Item 2792
Animal

JPEG Image of Figurine No. 2792
Fragment of animal figurine, likely horse, preserving leg. Broader at upper end, narrowing toward flattened tip. Color: 5YR reddish yellow 7/6 (Munsell code)

Height: 4.6 cm
Width: 2.7 cm
Depth: 2.1 cm

Stratum: V
Locus: B10005.1
Basket: I.B10.63

Debris makeup of Surface B10005, consisting of a deep layer of loosely laid pebbles (30-40%) mixed with many sherds in a matrix of brown-grey loess and some charcoal. Perhaps this represents a method for surfacing interior rooms.

Located between 1.51 m. and 2.74 m. from the South balk and between 1.0 m. and 2.73 m. from the East balk at top level 486.55 m. below Surface B10005 to bottom level 486.45 m. above Wall B10011 and Surface B10019. Ran to Walls B10003, B10004, B10006 and B10007. This deep fill of pebbles and sherds mixed with silt was necessitated either because of an earlier pit which caused sinkage or because of the rapidly increased height brought about by the construction of Wall B10003.

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Ware paste: Color--5YR reddish yellow 7/6. Inclusions: few large to small organics, few medium to small sand, few medium to very small lime; Hardness: hard. Painted slip 10YR very pale brown 8/3.

Broken irregularly below juncture with body. Handmade. This figurine fragment belongs to the materials excavated in the 1980 field season in Field I at Tell Halif. (Israel Antiquities Authority Number 80-724.