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Item 2037
Male Standing Nude |
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| Fragment of male figurine preserving neck, torso and lower arms of nude male. Figure stands frontally with upper arms hanging alongside body. Broad shoulders and breadth of pectorals indicate adult male. Upper neck and area of chin damaged, but outward flaring clay on back of neck might indicate long hair or fall of headdress (perhaps veil?) on back of neck and shoulders. Hollow. Slightly convex in section with distinct vertical smoothing marks. |
Color: 2.5YR pale yellow 8/2. (Munsell code)
Height: 5.63 cm |
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Stratum: III Locus: K7004.1 Basket: IV.K7.13 Makeup debris of possible surface K7004. Contained compacted soil, some chalk plaster and a high concentration of figurine fragments. At top level 481.68, 481.47 m. below surface K7004 and was excavated to a bottom level of 481.29 (not excavated below). (Possible surface of chalk plaster in the western portion of the area. Located 4 m. from the South balk and up to 2.1 m. from the West balk at top level 481.68 m. (N), 481.47 m. (S) below Debris K7002 and above K7004.1. Cut by the trenching represented by Debris backfill K7006 and K7003. No other architectural element was found in association with this possible Surface K7004. |
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Drawing 2037dr
QuickTimeVR Object 2037-full movie | ||
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| Ware Paste: Color--2.5YR pale yellow 8/2, Inclusions--some medium lime; some small ceramics, Firing--no core, Hardness--hard. Exterior--slip 2.5Y white 8/2. Broken irregularly across lower face and through arms at level of elbows and across torso at nearly waist level. Surface damage to pectorals. Hollow - Single - Frontal mold. Width of base of neck: 1.80; Shoulder to shoulder: 4.78; Armpit to armpit: 3.18; Length of right arm: 3.15; Width of right arm: 105; Length of left arm: 3.10; Width of left arm: 0.65. Perseus type? Compare to 2519. Egyptianizing wig-like hair? 5th B.C. or later. | |||
