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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID A7K70:028
(Legacy ID: _id) 7a7ba72a20b116ae3ba5d3806b6d41dd
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-c118730a40e56fee1716fd8d365ed48a
Square 7K70
Code 028
Designation Surface E of 26
Field A
Locus type Earth
Area A
Start season 1994
End season 1998
Start date 1994-06-30
Bottom separation Average
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Arbitrary
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Covers the LIR1/EIR2 phase but it is earlier than Wall 17 & either earlier or contemporary with Wall 34
Reason Division of earth layers by Wall 26
End date 1998-07-06
Supervisor D. Berge
Function Exposure surface after the abandonment of W 26 & its associated phase
Architecture 0
State Approved
Balk North
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Persian
Drawn balks North
L. Sh. Scan: A7K70028-1998EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7K70028-1994EarthSuppDataFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7K70028-1994EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7K70028-1994EarthSuppDataBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7K70028-1998EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7K70028-1998PotteryFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7K70028-1994EarthBack
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 6/3
Texture Sandy Clay Loam-Silty Clay Loam
Hardness Somewhat hard
Compression Degree 1 Somewhat
Compression Description 1 Friable
Structure Random
Soil Distribution Layered
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 5.0
Width 3.5
Lower Depth 0.0399999991
Upper Depth 0.280000001
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks There was a double layer of stone rubble about .75 m wide running N-S at the E end close to FT 22; rubble was also found in most of the S section
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus A-7K70-028 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/7a7ba72a-20b1-16ae-3ba5-d3806b6d41dd> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2902k03n

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