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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID F6L98:069
(Legacy ID: _id) 15752ecaec0c96bc07d63fe7d07a3be7
(Legacy ID: _rev) 16-d78fe0243686216ccf10785216c50977
Square 6L98
Code 069
Designation Occupational debris layer
Field F
Locus type Earth
Area F
Start season 1992
End season 1992
Start date 1992-06-24
Bottom separation Arbitrary
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Very Unclear
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks With Wall 44
Reason Different color
End date 1992-07-21
Supervisor B. Dabrowski
Function Fill layer partly above exposure surface naturally deposited E of Wall 44
Sample reason soil sampl
Architecture 0
State Approved
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Late Iron 2
Drawn balks
L. Sh. Scan: F6L98069-1992EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: F6L98069-1992EarthSuppDataBack
L. Sh. Scan: F6L98069-1992EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: F6L98069-1992EarthSuppDataFront
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 4/3
Texture Loam-Silt loam
Hardness Somewhat loose
Compression Degree 1 Moderately
Compression Description 1 Crumbly
Wetness Degree Somewhat
Wetness Description Moist
Structure Random
Soil Distribution Random
Flint (Count) 99
Glass (Count) 0
Tesserae (Count) 0
Tabun Fragment (Count) 0
Brick Fragment (Count) 5
Roof Tile (Count) 0
Worked Stone (Count) 0
Burnt Stone (Count) 3
Architectural Number (Count) 0
Architectural Distribution Patterned
Length 6.0
Width 4.0
Lower Depth 0.300000012
Upper Depth 0.360000014
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks Ash layer running N-S with black & white burned pockets; mudbricks in SE corner; slopes down toward S in E balk to 905.82; this explains why we had IR2 sherds in L 75 & 76; the slope was not recognized while digging; thus 69 was deeper than numbers given in the measurements
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2025) "Locus F-6L98-069 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field F/Square 6L98". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/15752eca-ec0c-96bc-07d6-3fe7d07a3be7> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2dv2053d

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