as
diamond (Possehl 1981: 44-46).
C. Employing abrasives such as quartz and emery
powder, which are put on the surface of the bead to
make drilling easier and more efficient (Gwinnett
and Gorelick 1981: 19). Some of our carnelian beads
materials on the one hand, and the complete
(Fig.beads
42:5,7) appear to show evidence of the groove
(bevel)
and pendants on the other. However, given
theused to concentrate the abrasives for drilling
simplicity - almost universality - of the process,
down the
webead (Ogden 1982: 146^9).
can assume that its stages are more or less identical
The perforating may have been done from both
The available data are small amounts of raw
sides of the bead, using one of the methods
in all cases:
1 . Preliminary preparation of the raw material bydescribed above (Lucas and Harris 1962: 53), or
chipping off small lumps of material, or roughly
by drilling from one side to the center of the bead
shaping the small pebbles. Most of the lumps of raw and then striking from above, causing a conical
material in the City of David are pebbles 1-2 cmpiece to break off the other side (Chevalier et al.
across, each of which could have been used for the
1981: 62). Both these methods create a biconical
making of one bead or perhaps two very small ones.
perforation, sometimes smoothed in order to
Some of the pebbles are smooth and polished,
straighten the sides but often left as it is (Beck
probably due to water activity. It is interesting to 1928: Pl. IV).
note that a few of the pebbles are opaque, tinted
4. Final shaping of the bead to give it a rounded
with calcite veins or damaged. This might suggestfinish and polish. This stage may have involved the
that they were discarded as unsuitable for further use of a grooved sandstone on which the beads were
preparation as beads.
held and moved back and forth (Gwinnett and
2. Finer shaping of raw material: cutting off the Gorelick 1981: 23, Fig. 29). A stone which could
sharp ends and leaving flat surfaces on the pebble. have been used for this purpose may be G 4296
This was usually done by rubbing them against (Hovers, Chapter IV, Fig. 30:11). Another method
harder materials (Possehl 1981: 43).
of achieving polish is to place the beads in a large
3. Perforation of the bead: this is the most
container and shake them with abrasives, first
complex and delicate stage in the production
coarse and then fine (Possehl 1981: 46).
process, demanding precision and a high level of This production process is suitable for beads
skill (Stocks 1989: 530). For this reason, the
made of gemstones. The forms which can be
perforation was often carried out when the bead achieved are diverse, varying from spherical to
was still only roughly shaped and before polishing barrel-shaped. The disc and cylinder beads were
(Gwinnett and Gorelick 1981: 21), saving much often made of long cylinders cut into smaller parts;
effort, time and material when a bead was damaged this method was used mostly with faience disc beads
or broken during the process. Evidence of this can (Beck 1928).
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Table 1. Distribution of beads and pendants by material and stratum.
Stratum/ Stone type 1 3 6 7-8 9 10-12 13 14 15 17-18 Unstr. Total
Chalcedony:
agate
1
-------
1
Chalcedony: carnelian - - - 1 1 9 - 21 1 1 116
Feldspar
1
Hematite
Lapis
lazuli
Quartz
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-1
-
-
1
Glass
.
TOTAL
1
1
2
-
.
-
1
.
1
-
2
4
-
-
1
i
-
-
-
-
20
2
4
-
1
3
25
-1
-
2
-
-
-
1
_
1
14
-
-
1--1-2-2-
Limestone
Stone
32
-
Sodalite
Faience
-
12---
1
-6
14
-
1
4
2
14
6
47
1 . Includes one doubtful identification.
2. Includes one item from Str. 147-12B.
Table 2. Raw materials.
Reg. No. Locus Stratum Material Length Description
(cm)
D2/20593 2701 Surf. Chalcedony: carnelian 2 Red-orange, opaque, calcite veins, not
suitable for shaping
G 11881 982 10B Yellow chalcedony 1.5 Dark orange-brown, black spots, opaque
D2/14124 1836 9 Chalcedony: sandstone agate 1.5 Red-orange, opaque, broken
E3/7604 1530 6 Yellow chalcedony 1.3 Yellow-brown, semi-transparent,
beginnings of perforations
El/9583 1388 7 Chalcedony: carnelian White, opaque, brown spots
El/ 16793 2085 10 Serpentine 1.5 Green, polished (naturally?)
G 17578 1123 10C Sinai turquoise 1.5 Green, blue spot, broken
El/17140 2113 9 Calcite 1.2 Yellow, semi-transparent
El/21535 2135 17 Calcite 2 Red-brown, opaque, broken, round holes
on one side, perhaps beginnings of
perforations
Table 1 presents the distribution of gemstones as
finished products according to strata. No spatial
retrieval of raw materials was probably also
selective, in that not every small fragment was
distribution is given due to the paucity of finds and
registered.
the fact that most of them were found out of context
(see Introduction).
The most substantial amounts of both beads and
CONNECTION BETWEEN MATERIAL AND
FORM
raw materials are found in the Iron Age II strata,
The carnelian beads comprise 50% of the total finds
especially Stratum 10. This conforms to the
exposure of those strata in the excavated areas at in the City of David assemblage, and as such
the City of David. Data for the raw materials are represent the only group which can be examined for
given in Table 2. Considering the above, it is clear a connection between material and typology.
that any attempt to establish a coherent typological Carnelian is easy to work, can be readily obtained
and chronological framework for the distribution of
at a relatively short distance, and has a pleasing red-
orange color. Its internal structure can be used to
nine pieces) is insufficient and they are distributed create ornamental patterns without further working
over the various excavation areas and strata. The
(see Fig. 42:12,13,17).
the raw materials is impractical; their quantity (only
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A certain degree of uniformity of form can be
seen in the carnelian beads, although they belong to
different strata. This fact is not surprising, considering the extensive use of this material throughout many periods and the assumed similarity of the
production process.
The beads can be divided into several groups by
type: rounded (especially the smallest beads), barrelshaped, biconical, cylindrical and disc-shaped. Each
of these forms can be paralleled in many sites and
periods in the Near East. It is difficult to define
chronological or spatial boundaries for their appearance, especially when dealing with small and
scattered samples.
A connection appears to exist between the raw
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Fig. 42.
No. Reg. No. Locus Context Str. Material Class Photo
1.
Dl/13364
472
Floor
14
Carnelian?
I.B.2.b
2. G 11316 Surf. - - Chalcedony: carnelian I.B.l.f 24:1
3. El/3479 631 Floor 10 Chalcedony: red carnelian I.B.l.f 24:2
4. D2/20865 2701 - - Quartz I.B.l.e
5. Dl/12779 448 Tabun 12 Chalcedony: red carnelian I.B.l.f 24:3
6. El /14430 1655 Floor 14 Chalcedony: red carnelian I.C.I. a 24:4
7. Dl/13201 450 Fill 15 Chalcedony: red carnelian I.B.I. a 24:5
8. G 15490 1110 Fill 10C Chalcedony: carnelian I.B.I. a
9. El/3403 601 Fill 10 Chalcedony: red carnelian I.C.I. a 24:6
10. H 5447 1049 Foundation trench IIIG Chalcedony: tubular agate I.C.I. a 25:1
11. El/7887 1285 Fill 7 Chalcedony: red carnelian I.B.l.a 24:7
12. El/10182 1608 Floor 11 Chalcedony: red carnelian I.C.I. a 24:8
13. G 2124 718 Fill 9 Chalcedony: red carnelian I.B.l.a 24:9; PI. 17:1
14. El/19628 2093 Stone floor 12 Chalcedony: carnelian I.D.l.b
15. El/6006 631 Floor 11 Chalcedony: red carnelian I.D.l.b 24:10
16. El/6340 1264 Fill 12 Chalcedony: red carnelian I.D.l.e 24:11
17. El/19564 2135 Floor 17 Chalcedony: carnelian I.D.l.f
No.
Material
Form
Parallels
Date
1. Carnelian? Disc Brunton 1928: PI. L:L8 Predyn.
Andrews 1981: PI. 22:295 (Mostegadda) 1st Inter.
Rothenberg 1988: Fig. 78:17,19 L. 109
2-5. Carnelian Biconical Brunton 1928: PI. L:T7-8 Predyn.
Quartz Andrews 1981: PI. 17:156 (Faras 3) Naqada II
Woolley 1934: PI. 131: upper right 3rd mill.
Guy 1938: Pis. 95:22-26 (T. 877 Bl); LB II
PI. 132:17 (T. 912B) MB II-LB II
Macalister 1912: PI. CXXXVIIb:9
Dothan 1979: Fig. 185 (T. 118) 13th cent.
Lamon and Shipton 1939: PI. 90:10 Str. II
Loud 1948: PI. 217, Pl. 165:19c (T. 39) Str. VA
Crowfoot 1957: Fig. 92:69 (Q-4853)
Tufnell
1953:
PI.
66:46
8th
cent.
6-9. Carnelian Spherical Tufnell and Ward 1966: Fig. 6:155-56 End 3rd mill.
Macalister 1912: Pis. CXXXVIIa:34, CXXXVIIb:6
Dothan 1979: Figs. 182, 186 (T. 118) 13th cent.
Yadin et al. 1961: Pl. CCXCV:33; K, Str. la
Pl. CCXXXIV:20 B, Str. Va
Guy 1938: Pl. 165:19a (T. 39) Early Iron
Crowfoot 1957: Fig. 92:60 (D-1240)
10-13. Carnelian Spherical Andrews 1981: PI. 25:348 (Mostegadda) 1st Inter.
Agate truncated Guy 1938: Pl. 138:16c (T. 37); LB I
Pl. 157:22b (T. 59)
Dothan 1979: Fig. 183 (T. 118) 13th cent.
Crowfoot 1957: Fig. 92:47, 61
Tufnell 1953: PI. 66:14-17 (T. 1002) 8th cent.
14,16. Carnelian Long barrel Andrews 1981: PI. 20:243 (Mostegadda); 5th Dyn.
Pl.
21:229
OK-MK
Woolley 1934: PL 131 3rd mill.
Tufnell and Ward 1966: Fig. 6:113-14 End 3rd mill.
Guy 1938: Pl. 132:16a (T. 912B); MB II-LB II
PI. 147: 12d (T. 1100C); LB I
PI. 100:9 (T. 989C1); PI. 95:14-21 (T. 989C1) LB
Rothenberg 1988: Fig. 80:64 L. 109
Tufnell 1953: PI. 66:24-25 (T. 1002, T. 107) 10th-8th cents.
Lamon and Shipton 1939: PI. 90:6 Str. II
Crowfoot 1957: Fig. 92:66 (Q-4793)
15. Carnelian Short barrel Tufnell and Ward 1966: Fig. 6:147-48 End 3rd mill.
Guy 1938: Pl. 135:15c (T. 20) LB I
Loud
1948:
PI.
217
Str.
VA
Lamon and Shipton 1939: PI. 90:45 Str. IV fill
Tufnell 1953: PI. 66:19 (T. 1002) 8th cent.
Crowfoot 1957: Fig. 92:68
17. Carnelian Long biconical Andrews 1981: PI. 20:243 (Mostegadda) 5th Dyn.
Loud 1948: PI. 211:52; Str. IX
Pl.
214:102
Str.
VII-V
Yadin et al. 1961: Pl. CCLXXVIL15-18 H, Str. lb
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Fig. 42. Beads.
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Fig. 43.
No. Reg. No. Locus Context Str. Material Class Photo
1. El/2772 575 Fili 11 Orthoclase feldspar I.C.l.a 25:2
2. El/10533 1618 Floor 12 Quartz: rock crystal I.B.l.a 25:3
3. G 4313 760 Fill 9 Quartz: gray-blue jasper I.C.l.a 25:4
4. K 18486 2232 Earth layer IIIA Quartz: orbicular I.D.l.b
5. E3/15554 Surf. - - Quartz: orbicular I.D.l.f
6. El/17440 2135 Floor 17 Sodalite I.B.2.b
7. G 4831 826 Floor 147-12B Lapislázuli I.A.2.b 26:1
8. G 11942 997 Floor 10B Lapislázuli I.C.l.a 26:2
No.
Material
Form
Parallels
Date
1. Feldspar Biconical Tufnell 1953: PI. 66:6 (T. 110) 10th cent.
2. Rock crystal Spherical
3. Jasper Spherical
4. Quartz: orbicular Long barrel
5. Quartz: orbicular Long barrel
6. Sodalite Cylinder Lamon and Shipton 1939: PI. 92:60 Str. I
7. Lapis lazuli Disc
8. Lapis lazuli Spherical
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Fig. 43. Beads.
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Fig. 44.
No. Reg. No. Locus Context Str. Material Class Photo
1. El/14437 1684 Stone fili 14 Faience I.A.l.b
2. El/10074 1612 Fili 12 Faience Fluted
3. E2/1568 503 Terrace fill 1 Faience Melon PL 17:2
4. Dl/13334 472 Tabun to floor 14 Faience XIIId2e
5. D2/20169 2321 Fill 7B Faience I.C.l.a
6. G 11754 974 10B Faience Ring & dot eye
7.
G
4300
760
Fill
9
Glass
I.C.I.
b
8. E3/15557 Surf. - - Glass I.C.l.a
9. G 5727 868 10B Glass Spiral eye
10. El/16749 2079 Floor 11 Glass Folded
11. El/17461 2135 17 Limestone I.B.l.b
12. Dl/6652 368 9 Limestone XLIX
No.
Material
Form
Parallels
Date
1. Faience Disc Guy 1938: PI. 136:22 (T. 37) LB I
Bikai 1978: PI. XLVA:8 Str. XVI (LB)
Lamon and Shipton 1939: PL 91:34,35 Str. V
Tufnell 1953: Pl. 66:28 (T. 120) 9th-7th cents.
2. Faience Fluted Yadin et al. 1961: PL CCLXXXIIL17 H, Str. la
Tufnell 1953: Pl. 66:65 (T. 1002) 8th cent.
Lamon and Shipton 1939: PL 91:66 Str. IV fill
Guy 1938: PL 171:13 (T. 47)
Macalister 1912: PL CXXXVIIb:41
3. Faience Melon-shaped Loud 1948: PL 212:53 Str. IX
Rothenberg 1988: Fig. 81:73 L. 101
Macalister 1912: Pl. CXXXVIIa:8
Crowfoot 1957: Fig. 92:55,57
4. Faience Hexagonal Guy 1938: PL 165: 19j (T. 39) Early Iron
long Tufnell 1953: PL 67:100 (T. 106) Disturbed
5. Faience Circular Amiran 1978: PL 69:10 Str. III (EB II)
Guy 1938: Pl. 100:15 (T. 989C1) LB
Yadin et al. 1961: PL CCLXXXIILIO H, Str. la
Tufnell 1953: Pl. 66:5 (T. 218) 9th cent.
Lamon and Shipton 1939: PL 91:26 Str. III
6. Faience Ring and dot Beck 1928: Fig. 34a (Egypt) 18th Dyn.
7. Glass Circular Published in Ariel 1990: 159, GL 49
8.
Glass
Circular
9. Glass Triangular eye Published in Ariel 1990: 158-79, GL 45
10. Glass Folded Published in Ariel 1990: 157, GL 43
11. Stone Disc Macalister 1912: PL CXXXVIIb:3
Yadin et al. 1961: PL CCLVIIL10 G, Str. II
12.
Stone
Natural
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Fig. 44. Beads.
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Fig. 45.
No. Reg. No. Locus Context Str. Material Class Photo
1. G 11389 960 Floor 12 Chalcedony: carnelian 24:12
2. E3/13073 1588 Fill 11-10 Lapislázuli 26:3
3.
G
11791
972
Floor
13
Hematite
Natural
26:4
4.
G
11790
972
Floor
13
Hematite
Natural
26:5
5.
G 11050 886 Floor 10C Hematite 26:6; PL 17:3
6. El/6459 1280 Dump 6 Stone Pebble
7. El/6411 1272 12 Stone
8. El/19189 - - - Stone
9. El/19726 2153 18A Stone PL 17:4
No.
Material
Form
Parallels
Date
1. Carnelian Triangular Tufnell 1953: PL 67:139 (ax pendant, T. 1002) 8th cent.
Macalister 1912: PL CXXXVIIb:70
Lamon and Shipton 1939: PL 92:71 Str. IV fill
2. Lapislázuli Conical Andrews 1981: PL 4:145 Naqada II/Predyn.
Macalister 1912: Pl. CCXXVL36
3. Hematite Natural McGovern 1980: PL 3:29 (different form) Beth She'an, Str. VIII (LB II)
4. Hematite Natural McGovern 1980: PL 3:29 (different form) Beth She'an, Str. VIII (LB II)
5. Hematite Quadrilateral Amiran 1978: PL 68:7 (two holes) Str. II (EB II)
6. Stone Natural Macalister 1912: Pis. CXXXVIIb:31, CCXXVL17
7. Stone Quadrilateral
8. Stone Quadrilateral Tufnell 1953: PL 67:138 (L. 218) 9th cent.
Macalister 1912: PL CCXXVL18
9. Stone Quadrilateral Tufnell 1953: PL 67:135 (smaller, different form)
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Fig. 45. Pendants.
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Pl. 17. Beads and pendants.
PL 17.
No. Reg. No. Locus Fig. Photo
1. E2/1568 503 44:3
2.
G
2124
3.
G
11050
718
42:13
886
45:5
24:9
26:6
4. El/19726 2153 45:9
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CHAPTER NINE
'HORUS EYE' AMULETS*
Jane M. Cahill
One complete 'Horus Eye' amulet and fragments
and
of is pierced latitudinally by a roughly circular
shaft measuring approximately 3 mm in diameter.
The back surface is smooth and featureless, but not
attributable to the Iron Age II during Shiloh's
two others were discovered in stratified contexts
excavations in the City of David, Jerusalem. All flat. In order to create a central area wide enough to
three of these amulets are representations of right accommodate the pierced shaft, the top and bottom
halves of the amulet's back slant outwards, forming
eyes fashioned from molded faience.
Egyptian and Egyptian- type amulets1 of various a central bulge. The characteristic features of the eye
materials and motifs are commonly found in
motif appear in low relief on the front side only. The
archaeological excavations throughout the ancient eye motif on this amulet displays an almond-shaped
Mediterranean world. Those popularly known as eye framed by narrow eyelids; a smooth, round iris;
'Horus Eye'2 amulets portray the wedjat-e ye, an a high brow8 notched in herring-bone pattern; a
Egyptian motif thought to represent a human eye multilined eyeback formed of four horizontal
embellished with the facial markings of a falcon bands; forefeathers formed of three horizontal
(Gardiner 1957: 451, DIO; Petrie 1972: 9, 32).3 The bands beneath the front sclera and three vertical
term 'wedjat-e ye,' abbreviated is a
bands beneath the iris; and hindfeathers ending in a
curl adjacent to the eyeback.
compound term deriving from the ancient tight
Egyptian
Amulet No.
verb wd3, ' ļļ , 'to be sound,' 'to be prosperous'
1 was recovered from L. 1 136 in Area
G, identified as a foundation trench dug for W. 765
or 'to be whole,' and an eye determinative (Gardiner
in square
1957: 563; Faulkner 1976: 74^75). Thus the
termE5. Locus 1136 and the construction of
765 or
have been ascribed to Stratum 10C, dated to
literally means 'the sound eye,' 'the wholeW.
eye'
the
7th century BCE. As a foundation trench, L.
'the prosperous eye' (Gardiner 1957: 563;
Budge
cut through previously accumulated deposits
1961: 141). Together, the literal definition1136
of the
and
contained
material ranging in date from the
term 'wedjat-e ye' and the interpretation of
the
eye
10th
through the 7th centuries BCE.
motif as the compounding of a human eye
with
Seven stylistically similar faience amulets from
falcon markings have resulted in the identification
different sites have been published: one from
of the eye motif as the eye of the falcon-godfour
Horus,
Atlit
(Johns 1933: PI. XVII:419); one from Lachish
who was injured by the wicked god Seth
and
miraculously healed by the ibis-god Thoth (Gardiner 1957: 197, 563; Griffiths 1958: 183).4 The eye
motif consists of six component parts (Fig. 46: 1-6)5:
1) the sclera6; 2) the iris7; 3) the eyebrow; 4) the
eyeback; 5) the forefeathers; and 6) the hindfeathers.
Amulet No. 7, Reg. No. G 17609 (Fig. 47; Photo 27),
is a complete amulet made of nonporous, light gray
faience coated with light blue-green to white glaze.
Although chipped at several spots around the edges,
Fig. 46. Components of 'Horus Eye' motif.
the amulet is complete, measuring 31 x 24 x 9 mm,
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L. 421 which, although not described specifically in
the Megiddo report, is located in a residential area
excavated in square 0 14 and ascribed to Stratum V,
ca. 1 1th- 10th centuries BCE (Lamon and Shipton
1939: 150, Fig. 6). The third (Lamon and Shipton
1939: 32-33, Fig. 34, PL 75:25) was found in L.
1674, defined as a soil fill excavated beneath the
southern stable complex which Albright (1943: 2-3,
n. 1) and Wright (1964: 235-36) ascribed to Stratum
IVA, ca. 9th century BCE. The fourth amulet from
Megiddo derives from L. E 2081 in Area AA (Loud
1948: 4446, 162, Figs. 100-101, 388). This locus is
identified as the courtyard of a building located west
of the Stratum VA city gate (Shiloh 1979a: 149); the
courtyard contained a large assemblage of cultic
Fig. 47. 'Horus Eye' amulet No. 1 (G 17609).
vessels dated to the 10th century BCE (Yadin 1977:
846). The amulet from Tell es-Sa'idiyeh was found
in a destruction layer attributed to Stratum XII and
dated by Tubb (1988: 41) to the latter part of the
12th century BCE. On the basis of the ceramic
assemblage published together with the amulet,
however, a date within the 10th century BCE seems
preferable (cf. Cahill et al 1989: 38).
The comparative material suggests that the
stylistic type represented by amulet No. 1 from
Area, G may have enjoyed a long period of
Photo 27. 'Horus Eye' amulet No. 1 (ZR).
popularity ranging in date from the 11th to the
5th/4th centuries BCE. Alternatively, however, the
amulet found in the Persian period tomb at Atlit
may be interpreted as an heirloom or an antiquity at
(Tufnell 1953: PL 35:37); four from Megiddo
(Lamon and Shipton 1939: PL 75:17,20,25; Loud
1948: PL 206:60); and one from Tell es-Sa'idiyeh
(Tubb 1988: 41, Fig. 17). Each of these amulets
the time of its deposit, in which case amulets of this
stylistic type may best be defined as characteristic of
the llth/9th centuries BCE.
appears to originate from a datable archaeological
Amulet No. 2, Reg. No. El/16980 (Fig. 48; Photo
context. The amulet from Atlit derives from Tomb
28), is a fragment from the upper portion of an eye
amulet bearing stylistic features similar to those
LI 6, burial a-i, which was reportedly the only Atlit
observed on amulet No. 1. This amulet is made of
tomb found undisturbed by later burials. The use of
this tomb has been dated ceramically and numis- nonporous, light gray faience coated with pale bluematically to the Persian period, ca. 5th-4th centuries green to white glaze and is pierced latitudinally by a
BCE (Johns 1933: 60; Stern 1982: 70-71).9 Therounded shaft. The back surface of this fragment is
Lachish amulet was recovered from Tomb 224,
smooth and featureless and, like amulet No. 1,
which Tufnell (1953: 215) dated ceramically to the bulges at the center in order to accommodate the
9th century BCE.10 Each of the four Megiddo pierced shaft. The characteristic features of the eye
amulets has been dated to the 10th-9th centuries
motif appear in low relief on the front side only. The
amulet has an almond-shaped eye framed by a
BCE. The first (Lamon and Shipton 1939: Pl. 75:17)
narrow
was found in square 01411 and attributed
to lid, a smooth, round iris and a high,
diagonally notched brow accentuated by a coat of
Stratum IV, which Albright (1943: 2-3, n. 1) and
glaze, darker in color than that covering
Wright (1964: 235-36) redesignated Stratumblue-green
IVA
the rest of the amulet. The eyeback, the forefeathers
and dated to the 9th century BCE. The second
and the hindfeathers are all missing. Absent the
(Lamon and Shipton 1939: Pl. 75:20) derives from
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motif on this amulet do not appear in low relief.
Rather, except for a narrow depression delineating
the bottom of the brow, the surface of the amulet is
smooth and flat. The only accentuated features of
the eye motif are the eyebrow and the iris, both of
which are marked with black glaze. The amulet
measures 22 x 16 x 10 mm and is pierced
Fig. 48. 'Horus Eye' amulet No. 2 (El/16980).
latitudinally by an irregularly shaped shaft measur-
ing roughly 2.5 mm in diameter.
Photo 28. 'Horus Eye' amulet No. 2 (ZR).
three last-named features, this amulet may only be
compared generally to other right eye amulets with
almond-shaped eyes, round irises and high, notched
brows. Amulets with these general characteristics
Fig. 49. 'Horus Eye' amulet No. 3 (El/9983).
are known from Beth She'an (James 1966: Fig.
113:14), Lachish (Tufnell 1958: PL 29:67-68) and
Megiddo (Lamon 1935: PL 4:7; Loud 1948: Pl.
206:58), where they range in date from the 13th/ 12th
to the 10th centuries BCE.12
Amulet No. 2 was found in L. 2063 in Area El,
Photo 29. 'Horus Eye' amulet No. 3 (IS).
identified as a pit ascribed to Stratum 10. Pit L.
2063 cuts floor L. 2076 of Stratum 13 and contains
cultural remains ranging in date from the 9th
through the 6th centuries BCE.13
Amulet No. 3 was recovered from L. 131 1 in Area
El, identified as the lower floor of the 'Ashlar
Amulet No. 3 , Reg. No. El/9983 (Fig. 49; Photo 29),House.' This locus is sealed by floor L. 1281 which
is an almost complete amulet made of porous, lightis ascribed to Stratum 10, representing the final
gray faience coated with pale blue-green to whitephase of the Iron Age II. Floor L. 1311 is ascribed
glaze. The amulet is weathered, rough to the touchto Stratum 11, of the 7th century BCE.14
and chipped in two places, the first at the front end
Thirteen stylistically similar amulets from at least
of the eyebrow and the second under the base of the six different sites have been published: two from
eye, resulting in the loss of the motifs forefeathers. Beth Shemesh (Mackenzie 1912-1913: PL 43:16-17);
The amulet's outline follows the characteristic
one each from Lachish (Tufnell 1953: Pl. 35:43),
Gezer (Macalister 1912: Vol. 3, Pl. 210:31) and
contours of the wedjat-Q ye motif: a high, slightly
Sheikh
curved brow; a V-shaped depression separating
the Zuweid (Petrie 1937: PL 30:62); six from Tell
Jemmeh
(Petrie 1928: Pl. 45:30,48,49,54-56); one
front end of the eyebrow from the front corner
of
from
the eye, at which point the central shaft is pierced;
a Tel Michal (Giveon 1989: 342-44, Fig. 29.1:9,
75:9); and one from an unknown provenience
patch of unglazed faience under the iris markingPl.
the
(Rowe 1936: PL 31:A58). From this group of 13
original position of the missing forefeathers;
only those from Beth Shemesh, Tel Michal
rounded hiiidfeathers; and a sloped left edge.amulets,
The
back surface of the amulet is smooth and featureand possibly two from Tell Jemmeh derive from
datable archaeological contexts.15 The two amulets
less, bulging slightly at the center in order to
from Beth Shemesh were found together in Tomb 5,
accommodate the pierced shaft. Unlike the two
previously described amulets, the features of the eyewhich can be dated ceramically to the late Iron Age
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II (Mackenzie 1912-1913: 76-77, Pis. 41-42). That
According to Papyrus Leiden (1348 rt.7.3) the eye
of Re protected a patient from a demon qualified as
dw.hr
identified as a jar burial dated generally to
the , 'bad of face,' an epithet which Borghouts
(1973:
Persian period, ca. 6th-4th centuries BCE (Davies
et143) interprets as 'evil glance.' The ancients'
from Tel Michal is ascribed to Locus 1858,
belief
al. 1989: 155, 163; Herzog et al. 1989: 8). Two of
thein the power of eye amulets is inferred both by
Schrire
six amulets that Petrie (1928: PI. 45:54-55) found
at (1966: 6), who asserts unequivocally that the
'had a very strong belief in the Evil Eye,'
Tell Jemmeh may cautiously be associated Egyptians
with
and Budge (1961: 361), who maintains that the
chronologically indicative ceramic assemblages16
'set the influence of the eye of the sunthat suggest dates ranging from the late IronEgyptians
Age
that of the Evil Eye.' Budge identified
II through the Persian period.17 Thus, amulet god
No. against
3
the numerous eye amulets as the eye of the sun and
appears to belong to a stylistic group of amulets
the eye of the moon and opined that no evil person
characteristic of the late Iron Age II and the Persian
or power could resist the power of the two eyes of
period, ca. 7th/4th centuries BCE.
Horus, the one ruling the day and the other the
USE OF THE EYE AMULETS
night (Budge 1961: 36 1).21 Corroboration for the
belief that the eye amulets served a protective
function
may be found in the Egyptian words udjau ,
Each of the three 'Horus Eye' amulets from
the City
an expression which, phonetically, is very
of David is pierced latitudinally through the central
wedjat-Q
area of the amulet, directly behind the close
iristoand
the ye and which means 'the thing that
safe'Eye'
or 'the strengthener' (Budge 1961: 133);
eyeback. Whenever described fully, keeps
'Horus
amulets from other archaeological sites
are
and
to always
wd3w , ' iWfu , which Faulkner (1976:
75)three
translates
as 'amulets.'
said to be similarly pierced. As neither the
City
Belief in the evil eye was, and still is, prevalent
of David amulets nor their parallels are small
enough to be worn comfortably as rings, they are throughout the Near East and belief in the efficacy
best understood as pendants pierced for suspension.of the Egyptian eye amulets against the evil eye may
The interpretation of 'Horus Eye' amulets as account for the universality of the eye amulets
which are found throughout the ancient Mediterrapendants appears to be corroborated by the
frequent discovery of eye amulets together with nean world.22
other beads and pendants.18
The identification of these objects as amulets is DISTRIBUTION AND ORIGIN OF THE EYE
supported by the religious significance attached to
AMULETS
the symbol of the wedjat-Qye in Egyptian mythology. The religious concept of the eye apparently Although 'Horus Eye' amulets appear at sites
originated as that of the eye of solar Horus
located throughout the Land of Israel, they are
(Griffiths 1958: 190-91). 19 As such, this eye was
analogous to the uraeus serpent worn on the king's
forehead as a symbolic representation of his divine
majesty and descent from the sun god (Ions 1982:
25, 36). When Re became the king of heaven, the
Eye of Re came into existence as the manifestation
of his divine authority. When Horus the son of Isis
and Osiris became the king of heaven, the divine
tribunal awarded the eye to him (Ions 1982: 64). The
eye, therefore, served as the symbol of kingship
prevalent at sites situated along the Mediterranean
worn, in turn, by each supreme ruler. As the
faience production was known in Egypt from at
coast. Small and easily transported, the amulet
may have been imported from Egypt or elsewhere
(Phoenicia?), since no production center for them
has yet been located in the Land of Israel. Nonetheless, the possibility that they were manufactured
locally should not be dismissed. The vast majority
of eye amulets attributable to the Iron Age and th
Persian period are fashioned from molded faience.
