J3q431.2

File: /MZ/A/J03/D/I//MZ/A/J03/D/QI/043102.HTM
Processed on 3-13-2021
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Labeling/Designation
category !! !! clay artifact [Input File: !!]
definition (typological label) 2020-7-09 jW token [Input File: ZE709jW2.j]
notes on designation 2010-9-25 jW Because the JD programs do not fully process individual q-sub-items properly, this group of tokens has been re-designated as an item (i35). [Input File: Ux07jW1.j]

Description/Count
reference to q-lot (for component) !! !! 431 [Input File: !!]
field definition 2010-9-22 jW token [Input File: Ux05jW1.j]
field width 2 2010-9-22 jW .7 [Input File: Ux05jW1.j]
field ware or material 2010-9-22 jW baked clay [Input File: Ux05jW1.j]
field color 2010-9-22 jW reddish brown [Input File: Ux05jW1.j]
notes on field color 2010-9-22 jW 13 small spheres and truncated shapes (game pieces?) ct caf [Input File: Ux05jW1.j]

Volumetric Localization
relays (applicable to elements) 2010-9-22 jW 2627 (41076 49300 - 9079 / Relay location: center) [Input File: U930JW2R.J]

Contact Association
type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2010-9-22 jW q431.2 (token) sits in f351 (fill) [Input File: Ux05jW2.j]

Descriptive
notes on typology 2010-9-25 jw When first recovered jW believed that these items (small spheres, cones, pyramids) were game pieces. [Input File: Ux07jW1.j]
2010-9-25 lH1 However, lH1 had the better suggestion, namely that the items may have been tokens for counting and keeping track of important things, perhaps even a predecessor to a writing system. [Input File: Ux07jW1.j]

Disposition
notes on disposition 2010-9-25 jW Hand-carried to jN, curator, for special processing, description, photography, and storage. [Input File: Ux07jW1.j]