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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID A7K72:006
(Legacy ID: _id) 855668fdff564411316340c1ffbc4d74
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-d8a133717bae73bb56358a73ec098ade
Square 7K72
Code 006
Designation N-S wall W of wall 3
Field A
Locus type Architecture
Area A
Start season 1989
End season 1994
Start date 1989-07-10
Created at 2010-07-05
Updated at 2010-08-05
Stratigraphy remarks Poss Surf 15 seals against it on the E but the wall is probably older since no clear foundation trench or definite bottom course has been exposed; stone-lined Bin 11 was laid against it on the W face, but the bin seems to be later than either the wall or Surf 15; seems to be founded on Surface 23; earlier than Walls 3, 4 & 9
Reason Stones in a line
End date 1994-06-20
Supervisor E. Swiniarska
Function Seems to be an outer W wall of a house basement (probably belonging to weathy individuals) in conjunction with domestic poss Surf 15 & 17; originally it may not have been an outer wall but interior to a major complex, posssibly administrative
Architecture 0
State Approved
Top plan Loc. 3
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Late Iron 2
L. Sh. Scan: A7K72006-1989ArchitectureFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7K72006-1994ArchitectureBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7K72006-1994ArchitectureFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7K72006-1989ArchitectureBack
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Limestone Quality Decayed
Limestone (%) 90.0
Chert Quality Hard
Chert (%) 10.0
Basalt (%) 0.0
Nari (%) 0.0
Mudbrick (%) 0.0
Other (%) 0.0
Wall Cobble 10.0
Wall Small Boulders 25.0
Wall Medium Boulders 65.0
Wall Large Boulders 0.0
Wall Very Large Boulders 0.0
Chink Pebble 10.0
Chink Cobble 90.0
Chink (%) 0.0
Fill Cobble 80.0
Fill Small Boulders 20.0
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 100
Semi-Hewn 0
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
Tendencies Massive wall with large stonnes; possibly load-bearing outer wall
Course Lower 5.0
Course Upper 0.0
Course Random 0.0
Row Lower 2.0
Row Upper 0.0
Measured Length 5.19999981
Measured Lower Width 0.899999976
Measured Upper Width 1.5
Measured Lower Height 1.5
Measured Upper Height 2.0
Orientation 20.0
Dip 4.0
Preservation Partial Superstructure: Most
Lean Direction 106.0
Lean Degrees 8.0
Top Found 914.159973
Remarks As with Wall 3, it slumps to the E; the slump is most severe just across from Wall 4 & to S; see Wall 7K71:27 for phase B; the wall was slumped approximately 35 cm to E
Stratigraphic Remarks 12 was the earth in Wall 3
Construction Style Boulder & Chink
Construction Style (Note) Boulder & Chink
Construction Support Free-standing
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2025) "Locus A-7K72-006 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field A/Square 7K72". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/855668fd-ff56-4411-3163-40c1ffbc4d74> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k24f2726s

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