Sagona (1980) has shown that the technique of
manifestation of divine kingship passed down from least as early as the Middle Kingdom and that
ruler to ruler, the eye came to be associated with knowledge of this technique appears to have sprea
to the Land of Israel during the Middle Bronze Age
several different divine figures: Horus the Elder, Re
and Horus the Younger, each of whom reigned as II. The materials required for producing faienc
supreme authority over the Egyptian pantheon at were all readily available along the Palestinian
coast: sand, lime, plant ash or natron and a furnac
some point in Egyptian religious history.20
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eye symbol came to serve as the Egyptian 'grain
measure.' In accordance with this myth, each of the
capable of reaching a temperature of 700° C
(McGovern 1980: 309). All that was needed to
fashion these amulets locally was the know-how to
component parts of the eye symbol was assigned a
numerical value: the left sclera, < , stood for l/2 ; the
mix the materials in the correct proportions, to form
iris, O , stood for 7*; the eyebrow, , stood for Vs ;
the right sclera, ]>, stood for l/i6; the hindfeathers,
, stood for 732 ; and the forefeathers, , stood for
764. Together, these fractions add up to 63 /64. The
a paste by hand, to press the paste into a mold and
to fire it. Therefore, although the motif is Egyptian
in character, there is no technical reason to assume
that all (or any) of the Iron Age or later 'Horus Eye' missing 764 was presumably supplied magically by the
amulets were imported.
ibis-god Thoth, who miraculously healed the eye of
Horus by joining the various parts and filling or
completing ( ) the missing part.
6. 'Sclera' refers to the whites of the eye.
NOTES
7. 'Iris' refers to the round, pigmented membrane
surrounding
* The drawings of amulets Nos. 1 and 2 were made
by the pupil.
8. Shifra
'High brow' refers to the fact that there is a gap
Sara Halbreich and that of amulet No. 3 by
between the top of the eyelid and the bottom of the
Eisenstein. Amulets Nos. 1 and 2 were photographed
eyebrow.
by Zev Radovan and amulet No. 3 by Ilan Sztulman.
9. This drew
date is based on the discovery in the tomb of two
Shlomit Avriel drew Fig. 46 and Ruhama Bonfil
large
jars with pointed bases (Johns 1933: 60, Fig. 16;
the hieroglyphs. This chapter was submitted
for
Stern
1982: 108-109, Type H6), an Attic lekythos
publication in November 1989. Since then, only
minor
editorial revisions have been made to it. The author
(Johns 1933: PI. VIII:4) dated to the 5th century BCE
(Stern 1982: 7) and a silver coin (Johns 1933: 60,
gratefully acknowledges the comments and suggesCI 184) of 'Philisto- Arabian' type, which Stern (1982:
tions made by David Tarier, who read the manuscript
on more than one occasion.
71) dates to the late 5th-early 4th century BCE.
Tufnell (1953: 215) described the ceramic assemblage
1. The amuletic character of these objects stems 10.
from
from
their embodiment of a religious symbol, the wedjat
- this tomb as characterized by open bowls which
are slipped on the interior and over half of the
eye. Although the amulets themselves may often have
and wheel burnished.
been worn as mere ornaments, the amuletic originexterior,
of
the represented symbol is not in doubt (Schrire1 1966:
1 . Square 014 is located in an area north of Building 338,
5).
in an area designated as private dwellings (Shiloh
2. Although commonly referred to as the 'Eye of Horus'
(Petrie 1972: 9, 32-34; Gardiner 1957: 197, 451, 563;
Faulkner 1976: 75; Andrews 1984: 36-37), the eye
represented on these amulets has also been identified
as the 'Eye of Atum' (Ions 1982: 25, 26), the 'Eye of
Re' (Faulkner 1976: 75; Ions 1982: 60) and the 'Eye of
Osiris' (Gray 1971: 125).
3. For additional suggestions concerning the component
parts of the wedjat-e ye, see te Velde (1967: 50), who
suggests that the markings below the eye indicate an
eye overflowing with moisture or light; Andrews
(1984: 36), who suggests that it is a falcon's eye; and
Murray (1953: 379), who notes that it is an emblem of
1979b: 53, Fig. 73).
12. Although James (1966: 47, Fig. 75) only cursorily
Horus in both his human and falcon form.
discusses the context in which the Beth She'an amulet
was found, it apparently derives from a floor, L. 1538,
ascribed to Upper Level V, dated to the 10th century
BCE. The two amulets from Lachish (Tufnell 1958: PI.
29:67-68) derived from Tomb 570 (Tufnell 1958: 24850), which was cut into the side of the Middle Bronze
Age fosse and dated by the excavators to the late
XlXth or early XXth Dynasties, ca. 1225-1175 BCE.
Dothan (1982: 276-79), however, advocates a date late
in the 12th century BCE for the contents of this tomb.
One amulet from Megiddo (Lamon 1935: PI. 4:7) was
recovered from L. 1010, the 'guard's post' in the
4. Gardiner (1957: 197) supports this identification by
spring cave connected to the subterranean water
stating that the eye of the falcon god Horus is oftensystem, the latest ceramic remains from which were
depicted on ancient monuments in this form, i.e. ^ .sherds dated to the 12th century BCE (Lamon 1935:
For a complete history of this interpretation with8-10, 36; Yadin 1977: 855). The other Megiddo amulet
bibliography, see Griffiths (1958), who argues for the (Loud 1948: PI. 206:58) was found in L. 2103, defined
identification of the wedjat-e ye with the uninjured eyeas a room in a residential area just east of Building
of Horus.
2081, which housed a 'cultic corner' (Loud 1948: 445. Gardiner (1957: 197) states that by virtue of the myth,
45, Fig. 388; Shiloh 1979a: 149) in which two other eye
according to which the eye of the falcon-god Horus
was torn into fragments by the wicked god Seth, the
contents of L. 2103 are apparently contemporary with
amulets were found (Loud 1948: PI. 206:59-60). The
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those found in L. 2081 and are, therefore, ascribable
number of pierced Egyptian amulets and various types
to Stratum VA, dated to the 10th century BCE (Shiloh
of beads (Lamon and Shipton 1939: 146-47); that
from Megiddo published by Lamon and Shipton
(1939: PL 75:17) was found together with a glass bead
(Lamon and Shipton 1939: 141, PL 92:56); and that
from Tel Michal published by Giveon (1989: 342-43)
1979a: 149).
13. The stratigraphical data pertaining to this amulet were
kindly provided by Alon De Groot, who supervised
the excavations in Area El.
14. The stratigraphical information about this amulet waswas found together with two hair rings and a
also provided by Alon De Groot.
serpentine bead (Davies et al. 1989: 155).
19. In Griffiths' opinion, the term 'wedjat-e ye' initially
15. The provenience of the Lachish amulet is described
only as Area 6000 (Tufnell 1953: 246, PI. 129), whichappeared in a Horian context in the Pyramid Texts,
presumably refers to the cemetery located in the where it is used several times as an epithet for an eye
northeastern corner of the mound (Tufnell 1953: 246). of Horus:
The amulet from Gezer derives from a unspecified
context (Macalister 1912: Vol. 3, PL 210:31). Those
The King has come to thee, O Horus of the East;
Lo, the King has brought to thee thy great left eye
from Petrie's excavations at Sheikh Zuweid have been
as a healer;
ascribed to Level H, dated by Petrie (1937: 7) to ca.
Take it to thee from the King. It being sound.
824-630 BCE. Neither of these two amulets can be
(Griffiths 1958: 183, n. 3 quoting Pyr. 450c-451c).
also points out that although the Pyramid
associated with any accompanying objects useful Griffiths
for
Texts often refer to the eye that was seized by Seth, it
corroborating Petrie's date.
is not specifically referred to as the wedjat-eyQ
16. Petrie's method of assigning stratigraphical designations based on absolute levels obviates their chron(Griffiths 1958: 183). Griffiths, therefore, concludes
that it was the other, uninjured eye, or the eye that
ological significance. Occasionally, however, small
remained
sound, that came to be called the wedjat-e ye
groups of pottery and artifacts that were found
in
(Griffiths
1958: 182-83).
close proximity to one another may be isolated and,
in
20. Hence the apparent confusion in nomenclature noted
cases where they appear to be homogeneous, tentative
above in n. 2.
dates may be assigned to the resulting assemblages.
21.with
Petrie (1972: 32) similarly notes that the wedjat-Q ye
The ceramic assemblages that can be associated
each of these amulets are as follows: that associated
was properly a pair of eyes representing the two eyes
of the solar Horus, which were compared to the sun
with the amulet appearing in Petrie 1928: PI. 45:54
includes the following vessels: Pl. 48:8n; Pl. 53:35v; and
PI. the moon. This identification of the sun and the
55:46n; Pl. 56:47h; Pl. 57:56t,57u; PI. 59:77h; and PI.moon with the two eyes of the solar Horus is based on
an early Memphite hymn which actually identifies the
60:84s; that associated with the amulet appearing in
two eyes with the evening and morning boats of the
Petrie 1928: PI. 45:55 includes the following vessels: PI.
48:3d, 3n, 3s; PI. 49:14t; PL 50:22p; PL 56:47u; PL
57:57n; PL 59:78c; PL 60:87d; PL 61:91x,98m,98n.
Petrie ascribed both amulets to Stratum A, B, which
he dated ca. 660-457 BCE (Petrie 1928: 4).
17. Stern's (1982: 22-25) revision of Petrie's stratigraphical conclusions postulates the presence of three
stratigraphical phases at Tell Jemmeh dating from
the Persian period: Building A, ca. late 6th century
BCE; Building B, no earlier than the 5th century BCE;
and the granaries, ca. 5th-4th centuries BCE.
18. The following amulets discussed herein as parallels to
sun:
He who acted against thy father in his weaknes
he is against thee, O eye of Horus, and thou a
against him,
O eye of Horus. Thy right eye is the evening boa
Thy left eye is the morning boat, Thy two eyes,
Horus, which have come forth from Atum, the
are Shu and Tefnut.
(Griffiths 1958: 187). Griffiths points out that as there
is nothing in the Pyramid Texts to suggest a different
interpretation for the two eyes, their significance must
those from the City of David were found together with
be solar. Moreover, if the eyes were thought of as the
pendants, beads or other types of jewelry: that from
sun and the moon, then this thought may suggest the
notion of divine omniscience, at least in its elementary
Megiddo published by Loud (1948: PL 206:58) was
form as the power to see everything.
found together with a bone pendant (Loud 1948: PL
22. 'Horus Eye' amulets appear to have made their first
218:130) and a pierced Ptah-Sokar amulet (Loud
appearance outside Egypt during the New Kingdom,
1948: PL 206:55); that from Atlit published by Johns
when they were introduced to lands located within the
(1933: Pl. XVIL419) was found together with two
silver pendants, electrum earrings, a bronze ring and
Egyptian sphere of influence. By the Late Period, they
were widely distributed throughout the Mediterranean
beads of various materials (Johns 1933: 60-62, PL
world.
XVII); that from Megiddo published by Lamon and
Shipton (1939: PL 75:25) was found together with a
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CHAPTER TEN
BIRD REMAINS FROM AREAS A, D, H AND K
Liora Kolska Horwitz
Israel Antiquities Authority
Eitan Tchernov
Department of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
A small assemblage of 71 identifiable bird bones
( Anser anser) and duck {Anas platyrhynchos). The
was recovered during excavations in Areas AI,
chukar
Dl, partridge {Alectoris chukar) was the only
D2, H and K, from seven different strata at the site
wild species represented in this collection. Bones of
(Tables 1-2; Appendix A). Remains of birds were
a pigeon {Columba livia ) were also found, but it is
also recovered from Areas G, El, E2 and E3, but
uncertain whether these represent remains of the
these remains are still being analyzed.
wild rock pigeon or of a domestic pigeon. Even if
the pigeon remains are excluded, domestic species
are more prevalent in all periods (Table 1).
METHODS
The presence of four pigeon bones {Columba livia)
recovered in Area D2 from the Hellenistic fill of a
During excavation all material from floors was
sieved, while that from other deposits such as fills columbarium (L. 2336) is of special interest. The
and dumps was hand collected. The bird species
Latin name Columba livia refers to the domestic
were identified with reference to the modern
pigeon bred for consumption as well as to its
comparative zoology collections held at the ancestor,
Depart- the wild rock pigeon, also known as rock
ment of Evolution, Systematics and Ecologydove
of or
theferal pigeon (Paz 1987). Columbaria are
Hebrew University of Jerusalem. All bone elements
common in archaeological sites in this region from
were counted to give the number of identifiedthe
bones
Hellenistic period onwards. Their particular
for each species (NISP counts). The minimum
architectural style (numerous closely placed niches
number of individuals per species (MNI counts)within variously shaped structures, often subterrawas calculated for each area separately by stratum,nean) resembles structures described in Roman and
using the most frequently represented bone, withJewish sources as used for pigeon raising. This,
side and age taken into account (Table 2).
together with the fact that similar structures are
used today in Egypt for pigeon raising, has led to
their general acceptance as installations for pigeon
THE REMAINS
breeding (Tepper 1986; Kloner 1993; Zissu 1995).
Examination of the NISP counts for birds
Moreover,
by area
Talmudic sources describe pigeon breed(Table 1; Appendix) shows that the largest
ing as
number
being widespread in this region. Pigeons were
of bird bones was recovered from a singleraised
locus,
forL.ritual
1
purposes, for consumption and as a
in Area Al, which was an Early Roman pottery
source of fertilizer (Tepper 1986).
dump. The concentration of bird bones (as well as
The presence of pigeon bones in columbaria at
Maresha, Masada (Tchernov and Horwitz, unpubl.
other vertebrate bones; see Chapter XI) found in
this deposit is probably related to the fact that it data) and now at the City of David provides the
represents a refuse dump.
first archaeozoological evidence for the use of these
Five avian species are represented in the City of structures for pigeon raising. Talmudic sources hint
David assemblage (Table 1). Domestic species
at the existence of a special breed of pigeon that was
identified included chicken {Gallus gallus ), goose raised in the columbaria (Tepper 1986). However,
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Table 1. NISP and MNI counts for bird remains by area and stratum.
Species Chicken Goose Duck Partridge Pigeon Total
NISP MNI NISP MNI NISP MNI NISP MNI NISP MNI NISP
Area Al
Str.
6
16
3
27
6
2
1
-
45
Area Dl
Str.
Str.
12
14
Str.
-
11
15
-
-
11
11
3
-
-
-
2
11
3
-
1
-
-
-
11
2
-
5
4
Area D2
Str.
7A-B
Str.
Str.
12
2
-
12-14
1
11
11
-
-
-
11
-
-
-
4
-
1
-
7
1
11.--
2
Area H
Str.
6
2
1
11
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
Area K
Str.
3
TOTAL
23
8
36
14
2
Table
1
2.
6
4
4
Bird
1
71
remains
by
Species Chicken Goose Duck Partridge Pigeon Total
NISP % NISP % NISP % NISP % NISP % NISP
Period/Str.
Byzantine (3) 2 100 - - - - - - - - 2
Early Roman (6) 18 38 28 58 2 4 - - - - 48
Hellenistic (7) 2 29 1 14 - - - 4 57 7
Iron Age II (12-14) 1 10 4 40 - - 5 50 10
Iron
Age
I
(15)
TOTALS
23
36
2
6
4
71
we
have
not
yet
bee
consider
is the likelihood
of differential preservarecovered
tion, with the more fragile bones such as from
those of
of immature birds and therefore unsuitable for
the skull being poorly preserved.
bones
measurement. It was therefore not possible to
determine the extent of differences in the size or
shape of the archaeological sample as compared %to
modern Columba livia.
70
i
For all bird species represented at the City of
David, there were few cranial or foot bones. Fig. 50
illustrates the pattern for three dominant species in
the assemblage: chicken, goose and partridge. There
are several possible ways to interpret this pattern
CRANIAL
H FORELIME
IÜ HINDLIM8
(Horwitz 1990; Horwitz and Tchernov 1989).
Firstly, these bone elements are poor in meat and
so usually discarded during butchery; this raises the
possibility that the bulk of the bird bones recovered
at the City of David represents consumption debris
GOOSE CHICKEN PARTRIDGE
rather than butchery offal. Secondly, the small
sample sizes and selective sieving may have biased Fig. 50. Comparison of bone elements for the three main
the recovery of these bones. A third factor to avian species.
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DISCUSSION
high a frequency of avian remains as in the Roman
period, most of these are of wild partridge and
pigeon, in contrast to the domestic poultry and
City of David, a small sample of bird remainsgeese characterizing the Early Roman period. A
(NISP = 43) dating from the Iron Age II and Early
similarly high frequency of domestic birds, espeRoman period was recovered from excavations atcially fowl, has been reported from several other
Roman-Byzantine sites in the southern Levant: Kh.
the Ophel (Horwitz and Tchernov 1989). The Ophel
is situated in the southern part of the Temple
Sumaqa, H. Rimmon, Pella, Tell Hesban (references
Mount and forms the northern extension of the City
as above), Tel Ira (Dayan in press) and el-Lejjun
of David. In order to obtain a broader picture of(Toplyn 1990). It is possible that the predominance
patterns of bird exploitation in Iron Age II and
of domestic birds reflects the importance of eggs in
Early Roman Jerusalem, the avian samples from the the Roman-Byzantine diet (Broshi 1989). It is also
possible that the increased consumption of these
two sites were combined (Fig. 51).
domestic birds may be related to a concomitant
In addition to the avian remains recovered from the
decrease in the consumption of meat from ungulates
such as sheep, goats and cattle (Broshi 1986). This
may reflect a change in animal husbandry in the
region, or even a reduction in the overall standard
of living in the Roman-Byzantine period.
PARTRIDGE 29
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% -,
-,
60
40
20
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the frequency of domestic birds consumed in the
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Helm Publishers.
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APPENDIX: LIST OF BIRD BONES BY LOCUS
Area Locus Stratum Context Species No. of Bird Bones
Al
1
6
Pottery
dump
Chicken
16
Goose
27
Duck
D1
432
14
Fill
2
Partridge
3
Goose
1
Chicken
D1
D1
447
D1
D1
D2
446
15
450
469
1896
D2
12
2334
Fill
Pit
15
12
12-13
fill
Fill
Floor
Fill
12-14
to
Fill
Goose
1
1
Goose
Goose
1
2
Partridge 1
Partridge
1
bedrock
under
Partridge
floor
Goose
1
1
D2 2336 7B Collapse inside columbarium Pigeon 4
D2
D2
D2
D2
2708
2711
2715
2722
7
12
7B
7B
Floor
Terrace
Terrace
Earth
fill
on
Goose
fill
fill
1
Goose
1
Chicken
1
floor
Chicken
1
H 1012 6 Stone collapse of 70 CE Chicken 1
H 1017 6 Stone collapse of 70 CE * Chicken 1
Goose
K
K
2237
HIE
2254A
Cistern
IIIA2
fill
Fill
Chicken
Chicken
1
1
1
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CHAPTER ELEVEN
FAUNAL REMAINS FROM AREAS A, B, D, H AND K
Liora Kolska Horwitz
Israel Antiquities Authority
between areas, the faunai remains from each
excavation area are discussed here separately by
Animal remains recovered from archaeological
period, followed
sitesby a brief discussion of the salient
diachronic
trends
observed for the site as a whole on
provide information on human diet and subsistence
and offer insights into economic networks
the basis
relating
of the data presented here. A detailed
discussion
the faunai remains from the site as a
to animal production and distribution
in theofpast
(Crabtree 1990; Zeder 1988). Faunai remains
whole and their relationship to other, contemporarecovered from sites with long diachronic sequencesneous sites in the region will appear in the
offer valuable opportunities for examining these subsequent publication dealing with the remaining
issues in one settlement over time. With changes intwo areas.
INTRODUCTION
the function, size and population structure of a site,
concomitant changes in the manner in which people
obtained and exploited animals and their derivatives
METHODOLOGY
are to be expected. An excellent example of such aDuring excavations at the City of David, b
site is the City of David.
were hand collected and only selected loci suc
floors
or the contents of installations were sieved.
Archaeological excavations at the site testify to a
lengthy chronological sequence spanning the Chal- This resulted in the loss of the bones of most of the
colithic period (Stratum 21: second half of 4th smaller animal species as well as the smaller bones
millennium BCE) up to and including the medievalof the larger fauna, thereby biasing species and
period (Stratum 1: 14th-20th centuries CE). Animal bodypart representation (Payne 1975; Clason and
remains have been recovered from even the earliest,
Prummel 1977). However, as this practice was
Chalcolithic layers at the site, while the Byzantine consistent throughout all excavation seasons and
strata have yielded the most recent faunai sample. areas at the site, it is assumed to have had an equal
Eight excavation seasons were carried out at this effect on the sample as a whole, although it limits
site during 1978-1985 under the direction of the late intersite comparisons.
Prof. Yigal Shiloh. Of the 1 1 areas excavated (Fig. The chronological and spatial complexity of a site
52), animal remains were recovered from nine, thesuch as the City of David (the excavated areas cover
exceptions being Areas A2 and J. Descriptions of some 16 dunams; Shiloh 1984) poses problems for
the areas and their stratigraphie and architectural the archaeozoological analysis. Firstly, the fact that
contexts are to be found in Shiloh (1984; 1990) and the site was destroyed and subsequently rebuilt and/
De Groot and Michaeli (1992).
or remodeled over much of its history means that
This report presents the findings of the faunai much of the material recovered is from fills rather
analysis for six excavated areas: Al, B, DI, D2, Hthan in situ floor deposits. Secondly, as the site lies
and K; the faunai remains from the remaining Areas on a fairly steep hill, it is probable that some of the
E and G will be presented in separate reports. bones have undergone some degree of pre- and/or
Because of the complex nature of the chronology ofpostdepositional movement resulting in a high
the site as well as the high degree of spatial variation degree of fragmentation and possibly dispersal from
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Fig. 52. Sketch map showing the relative positions of the excavated areas at the City of David.
their point of origin. Thirdly, differences in the
discussed by numerous authors (e.g. Grayson 1984;
architectural and cultural remains recovered from
Hesse and Wapnish 1985; Horton 1984; Crabtree
the diverse excavated areas at the site testify 1990).
to a N counts tend to result in slightly inflated
high degree of spatial heterogeneity in termsnumbers,
of
since they do not take into account the
function and status, which probably changed
fact that several bones may have originated from
the same animal. MNI counts result in an even
further over time. It is thus necessary to conclude
that comparisons between contemporaneous strata
greater distortion, as their numbers relate directly to
from different areas at the site may be limited. the method (i.e. equation) and level (i.e. locus, area,
Where possible, the bones were identified asperiod)
to
for which the aggregation has been made. In
species, bodypart and age. Unidentified bone
order to present as detailed an account of the data
fragments were counted. On all bones unusual
as possible, both MNI and N counts have been
features such as burning, cut marks or pathologies reported here. Furthermore, MNI counts have been
were noted. Sheep and goats were separated using calculated by stratum for the different areas of the
morphological criteria as well as condylar indices as site, and then recalculated by period for the site as a
given in Boessneck (1969). Where separation was
not possible, sheep and goats were pooled into a
combined 'ovicaprine' category.
Species ratios were calculated using both N
(number of identified bones per species) and MNI
whole. The fish remains from the site were studied
by Lernau and Lernau (1992). Their results are
included in this report, as are the bird remains
(Chapter X), so as to provide a complete picture of
the fauna from the areas analyzed here.
(minimum number of individuals) counts. MNI was
Aging of sheep was carried out using tables for
calculated using the maximum number of sided bone fusion as given in Silver (1969). In addition,
bodyparts per species, with proximal and distal ends fusion rates for goats were quoted after Noddle
of bones counted separately. In addition, fusion
(1974). Aging of cattle was based on data given in
stage of the bones was considered and immature
Grigson (1982). Bodypart breakdowns for ovicaand adult animals were summed independently. The prines and cattle follow that used by Horwitz and
problems associated with both methods have been Tchernov (1989), where cranial remains include
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skull, mandible and loose teeth; forelimb includes
Cohen; Caspi 1992 for stratigraphie details of these
and the current excavations). Although archaeolo-
scapula, humerus, ulna, radius, metacarpal and
carpals; hindlimb includes pelvis, femur, tibia,
gical remains from five different strata were found
during the renewed excavations in this area by
calcaneum, astragalus, metatarsal and tarsals; feet
includes phalanges 1, 2 and 3; and trunk includes
vertebrae and ribs. For the bodypart breakdown,
Shiloh, animal remains from this area were concentrated in a single locus (L. 1) in Stratum 6 (Early
distal and proximal ends of bones were counted
Roman). L. 1 is a pottery dump containing large
amounts of stone vessels, close to 4000 ceramic
vessels, glass, coins and animal bones. The deposit
separately and fragmentary remains of these bones
are also included; consequently numbers may be
inflated, especially for ribs, vertebrae and loose
reaches a maximum thickness of some 3 meters
teeth.
down to bedrock (De Groot; Cohen; Caspi 1992:
15).
A total of 1722 bones was recovered from this
MATERIAL
dump. Over half of the bones (NISP = 871) were
unidentifiable
bone fragments, of which 5 were
Area Al
burnt. The remaining 863 bones were identifiable as
Area Al lies in the southeastern portion of the to
sitespecies and bodypart. Sheep and goat bones
(Fig. 52), adjacent to the area previously excavated
dominated the assemblage, followed by cattle.
by Bliss and Dickie as well as Weill (see De Groot;
Other species represented in this area included
Table 1. Species breakdown by area and stratum.
Species
Sheep/Goat
N
%
MNI
N
%
Cattle
MNI
N
Pig
%
Deer
MNI
N
%
Gazelle
MNI
N
%
MNI
Area Al
Str.
6
563
65
18
230
27
5
...
7
1
1
...
4
...
Area B
Str.
12
Str.
Str.
5
14
75
20-19
Str.
21
42
6
18
16
1
2
58
64
7
1
3
2
7
58
25
13
28
1
...
42
1
1
2
.
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
8
Area Dl
Str.
Str.
Str.
12
14
212
558
15
80
83
1226
10
17
88
48
98
18
18
15
139
2
10
2
1
4
2
0.8
0.2
3
1
0.2
1
2
2
1
0.2
3
0.4
1
0.2
1
1
2
4
...
0.2
1
0.2
1
Area D2
Str.
7
Str.
28
9
Str.
55
27
12
1
75
87
10
1
75
4
13
17
81
3
Str.
12-13
26
65.5
Str.
14
12-14
Str.
Str.
16
20
20-21
2
94
36
25
17-20
Str.
Str.
16
4
...
10
9
1
80
3
59
1
1
1
3
1
18
1
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
23
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
2
...
5
...
1
1
1
1
1
20
1
...
1
20
100
1
1
27
1
'
32
6
9
9
...
-
5
13
2
2
...
1
22
1
2
78
73
1
25
25
Str.
Str.
20
9
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Area H
Str.
6
122
68
4
53
30
2
...
...
...
Area K
Str.
3
18
Str.
6
3
53
75
1
2
1
2
5
1
...
...
...
25
1
...
...
...
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remains of a juvenile donkey, fallow deer and dog
(Table 1 and Fig. 53). In this area the predominant
bird consumed was goose, followed by chicken and
AREA A1
vi
100 f
duck (see Chapter X). Two species of fish were
identified from this area: Nile perch and little tunny
80-
(Lernau and Lernau 1992).
Bodypart breakdown for ovicaprine and cattle
remains is given in Fig. 54. For both species, foot
bones are the least frequently represented element,
. H
40 - ■
while the most frequently represented element is the
hindlimb for ovicaprines and trunk for cattle. Fore-
and hindlimbs are represented in similar numbers
for both species. Fusion data for selected ovicaprine
li
0
bones are given in Table 2. Although the sample
sizes are small, there appears to have been some
selection for animals aged 2 years or older, as
■
S/G CATTLE DEER EQUID DOG BIRD FISH
Fig. 53. Histogram of species represented in Area A.
marks. Thirteen ovicaprine bones (2% of identified
ovicaprine bones), but none of the remains of the
Fifty-eight bones were burnt or exhibited cut
other species, were burnt. Cut marks were present
evidenced by the frequency of unfused bones in this
age range.
Table 1 (continued).
Species
Donkey
N
%
MNI
1
0.1
Dog
N
%
Cat
MNI
Bird
N
%
Fish
MNI
N
Total
%
MNI
Bones
N
%
N
Area Al
Str.
6
1
5
0.5
4
...
45
5.2
10
12
1.2
863
Area B
Str.
12
Str.
Str.
...
14
20-19
Str.
21
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
.
12
...
...
...
.
.
.
g
.
3i
.
25
Area Dl
Str.
Str.
12
14
Str.
2
15
...
...
0.2
...
1
...
2
15
2
0.2
1
1
2
0.8
...
...
4
5
2
1
0.4
-
3
265
-
3
-
-
669
1394
Area D2
Str.
7
...
Str.
Str.
12
Str.
Str.
1
9
2
111
13
Str.
14
Str.
16
...
...
Str.
...
...
20-21
1
...
-
115
.
.
21
-
...
.
.
221
...
...
40
n
-
46
.
.
34
...
.
.
...
...
51
36
1
...
...
-
.
2.5
...
...
3
-
...
...
...
14
...
111
...
...
7
...
...
...
20
1
...
Ili
...
...
17-20
Str.
7
...
...
12-14
Str.
4
...
...
12-13
Str.
1
...
...
...
...
5
.
3
.
n
Area H
Str.
6
...
...
...
3
1.5
2
1
0.5
179
AreaK
Str.
3
Str.
251
6
131
...
9
...
26
1
...
252
...
13
.
.
34
4
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acetabulum, 2 distal metatarsi and 2 proximal
metatarsi. The relatively high frequency of cut
AREA A1
STRATUM 6
marks on the bones is probably related to the fact
that they are derived from a refuse deposit.
Area B
Area B lies on the eastern slope of the City of David
and is the excavated area closest to the base of the
11
OVICAPRINE CATTLE
Fig. 54. Pie diagram showing bodypart breakdown for
caprovines and cattle for Area A.
