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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID A7K40:017
(Legacy ID: _id) 1ec6a454c2f811a06267ccb923a49356
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-dc3df7493a49b43c8e1d58a960d0ecb2
Square 7K40
Code 017
Designation E-W wall
Field A
Locus type Architecture
Area A
Start season 1984
End season 1984
Start date 1984-07-20
Bottom separation Average
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Average
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Built at a late phase against W 5
Reason 3 stones in a row
End date 1984-07-31
Supervisor A. Lazaro
Function Small wall, function not certain; Wall 17 seems to be a secondary wall of bad construction
Architecture 0
State Approved
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Late Iron 2/Persian
L. Sh. Scan: A7K40017-1984ArchitectureBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7K40017-1984ArchitectureFront
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Limestone Quality
Limestone (%) 100.0
Chert (%) 0.0
Basalt (%) 0.0
Nari (%) 0.0
Mudbrick (%) 0.0
Other (%) 0.0
Wall Cobble 0.0
Wall Small Boulders 100.0
Wall Medium Boulders 0.0
Wall Large Boulders 0.0
Wall Very Large Boulders 0.0
Chink Pebble 0.0
Chink Cobble 100.0
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 15
Semi-Hewn 85
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
Tendencies Unstable, though built with some care
Course Lower 3.0
Course Upper 0.0
Course Random 0.0
Row Lower 1.0
Row Upper 0.0
Measured Length 1.30999994
Measured Lower Width 0.319999993
Measured Upper Width 0.460000008
Measured Lower Height 0.610000014
Measured Upper Height 0.579999983
Orientation 260.0
Dip 2.0
Preservation Partial Superstructure: Little
Lean Direction 10.0
Lean Degrees 8.0
Remarks Tooling: no real traces visible of the use of tools; on last day a poss N-S wall was found poss connected to Wall 17; further investigation is needed; S of Wall 17 a pebble spot was found (see L 10); a large amount of the clayish material characteristic of L 12 & 13 was found, together with large sized sherds and a piece of a dark clay lump of unknown function (see L 12/13)
Construction Style Boulder & Chink
Construction Style (Note) Boulder & Chink
Construction Support Battered
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus A-7K40-017 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field A/Square 7K40". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/1ec6a454-c2f8-11a0-6267-ccb923a49356> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2pv6xr4p

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