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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID B7J87:004
(Legacy ID: _id) 0060d6a561c47cc4ae9db1c09aef249c
(Legacy ID: _rev) 16-1fcbf69099e491ed4bef9ba9c3cf17c6
Square 7J87
Code 004
Designation Brick detritus; sheet wash below town wall; poss in use with LIR2 rampart repair
Field B
Locus type Earth
Area B
Start season 1984
End season 1984
Start date 1984-07-13
Bottom separation Average
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Clear
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Irregular in thickness but seems to have originated from washed out material of L 5 higher up the slope; enclosed by the materials of L 3 & 5
Reason Harder
End date 1984-08-01
Supervisor L. Willis
Function Apparently sheetwash and/or brick detritus, prob including tumble, thus consisting of a wedge of hard bricky material which became thicker toward the W; the brick detritus was not consistent , containing pockets of softer soil & rocks up to small boulders in size forming a distinguishable layer over the regular brick detritus of L 5
Architecture 0
State Approved
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Late Iron 2/Persian
L. Sh. Scan: B7J87004-1984EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: B7J87004-1984EarthSuppData1Back
L. Sh. Scan: B7J87004-1984EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: B7J87004-1984EarthSuppData2Back
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2025) "Locus B-7J87-004 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field B/Square 7J87". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/0060d6a5-61c4-7cc4-ae9d-b1c09aef249c> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2t15f74r

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