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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID B8K01:042
(Legacy ID: _id) 1df14acac787fa935029eb24c3500784
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-d4aef572a9103d254f5235db2cdcdead
Square 8K01
Code 042
Designation Plaster surface
Field B
Locus type Earth
Area B
Start season 2000
End season 2002
Start date 2000-07-05
Created at 2010-07-05
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Covered by surface build up L 44; in use with LB walls; earlier than 52 & 51 & 44 & 19
Reason Hard, reasonably flat plaster; identified in 2000 season
End date 2002-07-12
Supervisor J. Ponder
Function Floor of E room of S part of LB building; actually the top of the MB rampart
Architecture 0
State Approved
Top plan 53,54
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Late Bronze
L. Sh. Scan: B8K01042-2002EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: B8K01042-2002PotteryFront
L. Sh. Scan: B8K01042-2000EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: B8K01042-2000EarthSuppDataBack
L. Sh. Scan: B8K01042-2002EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: B8K01042-2000EarthBack
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 8/2
Texture Sandy clay loam-Silty clay loam
Hardness Hard
Compression Degree 1 Very
Compression Description 1 Firm
Wetness Degree Very
Wetness Description Dry
Soil Distribution Random
Glass (Count) 0
Tesserae (Count) 0
Tabun Fragment (Count) 0
Brick Fragment (Count) 0
Roof Tile (Count) 0
Worked Stone (Count) 0
Burnt Stone (Count) 0
Architectural Number (Count) 0
Length 2.96000004
Width 3.24000001
Lower Depth 0.449999988
Upper Depth 0.0
Direction 35.0
Slope 6.0
Earth Remarks Color is pinkish yellow; a probe was made on Jul 25 about 35 cm x 100 cm against Wall 19 in Loca 28 & went down 45 cm & still had not reached the bottom of a thick nari layer; digging was stopped at that point as it was determined that this was probably part of the MB rampart
Surface Material Plaster
Surface Material (Note) Plaster
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus B-8K01-042 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field B/Square 8K01". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/1df14aca-c787-fa93-5029-eb24c3500784> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2fn1m93h

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