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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID B7K81:051
(Legacy ID: _id) 85ce841176e74b1f96f91d3386a6ff54
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-365b38cc2e84865afe0e46416e516224
Square 7K81
Code 051
Designation Destruction debris under Surf 46
Field B
Locus type Earth
Area B
Start season 2000
End season 2000
Start date 2000-07-04
Created at 2010-07-05
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Earlier than FTs 48 & 50 & of their corresponding walls; may equal L 34 in which Wall 52 was founded and ran up to Wall 55
Reason Brickier & rubblier
End date 2000-08-02
Supervisor C. Rivers
Function Destruction debris from collapse of upper EIR1 walls in the area between Walls 7K82:8 and 7K81:68/7K82:13 and the E part of Wall 52; may have filled an open area in SE corner
Architecture 0
State Approved
Top plan Final
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Early Iron 1
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81051-2000PotteryFront
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81051-2000EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81051-2000EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81051-2000EarthSuppDataBack
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 2.5YR 5/8
Texture Loam-Silt loam
Hardness Somewhat hard
Compression Degree 1 Moderately
Compression Description 1 Crumbly
Compression Degree 2 Very
Compression Description 2 Rubbly
Wetness Degree Somewhat
Wetness Description Moist
Structure Random
Soil Distribution 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 2.75
Width 1.59000003
Lower Depth 0.0
Upper Depth 0.0
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks Top few cm with Surf 46; very compact brick detritus in places; outline of more-or-less complete bricks was visible in S; the detritus was separable in places suggesting the bricks fell & then decomposed; some loose pockets; some ash pockets; not completely excavated in U00
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2025) "Locus B-7K81-051 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/85ce8411-76e7-4b1f-96f9-1d3386a6ff54> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2sb4hg82

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