| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
| Locus ID | B7K81:033 |
| (Legacy ID: _id) | 70921b41a0b038510431d7ec6675c86c |
| (Legacy ID: _rev) | 15-68d780607d2430b0c4868fd120049dc8 |
| Square | 7K81 |
| Code | 033 |
| Designation | Compacted earth layer under brick destruction debris. |
| Field | B |
| Locus type | Earth |
| Area | B |
| Start season | 1994 |
| End season | 1994 |
| Start date | 1994-07-13 |
| Bottom separation | Very Clear |
| Created at | 2010-07-05 |
| Top separation | Clear |
| Updated at | 2010-07-31 |
| Stratigraphy remarks | Under brick destruction debris 22 & above flagstone Surf 39 & prob surfaces S of Wall 30; over cobbble Surf 36; runs up to level courses of Walls 35, 30, 32 & traces of plaster material on N face of lower course of Wall 34 |
| Reason | Bricky, ashy, compacted, smooth; smashed vessels |
| End date | 1994-07-27 |
| Supervisor | C. Draper |
| Function | Layer above floors of rooms compacted by fallen material from destruction debris above |
| Architecture | 0 |
| State | Approved |
| Stratigraphic relations |
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| Clean locus | False |
| Age (period) | Early Iron 1 |
| Drawn balks | West |
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
| Munsell # | 10YR 6/3 |
| Texture | Clay |
| Hardness | Hard |
| Compression Degree 1 | Very |
| Compression Description 1 | Firm |
| Wetness Degree | Somewhat |
| Wetness Description | Moist |
| Structure | Random |
| Soil Distribution | Random |
| Pottery | Rare |
| Flint (Count) [Note] | Rare |
| 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 |
| Architectural Distribution | Random |
| Length | 3.25 |
| Width | 4.0 |
| Lower Depth | 0.100000001 |
| Upper Depth | 0.150000006 |
| Direction | 0.0 |
| Slope | 0.0 |
| Earth Remarks | Compacted, mottled layer of soil, ash & mudbrick detritus under brick Destruction 22; ashy lenses atop flagstone pavement 39 in N; in W balk, thick layer of vessels smashed & lying flat atop it; very dense below & to W of stacked bricks & W end of Wall 30; appears to have been soil compacted by fall of large bricks, stone, & roofing material of the destruction, overlaying surfaces; a thick burn layer, perhaps of roofing material, at the bottom in W of square; some bits of carbonized wood; many contain a disturbed layer of cobbles above lower surfaces; lower millstone (40 x 36 x 10 cm) not in situ in N room--fell from upper story |
| Stratigraphic Remarks | Slopes upwards towards Wall 32; may be seperated from 34 by plaster on N face of 34 |
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Suggested Citation
Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus B-7K81-033 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-d7ec6675c86c> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k26m3pn0m
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