Pillar Figurine

Halif 1976 51

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Pillar Figurine. Moldmade
Ware: 2.5YR6/6 red.
Inclusions: few very small to medium organic.
Firing: gray core.
Hardness: hard.
Exterior surface trace of white slip 10YR8/2.
Color: 2.5YR6/6 red.

Height: 4.4 cm incomplete
Width: 3.6 cm

Tell Halif, Field I, Stratum I, Locus 11002. This Pillar Figurine was found in debris 11002 of Stratum I at Tell Halif.

Locus 11002 is a layer of debris that has eroded down the eastern slope of the tell. It contains loose granular soil, 20% pebbles and cobbles, patches of dark ash. Located 4.50 m. from the South balk of Area 11 in Field I and approximately 1.75 m. from the West balk at top level 486.60 m. below debris 11001 to bottom level 485.96 m. above wall 11011, burial 11021, wall 11026, bin 11029, surface 11024, debris 11024.

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Head of woman pillar figurine, deriving from late Iron Age. Head is solid. Clear features; hair is layered across top of head; hair on side covers ear; broken in antiquity.