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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID B7K81:031
(Legacy ID: _id) 70921b41a0b038510431d7ec663673e4
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-fc793ad41a6a124961e3b2cb4078e077
Square 7K81
Code 031
Designation Mudbrick destruction debris in NE corner
Field B
Locus type Earth
Area B
Start season 1994
End season 1994
Start date 1994-07-01
Bottom separation Clear
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Average
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Under Fill 27, over N end of Wall 32; fills in area between N side of Pavement 26 & N balk
Reason On top of Wall 32
End date 1994-07-25
Supervisor C. Draper
Function Mudbrick debris atop Wall 32, perhaps at bottom of Pit
Architecture 0
State Approved
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus True
Age (period) Early Iron 1
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81031-1994EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81031-1994EarthFront
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 7.5YR 6/3
Texture Sandy Clay Loam-Silty Clay Loam
Hardness Somewhat loose
Compression Degree 1 Very
Compression Description 1 Friable
Wetness Degree Somewhat
Wetness Description Dry
Structure Random
Soil Distribution Random
Pottery Rare
Flint (Count) [Note] Rare
Glass (Count) 0
Tesserae (Count) 0
Tabun Fragment (Count) 0
Brick Fragment (Count) 75
Roof Tile (Count) 0
Worked Stone (Count) 0
Burnt Stone (Count) 0
Architectural Number (Count) 0
Architectural Distribution Random
Length 0.829999983
Width 0.699999988
Lower Depth 0.239999995
Upper Depth 0.0
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks Very compacted & level below removal of original mounded material; fills space between N side of flagstone Pavement 26 where pavers seemed to be removed above N end of Wall 32; may have been fill in a later pit that was missed in earlier excavation & was seen in the N balk before balk removal; also in E balk
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus B-7K81-031 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field B/Square 7K81". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/70921b41-a0b0-3851-0431-d7ec663673e4> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2g45479c

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