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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID A7K70:052
(Legacy ID: _id) 499faeb822426916b6a7d724e95cd695
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-6413008d7d8c775e418a44e35fe8df54
Square 7K70
Code 052
Designation Surface N of Wall 47
Field A
Locus type Earth
Area A
Start season 1998
End season 2000
Start date 1998-07-29
Created at 2010-07-05
Updated at 2010-08-05
Stratigraphy remarks Floor with Wall 47; pottery of L 51 was on the floor
Reason Harder
End date 2000-08-01
Supervisor H. McMurray
Function Floor of a Room 1 in Building A with domestic materials on it; may be part of the room with the standing stone in Field B immediately to N
Architecture 0
State Approved
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Early Iron 1
L. Sh. Scan: A7K70052-2000EarthSuppData2Back
L. Sh. Scan: A7K70052-1998EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7K70052-2000EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7K70052-2000EarthSuppData1Back
L. Sh. Scan: A7K70052-2000EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7K70052-1998EarthBack
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 7.5YR 7/2
Texture Clay
Hardness Hard
Compression Degree 1 Very
Compression Description 1 Firm
Wetness Degree Somewhat
Wetness Description Dry
Structure 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 0.0
Width 0.0
Lower Depth 0.0
Upper Depth 0.0
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks Unexcavated in 1998 & 2000; other colors; lots of broken pottery lying on the surface including a large jar which may have stood in a small pit; surface is less clear at some points than at others
Stratigraphic Remarks Wall 44 may cut this locus
Surface Material Beaten Earth
Surface Material (Note) Beaten Earth
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus A-7K70-052 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field A/Square 7K70". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/499faeb8-2242-6916-b6a7-d724e95cd695> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k25d97z05

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