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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID B8K00:025
(Legacy ID: _id) 391f2a791206e1bf7aa2198ca334bb7b
(Legacy ID: _rev) 16-d2a9261d8d1c10f544dfb273f7fbe8d9
Square 8K00
Code 025
Designation Mudbrick superstructure of Wall 21
Field B
Locus type Architecture
Area B
Start season 1998
End season 1998
Start date 1998-07-09
Bottom separation Very Clear
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Clear
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Part of an MB2 structure; sealed by MB2 debris
Reason In situ bricks
End date 1998-08-05
Supervisor K. Bramlett
Function Brick wall built on stone foundation Wall 21
Architecture 0
State Approved
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Middle Bronze 2
L. Sh. Scan: B8K00025-1998ArchitectureBack
L. Sh. Scan: B8K00025-1998ArchitectureSuppDataFront
L. Sh. Scan: B8K00025-1998ArchitectureFront
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Limestone (%) 0.0
Chert (%) 0.0
Basalt (%) 0.0
Nari (%) 0.0
Mudbrick Quality Unbaked
Mudbrick (%) 100.0
Other (%) 0.0
Wall Cobble 0.0
Wall Small Boulders 0.0
Wall Medium Boulders 0.0
Wall Large Boulders 0.0
Wall Very Large Boulders 0.0
Chink Pebble 0.0
Chink Cobble 0.0
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 0.600000024
Brick Upper Length 0.0
Brick Lower Width 0.449999988
Brick Upper Width 0.0
Brick Lower Depth 0.109999999
Brick Upper Depth 0.129999995
Unhewn 0
Semi-Hewn 0
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 0.0
Clay 0.0
Mud 100.0
Cement 0.0
Plaster 0.0
Lime 0.0
Average Thickness 0.5
Facing Unfaced
Course Lower 5.0
Course Upper 7.0
Course Random 0.0
Row Lower 2.0
Row Upper 0.0
Measured Length 3.79999995
Measured Lower Width 1.0
Measured Upper Width 0.0
Measured Lower Height 0.800000012
Measured Upper Height 0.0
Orientation 290.0
Dip 0.0
Preservation Partial Superstructure: Little
Lean Direction 0.0
Lean Degrees 0.0
Top Found 0.0
Remarks Partially removed as L 20 before the bricks were seen; mortar under the lower courses is 3-4 cm thick, but very thin between bricks; mortar almost identical in description to bricks; located just outside the SE corner
Construction Style Stacked bricks
Construction Style (Note) Stacked bricks
Construction Support Free-standing
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus B-8K00-025 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field B/Square 8K00". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/391f2a79-1206-e1bf-7aa2-198ca334bb7b> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2sq9b18v

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