Kidron Valley (Fig. 52). The excavated area covered
some 70 sq. m. A small assemblage of animal
remains spanning the Chalcolithic period to the
on 31 ovicaprine bones: 7 goat horncores and 4
Iron Age II was recovered here.
The animal remains from the Chalcolithic period
and Early Bronze Age I were recovered from a dark
sheep horncores, 1 occipital, 1 axis vertebra, 1 distal
brown soil deposit in loci on the bedrock. Alto-
metacarpal, 1 distal humerus, 1 proximal radius, 4
gether 40 bones were recovered from the Chalco-
pelvis acetabulae, 1 distal metatarsal, 1 proximal
lithic period (L. 136, Stratum 21), of which 25 were
femur, 3 distal femora, 3 astragali, 2 rib fragments,
identified as to species: in order of dominance,
and 1 1st phalanx. Cut marks were also present on
14 cattle bones (6% of identified cattle bones): 2
ovicaprines (including at least two immature animals), cattle and an immature pig (Table 1 and Fig.
horncores, 1 scapula blade, 1 distal humerus, 1
proximal radius, 4 distal metacarpi, 1 pelvic
55). One of the ovicaprine bones was burnt. In
addition, 31 identifiable bones were recovered from
Table 2. Ovicaprine fusion frequencies for selected bones, areas and strata.
Area
Area A Area DI Area DI Area D1
Stratum
6
12
14
15
F U %oU F U %oU F U %U F U %U
Bone and Fusion Data
Distal
humerus 25 2 7 16 3 16 27 413 44 20 31
(S: 10; G: 11-12)
Proximal 2nd phalanx 1700 41 20 300 91 10
(S: 13-16; G: 9-11)
Proximal 1st phalanx 35 8 19 14 2 12 94 31 20 6 23
(S: 13-16; G: 11-12)
Distal
tibia 9 6 40 5 2 28 2 2 50 24 10
(S: 18-24; G:19)
Distal metacarpus 9 16 64 2 8 80 1 2 67 5 10
(S: 18-24; G: 23-30)
Distal metatarsus 17 10 37 5 2 28 2 6 75 6 8
(S: 20-28; G: 23-30)
Proximal femur 5 16 76 3 5 62 5 9 64 13 19
(S: 30-36; G: 23-24)
Distal femur 7 8 53 0 3 100 7 2 22 12 11
(S: 36-42; G: 23-24)
29
Distal
7
33
8
61
(S:
radius
36;
G:
Proximal
(S:
(S:
0
G:
1
1
50
60
1
1
6
7
54
14
59
48
2
3
G:
50
2
2
50
5
18-21)
humerus
36-42;
0
57
33^0)
tibia
36-42;
Proximal
0
67
31
25
2
0
0
3
4
57
6
6
50
11-24)
KEY: Fusion ages for sheep and goats
and Noddle (1974) respectively.
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(in
months)
AREA B
Stratum 15
The majority of the animal bones recovered from
Area Dl were found in this stratum (Table 1); 4174
unidentified bones and 1394 identifiable ones. The
densest concentration of animal bones was found in
a refuse dump (L. 450), some 2 meters thick, lying
east of a natural cave whose contents had previously
been excavated by Weill. Ariel; Hirschfeld; Savir
(forthcoming) have proposed that the cave was
utilized during the course of Stratum 15 and that
during this period, perhaps towards its end, the
contents of the cave were dumped outside, resulting
S/G
CATTLE
PIG
Fig. 55. Histogram of species represented in Area B.
in this enormous accumulation. Although some five
superimposed debris layers were noted in this
accumulation during excavation, there were no
indications of marked differences between them
and consequently they are treated here as a single
accumulation. Animal species represented in L. 450
an Early Bronze Age context (L. 126A, Strata 2019) which included some Chalcolithic material.
were, in order of predominance: ovicaprines, cattle,
pig, gazelle, dog, goose and partridge.
Once again ovicaprine remains predominated (one
A lighter-colored layer (L. 433 and L. 437)
adult and one immature animal), followed by cattle, overlay L. 450. These loci were poor in bone
the latter all bones from adult animals. Eight remains (only 6 identifiable bones) and conse-
unidentifiable bone fragments were also found here.
The Iron Age II sample is derived from two
strata: 14 and 12. The faunai remains from Stratum
quently contained remains of only a limited range
of species: ovicaprines and cattle.
Another large bone accumulation in Stratum 15
12 were found in a structure termed Building 130. was found in L. 447, a gray ashy deposit lying on
They included 12 bones of ovicaprines and cattle. bedrock to the north of the cave entrance. The
The remains from Stratum 14 were found in a
range of species found here was similar to that
structure that antedates Building 130. Here only
8
found
in L. 450: ovicaprines, cattle, deer, pig and
bones were identified, representing ovicaprinesgoose.
and
cattle (Fig. 55). All bones from these strata
Summarizing the data for Stratum 15 as a whole,
represent adult animals.
the vast majority of bones were those of sheep and
In Area B, a similar range of animal species is goats; cattle and several other species (dog, mounrepresented in all periods (Fig. 55). However, the tain gazelle, fallow deer and pig) were represented in
relative frequencies of the different species are small numbers (Fig. 56). Both the dog and the pig
difficult to assess due to the small sample sizes.
ArtfcA U 1
Area D1
An area of about 500 sq. m. was excavated in Area
Dl. Animal remains were primarily recovered from
three Iron Age strata, 15, 14 and 12, with the bulk
of the material deriving from a limited area (about
20 sq. m.) lying to the east of the entrance to a
natural cave (Stratum 15). In addition, some
material was recovered from Stratum 8, which
yielded only 3 unidentifiable bone fragments and
has been excluded from further analyses. Stratum 9
yielded a single ovicaprine astragalus, which has
been included in the strata totals.
S/G CATTLE DEER PIG GAZ EQUID DOG BIRD
Fig. 56. Histogram of species represented in Area Dl.
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represent immature animals. For ovicaprines, fore-
Stratum 14
and hindlimbs are represented in similar frequencies
Nearly 2000 bones were recovered from Stratum 14
in this area. Of these, 1269 were unidentifiable
(Fig. 57), while cranial remains dominate the
assemblage. For cattle a similar pattern is observed, fragments, while 669 (34%) were diagnostic as to
with cranial remains being the most numerous. species and bodypart. The deposits belonging to this
Examination of the data on bone fusion indicates an
strata comprise fill that may have originated higher
increase in the number of animals aged about 2up the hill.
years or older that were exploited in this period
Ovicaprines formed the predominant species in
(Table 2), relative to those aged 1 year or less. Therethe assemblage, followed by cattle. Other minor
is however a higher mortality of animals aged 1 year species represented were: donkey, fallow deer, dog
or less than is found in the other strata in this area.
(including one neonate), mountain gazelle (a male
Six ovicaprine bones, all from the ashy fill in L. animal) and a pig (Table 1 and Fig. 56). Bird species
447, were burnt. In addition, some 20 ovicaprine represented include goose and partridge (Chapter
bones from the stratum as a whole exhibited cut
X).
marks (2% of the identified assemblage). TheseThere is a difference in the relative representation
included: 4 atlas vertebrae (one of which has been
of ovicaprine and cattle bodyparts (Fig. 57): cattle
sawn in half), 5 astragali, a tibia shaft, 2 pelvis
elements are almost equally represented, while for
acetabulae and one pelvis fragment, 1 distal andovicaprines
2
feet and trunk elements are present in
proximal radii, a scapula blade, a distal scapula, lower
a
frequencies than limb and cranial bones. As
distal femur and a distal metacarpal. In addition,
regards the data for bone fusion (Table 2), there
cut marks were present on a pig distal radius and
a
appears
to have been selection for animals aged 24
months or older.
distal scapula of a cow.
Four ovicaprine bones, a goat horncore, two 1st
phalanges and a distal tibia were burnt, while 3
AREA D1
STRATUM 15
40 ^
HINDLIMB 27 7
OVICAPRINE CATTLE
ovicaprine distal scapulae exhibited marks resulting
from carnivore gnawing. Altogether 24 ovicaprine
bones (4% of identified sheep/goat material) had
cut marks: a proximal radius, 3 astragali, a proximal
femur, 2 pubis fragments, 2 proximal ulnae, 10
distal scapulae, 2 distal humeri, a distal femur, and a
distal tibia that had also been sawn in half. Only 2
cattle bones (2%), a proximal radius and a distal
tibia shaft, exhibited cut marks.
STRATUM 14
20
Stratum 12
Stratum 12 represents an extramural residential area
dating from the 8th century BCE. The meager
nature of the architectural remains do not facilitate
OVICAPRINE CATTLE
STRATUM 12
a detailed reconstruction of the layout of this area.
Of some 760 bones recovered, only 35% (265 bones)
were identifiable; the remaining 497 bones were
unidentifiable fragments. Most of the bones found
in this stratum are derived from a refuse pit (L. 317)
that contained 154 identifiable bones of ovicaprines,
cattle and pig.
For the stratum as a whole a broader range of
species were represented: primarily ovicaprines
followed by cattle, while pig, fallow deer, goose
and partridge are represented in low numbers
(Table 1 and Fig. 56).
Fig. 57. Pie diagram showing bodypart breakdown for
n'/mAPDiMP
nATTi
caprovines and cattle for Area Dl.
t=
Fusion data for ovicaprines are given in Table 2.
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There is no clearly discernible trend in age profiles,
AHfcA UZ
other than a tendency for animals to be slaughtered
over the age of 2 years. Larger sample sizes are
needed to assess the significance of this finding. The
bodypart breakdown for both sheep/goat and cattle
is given in Fig. 57. For sheep/goat the forelimb is
the most frequently represented, while for cattle
cranial remains predominate. Very few trunk
elements are present for either species, indicating
that the remains are mainly of limb bones. Seven
ovicaprine bones were burnt and 2 were cut: a distal
humerus and a proximal radius. In addition cut
marks were present on a cow distal humerus.
20
0 K i i i i ^ i i i ' ^ 3IRD
20-21 20 17-20 10 14 12-14 13 12-13 12 9 7
STB ATA
Summary of Area D1
The Iron Age II strata (12 and 14) showed
Fig. 58. Histogram of species represented in Area D2.
similarities in the range and relative frequencies of
animals exploited (Fig. 56). In both strata, ovica-
prines represented about 80% of the remains and
identifiable bones from these periods, representing
cattle about 16%, while deer and pig comprised less
ovicaprines, cattle and pig, were recovered (Table
than 4%. Stratum 14 does, however, contain
1). In Stratum 20, only 3 cattle bones were found,
remains of gazelle and equid, which are absent inone of which was cut. A similarly small sample of 5
the Stratum 12 assemblage. This may however beidentified bones was recovered from Strata 20-17,
due to the larger sample of identifiable materialspanning the Early and Middle Bronze Ages: 4 of
from Stratum 14 (669 bones as opposed to 265sheep/goat and 1 of cattle. In L. 1891, dated to the
identifiable bones in Stratum 12).
Late Bronze Age (Stratum 16), 34 identifiable bones
When compared to the Iron Age II material, theand 47 unidentifiable fragments were found. Some
Iron Age I assemblage (Stratum 15) contains a70% (25 bones) represented ovicaprines, while the
lower frequency of cattle, while the same range of
remaining 9 bones (30%) were of cattle (Table 1 and
wild animal species is found as in Stratum 14. NoFig. 58). Bodypart breakdown for ovicaprines (Fig.
equid remains were present in this stratum. Ovica59) indicates the presence of few trunk or feet bones.
prines are present in roughly the same frequency as
in the subsequent period.
Area D2
Iron Age II
The Iron II deposits in this area lie outside the city
wall. Strata 14-12 are also represented by small
rather poorly preserved samples (Table 1). Stratum
14 contained 38 unidentifiable bones and 17
In this area, faunai remains from the Chalcolithic
through Hellenistic periods were excavated.identifiable
Unones, 16 of which were ovicaprine and
fortunately, only very small bone samples derived
1 cattle. One of the ovicaprine bones was burnt.
Stratum 13 was likewise represented by only 21
from each stratum. Consequently, only species
identifiable bones that included remains of ovicafrequencies were calculated for most of the strata
prines, cattle, pig and fallow deer (Fig. 58). One of
(Fig. 58) and no age breakdown is given. The
bodypart breakdown is for ovicaprines only, and the ovicaprine bones was burnt and 2 humeri shafts
reflects overall trends in element representation. had cut marks. Strata 13-12 contained 39 unidentiThese results should be treated with caution due to
fiable fragments and 40 identifiable ones, represent-
the small sample sizes.
ing ovicaprines, cattle and bird.
A larger bone sample was present in Stratum 12,
with 115 identifiable and 181 non-diagnostic bones.
Chalcolithic-Early Bronze Age
As in Area B, a small sample of Chalcolithic-Early
This assemblage was dominated by ovicaprines,
Bronze Age fauna (Strata 21-20) was excavated here
followed by cattle. Isolated bones of an equid and a
from pits dug into the bedrock. Altogether 17
small-sized cat, probably a wild species, were also
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AREA D2
STRATUM 16 STRATUM 12-14
bones), representing an MNI of one animal each
(Table 1).
In Area D2, two phases of the Hellenistic period
Ü 4 " 36 "
STRATUM 12-13 STRATUM 12
(Stratum 7) were identified according to the
provisional framework established by Shiloh
(1984: 3): Stratum 7B dating from the end of the
2nd century to the 1st century BCE and Stratum 7 A
dating from the 1st century up to 37 BCE. Until the
full analysis of these phases in Area D2 is complete,
this breakdown should be viewed as tentative.
Stratum 7B contained a small identifiable sample
of 29 bones, with ovicaprine, cattle and gazelle
5
STRATUM 9 STRATUM 7
remains. Only 15 identifiable bones were recovered
from Stratum 7A, representing ovicaprines, cattle,
cat (possibly wild cat) and dog (Fig. 58). When
pooled, the two phases of Stratum 7 yields an
interestingly wide range of species despite the small
sample size.
The ovicaprine bodypart breakdown for the two
Hellenistic phases is similar, with quite high
numbers of trunk elements and low numbers of
A
A
1
Fig. 59. Pie diagram showing bodypart breakdown for
caprovines in Area D2.
present. Three ovicaprine bones had been cut: 2
foot and cranial remains (Fig. 59). When pooled,
this picture is similar to that found in Stratum 12
but contrasts with that observed in the other Iron
Age II strata from this area. Stratum 7 contains
almost equal frequencies of all elements, with the
exception of foot bones, which are represented in
low numbers. In contrast, the Iron Age strata are
distal humeri and a distal metacarpus (the latter had
rich in fore- and hindlimbs and poor in trunk
also been gnawed by a carnivore, as evidenced by
elements.
pits and puncture marks on the shaft). In addition 2
cattle bones exhibited cut marks: a proximal
humerus and a pelvic fragment. Strata 14-12 yielded
97 unidentifiable bones and 46 identifiable ones
Summary of Area D2
Despite the limitations imposed by the small size of
the samples recovered from this area, it is evident
that
sheep and goat remains predominate in all
representing sheep/goat and cattle (Table 1 and
Fig.
strata,
58). At least 2 ovicaprines were represented, one
of followed by cattle (Fig. 58). A broad range of
other species, such as pig, deer, gazelle and
which was immature.
carnivores, is represented, though in low numbers.
The Iron Age II deposits in this area are
Bird remains form a prominent component of the
dominated by ovicaprines and cattle, with isolated
finds of deer, pig, donkey and a wild cat (Fig. 58).Hellenistic Stratum 7 (Chapter X). Although small,
This corroborates the picture found elsewhere at the the Chalcolithic-Early Bronze Age sample resembles
site for contemporaneous layers. The bodypart
that recovered from Area B.
breakdown for ovicaprines (Fig. 59) is similar for
all phases of this period, displaying a high proportion of both fore- and hindlimbs relative to trunk
Area H
Area H lies on the eastern slope of Mount Zion,
near the Siloam Pool (Fig. 52). The animal remains
Persian-Hellenistic
recovered from this area date from the Early
Roman period (Stratum 6).
A small collection of bones from the Persian period
and foot elements, which are poor in meat.
(Stratum 9) was also found in Area D2; it containedA total of 366 bones was recovered from Area H.
Of these, 187 were unidentified fragments, 3 of
the remains of cattle (9 bones) and ovicaprines (27
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which were burnt. Ovicaprines (including at least
one sheep and one goat) were once again the major
species represented, followed by cattle (Table 1 and
Fig. 60). Remains of both chicken and goose, as well
Area K
Almost all the animal remains recovered from this
area are from fills dating from the Early Roman
as fish remains (Nile perch; Lernau and Lernau
period (Stratum 6) and the Byzantine period
1992), were identified. At least 2 of the ovicaprines
were immature animals, while all the cattle remains
(Stratum 3). Although the Byzantine period at the
were from adult animals. One ovicaprine and 2
Magness 1992), the small size of the faunai sample
recovered from Area K did not justify the use of
these phase distinctions.
Of the 59 bones found in this area, 21 were
cattle bones were burnt, while 9 ovicaprine bones
and 2 cattle bones had cut marks.
site has been subdivided into phases (Ariel and
unidentifiable fragments. Remains of ovicaprines
were the most numerous, with other species, cattle,
donkey, dog and cat (possibly wild), represented in
lower frequencies. In addition, remains of chicken
AREA H
%/'
100 Y
and partridge (Chapter X) and a shark or ray
(Lernau and Lernau 1992) were found (Table 1 and
80-
...
Fig. 62). At least one of the ovicaprines was
immature, and at least one goat and one sheep
a
were represented in this assemblage. Two of the
ovicaprine bones were burnt. The cattle remains, all
found in a cistern fill, are from an immature animal.
/
/STRATUM
0^
S/n HAT TI F RI Rn F I RH
6
Only the ovicaprine sample was large enough to
permit a breakdown of bodyparts (Fig. 63). Interestingly, hindlimb elements are the most numerous,
while trunk elements are present in very low
Fig. 60. Histogram of species represented in Area H. frequencies. This suggests that prime meat-bearing
elements are mainly represented here.
Fig. 61 gives the bodypart breakdowns for
DISCUSSION
ovicaprines and cattle. In both species trunk
elements are the most numerous, followed by
The long chronological sequence at the site provid
an almost uninterrupted series with which t
cranial elements. Both these bodyparts are freevaluate changing subsistence patterns agains
quently discarded as butchery offal; their high
representation may be related to the fact that most
of the deposits in this area are fills. Fore- and
hindlimbs are present in almost identical amounts
for both species.
% /I
AREA K
oo -f
Ant A n
STRATUM 6
FEET
26
9
OVICAPRINE CATTLE
J^ļļļļļj
o
-
i
S/G CATTLE EQUID GARNV BIRD FISH
Fig. 62. Histogram showing species represented in
Fig. 61. Pie diagram showing bodypart breakdown for
Area K.
caprovines and cattle in Area H.
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quency of ovicaprines and higher frequency of
AREA K
STRATUM 3
cattle. Other species show some variation: isolated
remains of pig and gazelle are present in both the
Iron Age strata but are absent in the Early Roman
period; deer, equids and carnivores are present in all
three periods but in low frequencies. A further
difference is the increase in the consumption of
birds in the Early Roman period relative to the Iron
Age II (Chapter X).
F^7 T
S/G
Fig. 63. Pie diagram showing bodypart breakdown for
caprovines in Area K.
On the basis of condylar index estimates for the
metatarsal and the metacarpal of adult (fully fused)
animals (Boessneck 1969), it was possible to assess
the numbers of sheep versus goats at the site. In
order to increase the size of the data set, material
from the same stratum from the different areas was
pooled (Table 4). With the exception of the Iron
changes in environment, site size and role, the size,
density and cultural affinity of the population, and
Age I deposits (Stratum 15), in which there is a
trend for more goats to be represented than sheep,
Areas G and E. Moreover, certain periods poorly
represented in the material studied here are well
all other strata contain an equal number of sheep
and goats.
The age profiles for animals at the site, based on
bone fusion rates, are incomplete for the entire
chronological sequence due to small sample sizes in
some periods. Similarly, only data for ovicaprines
represented in these latter areas.
It is interesting to note that despite the long time
provide a large enough corpus of data. In general
historical events. However, only some preliminary
conclusions will be given on the basis of the material
presented here, as significantly larger samples will
be available with the publication of the fauna from
sequence represented at the City of David, the
species represented show little change. In all periods
and in all six areas studied here, domestic animals,
especially sheep (Ovis aries) and goats ( Capra
hircus), were the animals most commonly exploited
in all periods, followed by cattle ( Bos taurus). Other
species, such as pig (Sus scrofa ), donkey (Equus
asinus) and dog (Canis familiaris ), were present, but
comprise only a minor component of the assemblage in any period (Table 3).
Wild mammalian species represented at the site
included mountain gazelle (Gazella gazella), fallow
deer (Dama mesopotamica) and an unidentified
species of cat, probably wild (Felis sp.) (Table 3).
In addition, remains of fish (Lernau and Lernau
1992) and birds (Chapter X) were recovered.
Table 3 presents the relative proportions of the
main mammalian species identified at the site by
period. Only the trends reflected in the larger
samples, namely Early Roman (Stratum 6), Iron
Age II (Stratum 14) and Iron Age I (Stratum 15),
have been given, as none of the other species
(Fig. 64), there appears to be a peak in the
exploitation of ovicaprines over the age of 2.5
years. In the Early Roman period, some 50% of the
animals had been slaughtered by 36 months, while
in the Iron Age I and II a lower frequency (circa
40%) of animals had been slaughtered by this age.
Dental attrition data based on Payne's wear stages
(Payne 1973) indicates a similar trend (stage E), but
the sample sizes for each period are small.
In both Areas A and H, the Early Roman period
(Stratum 6) shows a similar pattern of bodypart
breakdown, with all elements represented for
ovicaprines in almost equal amounts. In contrast,
cattle are represented by high quantities of trunk
and cranial elements. This patterning contrasts with
that observed for the Iron Age I and II strata, in
which a more even distribution of elements is
observed. There are however many differences in
patterning between the Iron Age strata, and
consequently there is no distinct pattern of element
will be addressed. The Iron Age I and II assem-
representation in the Iron Age. This may be related
to spatial variation in activities between areas and
blages are almost identical in the range and relative
strata.
frequency of species represented. In contrast, the
Early Roman assemblage contains a lower fre-
Taking into account all the features mentioned
above, it is pertinent to ask whether we may talk of
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Table 3. Mammalian species representation by period (all areas combined).
Species Sheep I Goat Cattle Pig Deer Gazelle Equid Dog Cat Total
N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N % Bones
Byzantine
(4th-7th cent. CE)
Str.
3
18
56
2
6.5
Early
Roman
BCE-70
CE)
(37
Str.
6
688
69.4
284
29
-
-
7
-
-
1
-
-
1
0.1
5
0.5
-
2
4
-
985
Hellenistic
(2nd- 1st cent. BCE)
Str.
7
28
64
10
23
-
-
1
2
-
-
1
8
44
Persian
(6th-4th cent. BCE)
Str.
9
27
75
9
25
Iron II
(8th cent. BCE)
Str. 12 309 77.5 82 21 2 0.5 1 0.25 1 0.25 1 0.25 - - 1 0.25 397
Iron II
(9th cent. BCE)
Str.
13
17
80.5
2
9.5
1
5
1
5
-
-
Iron II
(9th-8th cent. BCE)
Strata
12-13
26
66
13
34
Iron II
(10th cent. BCE)
Str. 14 574 85 99 14 1 0.1 2 0.25 1 0.1 2 0.25 2 0.25 - - 681
Iron II
(10th-8th cent. BCE)
Str.
12-14
36
78
9
19.5
Iron I
(12th- 11th cent. BCE)
Str. 15 1226 88 139 10 3 0.2 3 0.2 4 0.2 - - 15 1.4 - - 1390
Late Bronze II
(14th- 13th cent. BCE)
Str.
16
25
74
9
26
-
-
Early
Bronz
(30th-29th
(?
Str.
20-19
28
58
16
33
4
9
Chalcolithic
(4th mill. BCE)
Str.
21
16
64
7
28
2
8
a
significan
smalle
tion
patter
recov
and
Early
R
repres
of
necessity
rare
t
the
samples
that
m
collection which
has introduced an additional bias.
some
1400
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Table 4. Numbers of sheep and goat represented.
Based on condylar indices (Boessneck 1969).
Area
Goat
Sheep
Less than 63% More than 63%
Area Al Metacarpal 5 9
(Str. 6) Metatarsal 7 9
Area D1 Metacarpal 8 1
(Str. 12) Metatarsal 1 3
Area D1 Metacarpal 3 3
(Str. 14) Metatarsal 1 2
patterns). This is corroborated by the presence of all
bone elements in almost equal numbers, as well as
the relatively high frequency of cattle in this period.
In contrast, the Iron Age reflects a broader
spectrum of fauna (both wild and domestic),
ovicaprines appear to have been kept into adulthood, possibly for secondary product exploitation,
while considerable variation is evident in the
representation of bodyparts from the different
strata. It is interesting to note that no marked
differences are evident between the Iron Age I and
II levels at the site, despite distinct differences in
Area D1 Metacarpal 7 2
(Str. 15) Metatarsal 2 1
settlement size and role.
Area D2 Metacarpal 1 1
(Str. 12) Metatarsal 1 2
In conclusion, it is proposed that the Iron Age
assemblage from the City of David conforms to the
Area
expected patterning of a site involved in the primary
D2
Metatarsal
-
1
production of food through hunting or herding. In
contrast, the Early Roman period conforms more
(Str. 12-14)
Area D2 Metatarsal 1
(Str. 12-13)
Area
D2
Metatarsal
-
1
(Str. 16)
closely to a consumption oriented economy (perhaps a market system), with a higher frequency of
animals exploited for meat but a generally narrower
variety of food sources.
Area K Metacarpal 1
(Str. 3)
Area H Metacarpal 2 1
(Str. 3) Metatarsal 1 2
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
My special gratitude is due to the excavator of t
site, the late Prof. Yigal Shiloh, who entrusted t
analysis of the fauna from the site to my care a
BONE BW"L FUS « ON
who provided me with unflagging support a
UNFUSED BW"L «
assistance in all aspects of this study. I would a
like to extend my thanks to all the members of
City of David excavation team, especially Donal
T. Ariel, Alon De Groot, Jane Cahill, David Tari
and Yair Shoham, for their help over the years;
Mrs. Tami Shiloh for her encouragement and he
40
and to Prof. Eitan Tchernov for his advice and
20
assistance in all faunai matters.
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o'
0
MONTHS
12
24
36
42
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APPENDIX: LIST OF ANIMAL BONES BY AREA, LOCUS AND STRATUM
Area
Locus
Stratum
Context
Species
N
Bones
Al 1 6 Pottery dump S/G,C,E,D,DG,B,FH 863
B 110 12 Fill to floor surface? S/G 4
B
114B
14A
Floor
S/G
1
B
117
14
Floor
S/G
4
B
121
14B
Fill
C
3
B 126A 20-19 Accumulation S/G,C 31
B
131
12
Installation
S/G,C
8
B 136 21 Accumulation S/G,C,P 25
D1 317 12 Pit fill S/G,C,P 154
D1
426
14
Pit
S/G,C,P,DG
25
D1
431
12
Dumps
S/G,C
21
D1 432 14 Fill S/G,C,D,DG,E,G,B 644
D1
433
15
Fill
S/G,C
4
D1
437
15
Pit
fill
S/G
2
D1
446
12
Fill
B
1
D1 447 15 Pit fill S/G,C,D,P,B 222
D1 450 15 Fill S/G,C,P,G,DG,B 1166
D1 456 12 Stone collapse S/G,C 6
D1
468
12
Floor
S/G
1
D1
469
12
Floor
S/G,B
6
D1
471
12
Fill
S/G,C,D
56
D1
477
12
Fill
S/G
20
D2
1876
D2
12
Fill
1882
north
12
of
W.
Stone
809
fill
S/G,C
CT
7
1
D2
1885
12
Floor
S/G,C
5
D2 1886 9 Stone collapse S/G 5
D2 1888 12 Pavement S/G,C 12
D2 1889 9 Stone collapse S/G,C 7
D2 1890 12 Fill north of W. 809 S/G,C 7
D2 1891 16 Earth layer on top of pits S/G,C,E 34
D2
1892
12
Floor
S/G,C
8
D2
1895
12
Floor
S/G,C
12
D2 1896 13-12 Fill to bedrock S/G,C,B 40
D2 2301 12 Test pit in fill S/G,C 8
D2 2334 14-12 Fill under floor S/G,C,B 46
D2 2336 7B Collapse inside columbarium B 4
D2
2347
14
Fill
S/G,C
5
D2
2354
14
Fill
•
S/G
9
D2
2357
14
Rubble
S/G
3
D2
2703
7B
Terrace
fill
C,G
2
D2
2708
12
Floor
S/G,C,B
24
D2 2711 7B Terrace fill S/G,C,B 18
D2 2713 12 Pit in bedrock S/G 3
D2 2715 7B Terrace fill S/G,C,B 6
D2
2720
20
Pit
in
bedrock
C
3
D2 2722 7 Earth fill on floor S/G,C,CT,D,B 16
D2 2728 21-20 Pit in bedrock S/G 2
D2 2751 12 Fill to floor S/G,C,E 9
D2 2753 12 Fill to floor S/G,C 3
D2 2755 9 Stone collapse S/G,C 7
D2 2758 12 Round installation S/G 7
D2 2763 21-20 Earth layer and gravel S/G,C,P 15
D2
2767
12
Floor
S/G,C
6
D2
2774
12
Collapse
S/G
3
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Area
Locus
Stratum
Context
Species
N
Bones
D2 2778 9 Foundation trench S/G,C 12
D2 2779 9 Stone fill in columbarium S/G 5
D2 2782 7B Terrace fill S/G,C 5
D2 2789 13 Fill between walls S/G,C,D,P 21
H 1012 6 Stone collapse of 70 CE S/G,C,B 25
H
101
3B
6
Fill
S/G,C
32
H 1017 6 Stone collapse of 70 CE S/G,C,B,FH 64
H
1022B
6
Floor
S/G
8
H 1023 6 Stone collapse of 70 CE S/G 7
H
1024
6
Floor
S/G,C
30
H
1025
H
H
6
1031
1042
6
Cistern
6
Street
Destruction
C
C
S/G
3
4
6
K
2212
IIIA2
Fill
S/G
1
K
2220
UIC
Fill
S/G
4
K 2237 IIIE Cistern fill S/G,C,B 9
K 2242A HIB Stone collapse S/G 3
K
2243
IIIA
Fill
S/G,
E
5
K
K
2246A
2254A
IIIB2
IIIA2
Fill
Fill
FH
DG,CT,B
1
5
K
2254B
HIB
Fill
S/G
1
K
2255
HIB
Fill
S/G
3
K
2258
HIB
Fill
S/G,
CT
2
K
2264
6
Cistern
fill
S/G,C
5
KEY: B = Bird; C = Cattle; CM = Camel; CT = Cat; D = Deer; DG = Dog; E = Equid; F = Fox; FH = Fish;
G = Gazelle; P = Pig; S/G = Sheep/Goat.
