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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Feature Name Ostothek
Feature Type tomb
Date of Collection 2008-07-24
Height 0.45
Width 0.64
Length 0.53
Ashlar False
Mortared Rubble False
Natural Rock False
Faced Limestone True
Other Material False
Early Paleolithic (EPA) False
Middle Paleolithic (MPA) False
Ceramics False
Upper Paleolithic (UPA) False
Epipaleolithic (EPI) False
Neolithic (NEO) False
Chalcolithic (CHA) False
Early Bronze Age (EBA) False
Middle Bronze Age (MBA) False
Late Bronze Age (LBA) False
Early Iron Age (EIA) False
Persian (PER) False
Hellenistic (HEL) False
Early Roman (ERO) False
Middle Roman (MRO) False
Late Roman (LRO) False
Early Byzantine (EBZ) False
Middle Byzantine (MBZ) False
Medieval (MTK) False
Ottoman (OTT) False
Turkish (TUR) False
Unknown (UNK) False
Description Very oddly shaped hollowed out block of limestone finished and decorated with cross in relief on 2 sides. One side rounded and unfinished on exterior, one side flat and unfinished. Lip around opening may be to support lid so possibly an ostothek. Two channels cut into lip and hole piercing wall of rounded end may be secondary. Located in courtyard of house, next to F1558. Owner says it came from a field near the cemetery.
Global ID 3D38E266-C8AE-42A1-B664-A16958A40A32
CAM02_080724_063
CAM02_080724_064
CAM02_080724_065
CAM02_080724_066
CAM02_080724_067
CAM02_080724_068
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Contributor
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Sean Lockwood info
Vocabulary: Avkat Archaeological Project
Creator
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Spatial Coverage
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Turkey info
Vocabulary: GeoNames
Open Context References: Turkey hub
Subject
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Temporal Coverage
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Suggested Citation

Sean Lockwood. (2019) "F1559 from Asia/Turkey/Avkat Survey Area/SU Group 2". In Avkat Archaeological Project. John F. Haldon, Hugh W. Elton, James ML Newhard (Ed). Released: 2019-05-16. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/3d38e266-c8ae-42a1-b664-a16958a40a32> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2zp48v26

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