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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID A7K51:005
(Legacy ID: _id) 7e08368baed45880e25e2ab9e141dc4c
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-00016bed8b545e02a365dda285f7663f
Square 7K51
Code 005
Designation N-S wall
Field A
Locus type Architecture
Area A
Start season 1984
End season 1992
Start date 1984-07-03
Bottom separation Very Clear
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Very Clear
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks All earth layers & surfaces run up to it
Reason Stones in a line
End date 1992-07-24
Supervisor M. Steratore
Function Large walls suggest a public building
Architecture 0
State Approved
Top plan 17,18,6
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Late Iron 2/Persian
Drawn balks
L. Sh. Scan: A7K51005-1984ArchitectureFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7K51005-1984ArchitectureBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7K51005-1992ArchitectureFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7K51005-1992ArchitectureBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7K51005-1984ArchitectureSuppData1Back
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Limestone Quality None
Limestone (%) 100.0
Chert (%) 0.0
Basalt (%) 0.0
Nari (%) 0.0
Mudbrick (%) 0.0
Other (%) 0.0
Wall Cobble 20.0
Wall Small Boulders 80.0
Wall Medium Boulders 0.0
Wall Large Boulders 0.0
Wall Very Large Boulders 0.0
Chink Pebble 5.0
Chink Cobble 95.0
Chink (%) 0.0
Fill Cobble 0.0
Fill Small Boulders 0.0
Fill Medium Boulders 0.0
Fill Large Boulders 0.0
Fill Very Large Boulders 0.0
Brick Lower Length 0.0
Brick Upper Length 0.0
Brick Lower Width 0.0
Brick Upper Width 0.0
Brick Lower Depth 0.0
Brick Upper Depth 0.0
Unhewn 0
Semi-Hewn 100
Dressed 0.0
Ashlar 0.0
Bossed 0.0
Tool Lower Width 0
Tool Lower Length 0
Tool Upper Width 0
Sketch False
Photo False
Dry Laid 100.0
Clay 0.0
Mud 0.0
Cement 0.0
Plaster 0.0
Lime 0.0
Average Thickness 0.0
Facing Unfaced
Course Lower 2.0
Course Upper 8.0
Course Random 0.0
Row Lower 0.0
Row Upper 0.0
Measured Length 535.0
Measured Lower Width 0.300000012
Measured Upper Width 0.689999998
Measured Lower Height 1.54999995
Measured Upper Height 0.0
Orientation 117.0
Dip 0.0
Preservation Partial Superstructure: Half
Lean Direction 0.0
Lean Degrees 0.0
Remarks A smaller much more finely built wall than Wall 3 (meaning that its face is much cleaner & straight); U92: the length extends beyond the square into 7K52; appears to rest upon a soil foundation; on the W & N side Wall 5 is sitting upon the upper course of Wall 37
Construction Style Boulder & Chink
Construction Style (Note) Boulder & Chink
Construction Support Free-standing
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2025) "Locus A-7K51-005 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field A/Square 7K51". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/7e08368b-aed4-5880-e25e-2ab9e141dc4c> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2g73tm8c

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