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CONCORDANCE
Donald T. Ariel
Israel Antiquities Authority
This concordance provides an area/locus/registration number listing of all objects noted individually in t
City of David Final Reports, Vol. III (De Groot and Ariel 1993 = Qedem 33) and the present volume, thu
continuing the cross-referencing of published finds found in the concordance in Vol. II (Ariel 1990 = Qedem
30). For objects noted in Vols. III-IV but originally published in Vol. II, reference is made to the publicati
in Vol. II.
Besides the value of the organization by archaeological context of objects published by category, a major
additional element in these lists is that they provide Israel Antiquities Authority numbers for objects that have
been registered, thus allowing examination of them in their permanent storage location. This concordance does
not include references to finds noted only in the indexes of loci found in Vol. Ill, unless these items have
received IAA numbers.
As stated in the preface to Vol. II (p. XII), the locus lists that appear after the stratigraphical reports are to
be considered the ultimate arbiter of stratigraphical designations. In cases where data for objects (locus or
stratum designations) were given in error in Vol. Ill, or have subsequently been refined, an asterisk appears
after the corrected datum. The refinements in stratum designation are generally slight and do not change the
objects' stratum designation per se , but rather their phasing within the stratum.
Reference for Vols. II and III is to volume and page number or to figure/plate number. In Vol. IV, where
objects are presented in catalogue or tabular form, the reader is referred to the respective catalogue; no page
reference to the primary presentation is given, and page numbers refer only to items that are studied in
Appendices B-D in Chapter II and Appendix B in Chapter IV. When an item appears in a figure, the figure
reference is given. Plate or photograph references are given for objects that are illustrated only in photographs.
The categories of the objects are abbreviated as follows: BD: beads and pendants; BI: bone and ivory (with
catalogue number); BR: botanical remains; C: coins (with catalogue number); FB: fish bones (with catalogue
number); FG: ceramic figurines (with type number); FL: flints; GL: glass (with catalogue number); GM:
gems; HS: chalk vessels (with type number); IN: inscriptions; LW: loomweights and spindle whorls (with
type number); ML: molluscs; MT: metals; POT: pottery; ST: stones; W: weights (with catalogue number).
Locus Reg. No. Str. Cat. /Type IAA No. Vol. /Page
AREA Al
Locus Reg. No. Str. Cat. /Type IAA No. Vol. /Page
1
62/6
1
68/8
6
6
HS
HS
l.a.i.I
III
272
l.b.i
III
272
Surf. 12/2 0 HS 2. a. iv? III 272
1 69/9 6 HS l.a.i.F? III 272
Surf. 227 lì 0 HS l.a.i.A? III 273
1 83/1 6 HS 2.a.v 86-593 III 272
Surf. 227/2 0 HS l.a.i.I III 273
1 83/2 6 HS l.a.i.J 86-1643 III Fig. 16:10
1 83/3 6 HS l.a.iii.E III Fig. 17:5
?
?
?
1 21/1
1 21/2 6
1 21/3 6
1 21/4
HS
l.a.i.I
III
273
6 HS l.a.i.J m Fig. 16:14
HS l.a.i.J 86-1646 III Fig. 16:9
HS l.a.i.I 86-1649 III Fig. 16:3
6 HS l.a.i.D III Fig. 15:5
1
22
6
1
41/3
HS
6
l.a.i.F?
HS
l.a.i.I
III
272
m
272
1 62/5 6 HS l.a.i.B 95-2151 in Fig. 15:2
1 83/4 6 HS 2.a.i/ii III 272
1
1
1
83/5
98
98
6
6
6
HS
l.a.i.I
ML
HS
m
III
l.a.i.J
272
126
III
272
1 108/1 6 LWB61 95-3595 IV Fig. 22:11
1 108/2 6 HS l.a.vi.B III Fig. 17:19
1 108/3 6 HS l.a.i.I III Fig. 16:2
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1 108/4 6 HS l.a.vi.B 95-2171 ffl Fig. 17:25
1 108/5 6 HS l.a.i.I 86-1645 III Fig. 16:5
1 108/6 6 HSl.a.v 95-2160 III Fig. 17:12
1 108/7 6 HS l.a.i.I III Fig. 16:6
1 108/8 6 HS l.a.i.v III Fig. 17:9
1
112
6
ML
III
126
1 113/1 6 HS l.a.i.I III 272
1 113/2 6 HS l.a.i.J III 272
Locus Reg. No. Str. Cat. /Type IAA No. Vol. /Page
1
210
6
ML
III
126
1 211/3 6 HS 2.b.ii 86-1682 III Fig. 21:2
1 211/4 6 HS l.a.i.K III Fig. 16:19
1 211/5 6 HS l.a.i.F III Fig. 15:19
1 229/4 6 HS l.a.i.I III Fig. 16:4
1 230/2 6 HS l.a.i.J 86-1648 III Fig. 16:12
1 230/3 6 HS l.a.i.J III 273
1
230/4
6
HSl.a.i.D
III
273
1 120/1 6 HS l.a.i.J III Fig. 16:8
1 251/1 6 HS l.a.iii.B 86-1683 III Fig. 17:2
1 120/3 6 HS 2. a. ii. A. 3 III 272
1 251/3 6 HS l.b.il 95-2769 III Fig. 19:2
1 120/2 6 HS l.a.i.F III Fig. 15:14
1 124/1 6 HSl.a.ii III Fig. 16:20
1 251/2 6 HS l.a.i.F III Fig. 15:22
1 251/4 6 HS l.a.i.I III 273
1 124/2 6 HS l.a.i.I 86-1647 III 272
1 251/5 6 HS l.a.i.J III 273
1 124/3 6 HSl.a.i.H III 272
1 264/3 6 HS l.a.vi.B 95-2163 III Fig. 17:16
1 124/4 6 HS l.a.i.I III 272
1
1
1
1
139/6 6 HSl.a.i.D III Fig. 15:6
139/7 6 HS l.a.i.J III Fig. 16:13
139/8 6 HS l.a.i.J III Fig. 16:11
139/10 6 HS l.a.i.J III Fig. 16:7
1 139/11 6 HS2.a.i/ii III 272
1 139/12 6 HS 2. a. ii. A. 3 III 272
1 142/1 6 HS 2.a.i.B III Fig. 20:6
1 142/2 6 HS l.a.vi.B 95-2162 III Fig. 17:15
1 264/4 6 HS l.a.i.F III Fig. 15:18
1 264/5 6 HS l.a.i.I III 273
1 280/3 6 HS l.a.iii. F 95-2159 III Fig. 17:6
1 280/4 6 HSl.a.ii III Fig. 16:24
1 280/5 6 HS 2.a.iv 86-591 III Fig. 20:16
1 291/2 6 HS l.a.i.I III 273
1 291/3 6 HS l.a.i.E III Fig. 15:8
1 296 6 HS 2.a.iv 86-592 III Fig. 20:15
1
297/6
6
HS
2.a.v
III
1 142/3 6 HS l.a.i.J III 272
1
645/2
6
HSl.a.ii?
III
1 143/7 6 HS l.a.i.A 95-2150 III Fig. 15:1
1
-
1
143/8
1
6
147
HS
6
l.a.i.I
ML
III
III
6
Stone
272
125
1
155
6
FB
203
III
143
1
155
6
FB
204
III
143
basin
left
in
273
273
III
1
6
field
4 44 2 POT III Fig. 13:4;
III 11
4 50/1 2 POT III Fig. 13:3
1
155
6
FB
205
III
143
1
155
6
FB
206
III
143
1
155
6
FB
207
III
143
1
155
6
FB
208
III
143
13
1
155
6
FB
210
III
143
14 263/2 2 POT III Fig. 13:1;
1
155
6
FB
209
III
PI.
10:17
4 128 2 POT III Fig. 13:5;
III 11
13 171 1 POT III Fig. 13:2
671
1
ST
III 11
1 155 6 FB 238 III PI. 11:42-43
15 207/2 6 ST
1 155 6 FB 238 A III PL 1 1 :42-43
15 228/1 6 IN 29 86-2049 III 17
1 155 6 FB238B III PL 1 1 :42-43
15 271 6 C 196 22210 III 17
1 155 6 FB238C III PL 1 1 :42-43
16 262/2 6 HS l.a.i.F 86-1653 III Fig. 15:13
1 162/1 6 HS3.b? Ill Fig. 21:11
1 162/2 6 HS l.a.vi.B 95-2164 III Fig. 17:17
1 162/3 6 HS 2. a. iii. A III Fig. 20:12
1 162/4 6 HS2.b.iv 86-1644 III Fig. 21:4
1 162/5 6 HS l.a.i.J III 272
1 162/6 6 HS l.a.i.I III 272
1 162/7 6 HS l.a.i.I III 272
1 162/8 6 HS l.a.i.I III 272
17 229/1 6 HS l.a.i.F? III 273
17 285 6 C 197 22211 III 17
17 289/3 6 HS l.a.i.F III Fig. 15:11
17
298
6
HS
2.a.i.
III
273
17 299/2 6 HS l.b.i? III 273
17
604
6
ML
III
126
17 627/11 6 HSl.a.i.H III Fig. 16:1
1 162/10 6 HS l.a.i.J III 272
17 627/12 6 HS l.a.a.H III 273
17 628/1 6 C 198 22212 III 17
17 628/2 6 C 199 22213 III 17
1 162/11 6 HS l.a.i.J III 272
17 636 6 BI 196 86-2054 III 17
1 162/9 6 HS l.a.i.I III 272
1 162/12 6 HS2.a.ii.B III 272
19
1 162/13 6 HS2.a.v III 272
20 653/5 6 HS l.a.i.F III Fig. 15:15
1
1
162/14
165
6
6
HS
3.a
ML
III
III
272
126
670
6
ST
AREA A2
1 169/1 6 HS 2.a.i.A.l 86-1651 III Fig. 20:4
1 185/1 6 HS l.a.i.F III Fig. 15:12
1 185/2 6 HSl.a.ii III Fig. 16:21
31 719/1 3(6?) POT III Fig. 11:11
31 719/4 3(6?) POT III Fig. 11:10
1 185/4 6 HS l.a.i.J III 272
35 730/1 3 POT III Fig. 11:9
1 185/3 6 HS l.a.i.J III 272
1
186
6
ML
III
126
1 198/3 6 HS 2.a.i III Fig. 20:2
33
729
3
POT
III
33
AREA B
1 198/4 6 HS l.a.iii? III 272
1 198/5 6 HS l.a.i.J III 273
1 198/6 6 HS 2.a.i/ii III 273
1 206/7 6 HS 2.a.i III Fig. 20:5
1 206/8 6 HS l.a.i.F III 273
1 206/9 6 HS l.a.i.F III 273
477
0
ML
III
122
104 A 354/1 0* HS l.a.i.F III 273
111A 411 12 ST
1 1 1 A 411 12 W 40
111A 416 12 FGF IV Fig. 19:5
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111A 420 12 FGC 95-1764 IV Fig. 18:5
321 1167 7 FG B3hl
11 IB 439 12 FG B3hl
324 1105 7 HS l.a.iii 95-2146 m Fig. 14:10
11 IB 436 12 FG B3hl
114A 480 12 W 41 95-2646 IV Fig. 34:3
460
5
HS2.a.i
115
465
5
HS2.a.v
115
472
5
HS2.a.i
5
HS
HS2.b
III
272
327 1095 6 LW A3b
III
273
353 6569 6 ST
m
273
115 474/3 5 HSl.b.i ni 273
499
5
328 1140 9 FG B3a IV 88
352 6566 6 ST
III
115 474/2 5 HS 2.a.ii.B m 273
115
994
273
115 458 5 HS2.a.i/ii III 273
115
322
m
273
353
6581
6
HS
III
273
354 6571 12 FL IV Fig. 41:12
357 6599 12 FG B3hl
357 6630 12 ST
115 514 5 FG B3hl
360 6598 12 FG B3hl
115 520 5 FG B3c
360 6724 12 FG B3hl
122 561 7?-6 FG B3c
361 6605 9 FG A6a
122 587 7?-6 FG B2c
124 576 14B FG B3hl
361 6608 9 FG B3hl
128 567/2 12 ST
361 6617 9 ST
361 6643 9 ST
361 6647 9 FG B3c
365 6623 7 LW B3h 95-3619
128 567/3 12 ST
365 6665 7 FG A3a2 95-1727 IV Fig. 12:2
125 536 5 HS 2. a. i m Fig. 20:3
128 567/1 12 ST
128 568/1 12 ST
365 6799 7 FG B2b2
367 6664 12 FG B3a
128 568/2 12 ST
368 6652 9 BD 95-2376 IV Fig. 44:12
128 567/4 12 ST
128 15008 12 ST
129 362/1 0* HSl.b.i m Fig. 19:5
129 364/1 0 W 39 95-2629 IV Fig. 32:12
129
505
0
ST
129 516 0* HS l.a.i.F III 273
129
553
0
368 6668 9 FG B3c IV 88
370 6659 12 FG B3f
370 6736 12 FG B3hl IV 88
371 6678 12 FL IV Fig. 41:15
372
6679
12
BR
III
118
374B 6709 12 FG B2a 95-1747 IV Fig. 16:6
ST
130 584 12 ST
374B 6714 12 FG B3hl
132 596 12 ST
374B 6728/1 12 ST
375 12470 7 FG B2c
376 6715 12 FG B2e IV 96
376 6716 12 FG B3hl
AREA Dl
Surf. 6878 0 ML 95-2087 III 126
381 6756 12 FG B3c
381 6768 12 FG B3f
Surf. 12726 0 FG B3al 95-1758 IV Fig. 17:3
381 6774 12 FG B3hl
W. 189 13330 12 ML III 127
383 12473 9 FG B2c
Surf. 6635 0 LW A3e 95-3681
W. 187 13336 12 W 51
W. 526 13326 12 W 50 95-2647 IV Fig. 34:4
383 6718 9 FG B3hl
383 12507 9 FG A2al 86-407 IV Fig. 11:2
304 852 0 HS 2.a.i/ii ffl273
385 6747 12 FG B2e?
386 6793 12 FG B3a
306 806/5 0 HSl.b.i III 273
387 6751 12 FG B3g
W. 532 13325 12? FG B3c
309 833/1 0 HS l.a.i.C 95-2152 III Fig. 15:3
312 827/1 1 HS l.a.i.D III Fig. 15:4
316 871 12 FGBlfl 95-1744 IV Fig. 15:4
387 6757 12 ST
388 6773 12 FG B3c IV Fig. 17:12
395 6810 12 LW Alb
317 905 12 FGB1Í2 IV Fig. 15:8
395A 6812 12 FG B3hl
396 6796 12 FG B3c IV 96
398 6797 12 FG B3hl
408 6914 7A LW B5h 95-3620
317 927/6 12 FG D
413 6947 8-7 ST
317 929/1 12 FG B3hl
413 6954 8-7 LW B5h 95-3601 IV Fig. 22:18
316 883/1 12 LW A3b
317 864/1 12 FG B3g
317 892 12 FG B3a
317 944 12 FG B3hl
416 6964 9 LW B3h 95-3622
317 957 12 FG F IV Fig. 19:7
419 12624 12 W 43 95-2631 IV Fig. 32:14
419 12666 12 FG Ala 86-1849 IV Fig. 10:4
317 958/1 12 FG B3hl
317 964 12 FG B3c
317
974/16
12
ML
III
125
317 974/1-15 12 ML ffl 125
419 12686 12 BR
421 12436 7B FG A5a2
III 117
421 12467 7B ST
317 980 12 FG B3c
421 12527 7B ST
317 981 12 W 42 95-2630 IV Fig. 32:13
421 12554 7B FG B2a
317 984 12 FG B3f
421 12556 7B HS 3 95-2148 ffl Fig. 14:24
317 985 12 FG B2c
421 12573 7B FG B3f
317 1013 12 FG B3g
421 12725 7B LW B3h
317 1034 12 FG B3hl
422 6976 8 LW B5h 95-3621
317 1035 12 FG B3hl
317 1054 12 FG B3hl
422 6980 8 FG Bla 86-418 IV Fig. 14:5;
321 1166 7 FG B3c
422 7000 8 W 174
IV 85
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422 12414 8 LWB3c
422
12536
8
Locus Reg. No. Str. Cat. /Type IAA No. Vol. /Page
469 13305 12 FG B3a
ML
IH
122
469 13308/1 12 LW Alb 95-3609
422 12598 8 FG B3f
469 13308/2 12 LW Alb
422 12619 8 LW B5h
469 13308/3 12 LW Alb 95-3610
422 12621 8 FG A5a2
469 13308/4 12 LW Alb 95-3611
422 12642 8 W 173 IV Fig. 38:15
425 12486 12 FG B2c
469
13327
12
ML
HI
125
470
12771
12
ML
III
123
429 12579 12 W44
471 13316 12 FG B3hl
431 12633 12 W45
472 13334 14 BD 86^54 IV Fig. 44:4
472 13335 14 ST IV Fig. 30:12
431 12637 12 FG B3a
431 12683 12 FG B3f
472 13364 14 BD, GM 86-444 IV Fig. 42:1
431 12688 12 FG B3f
476 13368 12 ST
431 12750 12 FG B2c IV PI. 6:16
431 12754 12 FG A6a?
AREA D2
431 12791 12 LW B3h
432 12724 14 W 29 95-2623 IV Fig. 32:5
432 12748 14 FB 128 IH 142
433 12576 15 FG B3c IV Fig. 17:13
433 12762 15 FG A3f
434
13341
12
ML
IH
125
434
13347
12
ML
in
125
436 12711 12 FG B3b 95-1756 IV Fig. 17:1
436
12713
438
12752
12
8
ML
ML
m
III
124
Surf. 13705 0 FG B3hl
Surf. 20083 0 LW A3d 95-3623
Surf. 20124 0 FG B3hl
Surf. 20271 0 FG B3hl
Surf. 20796 0 ST
Surf. 21140 0 GM 86-318
Surf. 13823 0 W 193
S-W 13830 0 ST
125
W. 160 20049 8-7 FG A2a3
447 12776 15* FB 136 m 142
W. 163 20040 5 FG B3hl
448 12779 12 BD, GM 86-441 IV Fig. 42:5
450 13201 15 BD, GM 86-143 IV Fig. 42:7
1802 14059 7 FG B3hl
450
13202
15
ML
III
125
450
13226
15
ML
III
124
450 13251 15 FG El 95-1769 IV Fig. 18:11
450 13267 15 W 28 95-2622 IV Fig. 32:4
450
13277
15
ML
III
123
453 13209 12 LW Alq
456
13229
12
13231/1
456
13231/
ML
12
12
ML
ML
III
124
m
124
III
125
2-13
13865
0
HSl.a
14013
7B
ML
III
124
1818 13977 7B FG B3g?
1818 13998 7B FG A2g IV Fig. 11:13
1819 13965 7B FG Blfl
1819 13966 7B FG B2c 95-1752 IV Fig. 16:13
1819 14029 7B FG B3f
1827 14050 9 FG B3hl
456 13245 12 W 47 95-2632 IV Fig. 32:15
456 13266 12 W46 95-2633 IV Fig. 33:1
1831 14091 9 FG B3hl
1830 14030 9 FG B3cl
456 13269/1 12 LW Alb
1834 14073 12 FG B3f
456 13269/2 12 LW Alb
1834 14080 12 FG B2c
456 13269/3 12 LW Ale
1834 14081 12 FG B3d
456 13269/4 12 LW Alb
1834 14082/4 12 FG D
1834 14083 12 FG Ala
13271
272
1815 13957 7A GM 89-1147
456 13244 12 FG B3hl
456
III
1803 13959 6-5 W 189 IV Fig. 39:4
1804 13925 7 HS2.b 95-2147 III Fig. 14:22
1804 13928 7 FG B3g
1806(N) 13900 7A HS l.b in Fig. 14:19
1816
453 13363 12 FG Ala?
456
1801
12
ML
III
125
456 13281/1 12 LW Alb 95-3570 IV Fig. 21:4
456 13281/2 12 LW Ale IV Fig. 21:1
456 13281/3 12 LW Alq
456 13281/4 12 LW Alq
456 13281/5 12 LW Alq
456 13281/6 12 LW Alq
458 13214 12 FG E2 IV Fig. 19:3
460 13233 15 FB 130 III 142
1834 14087 12 FG B3hl
1834 14099 . 12 FG B3hl
1834 14102 12 FG B3hl
1834 14108 12 FG B3a
1836 14101 9 LW A3c 95-3612
1836 14116 9 LW A3c 95-3613
1836 14124 9 GM, BD
1836 14161 9 FG B2c
466 13242 15 FB 132 HI 142
1837 14134 9 FG Blfl
466 13242 15 FB 131 HI PI. 10:18
1844 14154 7B FG B2c?
466 13250 15 FB 133 III 142
1846 14159 12 FG B2c
466 13261 15 FB 134 III PI. 10:21
1850 13509 9? FG B3hl
468 13259 12 ST
1850 13523/2 9? HSl.a.iv in Fig. 14:13
468 13264 12 ST 95-2980 IV Fig. 28:4
468 13288 12 W 48 95-2634 IV Fig. 33:2
469 13292 12 BR m 117, 119
469 13293 12 FG B3hl
469 13295 12 LW Alb
469 13297 12 W49 95-2635 IV Fig. 33:3
469 13302 12 ST IV Fig. 25:9
469
13304
12
ML
III
123
1851 13514 9 ML
1856 20126 12-11? FG B3hl
1856 20175 12-11? FG B3hl
1856 20203 12-11? FG B3d
1859 13549 12 FG B3hl
III 124
1859 13580 12 W 52
1861 13548 0 FG B3hl
1861 13559 0 FG B3hl
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2323 20243 12 FG Ala IV 96
1861 13560 0 FG B3g
1861 13561 0 FG D
2323 20244 12 FG B3hl
1866 13591 9 FG B3hl
2323 20245 12 FG B3g
1868 13620 12 FG A5b
2323
20257
12
ML
III
123
1870 13590 9 FG A2bl 95-1725 IV Fig. 11:11
1873 13595 12-11 W 90 95-2663 IV Fig. 35:6
2323 20264 12 FG A2bl 86-1834 IV Fig. 11:9
1873 13598 12-11 FG B3c
2323 20274 12 FG Ala?
1876 13624 12 W 53 95-2636 IV Fig. 33:4
2323 20281 12 FG B3hl
1876 13686 12 ST
2323 20283 12 FG Ala
1876 13697 12 FG B2c
2323 20290 12 FG Blfl
1877 13643 9 FG B3e
2323 20291 12 FG B3hl
1873 13597 12-11 FG Blfl
2323 20260 12 FG B3hl
2323 20272 12 FG B3fl
1877 13672 9 W 149
2323 20302 12 FG B3d
1882 13644 12 FG B3c
2323 20337 12 FG B3f
1882 13658 12 FG A3a2 86-2030 IV Fig. 12:8
2323 20339 12 FG B2c 86-1903
1882 13660 12 FG A5a2
2323 20372 12 FG B3hl
1882 13667 12 FG A2g
2324 20202 12 FG B3g
1882 13781 12 FG B3c
2324 20235/1 12 FG B3hl
1884 13709 12 FG D
2324 20235/2 12 FG B3hl
1886 13707 9 FG B3c
2324 20258 12 FG B2c
2324 20214 12 FG B2c
1882 13743 12 FG Ala
1886 14173 9 FG B2c
2324 20259 12 FG B2c?
1887 13762 12 W 54 95-2648 IV Fig. 34:5
2325 20256 12 FG A2b2 86-1835 IV Fig. 11:10
1888 13529 12 FG B3a
2325 '20364 12 FG B3c
2326 20047 9 FG A6b IV Fig. 13:12
1888 13742 12 FG B3c
2326 20353 9 FG B3c
1888 14065 12 FG D
1888 14138 12 FG B3g
2327 20275 12 ST IV Fig. 25:4
1888 14141 12 FGE7/M
2332 20369 12 FG B3h2
1888 14143 12 FG B3hl
2334 20289 14- FB 138 III 142
1888 20176 12 FG B3fl
12(?)*
1890 13732 12 FG B3a IV 96
2334
20297
14-
ML
III
125
III
126
1891 13753 16 W 25 95-2643 IV Fig. 33:12
1892 13795 12 LW B3h 95-3591 IV Fig. 22:6
1896 14172 13 W 38 95-2628 IV Fig. 32:11
2335 20403 8-7B FG B3hl
2303 20216/35 12 ML III 127
2337
2306 20019 7 FG B3h2
2337 20352 12 FG A5a2 IV 96
2306 20038 7 LW A3b IV Fig. 21:24
2306 20067 7 LW B4n IV Fig. 22:21
2309 20093 12 FL IV Fig. 41:20
2337 20366 12 LW A5f 95-3589 IV Fig. 22:3
2309 20229/2 12 LW Alb
2357 20394 14 W 30 95-2624 IV Fig. 32:6
2309 20229/1 12 LW Alb 95-3571 IV Fig. 21:5
2309 20327 12 FG B2d 86-420 IV Fig. 15:11
2309 20357 12 ST 95-2984 IV Fig. 28:8
2310 20107 9 FG B3c
12(?)
2335 20410 8-7B FG B3hl
20351
12
ML
2337 20367 12 FG D
2339 13383 12 FG B3hl
2355 20512 7B FG B3e
2357 20396 14 ST
2357 20467 14 FL IV Fig. 41:18
2357 20485 14* HS l.a.ii III Fig. 14:7
2310 20150 9 FG B3hl
2701 20573 0 FG A5a2
2310 20206 9 FG B3hl
2701 20593 0 BD, GM
2701 20865 0 BD, GM 95-2357 IV Fig. 42:4
2311 20350 7 FG B2c
2701
2316 20122 9 FG B2a
2319 20156 12 FG B3a
2319 20157 12 FL IV Fig. 41:17
20954
0
ML
2703 20803 7B FG B3hl
2319 20228 12 FG B3hl
2705 20893/1 7B FG B3hl
2319 20231 12 FG B3hl
2705 20893/2 7B FG B3hl
2319 20237 12 FG M
2705 20990 7B FG B2c
2319 20333/1 12 FG D
2705 20996 7B FG B3hl
2319 20333/2 12 FG Ala
2707 20582 0 FG B3g
2321 20189 7B FG A3c
2707 20587 0 FG B2c
2708 20627 12 FG B2c
2321 20199 7B FG B3c
2708 20629 12 FG B3c
2321 20219 7B FG A5b IV 88
2711 20643 7B FG B3hl
2322 20205 7B FG B2c
2711 20677 7B FG B2c
2322 20223 7B FG B3hl
2711 20699 7B FG B3c
2322 20359/1 7B FG B3hl
2322 20359/2 7B FG B3hl
126
2703 20549 7B GM
2319 20165 12 FG B3cl
2321 20169 7B BD 95-2373 IV Fig. 44:5
III
2702 20652 0 FG A2g
2711
20795
7B
ML
III
127
2711 20801 7B FG B2c 95-1750 IV Fig. 16:11
2323 20197 12 FG B3c
2720 20666 12-11 FG B3c
2323 20224 12 FG B2c
2722 20777 7 FG B3c
2323 20242 12 FG Ala 86-1904 IV Fig. 10:5
2724 21095 8 ST IV Fig. 24:5
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Locus Reg. No. Str. Cat. /Type IAA No. Vol. /Page
2745 20888 8-7B W 176 IV Fig. 38:16
2745 20910 8-7B LW A5d 95-3584 IV Fig. 21:26
Surf. El /21 143 0 FG B3h2
2745 20983 8-7B W 175
Surf. El/21144 0 FG B3hl
Surf. El/? 0 FG B3a
2751 20975 12 FG B3c
Surf. E2/7378/2 0 ML III 126
2752 21065 12 FG B3hl
755 20974 9 FG B2c 86-1877
Surf. E2/12288 0 ST
2759 21017 8-7B FG B3a
Surf. E3/12856 0 HS 2.a. ii. B III 274
2759 21062 8-7B FG B2d 86-1889 IV Fig. 15:12
Surf. E3/15550 0 LW A3c
2761 21036 8 FG B3f
Surf. E3/15552 0 ML III 123
2765 21019 12 FG A5a2
Surf. E3/15554 0 BD, GM IV Fig. 43:5
Surf. E3/15554 0 BD 95-2374 IV Fig. 44:8
Surf. E2/7343/4 0 HS III 273
2765 21023 12 FG A6a IV 96
Surf. E3/15732 0 FG B3hl
2766 21064 12 FG A3c
2767 21011 12 FG B3c IV Fig. 17:11
Surf. E3/15796 0 LW B5h 95-3651
2772 21060 12 ST 95-2962 IV Fig. 24:2
03-N3 El /9081 7 ST
AREA E
W. 201 El /2770 5 FG B3c
Surf. El /2660 0 FG B3hl
W. 201 El /3227 5 FG B3f
2770
21075
7B
ML
III
124
Surf. E3/19189 0 BD 95-2370 IV Fig. 45:8
03-N3 El /9893 7 ST
W. 201 El/3178 5* HS l.b.i III Fig. 18:11
Surf. El/3123 0 FG D
W. 201 El /3247 5 FG A5a2
Surf. El/4125 0 FG B2c
W. 226 El /9634 11 ST
Surf. El /45 15 0 FG B3c
W. 241 El/16056 7 FG B2f IV PI. 6:17
Surf. El/5987/1 0 FG A5al IV Fig. 13:8
W. 248 El/5957 11 W 100 IV Fig. 35:12
W. 253 El /6260 0 W 195 IV Fig. 39:8
Surf. El /5987/1 0 FG B3hl
Surf. El /6010 0 FG B3a
W. 255
Surf. El/6039 0 LW B6k 95-3599 IV Fig. 22:15
Surf. El/6040 0 FG B3al 95-1761 IV Fig. 17:8
W. 257
Surf. El /6 127 0 LW A2c
W. 276 El /8563 0 FG B2c
W. 265 El /6223 0 FGBli 86-1847 IV Fig. 14:16;
IV 86
Surf. El /6042 0 FG B3f
W. 471 E3/7556 6 W 186 IV Fig. 39:3
Surf. El/6142 0 LW A3d
W. 656 El/16563 0 FG B3hl
Surf. El /61 53 0 FG B3hl
Surf. El/6158 0 W 194 IV Fig. 39:7
Surf. El/6159 0 LW A3d
W. 661 El/17035 18 GM
W. 658
W. 662 El/16684 0 LW B7h IV Fig. 22:17
Surf. El/6218 0 FG B3cl
Surf. El/6268 0 FG A2dl 86-411 IV Fig. 11:14
Surf. El /6307 0 FG B3c
432 E2/7261 12 ST
437 E2/7280 7 ST
Surf. El /6500 0 LW A3b
501 E2/1561 5 ST
Surf. El /7378/1 0 ML III 126
501 E2/1606 5 LW B5h
Surf. El /7500 0 FG A3c
501 E2/2794 5 FG B3hl
Surf. El/8584 0 HSl.a.vi.B III Fig. 17:22
503 E2*/1212 1 HS l.b.i III 273
Surf. El /8664 0 FG B3e
503 E2/1212 1 ST
Surf. El /8667 0 FG B3f
503 E2*/1568 1 BD 95-2372 IV Fig. 44:3
Surf. El/9013 0 W 196 IV Fig. 39:9
Surf. El /9103 0 FG A5b
503 E2*/1569 1 ML III 126
503 E2/1572 1 ST
Surf. El /9303 0 FG B3f
503 E2/1573/1 1 LW B5h 95-3624
Surf. El /9697 0 GM
Surf. El/9854 0 W 197 IV Fig. 39:10
503 E2/1 573/2 1 LW B5p 95-3606 IV Fig. 22:25
505 E2*/1261/ 5 HSl.b.ii III Fig. 22:2
Surf. El /11005 0 FG B3c
505 E2*/1261/ 5 HSl.a.i.G 95-2156 III Fig. 15:24
Surf. El /10891 0 FG B3hl
Surf. El/11105 0 FG A5al
1
4
505 E2/1363 5 LW A3d 95-3625
Surf. El /11360 0 FG B2c
Surf. El/12618 0 FG B3c
506 El /1221 /3 5 HS l.b.i III 273
Surf. El/15547 0 FG A3e 86-1860 IV Fig. 12:14
Surf. El/16001 0 FG B2b2 86-414 IV Fig. 16:2
510 E2/1226/1 5 FG B2c
Surf. El/16132 0 FG B3hl
510 E2*/1288/ 5 HS2.a.ii.A.l III Fig. 20:7
Surf. El/16058 0 FG A5b
Surf. El/16132 0 FG B3h2
510 E2*/1288/ 5 HS l.a.i.E? III 273
4
4
Surf. El/17014 0 FG B3c
510 E2/1341 5 FG B3e
Surf. El/19035 0 FG A2c 95-1724 IV Fig. 11:5
Surf. El/19275 0 FG Bll 86-1886 IV Fig. 14:12;
510 E2*/1594 5 ML III 124
510 E2*/1596/ 5 ML III 126
Surf. El/19292 0 FG B3hl IV 88
510 E2*/1596/ 5 ML III 126
IV 86
1
2
Surf. El/20125 0 FG B2c
510 E2*/1607 5 HS l.b.i III Fig. 18:12
Surf. El /20358 0 FG B2c
Surf. El /20526 0 FG A5al
510 E2/1633 5 ST
Surf. El/21139 0 FG B3hl
510 E2/1645 5 FG B2c
Surf. El /21 142 0 FG B3hl
516 El/1296 5 HS l.a.i.A? III 273
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Locus Reg. No. Str. Cat. /Type IAA No. Vol. /Page
