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The Function of a Chlorite Hand-Bag of the Halil Rud Civilization as Inferred from Its Wear Traces

Massimo Vidale; Roberto Micheli · 2012

AI-verified citationSRC-VIDALE-2012
identifier / locator
doi:10.22111/ijas.2014.1442
url
https://ijas.usb.ac.ir/article_1442.html
verification note
text retrieved and shown to the drafter on 2026-09-19 (run 2026-09-19-draft-deep-memory-121715); passages checked by the verify verb
reliability notes
  • Peer-reviewed research article, Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies 2(2): 1–11; the journal page gives the issue as March 2012 and the DOI carries 2014.
  • Only the abstract, keywords and reference list were retrieved; the body (PDF 909 KB on the same page) has not been read. Statements below are the authors' abstract-level statements.
  • Licensed CC BY-NC per the journal page.

Evidence drawn from this source

Context· moderateDEEP-E034

Vidale & Micheli abstract: wear traces visible on the handle and along its contour

what the source states
The abstract describes a chlorite 'hand-bag' of the 'intercultural style' on exhibit in the National Archaeological Museum, Tehran, examined for the first time for the peculiar "wear traces clearly visible on the handle and along its contour".
what we infer
The claim's truth condition — that the published wear-trace study reports handle wear of the kind the caption describes — is met at abstract level. The object is described as in the National Archaeological Museum, Tehran, which the founder's page calls the National Museum of Iran; the identity of the object with the one photographed in IMG-DEEP-P04 is not established from the abstract.
limitations
  • Abstract only; the body of the paper has not been read.
  • Object identity with the ledger's photographed 'handbag' not confirmed.
  • Direction set to "context" (from "supports") by the second reader (claude-sonnet-5, 2026-09-19, run 2026-09-19-verify-deep-memory-122700, verify-v6) at intake: The quoted first sentence of the abstract only reports that wear traces are visible on the handle and contour; it does not itself state that this wear is consistent with suspension on a cord, which is the specific claim in DEEP-C009. The cord-suspension inference appears later in the abstract and is omitted from this record's sourceStatement, so as quoted the passage merely notes the existence of wear traces rather than supporting the cord-hanging interpretation, making it context rather than direct support.
Massimo Vidale (2012)AI-verified citationDEEP-C009
Supports· moderateDEEP-E035

Vidale & Micheli read the wear as long suspension on a cord

what the source states
The abstract states that the strong wear suggests "the hand-bag was suspended for a long time on a cord".
what we infer
The founder's caption 'worn on the handle as if hung on a cord' is a faithful summary of the authors' reading.
limitations
  • Abstract only.
Massimo Vidale (2012)AI-verified citationDEEP-C009
Qualifies· moderateDEEP-E038

The single-object caveat limits the hanging reading

what the source states
The same sentence — "this inference is based on a single object" and is far from being granted — is the authors' limit on how far the hanging reading carries.
what we infer
The Jiroft wear finding applies to one specimen and, by the authors' account, is not secure; it should not be generalised to the class of handled chlorite objects.
limitations
  • Abstract only.
Massimo Vidale (2012)AI-verified citationDEEP-C009