Animal Figurines - Table 1


 
No. Year Sq Locus Bag MC# Period L H W Material Color Description Locus Type Illustration
1 1982 3067 010 53 72 PPNB 2.2   0.7 Fine pink clay 2.5YR 6/4 light reddish brown Horn, slightly curved, circular section. Reddish-brown soil with ash, charcoal, bone, flint, & fire-cracked rock.  
2 1982 3067 013 70 104 PPNB 4.5 2.0 1.8 Yellow clay with pebbles and charcoal inclusions 10YR 8/3 very pale brown Weathered fragment. A small piece of flint shows at the rump. Red clay soil fill, few stones, some charcoal; just above Floor 016.  
3 1982 3067 017 75 110 PPNB 4.2 inc. 2.5 2.5 Yellow clay with pebbles and charcoal inclusions 7.5YR 8/2 pinkish white  Weathered flanks fragment. Red painted plaster hearth in Floor 016 filled with pale brown 10YR 8/3 powdery/granular ash with few stones.  
4 1982 3073 000 113 270 PPNB 3.5 2.3 inc. 1.7 Fine pink clay 5YR 8/1 black Complete animal except for horns. Straight tail pinched in the center of rump. Traces of burning. Insecure locus: balk trim above floor 032.  
5 1982 3073 044 159 214 PPNB 6.3 3.2 1.5 Yellow clay with pebbles and charcoal inclusions 10YR 3/3 dark brown Complete animal except for horns. The head is almost as large as the rest of the body. Thick soil fill (10YR 6/4) between floors 037 & 043, charcoal, flint, bone, wall and floor plaster, small stones present.
6 1982 3073 044 160 216 PPNB 3.3 2.1 1.8 Pink clay with minor inclusions 7.5YR 8/2 pinkish white Weathered torso fragment. Fill beneath house floor; bone flint, charcoal.  
7 1982 3082 005 9 21 PPNB 4.1 7.3 2.0 Fine pink clay 5YR 5/2 reddish gray Complete animal, except for horns and chipped rump. Curved muzzle, small withers, emphasized front part. A ridge across the forehead suggests that the horns may have been shaped with one coil. Ashy debris layer.  
8 1982 3083 000 264? PPNB 3.5   0.7 Fine pink clay 5YR 7/3 pink Long, thin horn, with an elegant sweep. Gazelle? Disturbance zone, no secure information.  
9 1982 3083 001 40   MPPNB 5.0 inc. 3.0 2.0 Course buff clay with large pebbles 2.5YR 6/4 light reddish brown Fragment of bovine foreparts. Traces of burning. Locus Disturbed from bulldozer work.  
Animal Figurines - Table 2