517 El/1232/1 5 HS2.a.ii.A.2 III Fig. 20:8
544 E2/1 960/1 11 FG A5a2
517
El/1260
5
ML
III
126
517
El/1367
5
ML
III
127
5
ML
III
126
ML
III
126
ML
III
127
517
El/1540
517
El
517
El/1620
/1542
5
5
519 E2*/1357/l 7-6* HS 2.b.ii III Fig. 21:1
1
544 E2/1980 11 FG A5a2
544 E2/1997 11 FG A3c IV 88
544 E2/1998 11 FG C IV Fig. 18:3
544 E2/1999 11 FG B2c
544 E2/2603 11 LW A3b
544 E2/2604 11 FG A5a2 IV Fig. 13:5
544 E2/2612 11 FG B3hl
519 E2*/1488/ 7-6* HS l.b.i III Fig. 18:6
544 E2/2613 11 FG A5a2
519 E2*/1557/ 7-6* HS2.a.ii.A.3 III Fig. 20:9
544 E2/2615 11 FG B3hl
519 E2/1581 7-6 FG B3c
544 E2/2617 11 FG B3g
11
11
519 E2*/1603/ 7-6* HS 2.a.ii.B III Fig. 20:10
13
519 E2/1635 7-6 W 179 IV Fig. 38:17
544 E2/2614 11 FG A6a IV Fig. 13:13
544 E2/2616 11 FG B3hl
544 E2/2639 11 FG M
544 E2/2640 11 FG Ala 95-1715 IV Fig. 10:7
544 E2/2669/3 11 FG B3f
519 E2/1698 7-6 FG B3c
544 E2/2710 11 FG B3hl
546 E2/1861/1 7 FG Ala IV PI. 1:5
519 E2/1738 7-6 FG B2f
546 E2/1861/2 7 FG B2c 86-1850
519 E2/1770 7-6 FG B2c?
546 E2/1914 7 FG B3g
519 E2/1643 7-6 LW A2d
548 E2*/2778 5 HSl.a III 272
519 E2/1841 7-6 LW B5h 95-3626
552 E2/1962 7A-6 FG Ala
519 E2/1875 7-6 FG A5b
519 E2/1969 7-6 ST
553 E2/2662 7A-6 LW B5h 95-3631
519 E2/2672 7-6 ST
553 E2/2779 7A-6 FG A3f 95-1735 IV Fig. 13:1
519C E2/1727 7-6 FG B3hl
554 E2/1967 7A-6 FG B3hl
521 El/1347 6 W 181 IV Fig. 39:1
521 El/1401 6 FG C
522
El
/1375
5
ML
III
126
562 E2/2780 20-12 FG A5b
563 E2/2736 11 FG B2c?
565 El/2631 10 FG B2c 86-1878
522 El/1383/2 5 HS l.b.i III 273
565 El/2635 10 FG B3c
522 El/1402 5 LW B5h 95-3627
523 El /1489 5 ML III 126-27
565 El /2636 10 FG A5a2
523 El /1527 5 FG B3c
565 El /3525 10 FG A5b
525 El/1415 5 HS l.b.i III Fig. 18:5
525 El/1428/1 5 HS l.b.i III Fig. 18:8
525 El/1585/4 5 HS l.b.i III Fig. 18:2
567 El/2655 7A-6 FG B3hl?
525 El /1608/1 5 FG A5a2
565 El /3508 10 FG A5a2
571 El /2746 11 W 91
571 El /2808 11 W 92
572 El/2711 11 FG A3f 95-1737 IV Fig. 13:3
527 El/1267 5 LW B5h 95-3628
572 El /27 14 11 ML III 126
527 El/1330 5 HSl.a III 272
572 El/2715 11 FG B3hl
527 El/1449/2 5 HS l.b.i III Fig. 18:7
527 El/1475 5 LW B6k 95-3629
527
El/1508
5
ML
III
126
532 E2*/1623 5 HS l.b.i III 273
533 E2*/l 599/2 5 HS l.b.i III 273
534 E2/1807 7A-6 FG B3hl
534 E2/1895 7A-6 FG A3c
536 E2/1805 7A-6 FG B3c
572 El /2723 11 FG A3f
572 El/2772 11 BD, GM 86-463 IV Fig. 43:1
574 E3/12992/4 0 ST
577 El/2771 11 FG B3f
577 El /2773 11 FG B3hl
584 El/2807 7-6 FG B2al IV PI. 6:12
586 E2*/2805 12 ML III 123
588 El/4175 7 ST 95-2975 IV Fig. 27:3
589 El /3245 5 LW B5h? 95-3632
536 E2/1806 7A-6 FG Ala
536 E2/1810 7A-6 FG D
536 E2/1842 7A-6 FG B2c
536 E2/1844 7A-6 FG A5a2
537 E2/1491 5 FG B3hl
537 E2/1637 5 W 182 IV Fig. 39:2
591 E173162/1 5 HS l.a.i.J 86-1652 III Fig. 16:15
591 El/3237 5 FG A6a 95-1738 IV Fig. 13:11
594 El /3223 5 FG B3b IV PI. 8:1
594 El /3236 5 FG B3c
595 El /3258 5 FG B3c
537 E2/1843 5 FG A2g
537 E2/1868 5 FG Ala 95-1716 IV Fig. 10:8
595 El /3320 5 FG A5a2?
601 E2/3259 10 FG B3hl
601 E2/3264 10 FG B3c
537 E2/1925 5 FG A5a2
601 E2/3301 10 FG A3a2? IV 88
538 El/1801 6 LW B5h 95-3630
601 E2/3307 10 FG B3f
537 E2/1716 5 FG A5a2
601 E2/3334 10 FG A5a2
539B E2/1811 11 FG B3g
539B E2/1839 11 FG B3e
601 E2/3355/3 10 FG B3hl
540 E2*/1782/ 5? HS 2.b.v III Fig. 21:5
2
544 E2/1872 11 FG B3hl
544 E2/1912 11 FG B2c
544 E2/1921 11 FG B3hl
544 E2/1938 11 FG D
544 E2/1939 11 FG A3c
544 E2/1 953/1 11 FG B3f
601 E2/3372 10 FG B2c
601 E2/3403 10 BD, GM 86-451 IV Fig. 42:9
602 El /3323 10 FG D
602 El /3382 10 FG B3f
603 El /3290 5 LW B5i 95-3603 IV Fig. 22:22
606 El /3425 8 LW A3d 95-3588 IV Fig. 21:30
606
El
606
E
/3456
8
BR
III
119
1/3471
8
BR
III
119
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606
El/3634
8
ML
HI
123
Locus Reg. No. Str. Cat. /Type IAA No. Vol. /Page
641 El/3827 10 FG B3hl
642 El/3825 10 FG B3g
609 El/3384 7 FG B2c
615 El/6143 10 FG A3a2?
643 E2/3743 10 FG B3hl
617 El/3359/210 FG A5al
617 El/3361 10 ST
617 El/3371 10 ST
646 El /3788 7 FG B3a
646 El/3896 7 LW A3d 95-3614
617 El/3376/810 FG D
646 El /3974 7 FG B3f
644
El/9190
9
BR
III
118
646 El/3975 7 HSl .a.iv III Fig. 14:16
617 El/3379 10 FG B3c
617 El /3383 10 FG B2c
646 El /4072/1 7 FG B3hl
618 El/3412 12-10? FG A5a2
646 El /4072/2 7 FG B3hl
618 El/3416 12-10? FG A2b3 86-1836 IV Fig. 11:12
652 El /4003 5 FG B2c
618 El/3446 12-10? FG B3h2
657 El /4004 5 ST
618 El/3450 12-10? FG B3hl
657 El /4038 5 W 190
618 El/3475 12-10? FG B3a
657 El /7824 5 FG B3hl
618 El/3445 12-10? FG B3cl?
653 E2/3893 5 FG A5a2 IV Fig. 13:4
618 El/3478 12-10? BR III 117
657 El /7860 5 FG B3hl
618 El/3596 12-10? FG B3hl
658 El/3934 11-10 W 101 95-2669 IV Fig. 35:13
658 El/5965 11-10 W 102 95-2670 IV Fig. 35:14
618 El/3613 12-10? FG B3hl
618 El/3615 12-10? FG B2d
618 El/3662/212-10? FG B3f
661 El/4042 10 FG A5a2?
618 El/3663 12-10? FG B2c 86-1842
663A El /3989 11 FG B2c
661 El/4128 10 FG A3c
618 El/3664 12-10? FG A2g
663B El/5861 11 FG A5a2
618 El/3665 12-10? FG B3hl
665 El/4130 12 FG A5b
618 El/3739 12-10? FG B3hl
673 or
1643 El/5809 12 FG B3cl 95-1762 IV Fig. 17:9
618 El/3744 12-10? FG B2c
675 El/9071 10 FG A5a2
618 El/3941 12-10? FG B3hl
675 El/17155 10 ML HI 124
618 El/4041 12-10? FG B3hl
618 El/6018 12-10? FG B3c
680A El/5827 12 FGBlm 86-1887 IV Fig. 14:13;
619 El/3418 10 FG B2cl 86-1864 IV Fig. 16:8
619 El/3479 10 BD, GM 86^40 IV Fig. 42:3
680A El/7801 12 FG B3c
IV 86
619 El/3582 10 FG B3c
680A El/9259/1 12 W 56
619 El/3646 10 FG Ala
680B El/9259 18-17 ST
619 El /3748 10 FG B2c
683 El/4164/5 10 FG B3h2
621A El/3436 10 FG Ala 86-1839 IV Fig. 10:3
683 El /4 168 10 FG B3g
621 B El/3481 10 FG A3c
686 El/5894 10 W 104
621A El/3535 10 FG B3c
685 El/4170 10 ML in 122
621B El/3485 10 FG B2e-f
688 El /5927 11 ST
624 El /3878 7 FG B3hl
693 El /5867 7? FG B3e
625 El /4029 5 FG B3c
695 El/9560 9 FG B3c
625 El/5938 5 FG B3c
698 El/5902 12-10 FG A3c
698 El/5931 12-10 FG D
626 El /3704 8 FG D
626
El/3713
8
BR
III
119
698 El/5948 12-10 FG Aid 86-1881 IV Fig. 10:21;
629 El/3753 10 FG B3e IV Fig. 17:4
699 El/5954 11 FG A2c IV 88
630B El /3750 11 FG B3hl
718 El/2124 9 BD, GM 95-2361 IV Fig. 42:13
630B El/3617 11 FG B3b IV PI. 8:2
630B El /3839 11 FG B3c
699
El/5981
11
BR
117
1201 El/4129 11 FG B3hl
630C El /3714 11 FG B3f
1201 El/5968 11 FG B3d
631 El /3486 11 ST
1201 El /9067 -11 ST
631 El/3645 11 FG A5a2 IV PI. 4:4
1204 El/5932 12-10 FG B3hl
631 El/5986 11 ML m 127
1204 El/5936 12-10 FG B3hl
631 El /6002 11 FG B3hl
1206 El/6246 11 FG B3hl
631 El /6006 11 BD, GM 86-152 IV Fig. 42:15
III
1209 El/6034 0 FG B3hl
631 El/6012 11 ST
1214 El/6057/1 5 FG B3hl
631 El/6013 11 ST
1214 El/6075 5 FG A5a2
635 El/3746 9 BR 111117,119
1222 El/6131 7 FG B2e
636 El /3676 7 ST
1232 El/6132/1 0 FG B3hl
636 El /3826 7 LW A3d
1241 El/6177 12 FG B3hl
1248 El/6229 7 ML III 122
636 El/4055 7 LW B3m 95-3608 IV Fig. 22:27
637 El/3703 10 FG B3a 95-1759 IV Fig. 17:6
1248 El/6236 / 7 ML III 125
637 El/4085 10 FG B3hl
1249 El/6292 11 LW Alb 95-3633
637 El/3733 10 FG B3a IV PI. 8:8
1-2
637 El /4086 10 FG B3hl
1255 El /6277 12 ML III 124
637 El /5804 10 FB 140 ffl 142
1259 El/6329 11 W 93
640 El/3853 12 W 55 95-2637 IV Fig. 33:5
1264 El /6338/ 12 ML m 126
640A El/3754 12 FG D
641 El/3827 10 FG B3hl
1264 El/6340 12 BD, GM 86^59 IV Fig. 42:16
640 El/4126 12 FG B3hl
1-5
1264 El /6389 12 FG B3f
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Locus Reg. No. Str. Cat. /Type IAA No. Vol. /Page
1269 El/9681 10 GM
1296 El /7953 11 FG B3a
1269 El/9683 10 FG B3c
1297 El /7928/ 11? ML III 125
1-2
1270 El/5975 11 FG B3hl
1297 El /7930 11? FG Ala
1270 El /5980 11 FG D
1270 El/6279 11 FG B2c 86-1856
1301 El /8522 10 FG C
1270 El /6300 11 FG B3hl
1303 El /7976 12 FG B3c
1303 El /7982 12 W 61 95-2651 IV Fig. 34:8
1270 El/6321 11 FG B3hl
1270 El /6325 11 FG B2c
1303 El /7999 12 LW Alb 95-3634
1270 El/6326 11 FG B3hl
1303 El /8401 12 FG B3hl
1270 El/6380 11 FG B3e
1303 El /8421 12 FG B3hl
1270 El/6381 11 FG B3a
1303 El /8438 12 FG B3hl
1270 El /6382/1 11 FG B3hl
1303 El /8456 12 FG A2bl 86-1872 IV Fig. 11:8
1303 El /8462 12 W 67 95-2641 IV Fig. 33:9
1303 El /8475 12 FG Ala 86-413 IV Fig. 10:1
1270 El /6382/2 11 FG B3hl
1270 El /7836 11 FG B3c
1272 El/6375 12 W 57 95-2649 IV Fig. 34:6
1272 El/6411 12 BD IV Fig. 45:7
1303 El /8477 12 FG B3hl
1303 El /8478 12 BR III 117
1273 El/6434 7 FG B3hl
1303 El /8479 12 FG M
1274 El/6394 12 W 58 95-2638 IV Fig. 33:6
1303 El /8497 12 FG B3hl
1274 El/6410 12 ML III 126
1275 El/6419 12 FB 146 III 142
1303 El /8498 12 W 62 95-2652 IV Fig. 34:9
1303 El /8538/1 12 W 63 95-2640 IV Fig. 33:8
1275 El/6425 12 FG B3c
1303 El/8538/2 12 W 64
1275 El/6436 12 FL IV Fig. 41:11
1275 El/6437 12 W 59 95-2639 IV Fig. 33:7
1303 El /8538/3 12 W 65
1277 El /6480 7 ST
1277 El /7807 7 BR III 120
1303 El /8540 12 FG B3hl
1303 El /8540 12 W 66
1303 El/8541 12 ML III 126
1277 El/8539 7 FG B3hl
1303 El/8561 12 BR III 117
1279 El /6452 7 FG B3gl
1304 El /8436 10 BR III 118
1305 El /7990 7 FG B2c
1279 El /6482 7 FG B3hl
1307 El /9267 20-19 FL IV Fig. 40:5
1279 El/6487 7 FG B3c
1307 El /9367 20-19 ST
1279 El /6488 7 FG D
1309 El /8435 11 W 95 95-2664 IV Fig. 35:7
1279 El/6496 7 FG B3a
1279 El /7833 7 FG A5a2
1310 El /3498 11 FG B2c
1279 El/7837 7 FG A5al
1310 El/9134 11 W 96 95-2665 IV Fig. 35:8
1280 El/6454 6 W 191 IV Fig. 39:5
1280 El/6459 6 BD 95-2377 IV Fig. 45:6
1283 El/8494 7 FG Ala 95-1718 IV Fig. 10:11
1310 El/9361 11 FG D
1285 El/6186 7 FG B3hl
1310 El /9329 11 FG A2al IV 96
1310B El/3536 11 ST
1310B El /8480/ 11* ML III 125
1-2
1285 El/6198 7 FG B3hl
1310B El /8480/ 11* ML III 125
1285 El/6200 7 FG B3hl
3-6
1285 El/6203 7 FG B3cl
1311 El /8527 11 ML III 127
1285 El /6209 7 FG B3hl
1285 El/6210 7 FG B3cl 95-1760 IV Fig. 17:7
1311 El /9983 11 Horus Eye 95-4104 IV Fig. 49
1285 El/6214 7 FG B3hl
1312. El /8449 10 W 105
1285 El/6217 7 FG A3a2 95-1728 IV Fig. 12:3
1312 El /8520 10 FG A3c
1285 El/6222 7 FG B3hl
1285 El/7806 7 FG Bib 86-417 IV Fig. 14:6;
IV 85
1312 El /8524 10 FG B3c
1313 El /8507 7 ML III 122
1321 El /8480 11 FB 147 III 142
1285 El/7876 7 ST
1321 • El /8480 11 FB 148 III 142
1285 El/7887 7 BD, GM 95-2360 IV Fig. 42:11
1286 El/9121 5 W 192 IV Fig. 39:6
1321 El /8480 11 FB 150 III 142
1286 El/9214 5* ML III 124
1321 El /8480 11 FB 152 III 142
1286 El /9464 5 FG B3c
1321 El /8480 11 FB 153 III 142
1321 El /8480 11 FB 151 III 142
1288 El /7859 7 HS l.a.iv III Fig. 14:15
1321 El /8480 11 FB 149 III PI. 11:41
1291 El /8521 9? FG Ala
1321 Hl/8513/1 11 ML III 125
1292 A El /7904 11 ST
1321 El /85 13/2 11 ML III 125
1321 El /85 13/3 11 ML III 125
1292 A El /7937 11 FG B3gl
1293 El /7927 12 FG B3f
1321 El /8545/1 11 FG B3c
1293 El /7998 12 FG D
1321 El /8545/2 11 FG B3c
1293 El /8496 12 FG B3hl
1321 El /8545/3 11 FG B3hl
1293 El /8632 12 W 60 95-2650 IV Fig. 34:7
1293 El /8644 12 FG A5al IV Fig. 13:7
1321 El /8560 11 FG B3hl
1293A El /8632 10 W 94
1321 El /8650 11 FG B3c
1321 El /8653 11 FG B2e IV 96
1294 El /7875 18-17 ML III 125
1322 El /3687 12* ML III 124
1294 El /8466 18-17 FG A5a2
1322 El /8547 12 FG B3hl
1294 El /9525 18-17 FL IV Fig. 41:8
1322 El /8598 12 ST 95-2961 IV Fig. 24:1
1296 El /7905 11 FG B3b
1322 El /8648 12 FG B3f
1296 El/7917 11 FG B3hl
1322 El /9368 12 LW Alb
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1373 El/6357 7 FG B3a 86-1844 IV Fig. 17:5
1322 El/9445/1 12 W 68
1322 El/9445/3 12 W 69 86-1909 IV Fig. 33:10
1323 El/9014 18A BR III 118
1373
El/9341
7
ML
III
123
1373 El /9537 7 ML III 127
1323 El/9550 18A BR III 117
1373 El /9585 7 FG B3a
1324 El /4052 12 FG B3f
1373 El /9660 7 FG B3g
1373 El/9661 7 FG A5al
1324 El/4084 12 FG A5b
1374 El/9500 10 BR III 118
1324 El/4113 12 FG B3f
1375 El/9346 18-17 FL IV Fig. 41:4
1376 El/9377 12 FG B2cl 95-1748 IV Fig. 16:7;
1324 El/4118 12 FG Ala
1324 El/4127 12 FG A5a2
IV 96
1324 El/5831/1 12 FG B3hl
1376 El /9440 12 BR III 118
1324 El/5933 12 FG A5a2
1324 El/8599 12 FG B3c
1379 El/10087 18 ST
1324 El/9406 12 ST
1380 El/9430 12 FG B3a 95-1753 IV Fig. 16:14
1380 El/9444 12 FG A6a
1324 El/9422 12 FG B2c
1324 El/9506 12 FG B2c
1381 El /9462 12 FG B3c
1325 El/8549 12 W 70 95-2642 IV Fig. 33:11
1325 El/8579 12 W 71 95-3080 IV Fig. 33:13
1381 El/9558 12 FG A5al
1325 El/8627 12 FG B3hl
1381 El/9637 12 FG B2cl
1326 El/8581/1 11 FG B3hl
1381 El/9815 12 LW B3h 95-3637
1326 El /858 1/3 11 FG B3hl
1381 El /9943 12 FG B3cl
1334 El/8620 10 FG Blh 95-1741 IV Fig. 14:8;
IV 86, 96
1334 El/8651 10 FG Ale 95-1717 IV Fig. 10:10
1334 El/8652 10 ST IV Fig. 30:7
1381 El/9463 12 FG B2c
1384B El/9722 10 BR III 118
1385 El/9976 12 FG D
1386 El/9503 18 W4 95-2617 IV Fig. 31:8
1387 El/9538 7 HS l.a.ii III Fig. 14:8
1350 El/9017 6 FG B3h2 IV 88
1388 El/9583 7 BD, GM
1350
1390 El /9759 18 ST
El/9052
6
ML
III
124
1350 El/9174 6* HS l.a.iii III Fig. 14:9
1390 El /9800 18 ST
1350 El/9175 6 W 183
1391 El/9780 12? FG C
1352 El/9035 12 ST
1391 El/10004 12? LW B2c 95-3579 IV Fig. 21:18
1392 El /9687 5 FG B3f
1352 El/9035 12 ST
1392 El/9802 5 FG M IV Fig. 19:11
1352 El/9035 12 ST
1352 El/9035/1 12 ST
1392 El /9835 5 FG A6a
1353 El/9128 18A FL IV Fig. 40:4
1392 El /9882 5 FG A5a2
1354 El /9065 8 ML III 127
1392 El /9890 5 FG B2c 86-1852
1355 El/9064/1 10 W 106 IV Fig. 35:15
1355 El/9288 10 W 107 95-2671 IV Fig. 36:1
1392 El /9895 5 FG B2c
1355 El/9524 12 FG Ala IV 96
1393 El /9942 7 FG A5a2
1358 El /6350 5 FG B2e
1393 El /10001 7 FG B2c
1358 El/9089 5 HS 2.c III 272
1394 El/9352 11 FG B2d 95-1746 IV Fig. 15:13
1392 El/9898 5 FG B3g
1394 El/9641 11 BR III 117
1358 El /9688 5 GM, IN
1394 El/9717 11 BR III 117
13 60 A El/9161 8 LW B5i 95-3635
1363 El/9738 7 LW B6k 95-3598 IV Fig. 22:14
1363 El/10171 7 FG B3g
1364 El/3736 9 FG M IV Fig. 19:13
1364 El /9263 9 BR III 117
1394 El/9728 11 LW Alb
1394 El /9838 11 ST
1394 El/9850 11 FB 155 III 142
1394 El/9850 11 FB 156 III 142
1394 El/9850 11 FB 157 III 142
1364 El /9308 9 FG B3g
1394 El/9850 11 FB 158 III 142
1365 El /9223 7 ST
1365 El/9280/4 7 W 177
1394 El/9850' 11 FB 159 III 142
1365 El/9313/1 7 LW B5h 95-3636
1394 El/9850 11 FB 159a III 142
1365 El /9355 7 FG A5a2?
1394 El/9850 11 FB 159b III 142
1365 El/9383/1 7 ML III 126
1394 El/9850 11 FB 160 III 142
1365 El /9383/2 7 ML III 127
1394 El /9886 11 BR III 118
1365 El/9391 7 LW A3d 95-3586 IV Fig. 21:28
1394 El /9903 11 ST
1365 El /94 15 7 ST
1394 El/9910 11 LW B5h
1365 El/9467 7 FG B2a 86-419 IV Fig. 16:5
1365 El/9481 7 HS l.a.iv III Fig. 14:14
1365 El/9483 7 HS l.a.iii III Fig. 14:11
1365 El/9545 7 FGBlfl IV Fig. 15:6
1394 El/9914 11 FG B3gl
1394 El/9927 11 FG Ala 86-1859 IV Fig. 10:2
1394 El /9962 11 FG B3g
1365
El/9557
7
ML
III
126
1365 El/9582 7 FG Ale 95-1719 IV Fig. 10:16
1396 El/9902 10? FG B3f
1399B El/9901 20-19 FL IV Fig. 40:19
1400 El/9975 20-19 W 2 95-2611 IV Fig. 31:2
1367 El/5839 10 FG Ala
1400 El/10172 20-19 W 3
1367 El/5872 10 FG B3hl
1402 E2/7002/1 0 FG B3hl
1367 El/5887 10 FG B3hl
1402 E2/7009 0 FG B2e
1367 El/9284 10 FG A3e
1402 E2/7019 0 FG B3b
1368 El /9397 11 FG B3f
1404 E2/7005/1 5 HS l.a.i.I III 273
1369 El/9360 9 W 150 95-2995 IV Fig. 37:14
1404 E2/7010 5 FG B3c
1370
El/9505
7
ML
III
123
1405 E2/7080 5 HSl.b.i III Fig. 19:3
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1411 E2/7168 5 FG Blj 86-1871
