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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Season 2008
Record Type (Object or Artifact) Object
Registration # (Identifier) B080004
Site (code) U
Field A
Square 7J69
Locus 54
Pail 148
Designation Bead
Designation certainty Probable
Period (context) Iron Age I
Modifier (1) Inscribed
Shape Circular
Material Limestone
Material (note) Limestone
Color 7.5YR 7/1
Preservation Complete
Percent 100.0
Craftsmanship Moderate
Decoration Incised
Weight (g) 5.8
Length/height (cm) 2.2
Width (cm) 0.9
Thickness (cm) 0.9
Diameter (cm) 2.0
Perforation diameter (cm) 0.3
# Pieces 1
Allocation DoA
Comments Fossiliferous limestone used as bead.
Drawn False
Artist (Note) Rhonda Root?
Photographed False
Photographer (Note) Darren Heslop
Parallels MPP 6, p.417-418, fig.8.21.2, #6533/H, 7K11:1
Notes Not sure if "length/height" or "diameter" measurement is more accurate so left both. Width seems to refer to the distance from the perforation to the outer edge of the object.
B080004
ObjRegForm B080004 (A7J69054)
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
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Vocabulary: CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM)
limestone info
Vocabulary: Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus
Open Context References: limestone hub
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2025) "B080004 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field A/Square 7J69/Locus A-7J69-054". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/f26b7886-5424-4885-939a-153b5a2c7558> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2pn9j177

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