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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID B7J89:037
(Legacy ID: _id) 1132121d46f7e21203d5f6ce675f51ee
(Legacy ID: _rev) 16-d3b05453c06be80d9726e10e6330adcf
Square 7J89
Code 037
Designation E-W wall; N wall of House A; same as Wall 9
Field B
Locus type Architecture
Area B
Start season 1992
End season 1992
Start date 1992-07-16
Created at 2010-07-05
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Bonded to & contemporary with Wall 11; prob contemporary with Surf 36; it Surf 36 partly underlies & could be earlier than Wall 11 and thus also this wall (unlikely); same as Wall 9 in broadroom
Reason Stones in a line
End date 1992-07-24
Supervisor C. Draper
Function N wall of Room 2 of EIR1 House A
Architecture 0
State Approved
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Early Iron 1
Drawn balks East
L. Sh. Scan: B7J89037-1992ArchitectureBack
L. Sh. Scan: B7J89037-1992ArchitectureFront
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Limestone Quality Burned
Limestone (%) 100.0
Chert (%) 0.0
Basalt (%) 0.0
Nari (%) 0.0
Mudbrick (%) 0.0
Other (%) 0.0
Wall Cobble 30.0
Wall Small Boulders 70.0
Wall Medium Boulders 0.0
Wall Large Boulders 0.0
Wall Very Large Boulders 0.0
Chink Pebble 20.0
Chink Cobble 80.0
Chink (%) 0.0
Fill Cobble 75.0
Fill Small Boulders 25.0
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 100
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 9.0
Course Upper 10.0
Course Random 0.0
Row Lower 0.0
Row Upper 0.0
Measured Length 1.29999995
Measured Lower Width 0.0
Measured Upper Width 0.899999976
Measured Lower Height 0.899999976
Measured Upper Height 1.95000005
Orientation 294.0
Dip 0.0
Preservation Partial Superstructure: Most
Lean Direction 0.0
Lean Degrees 0.0
Remarks Preserved 8-10 courses in this square, but only 3-8 courses in 7K80 (where it is Wall 59 on the E) as the floor of the room to the N is higher; prob had brick superstructure which is not preserved
Construction Style Boulder & Chink
Construction Style (Note) Boulder & Chink
Construction Support Free-standing
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2025) "Locus B-7J89-037 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/1132121d-46f7-e212-03d5-f6ce675f51ee> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2sf36v6z

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