1422 E2/7179 0 ST
1423 E2 /7192/1 5 HS2.a.v III Fig. 20:14
Locus Reg. No. Str. Cat. /Type IAA No. Vol. /Page
1489 E2/3528/1 11 FG B3c
1489 E2/3528/2 11 FG B3hl
1489 E2/3530 11 FG B2c?
1424 E2/7186 5 FG B3hl
1492 E2/12067/8 11 FG A5a2
1424 E2/7227 5 FG B3hl
1492 E2/12146 11 FG M
1426 E2/7194/1 5 HS l.b.i. Ill 273
1493 E2/12116 7B FG D
1426 E2/7194/3 5 HSl.b.i/3.b III 273
1496 E2/12089 7B FG B2c
1426 E2/7212 5 HS l.a.iii.D 86-1655 III Fig. 17:4
1497 E2/12115 11 FG Blfl IV Fig. 15:5;
1426 E2/7214/4 5 HSl.a.iii.C ffl Fig. 17:3
1500 E2/12160 12 BR III 118
IV 96
1426 E2/7214/1 5 HS l.b.i III 274
1426 E2/7231/1 5 HS III 273
1426 E2/7231/1
1426 E2/7231/6 5 HS
1426 E2/7257/8 5 HS
1427 E2/7196/2
1427 E2/7 196/3
5 HS l.b.i III Fig. 18:3
1 .a.vi.A 95-2161 III Fig. 17:14
1 .a.vi.B 95-2170 III Fig. 17:24
5 HS l.b.i III Fig. 18:10 ,
5 HS l.a.ii? III Fig. 16:22
1430 E2/7268 7B FG A5b
1431 E2/7250 6-5 FG B2c
1431 E2/7262 6-5 FG B3c
1431 E2/7305/2 6-5 LW B5h 95-3649
1500 E2/12179/1 12 W 85 95-2661 IV Fig. 35:4
1500 E2/12179/2 12 W 86
1501 E3/7445/1 5 HS l.b.ii III 274
1501 E3/7464/6 5 HS 2.a.ii.B III Fig. 20:11
1501 E3/7469 5 HS 3.b III 274
1501 E3/7548 5 ST
1502 E3 /74 14/1 5 HS l.b.i III 274
1502 E3 /74 14/8 5 HS 2.a.i/ii III 274
1502 E3 /74 14/9 5 HS 3.b III Fig. 21:9
1502 E3/12938 5 FG A4a IV Fig. 13:9;
IV 88
1431 E2/7305 6-5* HS l.a.i.F III 274
1431 E2/7343/4 6-5* HS 1. a.vi.B III Fig. 17:26
1432 E2/7251 12 ST
1507 E3/7436 6 HSl.a.i.E 95-2153 III Fig. 15:7
1512 E2/7467 5 LWB5p 95-3604 IV Fig. 22:23
1512 E3/7522 5 ML III 126
1516 E2/7471 5 LW A5f 95-3615 IV PI. 11:13
1518 E3/7463 6 HS l.b.i/3.b III 274
1436 E2/7317 7 ST
1444 E2/7324 12 ST
1447 E2/7335 12 FG B3f
1447 E2/7352 12 FG Alb 86-416 IV Fig. 10:12
1527 E3/7438 5 HS l.b.ii III Fig. 22:1
1450 E2/7374 12 W 84
1527 E3/7446 5 ML III 127
1450 E2/7381 12 FG Ala?
1527 E3/7688 5 HS 3.b III Fig. 21:8
1527 E3/7772 5 ST IV Fig. 30:13
1451 E2/2831 12 FG B3h2
1456 E2/2835 12 FG D
1527 E3/12864 5 ST 95-2960 IV PI. 13:15
1460 E2/2843 12 FG B3e
1530 E3/7604 6 BD, GM
1531 E3/7672 6 LW B4k 95-3600 IV Fig. 22:16
1460 E2/2844 12 FG B2c
1461 E2/2852 0 HS l.a.i.G 95-2155 III Fig. 15:23
1461 E2/2855 0 HSl.a.iv III Fig. 17:7
1462 E2/2910 5 HS l.a.i.F m Fig. 15:17
1534 E3/7767 6 FG B3a
1534 E3/12820 6 FG B3c
1534 E3/12887 6 FG B3c
1463 E2/2872 5 HSl.a.i.K fflFig. 16:18
1467 E2/2992 5 FG A3b 95-1731 IV Fig. 12:7
1541 E3/7671 7 LW B5h 95-3650
1543 E3/12831 7 HS l.b.i III 274
1462 E2/2936 5 ML III 123
1539 E3/7653 6 W 185
1467 E2/2995 5 ML III 127
1544 E3/12809 7 FG Ala?
1467 E2/3005 5 FG B3b 95-1757 IV Fig. 17:2
1552 E3/7790 10 LW B3h
1467 E2/3077/3 5 HS l.a.v III Fig. 17:8
1556 E3/12854 11-10 FG B3f
1467 E2/3039 5 FG B3f
1467 E2/12015 5 FG A3b
1467 E2/12048 5 FG B3a
1553 E3/7761 7 ML III 123
1557 E3/12808 8?-7 FG B2c
1557 E3/12963 8?-7 FG B2c?
1558 E3/12817 8? LW A2b 95-3582 IV Fig. 21:21
1558 E3/12852 8? ST 95-2978 IV Fig. 28:1
1560 E3/12845 5* HS 4 95-2149 III Fig. 14:25
1467 E2/12058 5 FG B3c
1475 E2/12013 7-6 FG B3f
1475 E2/12050 7-6 ST
1477 E2/3035 7 FG B3c
1560 E3/12896 5 FG B3hl
1561 E3/12289 11-10 FG B3hl
1478 E2/3053 7 ML III 127
1561 E3/12928 11-10 FG B3hl
1476 E2/3026 7 FG A3b 86-2031 IV Fig. 12:9
1478 E2/12098 7 FG A5a2
1561 E3/12933 11-10 FGA6a
1561 E3/12961 11-10 FGB3c
1483 El /3065 7 FG A2g
1483 E2/12033 7 ML III 127
1562 E3/12939 11-10 FG B3hl
1484 E2/3072 6 ST
1562 E3/12960 11-10 FG B3hl
1562 E3/12981 ll-10FGB3hl »
1484 E2/12024 6 ST
1562 E3/13033 11-10 FG B2al 86-1862 IV Fig. 16:16
1562 E3/13037 11-10 FG A3d2 95-1732 IV Fig. 12:10
1485 E2/3085 7 FG B3a
1485 E2/12017 7 FG B3g
1485 E2/12031 7 FG A5a2
1563 E3/12935 6 FG B3hl
1485 E2/12062 7 FG A4a IV Fig. 13:10
1563 E3/12957 6 FG B2a-c 95-1754 IV Fig. 16:15
1563 E3/13016 6 FG A3a2 95-1729 IV Fig. 12:5
1486 E2/3 100/1 5 ML III 126
1489 E2/1802 11 FG B2f
1563 E3/13048 6 FG B3c
1489 E2/1817 11 FG A5b
1565 E3/12886 0 FG A3a2
1489 E2/1834 11 FG B2c
1565 E3/12890 0 FG B3hl
1489 E2/1874 11 FG B2c
1571 E3/12985 10 FG D
1489 E2/3524 11 FG B3c
1572 E3/13010 11-10 FG B3hl
1489 E2/3526 11 FG A3a2
1573 E3/12955 10 ST
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1574 E3/12951 10 W 113
1604 El/10465 12 FG B3e
1574 E3/12998 10 FG B3c
1604 El/10485 12 FG B3c
1582 E3/13155 11-10 FG B3hl
1604 El/10519 12 FG B3hl
1582 E3/15530 11-10 ST IV Photo 20
1604 El/10520 12 FG B2c 95-1749 IV Fig. 16:10
1604 El/10527 12 FG A2e 86-409 IV Fig. 11:16
1604 El/10528 12 W 74 95-2655 IV Fig. 34:12
1584 E3/13031 11-10 FG Bla 86-1879 IV Fig. 14:3;
IV 85
1585 E3/1 3032/1 10 FG B3hl
1604 El /10538 12 FG B3hl
1585 E3/13034 10 W 114 95-2675 IV Fig. 36:6
1585 E3/13090 10 FG C IV Fig. 18:2
1604 El/10543 12 FG B3g
1588 E3/13067 11-10 FG B3cl
1588 E3/13073 11-10 BD, GM 86^62 IV Fig. 45:2
1604 El/10540 12 FG B2c
1604 El/10544 12 FG B2c
1604 El/10545 12 FG M IV Fig. 19:4
1588 E3/13074 11-10 FG B2c
1604 El/10546 12 FG C
1588 E3/13082 ll-10FGB3f
1604 El/10563 12 FG B3hl
1588 E3/13083 ll-10FGB3hl
1604 El/14698 12 FG B3hl
1588 E3/13085 ll-10FGB3a
1588 E3/13099 11-10 FG B3f
1604 El/14701 12 FG D
1604 El/16010 12 FG B3c
1595 E3/13113 11-10 ML III 126
1604 El/16040 12 FG B3f
1598 E3/131 10 10 FG B3h2
1604 El /16043 12 FG B3g
1602 El/9960 12 FG B2c
1604 El/16044 12 FG B3hl
1604 El/16045 12 FG B3hl
1602 El/10099 12 FG B2?
1604 El /16059 12 FG B3g
1599 E3/19044 10 W 115
1604 El/16066 12 W 75
1602 El/10148 12 FG B2c?
1604 El/16085 12 FG B3c
1603 El/14311 7 ST
1604 El/10023 12 FG A5a2
1604 El/16090 12 FG B3f
1604 El/10025 12 FG Blj 86-1873 IV Fig. 15:2;
1604 El/16112 12 FG B3hl
1604 El/10027 12 FG B3d
1604 El/16144 12 FG B3g?
1604 El/16168 12 FG F-M 95-1774 IV Fig. 19:8
IV 86, 96
1604 El/10028 12 FG B3c
1604 El/16143 12 FG B3hl
1604 El/10035 12 FG B2c
1606 El/10127 12 FG Ale 86-1858
1604 El/10043 12 FG C
1608 El/9987 11 ST
1604 El/10044 12 FG A5a2
1608 El/10011 11 FG B3cl IV 96
1604 El/10045 12 FG B3c
1608 El/10014 11 FL IV Fig. 41:13
1604 El/10165 12 FG B3hl
1608 El /101 50 11 ML III 126
1608 El/10155 11 FB 162 III 142
1608 El/10155 11 FB 163 III 142
1608 El/10155 11 FB 164 III 142
1608 El/10155 11 FB 165 III PI. 10:25
1604 El/10169 12 FG B3hl
1608 El/10182 11 BD, GM 86-448 IV Fig. 42:12
1604 El/10073 12 FG Blk 86-1874 IV Fig. 14:17;
IV 86
1604 El/10143 12 FG A2al 86-406 IV Fig. 11:3
1604 El/10144 12 FG B3hl
1604 El/10176 12 W 72 95-2653 IV Fig. 34:10
1608 El/10246 11 FG B3c IV 96
1604 El/10195 12 FG B3e
1609 El /10007 11 FG B3d
1604 El /10207 12 FG B3g
1604 El/10235 12 FG B3g
1609 El/14685 11 FG A6a?
1604 El/10267 12 FG B3f
1610 El/10364 7 FG B3a
1604 El/10268 12 FG B3hl
1610 El/10427 7 FG B3hl
1604 El/10271 12 FG B3hl
1610 El/10584 7 FG B3c
1604 El/10281 12 FG B3c
1610 El/14528 7 FG A3c
1604 El/10301/1 12 FG B3hl
1610 El/14597" 7 FG A3c
1604 El/10301/2 12 FG B3hl
1604 El/10302 12 FG B3c
1611 El/10165 12 FB 168 III 142
1611 El/10189 12 FB 167 III 142
1604 El/10312/2 12 FG D
1611 El /10204 12 FG B3g
1609 El/14684 11 W 97 95-2666 IV Fig. 35:9
1610 El /9966 7 FG B3g
1604 El/10261 12 FG B2c
1611 El/10206 12 FG B2c?
1604 El/10312 12 FG B3hl
1604 El/10314 12 FG B3hl
1611 El/10222 12 FB 169 III 142
1604 El/10384 12 FG C
1612 El/9686 12 ST 95-2981 IV Fig. 28:5
1612 El/9957 12 ST
1604 El/10420 12 FG B3hl
1604 El/10422 12 FG Blj 95-1743 IV Fig. 15:1
1604 El/10426 12 FG B3hl
1604 El/10430 12 W 73 95-2654 IV Fig. 34:11
1612 El/10074 12 BD 86-446 IV Fig. 44:2
1612 El/16224 12 FG B2a
1615 El/10178 7A-6 FG B3a
1604 El/10433 12 FG B2c IV 88
1615 El/10203 7A-6 FG B3hl
1604 El/10434 12 FG B3hl
1615 El/10247 7A-6 FG B3hl
1604 El/10435 12 FG B3c
1616 El/10265 14 W 31 95-2625 IV Fig. 32:7
1604 El/10452 12 FG B3f IV 88
1616 El/10375 14 ML m 126
1617 El/10089 0 LW B5h 95-3638
1604 El/10453 12 FG B2c
1604 El/10462 12 FG B3hl
1618 El/10243 12 ST 95-2986 IV Fig. 29:3
1618 El/10270 12 W 76 95-2656 IV Fig. 34:13
1604 El /10436 12 FG B3f
1604 El/10463 12 FG B3hl
1618 El/10315 12 FG B3hl
1604 El/10464 12 FG B3c
1618 El/10335 12 FG B2c
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Locus Reg. No. Str. Cat. /Type IAA No. Vol. /Page
1618 El/10336 12 FG B3hl
1646 El/10749 12 FG B3h2
1618 El/10533 12 BD, GM 86-445 IV Fig. 43:2
1646 El/10766 12 W 74 95-2655 IV Fig. 34:12
1618 El/10539 12 FG B2c
1646 El/10772 12 FG B3hl
1618 El/14312 12 FG B3hl
1646 El/10773 12 FG B3hl
1618 El/14314 12 FG B3c
1646 El/10781 12 FG B3c
1618 El/14333 12 BR 111117,119
1646 El/10782 12 FG B2c
1618 El/14371 12 FG B2c?
1646 El/10785 12 FG B3hl
1618 El/14372 12 ML III 127
1619 El/10220 7A-6 W 180 IV Fig. 38:18
1646 El /10824 12 FG B3f
1648 El/10682 18A BR III 117
1619 El/10232 7A-6 LW B5h 95-3639
1648 El/10823 18A ST
1619 El/10736 7A-6 FGE1 95-1771 IV Fig. 19:2
1619 El/10790 7A-6 FGBlj 86-1870 IV Fig. 15:3;
1648 El/10840 18A ST
IV 86
1648 El/10966 18A W5
1648 El/14309 18A W6
1648 El/14313 18A ML III 124
1619 El/10821 7A-6 FG B3hl
1620 El/10095 14 FB 170 III 142
1648 El/14323/2 18A W7
1621 El/10101 10 LW A2b 95-3640
1649 El/10735 17 FG B3hl
1621 El/10152 10 FG B3c
1650 El/14419 12 FB 175 III 143
1621 El/10153 10 W 108 95-2672 IV Fig. 36:2
1650 El/14460 12 FG B3hl
1621 El/10254 10 FG B3hl
1650 El/14516 12 FG Ala
1621 El/10325 10 FG El 95-1767 IV Fig. 18:8
1650 El/14550 12 FG B3f
1621 El/10605/1 10 LW B3h
1650 El/14565 12 FG B2e
1623 El/10126 14 FG A3dl 95-1733 IV Fig. 12:11
1623 El/10256 14 FG B2bl 86-2029 IV Fig. 16:1;
1650 El/14584/1 12 LW B3h 95-3641
IV 39
1650 El/14596 12 W 77 95-2657 IV Fig. 34:14
1651 El/10648 14 W 33 -IV Fig. 32:8
1623 El/10306/1 14 ML III 124
1651 El/10651/6 14 FG B3hl
1623 El/10306/2 14 ML III 125
1652 El/10641 18-17 W 20
1623 El/10344 14 FG B3hl
1653 El/10778 17 ST
1624 El/10185 12 FB 171 III 142
1653 El/10855 17 BR 111117,119
1625 El /101 84 20 FG B2c
1654B El/14342 18 ST IV Fig. 25:8
1626 El/10264 7A-6 FG B2c
1655 El/10939 14 ST
1626 El/10269 7A-6 FG B3hl
1655 El/10967 14 FB 176 III 143
1626 El/10377 7A-6 FG Ala
1655 El/14429/1 14 ML III 123
1627 El/10244 12 FG A3c
1655 El/14429/2 14 ML III 126
1627 El/10257 12 FG Ala
1655 El/14430 14 BD, GM 86-447 IV Fig. 42:6
1655 El/14616 14 LW B3h 95-3590 IV Fig. 22:5
1627 El/10319 12 FB 172 III 143
1656A El/10712 18 ST
1627 El/10319 12 ST
1657 El/14380 17 LW B3h IV Fig. 22:4
1629 El/10400 14 ST
1632 El/10316 10 FG B3hl
1658 El/10753 14 ST
1633 El/10441 12 LW B5i
1658 El/10759 14 ST
1636 El/10407 10 FG D
1658 El/10795 14 FB 177 III 143
1636 El/10586 10 FG B3hl
1658 El/10799 14 W 34
1636 El/10662 10 FG B2c
1658 El/10882 14 FG M
1636 El/10671 10 W 109 95-2676 IV Fig. 36:3
1660 El/10900 6 W 184
1636 El/10686 10 FG B3a
1660 El /10911 6 ST
1636 El/10822 10 FG B3c
1660 El/10912 6 ST
1660 El/10913 6 ST 95-2992
1637 El/10613 17 W 21
1638 El/10479 12 ML III 122
1660 El/10949 6 ST
1660 El /10954 6 ST IV 193
1638 El/10518/1 12 FG B3h2
1642 El/10645 12 FG B3hl
1660 El /10958 6 FG B3e
1643 El/4190 14 FG B2c
1660 El /10984 6 FG B3c
1643 El/5826 14 FG A3c
1660 El /14373 6 FG B3hl
1643 El/5920 14 FB 142 III 142
1660 El /14405 6 ST
1643 El/5920 14 FB 141 III Pl. 10:15-16
1660 El/14541 6 FG B3hl
1643 El/10531 14 W 32 95-2645 IV Fig. 34:2
1660 El/14554 6 FGBlj
1643 El/10554 14 BR III 119
1660 El/14561 6 ST
1643 El/10658 14 ML III 126
1660 El/14612 6 FG B3hl
1646 El/10583 12 FG B3hl
1660 El/14613 6 FG B3hl
1646 El/10628 12 FG B3hl
1660 El/14637 6 FG B3c
1646 El/10629 12 FG B3f
1660 El /14658 6 FGBlj
1646 El/10636 12 FG D
1662 El/10842 18 W8
1646 El/10638 12 FG B2c
1662 El/10851 18 W 9 95-2618 IV Fig. 31:9
1663 El/10872/1 10 W 110 95-2673 IV Fig. 36:4
1646 El/10639 12 FG B3hl
1646 El/10724 12 FB 173 III 143
1663 El/10909 10 ST
1646 El/10733 12 FG B2c
1666 El/10956 18 FG B3c
1646 El/10734 12 FG B3hl
1667 El/10974 12 ST 95-2972 IV Fig. 25:5
1646 El/10740 12 FG B3c
1668 El/6036 14 FB 143 III 142
1646 El /10741 12 FG B3hl
1670 E2/10965 12 W 87
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Locus Reg. No. Str. Cat. /Type IAA No. Vol. /Page
