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{{Artefact
|Item Code={{PAGENAME}}
|Artefact type=Stamp Seal
|Basic Material=Stone
|Specific Material=Unknown Stone
|Material origin=Unknown
|Artefact description=Rounded triangular dark green stone pendant seal; profile is wedge shaped with a rapid thinning from the top; pierced at the top; incised geometric design with a central framed unit of square and triangular cross-hatching flanked by incised lines aligned with a central line. Seal body is chipped with concretions on the face.
|Seal Type=Pendant
|Seal top-down or side=Rounded Triangular
|Seal profile=Wedge
|BodyPiercing=Vertical Eyelet
|Seal design group=Stars and Hatches
|Seal design sub group=Smooth
|Artefact context=Loose in soil
|Site=Arpachiyah
|BasicColour=Black
|SpecificColour=Very dark green
|Condition=Chipped
|Period=Halaf
|SubPeriod=Unknown (Arpachiyah)
|Phase=ArpMid
|PhaseComment=Recorded as 'FN. -3.50m close to tomb.' Difficult to contextualise. F is the Ubaid cemetery but -3.5m is below all except two of the burials(G. 40 and 42) which were cut into Halaf levels. Assuming the artefact was just close to one of the burials and not part of one it shall be assigned to the Halaf levels.
|Length=19.25 mm
|Width=22.38 mm
|Height=8.77 mm
|Weight=2.0 g
|Measurement comment=Length broken
|Depth=3.5 m
|SiteArea=Arpachiyah F
|SiteLot=Unassigned
|SiteLotGroup=Unassigned
|ArtefactLocation=The British Museum
|ArtefactExcavator=Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan
|ArtefactExcavatorType=Amulet
|ArtefactExcavatorNumber=A. 553
|ArtefactDepotNumber=1934,0210.338
|ArtefactFace={{PAGENAME}} Face.jpg
|ArtefactSide={{PAGENAME}} Side.jpg
|ArtefactReverse={{PAGENAME}} Reverse.jpg
|ArtefactImpression=None
|ArtefactOther=None
|ArtefactDrawing=None
|ArtefactAdditionalMedia=None
|ArtefactReferences=Mallowan and Rose (1935); Pl. VIIIa, von Wickede (1990); p.289 no.87
}}
ArtefactAdditionalMedia	Image:None +
ArtefactBasicColour	Black +
ArtefactCondition	Chipped +
ArtefactContext	Loose in soil +
ArtefactDepotNumber	1934,0210.338 +
ArtefactDepth	3.5 m +
ArtefactDescription	Rounded triangular dark green stone pendan … Rounded triangular dark green stone pendant seal; profile is wedge shaped with a rapid thinning from the top; pierced at the top; incised geometric design with a central framed unit of square and triangular cross-hatching flanked by incised lines aligned with a central line. Seal body is chipped with concretions on the face. y is chipped with concretions on the face. +
ArtefactDrawing	+
ArtefactExcavator	Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan +
ArtefactExcavatorNumber	A. 553 +
ArtefactExcavatorType	Amulet +
ArtefactFace	+
ArtefactHeightFull	0.00877 m (0.877 cm, 8.77 mm, 8.77e-6 km, 5.449424e-6 miles, 0.0288 foot, 0.345 inches) +
ArtefactImpression	+
ArtefactLength	19.25 mm (0.758 inches) +
ArtefactLocation	Category:The British Museum +
ArtefactMeasurementComment	Length broken +
ArtefactOther	+
ArtefactPhase	ArpMid +
ArtefactReferences	Von Wickede (1990) (p.289 no.87) + and Mallowan and Rose (1935) (Pl. VIIIa) +
ArtefactReverse	+
ArtefactSide	+
ArtefactSpecificColour	Very dark green +
ArtefactType	Category:Stamp Seal +
ArtefactWeight	0.002 kg (2 g, 3.14946e-4 stones, 0.00441 lb, 0.0705 onces) +
ArtefactWidth	0.0224 m (2.238 cm, 22.38 mm, 2.238e-5 km, 1.390628e-5 miles, 0.0734 foot, 0.881 inches) +
BodyFace	Rounded Triangular +
BodyPiercing	Vertical Eyelet +
BodyReverse	Wedge +
BodyType	Pendant +
DesignGroup	Stars and Hatches +
DesignSubGroup	Smooth +
ItemCode	AP-003 +
MaterialBasic	Category:Stone +
MaterialSpecific	Category:Unknown Stone +
Period	Halaf +
PhaseComment	Recorded as 'FN. -3.50m close to tomb.' Di … Recorded as 'FN. -3.50m close to tomb.' Difficult to contextualise. F is the Ubaid cemetery but -3.5m is below all except two of the burials(G. 40 and 42) which were cut into Halaf levels. Assuming the artefact was just close to one of the burials and not part of one it shall be assigned to the Halaf levels. it shall be assigned to the Halaf levels. +
Site	Category:Arpachiyah +
SiteArea	Category:Arpachiyah Site Areas +
SiteLot	Unassigned +
SiteLotGroup	Unassigned +
SubPeriod	Unknown (Arpachiyah) +
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