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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID B7K81:037
(Legacy ID: _id) 70921b41a0b038510431d7ec66f31fc4
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-9d2ad1fc8513ced90ededebe9ef091e8
Square 7K81
Code 037
Designation Beaten-earth surface
Field B
Locus type Earth
Area B
Start season 1994
End season 1994
Start date 1994-07-18
Created at 2010-07-05
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Under compacted Fill 33 & cobbles 36
Reason More compactcobbles underlying 22 in probe.
End date 1994-07-25
Supervisor C. Draper
Function Beaten-earth surface
Architecture 0
State Approved
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Early Iron 1
Drawn balks West
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81037-1994EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81037-1994EarthBack
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 6/3
Texture Clay
Hardness Somewhat hard
Compression Degree 1 Very
Compression Description 1 Firm
Wetness Degree Somewhat
Wetness Description Moist
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 3.0
Width 2.0
Lower Depth 0.0
Upper Depth 0.0
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks Partly in W balk; revealed in probe at angle of Walls 34 & 35; traces of nari/plaster; appears to be fill layer beneath cobbles compacted atop a lower surface; may be equivalent to bottom of L 33 in E; not removed
Stratigraphic Remarks Not excavated this season.
Surface Material Beaten Earth
Surface Material (Note) Beaten Earth
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2025) "Locus B-7K81-037 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-d7ec66f31fc4> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2280rh19

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