Item 2725
Male: Bearded

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Fragment of male figurine preserving bearded head wearing cap and upper torso. Elongated oval face with short forehead and long, pointed beard and moustache. Large, oval eyes deeply indented beneath arched eyebrows; long nose broadening at tip. Lower lip of horizontal mouth visible directly beneath horizontal moustache which terminates with two lengths of hair extending diagonally towards chinline. Unarticulated beard extends from level of ears, along jaw and was worn long and terminating in a rounded tip. Polos-like cap without brim tops head. Head positioned low on torso with no discernible neck. On upper right shoulder there is a relief band extending down onto shoulder and curving across upper front of torso, likely representing edge of garment or neckline. Narrow shoulders. Flat back. Color: 7.5YR reddish yellow 6/6. (Munsell code)

Height: 8.79 cm
Width: 5.64 cm
Depth: 3.04 cm

Stratum: I
Locus: G6001
Basket: IV.G6.1

Topsoil Debris consisting of loose, ashy soil with 5% inclusions of stones, pottery and bone. Located 4 m. from the N balk and 4 m. from the E balk at top level 482.43 (center of area) to bottom levels 482.13 (c), 482.29 m. (NE), 482.10 m. (SW) above Debris G6002. Debris G6001 has itself been heavily disturbed in modern times by tree planting and subsequent root action.

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Ware Paste: Color--7.5YR reddish yellow 6/6, Inclusions--few large ceramics, few large lime, many very small sand, Firing--no core, Hardness--hard. Exterior--same as paste. Broken diagonally across left shoulder and irregularly across front of upper torso. Damage to left side of cap and beard. Handmade and moldmade. Hollow - Single - Frontal mold. Width of left ey = 0.75; Width of right eye: 0.71; Width of nose = 0.70; Length of nose: 0.82; Width of mouth = 0.73; Outer eye to outer eye = 1.77; Width of face at temple = 2.09; Width of band under beard = 0.71; Length of beard from lower lib = 2.66; Horizontal length of mustache = 1.11; Length of left mustaache ~ 0.99; Length of right mustache ~ 1.31; Outer left eye to moustache end ~ 1.02; Outer right eye to moustache end ~ 1.05. 4th c. B.C. or later.