1670A El/10965 12 W 78
1906 E3/13151 11-10 FG B3hl
1679 El/14434 11 FG B3hl
1906 E3/13156 11-10 FG B3hl
1679 El /14435 11 FG B3hl
1909 E3/13166 11-10 FG B3hl
1679 El /14456 11 FG B3hl
1910 E3/13192 0 FG A3c
1679 El /14480 11 FG B3hl
1910 E3/15516 0 FG B3a
1679 El/14525 11 W 98 95-2667 IV Fig. 35:10
1679 El/14546 11 W 99 95-2668 IV Fig. 35:11
1911 E3/15509 11-10 FG Blf2 95-1745 IV Fig. 15:7
1913 E3/15529 11-10 FG B3f
1679 El/14563 11 FG B3hl
1914 E3/15532/7 11-10 FG D
1679 El/14564 11 FG B3hl
1916 E3/15567 0 FG B3e
1679 El/14562 11 FG B3hl
1914 El/15505 11-10 BR III 119
1682 El/14381 18 FB 179 III 143
1916 E3/15689 0 FG D
1682 El/14381 18 FB 178 III PI. 10:23
1918 E3/15570 7 FG A3f
1682 El/14466 18 FB 181 III 143
1918 E3/15571 7 FG A2bl 86-1901
1684 El/14437 14 BD 86-442 IV Fig. 44:1
1685 El/14470 14 FG El 95-1766 IV Fig. 18:7
1685 El/14471 14 FG M
1918 E3/15578 7 FG A3c
1918 E3/15582 7 FG B3hl
1920 E3/15580 11-10 FG B2c
1685 El/14503 14 BR 111117,119
1921 E3/15594 7 FG A5a2
1687 El /14489 10 FG B3f
1923 E3/15591 11-10 FG A5a2?
1687 El/14491 10 FG B3hl
1923 E3/15592 11-10 FG A3a2 86-1843 IV Fig. 12:4
1687 El/14529 10 FG B3hl
1923 E3/15603 11-10 FG B2c
1687 El/14655 10 FG B3hl
1923 E3/15626 11-10 FG B3hl
1689 El/14519 18 W 10 95-2612 IV Fig. 31:3
1923 E3/15637 11-10 FG B2c
1692 A El /14496 14 LW B3h
1923 E3/15643 11-10 FG Ala
1692 A El/14539 14 FG M IV Fig. 19:10
1923 E3/15654 11-10 FG B3g
1696
El/14647
18
BR
III
120
1703 E2/12133 7B FG A5a2
1923 E3/15659 11-10 FG B3hl
1923 E3/15666 11-10 FG B2c
1703 E2/12204 7B HS III 272
1703 E2/12227 7B HS l.a.i III Fig. 14:5
1923 E3/15736 11-10 FG Ala?
1924 E3/15593 6-5 FG B3c
1705 E2/12140 11 FG B3d
1924 E3/15633 6-5 FG B3hl
1705 E2/12142 11 ST
1924 E3/15655 6-5 FG A5a2
1705 E2/12182 11 FG A3c
1924 E3/15694 6-5 FG B3hl
1706 E2/12141 11 FGBlc 95-1742 IV Fig. 14:9;
IV 86
1924 E3/15787 6-5 FG Ale 95-1722 IV Fig. 10:19
1924 E3/15842 6-5 FG B3hl
1926 E3/15609 12-11 FG B3hl
1709 E2/2797 11 FG B3c
1709 E2/2799 11 FG B3hl
1927 E3/15606 10 FG A5a2
1709 E2/12183 11 FG B2c
1927 E3/15610 10 FG B3hl
1710 E2/12176 0 FG B3f
1927 E3/15630 10 FG B3f
1712 E2/12251 12 FG B3a
1927 E3/15634 10 FG A3e 95-1734 IV Fig. 12:13
1713 E2/12226 1 ST IV Fig. 29:1
1927 E3/15635 10 FG B3hl
1729 E2/12269 7B FG B3hl
1927 E3/15658 10 FG B3fl
1731 E2/12282 7B FG B3hl
1927 E3/15660 10 FG A5b
1927 E3/15661 10 FG B3g
1732 E2/12283 7B FG B3c
1927 E3/15684 10 FG A5b
1732 E2/12284 7B FG B3g
1733 E2/12295 7B FG B3hl
1927 E3/15685 10 FG B3hl
1733 E2/12297 7B FG B3hl
1927 E3/15699 10 FG B3a
1901 E3/12995 12 FG B3c
1927 E3/15700 10 FB 194 III 143
1901 E3/12999 12 FG A2g
1927 E3/15700 10 FB 195 III 143
1927 E3/15700 10 FB 196 III 143
1901 E3/13049 12 FG B3hl
1901 E3/13111 12 FG B3b
1927 E3/15700 10 FB 197 III 143
1901 A E3/1 3012/1 12 ST 95-2990 IV Fig. 30:6
1901 A E3/13012/2 12 ST 95-2991 IV Fig. 30:5
1927 E3/15703 10 FG B3g
1927 E3/15704 10 FG B3hl
1901B E3/13145 12 ST IV Photo 20
1927 E3/15705 10 FG Ala
1901B E3/13172 12 ST 95-2987 IV Fig. 30:1
1901B E3/13173 12 ST 95-2989 IV Fig. 30:3
1927 E3/15706 10 FG Ala
1927 E3/15706 10 FB 201 III 143
1901B E3/13174 12 ST IV Photo 20
1927 E3/15707 10 FG B3hl
1901B E3/13175 12 ST IV Photo 20
1928 E3/15650 10 FG B3f
1901B E3/13187 12 ST IV Photo 20
1929 E3/15765 7 FB 198 III 143
1901B E3/13193 12 ST
1930 E3/15691 10 FG B3hl
1901B E3/13194 12 ST IV Photo 20
1930 E3/15809 10 FG B3hl
1901B E3/13195 12 ST IV Photo 20
1930 E3/15944 10 FG B3hl
1901B E3/13196 12 ST 95-2988 IV Fig. 30:2
1901B E3/15517 12 ST, W 88 IV Fig. 30:4
1930 E3/15963 10 FG B3hl
1902 E3/13107 11-10 LW B3h
1932 E3/15644 10 FG B3hl
1902 E3/13109 11-10 FG Ala
1933 E3/15721 0 FG Big 86-1861 IV Fig. 14:14;
1902 E3/13115 11-10 FG Ala 86-1855 IV Fig. 10:9
1902 E3/13138 11-10 FG Ala 86-1854 IV Fig. 10:6
1902 E3/13179 11-10 FG B3g
1933B E3/1 5805/3 12 ST IV Fig. 28:2
1934 E3/15829 12 W 89 95-2662 IV Fig. 35:5
1930 A E3/15952 10 LW A3g IV Fig. 22:1
IV 86
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1934 E3/15863 12 FG B3h2
2015 El/16532 12 FG B3hl
1934 E3/15864 12 FG B2c
2015 El/16592 12 FG C 86-1845 IV Fig. 18:1
1935 E3/15681 10 FG B3a
2015 El/16597 12 FG B3c
1935 E3/15738 10 FG A5b
2015 El/16677 12 LW B3h 95-3594 IV Fig. 22:10
2015 El/16802 12 LW A3c IV Fig. 21:22
1935 E3/15741 10 FG B3a
1935 E3/15742 10 FG B3hl
2016 El/16017 7 FG A3a2
1935 E3/15798 10 FG B2al
2016 El/16173 7 FG B3hl
2016 El/16174 7 FG B3g
1935 E3/15799 10 FG B3f
1935 E3/15800 10 FG B3hl
2018 El /16102 0 FG B3c
1935 E3/15847 10 FG C
2019 El/16039 7A LW B5h 95-3642
1935 E3/15850 10 FG A5a2
2024A El/16231 12 FG B2c
1936 E3/15771 10 FG B3hl
2024B El/16367 18-17 FG B3hl
1936 E3/15772 10 FG B3hl
2026 El/16315 0 FG B3hl
1936 E3/15773 10 FG B2c
2028 El/16169 11 FG B3hl
1938 E3/1 5764/1 7 HS l.a.i III Fig. 14:1
2028 El/16239 11 FG B3hl
1940 E3/15844 6 FG B3hl
2028 El/16246 11 FG B3hl
1944 E3/15784 10 LW Alq
2028 El /16247 11 FG B2c
1944 E3/15785 10 FG B2c
2028 El /16283 11 FG B2c
1944 E3/15894 10 FG B3hl
2028 El /16284 11 FG A3c
1945 E3/15804 10 FB 199 III PI. 10:22
2028 El/16286 11 FG Bid 86-1863 IV Fig. 14:10;
1947 E3/15790 10 ST 95-2970 IV Fig. 25:2
1949 E3/15811 11-10 FG C
IV 86
2028 El/16295 11 FG B3hl
1949 E3/15831 11-10* FB 200 m PI. 9:7
2028 El/16310 11 FG B3hl
1950 E3/15814 11-10 GM
2028 El/16314 11 FG B3hl
1951 E3/15930 11-10 FG A5a2
2028 El /163 16 11 FG B3c
1952 E3/15865 11 FG B3hl
2028 El/16317 11 FG B3c
1952 E3/15926 11 FG D
2028 El/16332 11 FG B3hl
1952 E3/15929 11 FG B3hl
2028 El/16360 11 FG
2028 El/16613 11 FG
2028 El/16638 11 FG
2028 El/16719 11 FG
2028 El /16727
2028 El/16727 11 FG
2028 El/16728 11 FG
1952 E3/15932 11 FG D
1952 E3/15933 11 FG B3g?
1953 E3/15956 0 FG C
1953 E3/15958 0 FG D
1955 E3/15841 11-10 FG A5a2?
1956 E3/15897 10 W 116
A3c
B3f
B3c
B3hl
11 ML III 124
B3d
B3hl
1957 E3/15917 12 FG B3hl
2028 El/16757 11 ML III 123
1957 E3/15924 12 FG A3al 95-1726 IV Fig. 12:1
2028 El/16801 11 FG B3hl
1957 E3/15931 12 FG B3hl
2028 El/16851 11 FG B3c
1957 E3/19009 12 W 37 95-2627 IV Fig. 32:10
2031 El/19805 10 FG B3hl
1959 E3/15998 11 FG B3hl
2035 El/16368 12 FG B3hl
1957 E3/19043 12 FG B2d
1962 E3/18846/1 17 W 24 95-2644 IV Fig. 34:1
2035 El/16297 12 FG B3g
2035 El/16450 12 FG B3hl
1965 E3/18822 12-10 FG B3c
2035 El/16451 12 FG B3h2
1974 E3/19010 18 W 18
2035 El/16487
2035 El /16536 12
2035 El /16854 12
2035 El/16926 12
1975 E3 /19027 18 FL IV Fig. 41:10
1978 E3/18902 14 LW B3h 95-3593 IV Fig. 22:9
1992 E3/15971 14 W 36 95-2626 IV Fig. 32:9
12
FG
FG
FG
FB 184 III 143
B3b
B2c
B3f
2004 El/10649 18-17* FB 174 III 143
2035 El/17284 12 FG B3hl
2004 El/10694 18-17 ST 95-2982 IV Fig. 28:7
2005 El/17403 12 FL IV Fig. 40:12
2035 El/17285 12 FG B2b2
2007 El/16109 7 FG B3hl
2037 El/16904 10 FB 185 III 143
2038 El /16227 7 FG B3hl
2038 El/16241 7 FG B3b
2038 El/16389 7 FG B3hl
2006 El/16063 6 FG M
2007 El/16151 7 FG B3c
2007 El/16171 7 FG D
2007 El/16223 7 FG B3hl
2035 El/17286 12 FG B3g
2035 El/17323 12 FG A5a2?
2039 El /1 6373/2 7B HS l.a.i III Fig. 14:4
2039 El/16373/3 7B HS l.a.iv III Fig. 14:17
2009 El/16046 10 FG B3hl
2009 El/16047 10 FG B3f
2040 El/16230 10 FG B3c
2009 El/16564 10 FG A5b
2040 El/16850 10 FG B3g?
2010 El/16188 10 FG B3hl
2042 El/16127 18A FG B3c
2042 El/16170 18A FG B3f
2012 El/16039 7 LW B5h
2015 El/16060 12 W 79
2015 El/16428 12 W 80 95-2658 IV Fig. 34:15
2015 El/16439 12 W81 95-2659 IV Fig. 35:1
2015 El/16460 12 FB 182 IU PI. 9:14
2042 El/16235 18A W 11
2046 El/16371 9 HS l.a.i 95-2145 III Fig. 14:3
2046 El/16606 9 FG B2c?
2015 El/16469 12 FG B3hl
2047 El/16583 7 FG B2c
2015 El/16498 12 FG Bla 86-1875 IV Fig. 14:2;
2053 El/16442 8 FG B3hl
IV 85
2015 El/16499 12 FG B3hl
2053 El/16474 8 HS l.a.i 95-2145 III Fig. 14:3
2061 El/16596/1 7 FG B3hl
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2062 El/16535 14 FG B3h3
2123 El/17269/2 14 ML III 125
2123 El/17269 14* BR m 119-21
2062 El/16925 14 FG B2c
2123 El/17293 14 FG B3hl
2062 El/17031 14 ST
2063 El /16979 10 FG A5b
2123 El /1 7310 14* BR III 119-20
2063 El/16980 10 Horus Eye 95-4103 IV Fig. 48
2065 El/16616 8 HS l.a.i III Fig. 14:2
2066 El/16576 9 W 151 95-2996 IV Fig. 37:15
2123 El/17348 14 FG A6a
2066 El /16662 9 FG B3hl
2124 El/17265 7 FG Ala
2066 El/16741 9 FB 186 III 143
2124 El/17458 7 ST
2061 El /16596/2 7 FG D
2123 El/17344 14* BR III 119-20
2068 El /16708/ 18 ML III 125
1-8
2071 El/17382 10 ML ffl 127
2074 El /16680 7 FG Ala
2123 El/17883 14* BR III 119
2123 El/21505 14 ML III 122
2126 El/17247 10 ML III 122
2127 El/17351 7 LW A2d 95-3585 IV Fig. 21:27
2128 El /19593 7 FG A3f 95-1736 IV Fig. 13:2
2128 El/19594 7 FG B2c-a
2074B El/16504 18 ST IV Fig. 26:5
2075 El /16692 7 FG B3hl
2075 El/16756 7 FG A2a2 86-1851 IV Fig. 11:6
2076 El/16713 14 ML III 123
2076 El/16765 14 FG B3c
2076 El/16787 14 ST IV Fig. 26:2
2076 El/16797 14 FG Alf 86-1900 IV Fig. 10:14
2076 El/16918 14 W 35
2076 El/16947 14 ML III 123
2129 El/17349 9 W 157 95-3000 IV Fig. 38:1
2130 El/17330 0 LW B5i 95-3646
2130 El/19532 0 ML III 126
2135 El/17440 17 BD, GM 95-2371 IV Fig. 43:6
2135 El /17461 17 BD 95-2375 IV Fig. 44:11
2135 El/17492 17 ML ffl 127
2135 El /19509 17 W 22 95-2620 IV Fig. 32:2
2135 El /19562 17 FL IV Fig. 41:19
2135 El /19564 17 BD, GM 95-2367 IV Fig. 42:17
2078 El/16771 9 FB 187 III 143
2135 El /19745 17 FB 188 ffl PI. 9:3
2078 El /16856 9 FG D
2135 El /19804 17 W 23 95-2621 IV Fig. 32:3
2079 El/16749 11 BD, GL 43 86-457 II Fig. 31;
IV Fig. 44:10
2135 El/21535 17 BD, GM
2079 El /16860 11 FG B3f
2135A El/17436 17 ST 95-2979 IV Fig. 28:3
2135B El/21544 18-17 ST 95-2968 IV Fig. 26:4
2079 El /16759 11 FG A3c
2082 El /16963 18 ML in 122
2135 El /21 572 17 BR III 121
2135 El /21 582 17 ML III 127
2137 El /17393 12 ST
2085 El /16793 10 BD, GM
2139 El/19818 18B FL IV Fig. 41:9
2085 El /16799 10 FG B3f
2085 El /16920 10 FG B3hl
2146 El/17463 7 FG B3hl
2085 El /17456 10 ST
2086 El /16768 12 FG B3hl
2153 El /1 971 6 18A* ML III 125
2152 El /19780 12 FL IV Fig. 40:15
2153 El/19726 18A BD 95-2378 IV Fig. 45:9
2155 El/19526 10 Will 95-2674 IV Fig. 36:5
2086 El /1 731 8 12 LW B3h
2086 El/17371 12 LW B3h
2089 El /16848 18B LW B5h
2086 El/17392 12 LW B5h 95-3607 IV Fig. 22:26
2155 El/19592 10 FGBlfl
2157 El/19602 10 FG A5al?
2092 El /16729 9 LW A3c 95-3645
2157 El /19609 10 FG B3hl
2092 El /16730 9 LW A3d 95-3643
2159 El /19658 10 W 112
2092 El /1 691 3 9 LW A3c 95-3580 IV Fig. 21:19
2092 El/16945 9 W 152 95-2997 IV Fig. 37:16
2161 El /17408 18A FL IV Fig. 41:14
2161 El /1 961 6 18A W 12 95-2613 IV Fig. 31:4
2092 El/17108 9 LW A5f 95-3644
2161 El /19703 I8A FG B3hl
2093 El /19628 12 BD, GM IV Fig. 42:14
2096 El/17001 14 LW B3h 95-3592 IV Fig. 22:7
2103 El/17071 9 W 153 95-2998 IV Fig. 37:17
2107 El /16942 12 W 82 95-2660 IV Fig. 35:2
2113 El /171 36 9 W 154 95-2999 IV Fig. 37:18
2161
2161
2161
2161
2161
2113 El/17139 9 ML III 127
2113 El/17140 9 BD, GM
2113 El/17141 9 FG B3e
2113 El/17143/2 9 W 155
2113 El /17145 9 ML III 124
2113 El /17181 9 FG B3f?
2114 El/19538 9 BR IH 121
El/19814 18A* FB 191 III 143
El/19814 18A* FB 192 ffl 143
El/19814 18A* FB 193 III PI. 11:37
El /198 14 18A* FB 190 III PI. 9:4
El/21571 18A* FB 189 III 143
2161 El/21581/1 18A ST IV Fig. 28:6
2161 El /21 581 /2 18A ST IV Fig. 24:7
2161 El/21583 18A W 13 95-2614 IV Fig. 31:5
2161 El/21610 18A ST 95-2969 IV Fig. 25:1
2161 El /2 1629 18A BR III 121
2161 El/21635 18A LW B5h 95-3605 IV Fig. 22:24
2161 El/21638 18A W 14 95-2615 IV Fig. 31:6
2114 El /19590 9 ML m 126
2161 El /2 1665 18A BR III 121
2114 El/19597 9 BR III 119
2166 El/19740 18A LW B3h
2114 El/19657 9 W 158 95-3001 IV Fig. 38:2
2167 El /19700 20 FL IV Fig. 41:6
2116 El/16584 10 FG B2c 86-1841
2167 El /19771 20 ML III 126
2167 El /1 9831 20 ML III 126
2121 El/17291 7 FG B3hl
2167 El /21 634 20 ST 95-2965 IV Fig. 24:6
2115 El/17292 9 W 156
2168 El/19733 18 ML III 123, 125-26
2122 El/19586 10 FG B2c
2123 El/17254/1 14 ML III 125
2169 El/19717 18A W 15 95-2616 IV Fig. 31:7
2123 El/17254/2 14 ML III 125
2171 El/19687 14 ST
2123 El /17254 14* BR III 119-20
2177 El/19764 18 FL IV Fig. 40:11
2177 El /19767 18 W 16 95-2619 IV Fig. 32:1
2123 El/17269/1 14 ML III 125
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Locus Reg. No. Str. Cat. /Type IAA No. Vol. /Page
2182 El/19843 20 FG A5a2
Surf. 11004 0 FL IV Fig. 41:16
Surf. 11316 0 BD, GM 95-2356 IV Fig. 42:2
2402 E3/19072 11-10 FG A5b
Surf. 11319 0 LW A2b
2402 E3/19144 11-10 GM
2402/2 E3/19062 11-10 FG B3c
Surf. 17705 0 FG B3e
2402/2 E3/19063 11-10 FG B2e?
W. 329 8226 10C-B FG B3c
W. 329 8247 IOC-B FB 1
W. 329 8254 IOC-B* BR
W. 329 11064 IOC-B* ML
W. 329 11065 IOC-B* BR
W. 329 11067 IOC-B FG A3c
W. 330 17709 IOC-B FG B3f
W. 367 8154 IOC-B* BR
701 2006/1 0 FG B2c
2402/2 E3/19064 11-10 FG B3hl
2402/2 E3/19070 11-10 FG B3c
2402/2 E3/19073 11-10 FG B3c
2402/2 E3/19074 11-10 FG B3g
2402/2 E3/19079 11-10 W 103
2402/3 E3/19089 11-10 FG B2c
2402/3 E3/19099 11-10 FG B3hl
2402/3 E3/19100 11-10 FG B3hl
III 140
III 117
III 126
III 117
III 118
703 2007 7 FG B3a
2402/3 E3/19143 11-10 FG D
2411 E3/19172/5 17 ST
703
2414 E3/19168 11-10 ST
705 2037 0 FG B3f
2417 E3/19105 18-17 FL 95-3256 IV Fig. 41:5
2421 E3/19214 18 FL IV Fig. 40:8
2423 E3/19172 20 FL IV Fig. 41:7
706 4326/6 8 LW A2c
2429 E3/19166 18 W 19
2063
7
ML
III
127
706 4326/5 8 HS 2.a III Fig. 14:21
706 4326/7 8 HS l.a.iv III Fig. 14:18
706 4326/8 8 LW A2b 95-3652
706 4326/9 8 HSl.a.i III Fig. 14:6
2431 E3/19176 20 GM
2431 E3/19194 20 FL IV Fig. 40:7
2433 E3/19206 0 FL IV Fig. 40:14
706 4326/9 8 LW B5h
2438 E3/1921 1 21-20 FL IV Fig. 40:10
2438 E3/1 923 1/1 21-20 FL IV Fig. 40:1
2438 E3/19231/2 21-20 FL IV Fig. 40:3
2438 E3/19265 21-20 FL IV Fig. 41:1
706 4375 8 FG B3hl
2435 E3/19182 11-10 FG B3f
2438 E3/19283 21-20 LW B6n
2441 E3/ 19204/2 20 LW B3h IV Fig. 22:8
2441 E3/19204 20 FL 95-3257 IV Fig. 40:9
2441 E3/19220 20 FL 95-3258 IV Fig. 40:2
2441 E3/19238 20 FL IV Fig. 40:6
2451 E3/19222 20 FL IV Fig. 40:16
2452 E3/19223 20 FL IV Fig. 40:18
2456 E3/1 9267/1 20 FL IV Fig. 40:17
2456 E3/1 9267/2 20 FL 95-3255 IV Fig. 41:3
2456 E3/19296 20 FL IV Fig. 40:13
2460 E3/19240 20-17 ST
2470 E3/19260 20 FL IV Fig. 41:2
706
4337/4
8*
ML
III
124
706 4349 8 HS 2. a III Fig. 14:20
706 4392/1-2 8* ML ìli 124
706 4696 8 HS 2.c III Fig. 14:23
710 2039 7 FG B2e
710 2040 7 FG B3h2 IV Fig. 17:15
710 2054/1 7 FG B3a
710 2054/2 7 FG B3a
710 2054/3 7 FG B3hl
710 2068 7 FG A3a2
710 2081 7 FG B3e
710 2089/1 7 FG B3hl
710 2089/2 7 FG A5a2 IV Fig. 13:6
710 2092 7 FG Ala?
710 2110 7 FG B2a 86-2028 IV Fig. 16:4
710 2117 7 FGBlfl IV Fig. 15:10
710 2316 7 FG B3c
2472 E3/19284 0 FG B3hl
710 2317 7 FG B3hl
2480 E3/19288 20 W 1 95-2610 IV Fig. 31:1
2601 El /21 509 12 W 83 95-3081 IV Fig. 35:3
710 2324 7 FG B3hl
710 2319 7 FG B2e
2601 El /21 579 12 ST
710 2325 7 FG A5b
2603B El/21576 18B BR III 121
710 2330 7 FG B2a 86-1884 IV Fig. 16:3
2604 El /19820 20 ML III 126
711 4323 8 LW A3d 95-3616
2604 El /19840 20 ML III 122
712 2166 6 FG B3a
2605 El/21573 18B BR III 121
2605 El /2 1583 18B BR III 121
2612 El/14656 20 LW B4j
2612 El/21617 20 BR 111119,121
714 2057 0 W 198 IV Fig. 39:11
714 2071 0 GM 89-1160
717 2111 0 FG B3hl
717 2114/2 0 FG B3hl
2612 El /21 623 20 ML III 124
717 2120 0 FG B2c
2612 El /21 628 20 GM
717 2130/1 0 FG D
2616 El/21655 18 ST 95-2966 IV Fig. 24:8
717 2130/2 0 FG M IV Fig. 19:12
2621 El /2 1693 18 ST
717 2131 0 HS l.a.i.H IH 274
718 2104 9 FG B3f
2622* El /21 678 18B BR III 121
718 2159/1 9 LW A3b
2616 El/21656 18 W 17
2622 El /21 678 18B BR III 121
718 4224 9 W 159 IV Fig. 38:3
721 4232 8 LW A2c 95-3653
721 4242 8 LW A2c 95-3654
AREA G
721 4389 8 LW B6k 95-3597 IV Fig. 22:13
Surf. 4507 0 LW A3e 95-3680
722 2188 O LWB5Ì 95-3617
Surf. 4585 0 LW A5f 86-2052 IV Fig. 22:2
Surf. 8124 0 W 199 IV Fig. 39:12
Surf. 8253 0 FG Aid 86-408 IV Fig. 10:20
Surf. 1 1001 0 W 200 IV Fig. 39: 13
724 2164 0 FG B2e 95-1751 IV Fig. 16:12
725 2161/1 3 POT IH Fig. 12:4
725 2179/2 3 POT m Fig. 12:11
Surf. 11002 0 FG B3c
725 2208/1 3 FG B2d
727 2191/1 7 FG A5b?
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727 2266 7 FG B3hl IV Fig. 17:14
739 4219 3 POT 89-2881 III Fig. 12:19
742 2340 9 W 162 IV Fig. 38:6
727 2277 7 FG A3b
742 2409 9 FG A5a2
727 2278 7 FG B2d
742 2443/1 9 W 163 IV Fig. 38:7
742 2467 9 W 164 IV Fig. 15:8
727 2249 7 FG B3h2
727 2267 7 FG B3a IV PI. 8:6
727 2279 7 FG B3g
742 2368 9 FG D
727 2281/1 7 FG A5a2
742 2476/1 9 FG A5al?
727 2281/1 7 FG B3h2
742 2480 9 ST 95-2963 IV Fig. 24:3
742 2548 9 FG B2c
727 2287 7 FG B3a
727 2313 7 FG B3g
727 2320 7 FG A2a2 95-1723 IV Fig. 11:4
749 2456/1 8 HS l.a.iii III Fig. 14:12
750 2407/2 5 + 2?/? POT III Fig. 13:7
727 4264 7 FG B3fl 95-1763 IV Fig. 17:10
752 2478 7 LW A3d 95-3655
727 4268 7 FG B2c
753 4246/3 8-7?* HS l.a? III 272
727 4283 7 FG B3c
753 4249 8-7? LW A3b
727 4985 7 W 178
756 2532/10 9 LW A3c 95-3618 IV Fig. 21:23
756 4252 9 W 165 IV Fig. 38:8
1*?
727 2336 7 FG B3hl
732 2197 7 FG B2c 86-1857
733 2192/1 5 + 2?/ HS2.b.iii III Fig. 21:3
1*?
756
4258
9
BR
III
119
756 4260 9 LW B5h
733 2192/2 5 + 2?/ HS 2.a.i in Fig. 20:1
760 2580 9 W 166 IV Fig. 38:9
760
4271
9
BR
III
119
733 2192/3 5 + 2?/ HS l.a.vi.B 95-2169 III Fig. 17:23
760
4290
9
BR
III
119
1*?
1+?
733 2200/1 5+2?/ HSl.a.v ffl Fig. 17:10
1*?
733 2205 5 + 2?/ HSl.a.v III Fig. 17:11
1*?
733 2402/1 5 + 2?/ POT III Fig. 13:8
1*?
733 2403 5 + 2?/ HS l.a.vi.B 95-2165 III Fig. 17:21
1*?
733 2404/1 5 + 2?/ POT III Fig. 13:6
1*?
733 2404/1 5 + 2?/ HS l.a.i.J III Fig. 16:16
1*?
735 2211 5 HSl.b.i III Fig. 19:7
735 2213/2 5 HSl.a.i.K III Fig. 16:17
735 2213/3 5 HS l.a.i.F III Fig. 15:9
760 4296 9 ST IV Fig. 30:11
760 4297 9 LW A3b
760 4300 9 BD, GL 49 86-449 II Fig. 31;
IV Fig. 44:7
760
4305
9
BR
III
119
760 4313 9 BD, GM 95-2368 IV Fig. 43:3
760 4354 9 W 167 IV Fig. 38:10
760 4481 9 FG B3hl
760 4729 9 LW A3b 95-3581 IV Fig. 21:20
761 4295 7 FG Blfl 86-1884 IV Fig. 15:9
761 4307 7 FG B2c
761
4308
7
ML
III
123
767 4530 10B ST 95-2971 IV Fig. 25:3
773 4546 10B LW B4m 95-3602 IV Fig. 22:20
773 4560 10B FG B3g
773 4727 10B W 117 IV Fig. 36:7
735 2213/4 5 HSl.b.i III 274
776 4387 8 LW B6k
735 2220 5 HS 3.b? 95-2772 III Fig. 21:10
735 2223/4 5 HSl.b.i III Fig. 19:1
778 4441 9 FG B3h2
735 2413 5 HSl.a.i.I III 274
735 2439/1 5 HS l.a.i.F III Fig. 15:21
778 4791 9 W 168 IV Fig. 38:11
778 4793 9 W 169 IV Fig. 38:12
735 2439/2 5 HSl.a.i.C III 274
780
735 2444/3 5 HSl.a.v III Fig. 17:13
780 4430 8 FG B3g
735
2413
5
ML
III
126
735
2444/4
5
HS
III
274
735
2444/6
5
HS
III
274
735 2446/4 5 HSl.b.i III Fig. 18:1
735
2446/5
5
HS
III
274
778 4452 9 GM 89-1161
778 4488 9 LW A3c
4421
8*
ML
III
127
782 4444/5 10C-B FG B3hl
782 4449/4- 10C-B FG B3hl
782 4463 IOC-B* FB 2 III 140
782 4463 IOC-B* FB 3 III 140
735 2449/1 5 HS l.a.i.F 95-2154 III Fig. 15:20
735 2453/2 5 HS l.a.i.F III Fig. 15:16
735 2492 5 FG M IV Fig. 19:9
736 2196 9 W 160 IV Fig. 38:4
782 4471 IOC-B FG A2f 86-412 IV Fig. 11:15
736 2254 9 FG A5a2
783 4665 IOC-B ST
736
2227
9
ML
III
123
783 4529 IOC-B W 118
783 4543 IOC-B FG B3f
783 4545 IOC-B ST
783 4586 IOC-B FG B3c
736 2264 9 FG B3hl
783 4719 IOC-B* FB 4 III 140
736 2284/2 9 LW A3c
784 4473 IOC-B LW Alb
737 2239 9 W 161 IV Fig. 38:5;
IV 231
784 4474 IOC-B W 119 IV Fig. 36:8
784 4509 IOC-B W 120 IV Fig. 36:9
737 2428/1 9 FG A5a2
784 4520 IOC-B W 121
739 2270/1 3 POT III Fig. 12:13
739 2310/1 3 POT III Fig. 12:2
739 2326/1 3 POT III Fig. 12:6
739 2379 3 HS III Fig. 22:3;
784 4617 IOC-B ST IV Fig. 30:8
787A 4510 14-10B FG B2al 95-1755 IV Fig. 16:17
739 2379 3 HS 4 III Fig. 22:3
790 4567 IOC-B W 122 86-1788 IV Fig. 36:10
III 54
787A 4524 14-10B FG A5b
787B 4695 14 FG A6
790 4566 IOC-B ST
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Locus Reg. No. Str. Cat. /Type IAA No. Vol. /Page
824 4908 IOC FG B3hl
790 4578 10C-B FG A5a2?
790 4604 10C-B* BR III 120
824 4931 IOC FG A3b
790 4709 10C-B ST
824 4946 IOC FG B3hl
790 4809 IOC-B W 123 86-394 IV Fig. 36:16
824 4947 IOC FG B2c
IN 15
791
4589
10B
ML
III
124
824 4948/1 IOC W 134 IV Fig. 37:3
824 4964 IOC FG B3hl
791 4728 10B W 124 IV Fig. 36:11
824 4965 IOC FG B3f
791 4736 10B LW A3b
824 4970 IOC FG B3hl
791 4807 10B FG B3c
824 4992 IOC FG B2
791 4736 10B W 125 IV PI. 14:10
791 4850 10B FG B3hl
824
825
4967
4844
IOC
14?*
BR
FB
III
17
III
118
140
826 4811/1 147-12B W 135
791 4872 10B FG C
791 4993 10B ST IV Photo 86
791 5626 10B W 137 IV Fig. 37:4
792 4825/1 10C-B W 126 IV Fig. 36:12
792 4848 10C-B FG B3g
792 4867 10C-B LW Alb 95-3572 IV Fig. 21:6
792 4884 IOC-B W 127
792 4890 10C-B LW B41 IV Fig. 22:19
826 4829 14?-12B ST 95-2959 IV PI. 13:4
826 4831 147-12B BD, GM 86-453 IV Fig. 43:7
826 4833 14?- FB 18 III 140
12B*
827 5514 IOC-B FG B2e
827 5535 10C-B FG B3hl
827 5565 10C-B* BR III 118
792 4891/1 10C-B ST
829 4883 14?* FB 19 III 140
793 4630 10C-B FG A5a2
831
4936
14?*
ffl
126
793 4714 10C-B BR in 117
793 4762 IOC-B* FB 5 m PI. 9:9
793 4779 10C-B* FB 7 m 140
793 4779 10C-B* FB 10 III 140
793 4779 10C-B* FB 9 m PI. 9:10
832
4961
14
FB
22
IU
140
834
4980
14
FB
26
III
140
ML
838 5563 IOC FG C
840 5784 16A FG B3hl
841
5783
793 4779 10C-B* FB 6 III PI. 9:8
845 5790 16A FG C
845
8185
16A
ML
845
798 4660 IOC-B W 128 IV Fig. 36:13
5683
16A*
793 4779 10C-B* FB 8 III PI. 9:11
16A
BR
BR
III
125
III
117
III
117
798 4677 10C-B BR III 118
798 4930 10C-B FG B2c
799 4662 10C-B BR III 118
850 4996 14?-10C FG Bla 95-1739 IV Fig. 14:1
850 5517 14?-10C FG Bla 86-1880 IV Fig. 14:4;
799 4663 10C-B BR IH 117, 119
850 5518 14?-10C FG C
799 4692 10C-B W 129 IV Fig. 36:14
IV 85
850 5525 14?-10C* FB 27 III PI. 10:19-20
850 5548 14?-10C FG B3hl
804 4559 10C-B ST
804 4574 10C-B FG A5a2
804 4575 10C-B FG B3f
850 5549 14?-10C FG B3hl
804 5557/1 10C-B ST
850 5568 14?-10C FG Bib 95-1740 IV Fig. 14:7;
850 5566 14?-10C FG B3f
IV 85
804 5559 10C-B FG B2c
804 5583/1 10C-B W 130
850 5569/1 14?-10C W 136
804 5587 10C-B* FB 11 III 140
850 5592 14?-10C* BR III 118
804 5588 10C-B FG F 95-1773 IV Fig. 19:6
850 5593 14?-10C* FB 28 III 140
804 5630 10C-B FG B3f
804 11021 10C-B* BR III 117
850 5612 14?-10C* FB 29 III 140
817 4819 10B FG B3hl
850 5612 147-10C* FB 32 III 140
818 4668 10C-B W 131
850 5612 14?-10C* FB 35 III 140
850 5612 14?-10C* FB 30 III 140
818 4768 10C-B FG B3a
850 5612 14?-10C* FB 36 III 140
818
818
818
818
818
818
850 5612 14?-10C* FB 31 III PI. 10:31
4835 10C-B* FB 12 III 140
4835 10C-B* FB 13 IH 140
4860 10C-B FG B3a IV 88
4899 10C-B* BR m 117
4929 10C-B* BR III 118
4971 10C-B* BR III 117
850 5612 14?-10C* FB 34 III PI. 9:6
850 5613 14?-10C* BR III 117
850 5628 14?-10C FG B3hl
850 5629 14?-10C FG B3hl
850 5631 147-10C FG A2g
818 4972 10C-B ST 95-2967 IV Fig. 26:1
850 5632 14?-10C FG B3hl
818 4984 10C-B* ML ID 123
818 4985 10C-B* ML in 126
850 5639 14?-10C* FB 39 III 140
818 4973 10C-B ST
818 4986 10C-B W 132 IV Fig. 37:1
818 5515 IOC-B ST IV Fig. 26:3
819 4718 IOC FG B3g
820 4787 147-12B FG D
850 5639 14?-10C* FB 37 IH 140
850 5639 147-10C* FB 38 in 140
850 5639 14?-10C* FB 41 III 140
850 5639 14?-10C* FB 42 III 140
850 5639 14?-10C* FB 43 III 140
850 5639 14?-10C* FB 44 III 141
822 4917 147-12B* FB 14 IH Pl. 10:34
822 4917 147-12B* FB 16 III Pl. 10:32-33
850 5639 14?-10C* FB 46 UI 141
823 4788 14?-12B FG B2c
823 4957 10 W 133 IV Fig. 37:2
824 4806 IOC FG B3c
850 5639 14?-10C* FB 50 III 141
850 5639 147-10C* FB 51 III 141
850 5639 14?-10C* FB 52 III 141
824 4818 IOC FG B3hl
850 5639 14?-10C* FB 53 III 141
850 5639 147-10C* FB 49 III 141
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850 5639 147-10C* FB 54 III 141
850 5660 147-10C* BR III 117
850 5639 147-10C* FB 56 III 141
850 5660 147-10C* BR III 119
850 5639 147-10C* FB 56a III 141
850 5668 147-10C* BR III 117
850 5639 147-10C* FB 57 III 141
850 5702 147-10C FG B3f
850 5639 147-10C* FB 58 III 141
850 5707 147-10C* FB 235 III PI. 10:26
850 5639 147-10C* FB 60 III 141
850 5707 147-10C* FB 234 III PI. 9:5
850 5639 147-10C* FB 61 III 141
850 5708 147-10C* BR III 118
850 5639 147-10C* FB 62 III 141
850 5709 147-10C* BR III 119-20
850 5639 147-10C* FB 63 III 141
850 5771 147-10C* BR III 120
850 5639 147-10C* FB 64 III 141
850 5789 147-10C FG A6a? IV Fig. 13:14
850 5639 147-10C* FB 65 III 141
851 4820 14? FG B3hl
850 5639 147-10C* FB 66 III 141
856
850 5639 147-10C* FB 67 III 141
856
5602
10C
5623
BR
IOC
850 5639 147-10C* FB 68 III 141
856 5674 IOC FG B3hl
850 5639 147-10C* FB 69 III 141
856 5675 IOC FG B3hl
850 5639 147-10C* FB 70 III 141
III
BR
118-19
III
117
856 5676 IOC W 138 IV Fig. 37:5
850 5639 147-10C* FB 71 III 141
856 5677 IOC FG B3hl
850 5639 147-10C* FB 72 III 141
858 5618 10B FG A2d2 86-1888 IV Fig. 11:17
850 5639 147-10C* FB 74 III 141
850 5639 147-10C* FB 75 III 141
858
5671
10B
BR
III
118-19
858 5678 10B FG B3hl
850 5639 147-10C* FB 76 III 141
858 5691 10B BR 111117,119
850 5639 147-10C* FB 77 III 141
859 5648 10C-B* BR III 119
850 5639 147-10C* FB 78 III 141
859 8107 10C-B* BR III 118-19
850 5639 147-10C* FB 79 III 141
859 8142 10C-B* BR III 118-19
850 5639 147-10C* FB 80 III 141
859 8143 10C-B* BR III 118-19
850 5639 147-10C* FB 81 III 141
859 8156 10C-B* BR III 119
850 5639 147-10C* FB 83 III 141
859 8166 10C-B* BR III 119
850 5639 147-10C* FB 84 III 141
859 8201 10C-B* BR 111117,119
850 5639 147-10C* FB 85 III 141
859 8204 10C-B FG B3hl IV 88
850 5639 147-10C* FB 86 III 141
862 5564 IOC FG B3hl
850 5639 147-10C* FB 87 III 141
862 5723 IOC FG A2al 86-410 IV Fig. 11:1
868 5727 10B BD 86-461 II Fig. 31;
850 5639 147-10C* FB 88 III 141
GL 45
850 5639 147-10C* FB 94 III 141
850 5639 147-10C* FB 40 III PI. 10:24
5746
10B
BR
III
IV Fig. 44:9
850 5639 147-10C* FB 45 III PI. 10:27
868
118
850 5639 147-10C* FB 47 III PI. 10:28
868 5768 10B W 139 IV Fig. 37:6
850 5639 147-10C* FB 55 III PI. 10:29
868
5769
10B
BR
III
117
850 5639 147-10C* FB 59 III PI. 10:30
868
5788
10B
BR
III
118
8110
10B
BR
III
117
850 5639 147-10C* FB 48 III PI. 11:36
868
850 5639 147-10C* FB 82 III PI. 11:38
868 8169 10B* FB 91 III 141
850 5639 147-10C* FB 93 III PI. 11:39
868 8169 10B* FB 92 III 141
850 5639 147-10C* FB 95 III PI. 11:40
868
8170
10B
BR
III
117
850 5639 147-10C* FB 73 III PI. 9:2
870 5722 10C-B FG B3hl
850 5652 147-10C* BR III 118
870 5724 10C-B* BR III 118-19
850 5653 147-10C* BR 111118,120
871 5743 10C-B* BR III 117
850 5656 147-10C* FB 213 III 143
872
850 5656 147-10C* FB 214 III 143
872 5748 10B BR 111117,120
850 5656 147-10C* FB215 III 143
872 5750 10B FG B2c
850 5656 147-10C* FB 216 III 143
872 5751 10B FG Ala
850 5656 147-10C* FB 217 III 143
872
5742
10B
5764
10B
BR
BR
III
III
117
117
850 5656 147-10C* FB 218 III 143
872 5791 10B FG A5a2
850 5656 147-10C* FB 219 III 143
872 5792 10B FG B3hl
850 5656 147-10C* FB 220 III 143
874 5787 IOC FG B3hl
850 5656 147-10C* FB 221 III 143
850 5656 147-10C* FB 222 III 143
877 5665 14 FB 89 III 141
877 5672 14 BR III 117
850 5656 147-10C* FB 223 III 143
877
5690
14
FB
96
III
850 5656 147-10C* FB 224 III 143
877
5690
14
FB
98
III
850 5656 147-10C* FB 225 III 143
877
5694
14
11178
14
BR
850 5656 147-10C* FB 226 III 143
877
850 5656 147-10C* FB 227 III 143
880 8181 IOC FG B3g
BR
850 5656 147-10C* FB 228 III 143
881 8188 IOC? FG B3c
850 5656 147-10C* FB 229 III 143
881 8189 IOC? FG B2c
850 5656 147-10C* FB 230 III 143
881 8190 IOC? FG B3f
850 5656 147-10C* FB 231 III 144
881 8191 IOC? FG B3hl
850 5656 147-10C* FB 232 III 144
883 5796 IOC FG C
850 5656 147-10C* FB 233 III 144
883
850 5659 147-10C* BR III 119-20
883 8155 IOC FG B3a
8104
IOC
BR
141
141
III
118
III
117
III
117
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Locus Reg. No. Str. Cat. /Type IAA No. Vol. /Page
883
8179
IOC
BR
III
117
886 11050 IOC BD, GM 86-456 IV Fig. 45:5
Locus Reg. No. Str. Cat. /Type IAA No. Vol. /Page
919 11138 8 FG El 95-1768 IV Fig. 18:10
919 11139 8 FG B3e
886 11051 IOC FG B3c
886 11081 IOC BR III 118
886 11083 IOC FG B2c
920 11160 IOC FG B2c
888 11145 IOC-B* BR III 117
922 5797 IOC FG A3c
920
11162
IOC
BR
III
118
920
11166
IOC
BR
III
118
III
118
901 8180 IOC FG B2c-a
922
903 8210 IOC FG C
922 8127 IOC FG A6a
903
8212
IOC
BR
III
117
903 8225 IOC FG B3c
8120
IOC
BR
922 8128 IOC FG D
922 8171/8 IOC FG M
903 8227 IOC FG Ale 95-1720 IV Fig. 10:17;
IV 96
903 8228 IOC FG A3a2
922 11199 IOC FG B3c
923 11175 IOC W 142 IV Fig. 37:9
923
903 8256 IOC FG C
11207
IOC
BR
III
118
903 11059 IOC FG A3e 86-2033 IV Fig. 12:12
923 11248 IOC FG D
923 11257 IOC FG B3f
903 11060 IOC FG B3f
927
11197
IOC
BR
III
118
903 11061 IOC FG A5a2
927
11209
IOC
BR
III
118
903
11062
IOC
BR
III
117
III
118
903 11115 IOC FG A5a2
903
11128
IOC
BR
927 11269 IOC FG B2c
903 11135 IOC FG B3c
903
11141
IOC
BR
III
117
903 11147 IOC FG Ale 86-1837 IV Fig. 10:15
903 11152 IOC FG A3e 86-2032 IV Fig. 12:15
903 11159 IOC FG C
903
11171
IOC
BR
III
118
III
118
903 11173 IOC FG A5a2
903
11176
IOC
BR
927 11249 IOC FG A5a2
928 11214 0 FG B2e
933 11260 9 ST 95-2976 IV Fig. 27:4
934 11256 12B FG D
936
938
938
938
938
11284
11281
11334
11347
11384
IOC
IOC
IOC
IOC
9
FG
FG
FG
FG
BR
III
118
B3f
B3hl
B3hl
B3c
938 11385 IOC ST
903 11183 IOC W 140 IV Fig. 37:7
903
11193
IOC
BR
III
117
949 11434 14 FG E2 95-1765 IV Fig. 18:6
903
11211
IOC
BR
III
118
950 11315 9 W 170
903
11224
IOC
BR
III
117
950
4429
9
ML
III
127
950 11361 9 W 171 IV Fig. 38:13
903 11250 IOC FG B3gl
950 11365 9 FG B3a
903 11463 IOC FG B2c
950 11375 9 FG D
903 11481 IOC FG Ala
950 11382 9 FG B3hl
903 11589 IOC BR 111117,119
950 11388 9 LW A2b 95-3656
903 11679 IOC FB 105 III 142
950 11390 9 FG B2c
903 11731 IOC FG M IV Fig. 19:15
950 11437 9 FGA2a3 86-1837/1 IV Fig. 11:7
950 11438 9 W 172 IV Fig. 38:14
903 11746 IOC FB 104 III 142
903 11811 IOC FB 106 III 142
950 11439 9 FG A3a2
903 11811 IOC FB 107 III 142
950
11451
9
ML
III
127
906 8216 IOC FG A5a2
950
11452
9
ML
III
124
906 10054 IOC FG B3d
951 11321/3 3 POT III Fig. 12:15
906 11025 IOC FG B3d
951 11326 3 ST
906 11026 IOC FG Ale 95-1721 IV Fig. 10:18;
IV 96
906 11049 IOC FG B2c?
