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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID A7J79:032
(Legacy ID: _id) 2270776c0901d9051a1401082bdb2753
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-225fedbf059e9db821519beb7416a635
Square 7J79
Code 032
Designation Mudbrick debris
Field A
Locus type Earth
Area A
Start season 1998
End season 1998
Start date 1998-07-22
Bottom separation Very Clear
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Very Clear
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Associated with Walls 24 & 31; Phase 1 of Ir1
Reason To check if Wall 28 rests on bricky debris
End date 1998-07-24
Supervisor J. Eggler
Function Collapsed mudbrick wall and roof debris, much of it transformed by fire
Architecture 0
State Approved
Balk North
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Sample remarks Carbon 14
Age (period) Early Iron 1
L. Sh. Scan: A7J79032-2000EarthFront1
L. Sh. Scan: A7J79032-2000PotteryFront1
L. Sh. Scan: A7J79032-2000EarthSuppData2Back
L. Sh. Scan: A7J79032-2000EarthFront2
L. Sh. Scan: A7J79032-2000EarthSuppData1Back
L. Sh. Scan: A7J79032-2000PotteryFront2
L. Sh. Scan: A7J79032-1998EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7J79032-2000EarthBack1
L. Sh. Scan: A7J79032-2000EarthBack2
L. Sh. Scan: A7J79032-1998EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7J79032-1998PotteryFront
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 7.5YR 5/4
Texture Sandy clay loam-Silty clay loam
Hardness Somewhat loose
Compression Degree 1 Moderately
Compression Description 1 Firm
Wetness Degree Somewhat
Wetness Description Moist
Structure Random
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 3.4000001
Width 3.3499999
Lower Depth 0.0399999991
Upper Depth 1.10000002
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks Ash pockets near bottom; two burned beams from the roof; more clay near bottom with roofing material; excavated to level of 7K70 in E balk; many whole and fragmentary bricks
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus A-7J79-032 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field A/Square 7J79". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/2270776c-0901-d905-1a14-01082bdb2753> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2g45478w

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