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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID B7J89:027A
(Legacy ID: _id) 0154696d1724f72f0b6c66fc0bb45fce
(Legacy ID: _rev) 5-dec9834b70569076ad1589a3163212a3
Square 7J89
Code 027A
Designation Mudbrick wall/tumble atop stone Wall 27
Field B
Locus type Architecture
Area B
Start season 1987
End season 1989
Start date 1987-07-30
Bottom separation Very Clear
Created at [Note] 2022-11-24 20:21:25 +0000
Top separation Clear
Updated at [Note] 2022-11-24 20:21:25 +0000
Stratigraphy remarks Sealed against by storeroom Surf 33 & Platform 32
Reason Apparent mudbrick on wall
End date 1989-08-04
Supervisor D. Clark
Function Mudbrick wall atop stone Wall 27; following the U89 season, it appears that it is mudbrick tumble but that it did once serve as a superstructure to the stone wall
Architecture 0
Stratigraphic relations
Under Locus B-7J89-002 (Earth layer)
Clean locus False
Age (period) Early Iron 1
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Limestone (%) 0.0
Chert (%) 0.0
Basalt (%) 0.0
Nari (%) 0.0
Mudbrick Quality Decayed
Mudbrick (%) 100.0
Other (%) 0.0
Wall Cobble 0.0
Wall Small Boulders 0.0
Wall Medium Boulders 0.0
Wall Large Boulders 0.0
Wall Very Large Boulders 0.0
Chink Pebble 0.0
Chink Cobble 0.0
Chink (%) 0.0
Fill Cobble 0.0
Fill Small Boulders 0.0
Fill Medium Boulders 0.0
Fill Large Boulders 0.0
Fill Very Large Boulders 0.0
Brick Lower Length 0.0
Brick Upper Length 0.0
Brick Lower Width 0.0
Brick Upper Width 0.0
Brick Lower Depth 0.0
Brick Upper Depth 0.0
Unhewn 0
Semi-Hewn 0
Dressed 0.0
Ashlar 0.0
Bossed 0.0
Tool Lower Width 0
Tool Lower Length 0
Tool Upper Width 0
Sketch False
Photo False
Dry Laid 100.0
Clay 0.0
Mud 0.0
Cement 0.0
Plaster 0.0
Lime 0.0
Average Thickness 0.0
Facing Unfaced
Course Lower 2.0
Course Upper 0.0
Course Random 0.0
Row Lower 1.0
Row Upper 0.0
Measured Length 1.0
Measured Lower Width 0.0
Measured Upper Width 0.0
Measured Lower Height 0.180000007
Measured Upper Height 0.0
Orientation 120.0
Dip 0.0
Preservation Partial Superstructure: Little
Lean Direction 0.0
Lean Degrees 0.0
Top Found 912.809998
Remarks Seems to be the bottom part of the mudbrick portion of Wall 27 from which the fallen mudbricks found in the square came; mortar can be seen between the fallen bricks but not between the ones on top of the wall which are deteriorated
Construction Style Stacked bricks
Construction Style (Note) Stacked bricks
Construction Support Free-standing
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus B-7J89-027A from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field B/Square 7J89". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/0154696d-1724-f72f-0b6c-66fc0bb45fce> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2d512f8z

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