Item 2361
Animal

JPEG Image of Figurine No. 2361
Fragment of animal figurine preserving stout leg. Leg only slightly narrows towards thickened flat resting surface. Color: 7.5YR reddish yellow 6/6 (Munsell code)

Height: 3.26 cm
Width: 2.81 cm
Depth: 2.17 cm

Stratum: I
Locus: G6003
Basket: IV.G6.11

Debris layer of lightly compacted and loose grey-brown soil containing up to 25% pebble and cobble-sized fieldstones, less than 5% brick debris and between 10 and 15% ash, all randomly distributed. Located 4 m. from the N balk and 4 m. from the E balk at top level 481.86 below Debris G6002 to bottom levels 481.38 m. above Debris G6006, G6007, G6009, Surface G6010, 481,55 m. above brick debris G6011, Wall G6015, and 481.45 m. above Silo G6008.

This layer may represent backfill into a trench which cut across Area G6. The trench has cut through the western end of wall G6015, the top of Silo G6008 and has removed all traces of architecture contemporary to the use phase of Silo G6008.

Photo 2361
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Drawing 2361dr

Ware paste: Color--7.5YR reddish yellow 6/6, Inclusions--some small ceramics, few small lime, few small crystals, Firing--no core, Hardness--hard. Exterior--same as paste with slip 10YR white 8/1. Handmade. Broken horizontally below juncture with body. Burning on inside surface and at break. Burning on inside surface and at break suggests object subjected to fire after having been broken. Thickening before flat resting surface is unlike typical horse legs.