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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID A7K40:019
(Legacy ID: _id) 1ec6a454c2f811a06267ccb923e2c7ad
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-dbcd214f7ed9d3383e3f409c25096c30
Square 7K40
Code 019
Designation Exposure surface with rubble
Field A
Locus type Earth
Area A
Start season 1984
End season 1984
Start date 1984-07-23
Created at 2010-07-05
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Top corresponds with the bottom of the big S cornerstone or shaped boulder of Wall 5; the surface follows the slope of the Wall; poss it represents only an erosion layer along the slope of the wall; contains rubble from the E ( Wall 5?)
Reason Harder, more clay
End date 1984-07-31
Supervisor A. Lazaro
Function Poss top of new rubble layer (exposed surface)
Architecture 0
State Approved
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Late Iron 2/Persian
Drawn balks
L. Sh. Scan: A7K40019-1984EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7K40019-1984EarthFront
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 4/6
Texture Clay
Hardness Somewhat hard
Compression Degree 1 Very
Compression Description 1 Firm
Wetness Degree Somewhat
Wetness Description Moist
Structure Random
Soil Distribution Random
Glass (Count) 0
Tesserae (Count) 0
Tabun Fragment (Count) 1
Brick Fragment (Count) 0
Roof Tile (Count) 0
Worked Stone (Count) 0
Burnt Stone (Count) 0
Architectural Number (Count) 0
Length 2.20000005
Width 2.0
Lower Depth 0.0
Upper Depth 0.0
Direction 252.0
Slope 24.0
Earth Remarks Only top uncovered before end of U84; clay inclusion is 1 x 2 cm; the surface is sloping to the W and there are some stones sticking out of the surface
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus A-7K40-019 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-ccb923e2c7ad> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2cn7jh0k

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