Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Designator	Fill
Context rating	Tertiary
General remarks	This locus is an ashy fill located in the south western corner of the trench.
Strat below	132
Strat abuts	143
Top depth south-west	586.84
Bottom depth east	586.78
Bottom depth south-east	586.76
Dimension length	4.5
Dimension width	1.7
Start date	2007-06-09
End date	2007-06-12
Color	7.5 2.5/2 very dark brown
Texture	silt
Composition	ash, sand, pebbles
Description remarks	ground stone scatter, a hard clay surface, and layers of ash deposit on the surface and in adjacent baulk (west).
Tentative Date	Ubaid
Has note	Contexts excavated in trenches were recorded using the "locus system." A locus is any discrete three-dimensional entity excavated in a trench. The key to the locus system is the recognition that a locus is any one thing. Differences in soil composition or texture are therefore as important as, for example, the difference between a pit and a wall. If two entities were distinct, they were considered separate loci and were therefore assigned separate locus numbers. It should also be noted that every context excavated in a trench was given a locus number and thus the trench itself is made up completely of excavated loci.