Drawings of Finds


(a) Iron nail with a flat triangular head and a square shank which has been twisted and bent in antiquity. The top has signs of having been hammered. Total length 130mm, width of head 13mm. K02.126. 02TR05U03met01 (b) Iron nail with an asymmetric triangular head and square shank, tip missing. Extant length 82mm, width of head 12mm. K02.142. 02TR05U03met03 (c) Iron nail with square shank and blunt top. Length 71mm.
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Silver foil with parallel ridges, broken and crumpled with, perhaps, small perforations. Maximum length 22mm.
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A reconstruction of the two pieces, which are not exactly identical.
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Objects, drawn in 1997, from the 1996 test trenches.
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Large iron object, drawn in 1997, from the 1996 test trench in "Palace Complex", perhaps from a vehicle.
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Iron objects, drawn in 1997, from the 1996 test trenches through the columned hall, including what may be part of an iron tyre (no.2), and perhaps pieces of wheel clamps (nos 4-6).
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A variety of iron objects, drawn in 1997, from the 1996 test trenches.
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(a) Red ware polychrome jug, originally with a cut away spout opposite a handle where the design is absent. Upper half coated with a white ground, painted design in red (hatched) and black (solid) paint, over-burnished. Scale 1:4. (b) Typical 2 handled grey ware cooking pot with everted rim and flat base. Hand-made, wheel finished, burnished. Scale 1:4.
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Small two-handled pithos and a lid.
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A large conical bowl with a lid.
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A fine side-spouted buffware juglet from Structure C.
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A funnel with a graffitti. The rim is red slipped.
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A tripod bowl from Structure D in the 'Palace Complex'. Combination of a drawing and digital photography allows 3D simulation in Rhinoceros.
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Fragment of a carved ivory. The observe once held coloured enamel, the reserve is incised with a pattern which presumably matched that on the other side.
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A Socketed bronze arrowhead.
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