SYRIANIAN DOCUMENTATION DATABASE SYSTEM FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL TECHNICAL SOLUTION

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SYRIANIAN DOCUMENTATION DATABASE SYSTEM FOR
ARCHAEOLOGICAL TECHNICAL SOLUTION

• Objective
• To formulate a standardized systematical method
  to in order describe and record the objects found
  in Syria from This documentation procedure is not
  intended to include comprehensive analysis, but
  rather act as an aide for that purpose.

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Data Base Design E.R.D

• The E.R.D of this kind of DB depends on tow basic
  concept to approach to the standardized modules
  of the documentation
• Dynamic Basic entities.
• Main standard format depending on mosaic experts.

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Schema of Main Forms
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version ß 1.00 of mosaic documentations
software Include of

• basic dynamics entities
• Divided into 10 parts as following-
  Architectural Context

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Figure 2 Building Code
Figure 1 Building Kind
Figure 3 Location in the building
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Basic dynamic entities

• - Physical Description

Conditions
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• Figure 4 colors code

Figure 5 materials code
Figure 6 conditions code
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Basic dynamic entities

• Style code
• - Decorative Motifs

• Groups of Figures Codes contain
• G.F.C _ ID
• G.F.C name
• Description
• Thumbnails

• Buildings Codes contains
• Buildings _ ID
• Buildings name
• Description
• Thumbnails

• Natural Features and Landscape Codes contains
• N.F.L _ ID
• N.F.L name
• Description
• Thumbnails

• . Objects Codes contains
• Objects _ ID
• Objects name
• Description
• Thumbnails

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• Figure 8 Buildings

• Figure 7 Geometric

• Figure 10 Vegetal

• Figure 9 Figurative

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• Figure 11 Objects

• Figure 12 Natural Features and Landscape

• Figure 13 Inscriptions

• Figure 14 Groups of Figures

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Basic dynamic entities

• - Stylistic Description

• Work Shop Contains
• Name of the work shop

• Cultural period designation Contain
• Classified of historical period

• Figure 15 work shop

• Figure 16 cultural period designation

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Main standard format depending on mosaic experts

• Standard format to enter the date Divided into 6
  sections after entering the date form expert
  actors as level entry to basic dynamic entities
  the person how entered the data will be the
  student how will work on this system in future
  and the parts of this system are
• Section 1 Basic information contains
• National No
• Excavation No
• Museum No
• Laboratory No
• Date of discovery
• Mosaic ID

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Figure 1 Basic information

• Section 2 Architectural Context in
  addition of data comes from B.D.E there is anther
  kind of data in the same form like
• Photo of Building Photo No

Figure 2 Architectural Context
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Section 3 Physical Description Contains
Information about Dimension General Situation
Shape Mosaic materials table Mosaic colors
table Photo for the carpet
Figure 3 Physical Description
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Section 4 Style Code Contains Information
about Mosaic Technique Carpet
Composition.1- Mosaic Technique contains
many options depending on the techniques used in
mosaic. in brief
- Unpatterned with pebbles, some stone chips, or
mixed - Patterns with pebbles, regular or
irregular tesserae and specifically cut stones-
Opus tessellatum -- material (stone, pottery,
glass) -- size of tesserae -- setting --
mortar substructure (if accessible)-
Vermiculatum and Emblemata
2- Carpet Composition Include of
- Adjusting Border - Intermediate Decorative
Border- Field- Central and Threshold Panels
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Figure 4 Style Code
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Section 5 Decorative Motifs all information
in this form comes from B.D.E except Plain
undecorated appear as choices data entry as
follow

• - white or off-white
• - colored (black, red, orange, green, blue,
  brown, yellow)

Figure 5 Decorative Motifs
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Section 6 stylistic description depend this
form on the expert of the mosaic to describe the
mosaic and the period that the mosaic belong to
in addition if name of mosaicist is known and the
name of carpet
Figure 5 stylistic description
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Relation with GIS

• We can create a map on arc view software
  depending on tow DB systems one for the monument
  and the other for the mosaic and make a date
  relation and statistical searching .
• The figure below describe the way of using this
  techniques

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features of the software

• - Increase the capacity of searching ,
  comparing.
• - Decrees the possibility of making mistakes in
  data entry .
• - Saving the document of mosaic in secure way.
• - Gives the searchers formal way to publish on
  the internet
• - The system is opened to anther kind of systems
  like other DB related to archeologist fields and
  GIS.

Prepared by vicken abajian Damascus at 11/5/2005