906= 11030 IOC BR III 117
W.369
907
11055
16A
BR
III
118
908 11076 IOC FG A3a2
11104
IOC
BR
11328/1
11328/2
11328/3
11328/4
11328/5
11328/8
3
3
3
3
3
3
POT
POT
POT
POT
POT
POT
III
118
908 11117 IOC FG B3d
11126
IOC
BR
III
118
951 11364 3 ST 95-2964 IV Fig. 24:4
951 11376/1 3 POT III Fig. 12:12
908
11146
IOC
BR
III
118
951 11403/1 3 POT III Fig. 12:8
951 11413/1 3 POT III Fig. 12:3
908 11156 IOC FG B2al
951 11428 3 FG B3a
908 11158 IOC FG B3c
951 11429 3 FG B3hl
11099
16A
BR
III
117
913 11109 IOC FB 100 III PI. 9:1
913 11110/3 IOC W 141 IV Fig. 37:8
913 11112 IOC* BR III 118
915 11195 16A LW B6k 95-3596 IV Fig. 22:12
915 11329 16A FG A7 95-1770 IV Fig. 19:1;
IV 88
915 11366 16A W 26
918 11137 10B FG B2c
Fig. 12:10
Fig. 12:17
Fig. 12:9
Fig. 12:16
Fig. 12:14
Fig. 12:7
951 11380 3 ST
908
909
III
III
III
III
III
III
951 11340 3 LW B5h 95-3657
908 11082 IOC FG B3hl
908
951
951
951
951
951
951
951 11448/1 3 POT III Fig. 12:1
951 11448/3 3 POT III Fig. 12:5
952 11345 8 FG B3hl
952 11482 8 LW A3e 95-3583 IV Fig. 21:25
952 11514 8 FG B3hl
952 11713 8 FG B3hl
959 11528 10B * W 143 86-1792 IV Fig. 37:10
959 11574 10B W 144 86-1791 IV Fig. 37:11
959
11682
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10B
BR
III
119
Locus Reg. No. Str. Cat. /Type IAA No. Vol. /Page
Locus Reg. No. Str. Cat. /Type IAA No. Vol. /Page
960 11389 12B BD, GM IV Fig. 45:1
997 11996 10B LW Alo
960 11406 12B FG B2c
997 11999/6 10B ST IV 193
960 11435 12B FG B2c
997
15202
10B
BR
IH
120
960 11473 12B FG B3hl
997
15203
10B
BR
III
120
997 15226/2 10B* BR 86-653 m Fig. 4:1
960 11508 12B FG Aid
997
997
997
997
997
960 11513 12B FG B3f
960 11567 12B FG B3hl
962 11651 13 FG B3f
962 11690 13 FG B3h2
962 11733 13 FG B3hl
964 11675 3 FG B2c
15226/3 10B* BR 86-653 in
15226/4 10B* BR 86-653 m
15226/5 10B* BR 86-653 ffl
15226/6 10B* BR 86-653 m
15226/9 10B* BR 86-653 in
Fig. 4:4
Fig. 4:3
Fig. 4:2
Fig. 4:6
Fig. 4:5
997 15226 10B BR 86-653 III 120
967 11509 10C-B W 145 86-1789 IV Fig. 37:12
967 11510 IOC-B W 146 86-2024 IV Fig. 37:13
997
15235
10B
ML
III
123
997 15236 10B* FB 121 m 142
967 11540 IOC-B ST IV Fig. 29:4
997 15236 10B* FB 120 III PI. 9:13
967 11597 IOC-B W 147
997 15238/1 10B BR III 120
967 11598 IOC-B W 148
997 15238/2 10B BR m 120
997 15243 10B BR III 120
967 11648 10C-B FG B3h2
967 11673 10C-B FG A6a IV 96
967 11697 10C-B* ML III 126
967 11716 10C-B* BR III 120
967 11725 10C-B* BR III 120
997 15274 10B LW Alb IV Fig. 21:8
997 17521 10B ST 95-2983 IV Fig. 28:9
999 11953 IOC FG A3a2 95-1730 IV Fig. 12:6
999 11968 IOC FG Big 86-1869 IV Fig. 14:15;
IV 86
967 11736 10C-B* BR m 120
967 11738 IOC-B ST IV Fig. 25:6
967 11739 10C-B ST 86-2025 IV Fig. 30:9;
999 11969 IOC FG B3hl
967 11780 IOC-B* FB 101 III 141
1107 15348 IOC FG Ble 86-1846 IV Fig. 14:11;
IV 193
967 11794 IOC-B ST IV Fig. 30:10;
IV 193
967 11823 10C-B* FB 123 in 142
999 22967 IOC* FB 122 III 142
1107 15311 IOC FG B3hl
IV 86
1107 15349 IOC FG B3hl
1107 15422 IOC ST 95-2985 IV Fig. 29:2
967 11823 10C-B* FB 124 III 142
1108 15316 IOC LW Alb 95-3658 IV Photo 14
967 11875 10C-B* ML III 126
1108 15317 IOC LW Alb IV Photo 14
1108 15318 IOC LW Alb IV Photo 14
968 11545 8 LW A3d 95-3587 IV Fig. 21:29
968 11977 8 FG B3hl
972 11769 13 FG Alb 86-415 IV Fig. 10:13
972 11790 13 BD, GM 86-455 IV Fig. 45:4
972 11791 13 BD, GM 86-460 IV Fig. 45:3
972 11797 13 FG B3hl
972
11898
13
ML
III
127
974 11754 10B BD IV Fig. 44:6
974 11755 10B ST IV Fig. 25:7
974
11786
10B
BR
III
120
975 5625 IOC FG A5b
975 11453 IOC FG B2c
975 11474 IOC FG F-M IV Fig. 19:14
981 11807 10B* FB 109 III 142
981 11807 10B* FB 110 III 142
981
11814
10B
BR
III
120
981 11816 10B* FB 108 III 142
981 11832 10B BR III 119-20
982
11812
10B
BR
III
119
982 11836 10B* FB 115 III 142
982 11836 10B* FB 116 III 142
982 11836 10B* FB 117 in 142
982 11865 10B FG B3hl
982 11881 10B BD, GM
984A 11919 12B FG B3cl
986 17520 IOC? LW Alb
986 15211 IOC? ST
989 11938 IOC FB 119 III 142
989 11974 IOC FG B3hl
997 11908/1 10B BR m 120
997 11908/2 10B BR III 120
997 11925 10B LW Alb
1108 15319 IOC LWAlq IV Photo 14
1108 15320 IOC LW Alb IV Photo 14
1108 15321 IOC LW Alb 95-3574 IV Fig. 21:11
1108 15322 IOC LW Alb IV Photo 14
1108 15323 IOC LWAlq IV Photo 14
1108 15324 IOC LW Alb IV Photo 14
1108 15325 IOC LWAlq IV Photo 14
1108 15326 IOC LW Alb IV Photo 14
1108 15327 IOC LW Alb IV Photo 14
1108 15329 IOC LW Alb IV Photo 14
1108 15330 IOC LW Alb IV Photo 14
1108 15332 IOC LWAlq IV Photo 14
1108 15333 IOC LW Alb 95-3569 IV Fig. 21:2
1108 15334/1 IOC LW Alb IV Photo 14
1108 15334/2 IOC LW Alb IV Photo 14
1108 15335 IOC LW Alb IV Photo 14
1108 15336 IOC
1108 15337 IOC
1108 15338 IOC
1108 15339 IOC
1108 15340 IOC LW
1108 15341 IOC
LWAlq IV Photo 14
LWAlq IV Photo 14
LWAlq IV Photo 14
LWAlq IV Photo 14
Ale 95-3578 IV Fig. 21:17
LWAlq IV Photo 14
1108 15342 10C LW Alb 95-3659 IV Photo 14
1108 15376 10C LWAlq IV Photo 14
1108 15377 10C LW Alb 95-3576 IV Fig. 21:13
1108 15378 10C LWAlq IV Photo 14
1108 15379 10C LW Alb
1108 15380 10C LW
1108 15380 10C LW
1108 15381 10C LW Ala
95-3660 IV Photo 14
Alb IV Photo 14
Alb IV Photo 14
95-3661 IV Photo 14
1108 15382 10C LWAlq IV Photo 14
997 11942 10B BD, GM 86-450 IV Fig. 43:8
997 11948 10B LW Alb IV Fig. 21:7
1108 15383 10C LW Alb 95-3662 IV Photo 14
997 11978 10B LW Alb
1108 15384 10C LW Ala IV Photo 14
1108 15385 10C LW Alb IV Photo 14
997 11979 10B LWAlq
1108 15386 10C LWAlq IV Photo 14
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Locus Reg. No. Str. Cat. /Type IAA No. Vol. /Page
1108 15387 IOC LWAlq IV Photo 14
Locus Reg. No. Str. Cat. /Type IAA No. Vol. /Page
1122A 8221 IOC BR III 118-19
1108 15388 IOC LW Alb IV Photo 14
1122A 17554/1 IOC FG B2c
1108 15391 10C LW Ale 95-3663 IV Photo 14
1122A 17554/2 10C FG B3g
1108 15392 10C LW Alb IV Photo 14
11 22 A 17559 10C FG B2c 89-1840
1108 15393 10C LW Alb IV Photo 14
1122A 17582 10C FG B3hl
1108 15394 10C LW Alb 95-3664 IV Photo 14
1108 15395 10C LW Alb 95-3665 IV Photo 14
1122B 17506 12B LW Alb
1108 15396 IOC LW Ale 95-3666 IV Fig. 21:14
1122B 5603 12B BR III 118
1123 15488 10C FG B3a
1108 15397 10C LW Alb 95-3667 IV Photo 14
1123 17578 10C BD, GM
1108 15398 10C LW Alb 95-3668 IV Photo 14
1108 15399 10C LW Alb 95-3669 IV Photo 14
1124 17509 14 FB 236 III PI. 10:35
1108 15408 10C LWAlq IV Photo 14
1124 17509 14 FB 237 III 144
1128 17619 14 FG B3hl
1108 15409 10C LW Alb IV Photo 14
1131 17580 12B FG B3h2
1108 15410 10C
1108 15411 10C LW
1108 15412 10C
1108 15413 10C
1108 15414 10C
1108 15415 10C
1131 17597 12B FG B3c
LWAlq IV
Alb 95-3573
LWAlq IV
LWAlq IV
LWAlq IV
LWAlq IV
Photo 14
IV Fig. 21:9
Photo 14
Photo 14
Photo 14
Photo 14
1108 15416 10C LW Ala IV Photo 14
1108 15417 10C LW Alb IV Photo 14
1108 15418 10C LW Alb 95-3670 IV Photo 14
1108 15419 10C LWAlq IV Photo 14
1132 17567 10C LW Alb
1132 17568 10C LW Alb
1132 17569 10C LW Alb
1132 17570 10C LW Alb
1134 17595 12B* FB 125 III 142
1136 17609/1 10C FG D
1136 17609/2 10C FGBlfl
1136 17609 10C Horus 95-4102 IV Fig. 47
Eye
1108 15420 10C LW Alb 95-3671 IV Photo 14
1108 15423 10C LW Alb IV Photo 14
1137 17631 12B FG B3hl
1108 15424 10C LW Alb 95-3575 IV Fig. 21:12
1141 17624/2 13 FG B3f
1108 15425 10C LW Alb 95-3672 IV Photo 14
1143 17642 13 FB 126 III 142
1108 15428 10C LW Alb IV Photo 14
1151 17657 14 GM
1139
17596
13
ML
III
127
1108 15429 10C LW Alb IV Photo 14
1152 17659 14 FB 127 m 142
1108 15430 10C LW Alb IV Fig. 21:10
1157 17711 2* POT III Fig. 12:20
1161 17671 3 POT 89-2880 IH Fig. 12:18
1108 15431 10C LW Alb 95-3673 IV Photo 14
1108 15432/1 10C LW Alb IV Photo 14
1108 15432/2 10C LW Alb IV Photo 14
1108 15433 10C LW Ale 95-3674 IV Photo 14
1108 15434 10C LW Alb IV Photo 14
1110 15362 10C LW Alb 95-3675 IV Photo 13
1110 15363 10C LW Alo IV Photo 13
1110 15364 10C LW Alo IV Photo 13
1110 15365 10C LW Alb IV Fig. 21:16
1110
1110
1110
1110
1110
15366
15367
15368
15369
15370
10C
10C
10C
10C
10C
LW
LW
LW
LW
LW
Alb
Alo
Alo
Alo
Alo
IV
IV
IV
IV
IV
Photo
Photo
Photo
Photo
Photo
13
13
13
13
13
1110 15371 10C LW Alo IV Photo 13
?
?
?
HS
l.b.i
IH
274
AREA H
W. 404 5182 6 Stone vessel III 46
1003 5009/1 III E POT III Fig. 7:1
1003 5017/1 III E POT III Fig. 7:5
1003 5017/2 III E POT III Fig. 6:18
1003 5017/3 III E HS l.b.i III 274
1003 5031/1 III E POT III Fig. 6:14
1003 5037/2 III E HS III 274
1003 5070/3 III E POT m Fig. 6:16
1003 -5076/1 III E POT III Fig. 7:2
1003 5092 III E POT III Fig. 7:7
1110 15372 10C LW Alb IV Photo 13
1005 5006 2/1 HS l.b.i III 274
1110 15373 10C LW Alb 95-3676 IV Photo 13
1110 15374 10C LW Alo IV Photo 13
1110 15375 10C LW Alo IVPhotol3
1110 15440 10C LW Alb IV Photo 13
1006 5240 2-1 FG A5a2
1110 15441 10C LW Alb 95-3577 IV Fig. 21:15
1110 15442 10C LW Ale 95-3677 IV Photo 13
1110 15455 10C
1110 15456 10C
1110 15458 10C
1110 15490 10C BD,
1110 17546 IOC LW
1110 17547 10C
1110 17549 10C
LWAlq IV
LWAlq IV
LWAlq IV
GM 95-2358
Ala 95-3678
LWAlq IV
LWAlq IV
Photo 13
Photo 13
Photo 13
IV Fig. 42:8
IV Fig. 21:3
Photo 13
Photo 13
1110 17550 10C LW Alb IV Photo 13
1114 15444 147-10C FG A5a2
1114 15465 147-10C FG B2c
1114 15487 14?-10C FG B2c
1114 17504 147-10C FG A5a2
1115 17552 12B LW B3c 95-3679
1118 17522 16A W 27
1119 17555 12B FG B3c
1007 5067 III Gl* HS 3.b 95-2771 III Fig. 21:7
1007 5075/1 III Gl POT III Fig. 5:11
1007 5075/2 III Gl POT III Fig. 5:10
1007 5075/3 III Gl POT III Fig. 5:6
1007 5086/1 III Gl POT IH Fig. 5:8
1007 5086/2 III Gl POT III Fig. 5:7
1007 5099/1 m Gl POT III Fig. 5:9
1007 5111 III Gl POT 95-1851 III Fig. 5:12
1007 5130 III Gl ST
1008 5041/1 III E ST 95-2974 IV Fig. 27:2
1008 5041/2 III E ST 95-2977 IV Fig. 27:5
1008 5041/3 III E ST
1008 5048 III E FG B3f
1008 5049 HIE FG B2c
1009A 5021/1 III E POT
1009A 5021/2 III E POT
1009 A 5021/3 III E POT
1009 A 5021/5 IH E POT
1009 A 5025/1 in E POT
1009 A 5025/2 HIE POT
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III
III
III
III
III
III
Fig. 6:19
Fig. 7:3
Fig. 6:21
Fig. 6:17
Fig. 6:20
Fig. 7:6
Locus Reg. No. Str. Cat. /Type IAA No. Vol. /Page
1009 A 5025/4 III E POT III Fig. 7:4
1011 5063/2 IIIG2 POT III Fig. 5:5
1011 5101/2 HIG2* HSl.b.i III 274
Locus Reg. No. Str. Cat. /Type IAA No. Vol. /Page
1039 5309 6 HSl.b.i HI 274
1044 A 5315/1 6 FG B3hl
1049 5447 in G BD, GM 95-2359 IV Fig. 42:10
1011 5110 IIIG2 FG B2c
1051 5460 7 FG B2c
1011 5117/2 IIIG2 POT IIIFig. 5:4
1012 5074 6 HSl.b.i m Fig. 18:9
1012 5090 6 HSl.a. 86-1664 IIIFig. 17:20
1051 5468 7 lewelry 95-2119 III Fig. 23
vi.B
1012 5105 6 FG Big 86-1902 IV PI. 5:14;
IV 86
mold
1054 5013 m E HSl.b.i III 274
1054 5015/2 III E POT IIIFig. 6:13
1054 5033/4 m E POT IU Fig. 6:15
1054 5033/5 ni E HSl.b.i m 274
1012 5114 6 HS l.b.i/3.b III 274
1014 5078/2 III G2 POT III Fig. 5:3
AREA J
1014 5158 IIIG2* HSl.b.i III 274
1014
1014
1014
1016
1016
1016
1016
1016
1016
1016
1016
1016
1016
5210 IIIG2* HSl.b.i IIIFig. 19:9
5252/1 IIIG2 POT IIIFig. 5:2
5275/1 IIIG2 POT m Fig. 5:1
5082/1 III F POT IIIFig. 5:13
5082/2 III F POT IIIFig. 5:15
5119/1 III F POT IIIFig. 6:5
5120/1 III F POT m Fig. 6:7
5120/2 III F POT m Fig. 6:12
5120/3 III F POT IIIFig. 5:14
5123/2 III F POT III Fig. 6:8
5128/1 IH F POT IIIFig. 5:17
5135/2 m F POT IIIFig. 5:19
5135/3 III F POT III Fig. 6:3
1016 5150 III F FG B3hl
?
?
?
HSl.b.i
III
1061 8019 0 HS 1. a. vi.B IIIFig. 17:18
1063 8021 12-10? FG C IV Fig. 18:4
1069 8032 0 W 201 IV Fig. 39:14
AREAK
W. 903 18510 III D POT IIIFig. 7:13
W. 903 18730 III D POT 95-1861 UI Fig. 3
W. 919 18567 III A3 POT 95-1859 IIIFig. 10:7
W. 927 ?E Ashlar IIIFig. 2:10
stone
2200B 18330 I FG M 95-3929 IV Figs. 18:9;
20
1017 5134 6 HS2.a.i/ii III 274
1017 5136 6 HSl.a. 95-2157 IIIFig. 17:1
iii. A
1017
5140
6
HS
III
274
1017 5147 6 FB 211 III Pl. 9:12
2200B 18432/ I* ML III 127
1-2
2202 18389 III A ML III 127
2204 18342 III B HS III Fig. 22:4;
III 54, 71
1017 5165 6 HS 2.a.v III 274
1017 5182 6 HS 2. a. i III 274
1021 5102/3 III F POT IIIFig. 5:18
1021 5157/1 III F POT III Fig. 6:6
1023 5195 6 HSl.b.i m Fig. 19:4
1023 5282 6 HSl.a.ii III Fig. 16:23
1023 5296 6 C 206 22220 III 45
1023
5366
6
ML
III
127
1023 5416/3 6 W 187
274
1060 8008 0 HSl.a.ii? m 274
2204 18342 in B* HS 4 in Fig. 22:4
2204 18343/3 HIB HS ffl Fig. 22:4;
III 54, 71
2204 18343/3 HIB* HS 4 III Fig. 22:4
2205 18356/1 II POT ni Fig. 11:2
2205 18375 II POT IIIFig. 11:3
2206B 18384 III A POT IH Fig. 8:20
2206B 18394/1 HIA POT in Fig. 8:15
1024 5185 6 W 188
2206B 18398 III A ML III 127
1024 5193/1 6 HS 2.a.i/ii III 274
1024 5193/2 6 HSl.b.i III 274
2206B 18408 III A POT IIIFig. 8:18
2207 18340/1 III A POT IIIFig. 8:19
2207 18340/3 III A POT IIIFig. 8:17
2209 18338 II POT IIIFig. 11:1
2210 18353/1 HIB POT IIIFig. 8:9
2210 18353/2 HIB POT III Fig. 8:8
2210 18385 III B POT IIIFig. 8:11
2210 18387 HIB Stone III Fig. 2:9
1024 5202/2 6 HSl.b.i III 274
1024 5205/4 6 HS 3. a 95-2770 IIIFig. 21:6
1024 5226 6 HS 2.a.iii.B IIIFig. 20:13
1024 5286 6 HSl.b.i 86-1630 IIIFig. 19:6
1025 5184 6 HSl.b.i IIIFig. 19:8
window
1025 5196 6 HS 2.a.i/ii III 274
1027 5413/1 III F POT IIIFig. 5:20
1027 5434/1 III F POT III Fig. 6:4
1031 5325 6 HSl.b.i IHFig. 18:4
1031 5330/1 6 HS 2.a.i in 274
1031 5361/2 6 HSl.b.i III 274
1031 5376 6 HS l.a.v? III 274
1031 5382/1 6 HS 2.a.i/ii III 274
1031 5398/2 6 HSl.b.i III 274
1033 5342 niF POT IIIFig. 6:10
1033 5343/1 in F POT III Fig. 6:9
1033 5343/2 m F POT IIIFig. 6:11
1033 5380/2 III F POT IIIFig. 6:1
1033 5459/2 III F POT IIIFig. 5:16
1033 5459/5 III F POT IH Fig. 6:2
1036 5432 6 HS l.a.i.F IIIFig. 15:10
1039 5302 6 FG B2c 86-1876 IV Fig. 16:9
fragment
2211 18421 III Al POT IIIFig. 10:16
2212 18530 IUA2 POT IIIFig. 10:14
2212 18569/1 III A2 POT IH Fig. 10:12
2212 18569/3 III A2 POT IIIFig. 10:13
2212 18577/ ffl A2 ML III 127
1-2
2212 18591 III A2 Jewelry 95-2121 IH Fig. 24
mold
2213 18370 IH A POT 95-1862 IH 88
2213 18402 HIA MT III 88
2213 18417 HIA MT III 88
2214 18348/2 II POT III Fig.
2214 18348/3 n POT IIIFig.
2217 18363/1 III Al POT IIIFig.
2217 18363/4 III Al POT IIIFig.
9:2
9:1
10:15
10:17
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Locus Reg. No. Str. Cat. /Type IAA No. Vol. /Page
Locus Reg. No. Str. Cat. /Type IAA No. Vol. /Page
2218 18409/2 III B POT III Fig. 8:14
2237 18676 III D ST 95-2973 IV Fig. 27:1
2238 18597 III B1 POT IIIFig.*S:ï3
2218
18619
III
B
ML
III
127
2218 18648 HIB POT III Fig. 8:10
2219
18484
I
ML
III
127
2219
18534
I
ML
III
124
2220 18426/2 III C POT III Fig. 8:4
2220 18426/3 III C POT III Fig. 8:2
2220 18426/5 IIIC POT III Fig. 8:3
2220 18709 IIIC ML III 127
2221
2221
2221
2221
2221
2222
2222
2222
2240 18625 III E HS l.a.i III 274
2242A 18613/2 HIB POT III Fig. 9:8
2242A 18626/1 HIB POT III Fig. 9:11
2242A 18642 HIB POT III Fig. 9:7
2242A 18660/1 HIB POT III Fig. 9:4
2242A 18678/2 HIB POT III Fig. 9:12
2242A 18678/3 HIB POT III Fig. 9:3
2242A 18683 HIB POT III Fig. 9:5
2242A 18685 HIB POT III Fig. 9:6
2242A 18705/1 HIB POT III Fig. 9:10
2242A 18736 HIB Stone arch. III Fig. 1:1
18448/1 II POT III Fig. 11:5
18448/3 II POT III Fig. 11:6
18490/2 II POT III Fig. 11:8
18490/3 II POT III Fig. 11:7
18490/5 II POT III Fig. 11:4
18458 IIIC POT III Fig. 8:6
18463/1 IIIC POT III Fig. 8:7
18463/2 IIIC POT III Fig. 8:5
2242A 18738 HIB Stone arch. III Fig. 1:3
2225 18438/3 III D POT III Fig. 7:12
2242A 18739 HIB Stone.arch. III Fig. 2:1
2225 18506 III D M 18 III 79
2242A 18740 HIB Stone arch. III Fig. 2:2
2222 18472/1-2 UIC GL 67 92-639 III 86
2225 18442 III D C 210 22224 III 82
2226 18452 III E POT III Fig.
2227 18482/1 III A2 POT III Fig.
2227 18482/2 III A2 POT III Fig.
2230 18511/1 III E POT III Fig.
2230 18511/2 III E POT III Fig.
2230 18522 III E POT III Fig.
7:9
10:9
10:10
7:10
7:11
7:8
2231 18544 III A ML III 127
2232 18403 III A3 POT III Fig. 10:1
2232 18475/ III A3 ML III 126
1-2
2232 18478/1 III A3 POT III Fig. 9:15
2232 18478/2 III A3 POT III Fig. 10:5
2232 18486 III A BD, GM 95-2369 IV Fig. 43:4
2232 18498/1 III A3 POT III Fig. 9:16
2232 18498/2 III A3 POT III Fig. 9:17
2232 18498/3 III A3 POT III Fig. 10:2
2232 18504 III A3* HS 4 III Fig. 22:4
III 54, 71
2232 18526/1 III A3 POT III Fig. 10:6
2232 18526/2 III A3 POT III Fig. 9:14
2232 18536/ III A3 ML III 127
fragment
2242A 18737 HIB Stone arch. III Fig. 1:2
fragment
fragment
fragment
fragment
2242A 18741 HIB Stone arch. III Fig. 2:3
fragment
2242A 18742 HIB Stone frag. III Fig. 2:4
2242A 18743 HIB Stone frag. III Fig. 2:5
2242A 18744 HIB Stone frag. III Fig. 2:6
2242A 18745 HIB Stone frag. III Fig. 2:7
2242A 18746 HIB Stone arch. III Fig. 1:4
fragment
2246A 18663 III B1 POT III Fig. 8:12
2246A 18663 III B1 FB 212 III Pl. 1 1 :44-45
2246A 18670/1 III B1 ML III 127
2246A 18670/2 III B1 ML III 125
2246A 18672 III B1 Small stone
cross 95-3955 III 104
2244 18620 UIC POT III Fig. 8:1
2250 18668 III A2 POT III Fig. 10:11
2255 18579 HIB POT III Fig. 9:9
2255 18704/1 HIB POT III Fig. 9:13
2257 18673 III F C 214 22228 III 80
2258 18749 ?E Stone
1-2
2232 18551 III A3 POT III Fig. 10:3
'soapdish' III 67
2262 18748 ?E Stone
2232 18557/ III A3 ML III 127
'soapdish' III Fig. 2:8
1-2
2233 18539 III A3 POT III Fig. 10:4
2234B 18615 III A POT III Fig. 8:16
2236 18582 III A3 POT 95-1860 III Fig. 10:8
2236 18592/2 III A3 POT III Fig. 9:18
2236 18624 III A3 ML III 126
SURFACE
Surf. 3001 0 W 202 IV Fig. 39:15
Surf. 3006 0 W Bkl
Surf. 3106 0 W Bk2
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