Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Designator	Floor/Surface
General remarks	Very hard soil surface of western room of mudbrick house. Has a slope from S-N downhill, and plaster layers above (L5068). Virtually no cultural artifacts. Closed at end of season.
Strat below	5068, 5029
Strat abuts	5045, 5078
Strat remarks	L5068 was a plaster covering for this surface
Top depth north	587.09
Top depth south	587.13
Bottom depth north	587.09
Bottom depth south	587.09
Dimension length	2.0
Dimension width	1.5
Start date	2001-08-15
End date	2001-08-18
Color	7.5 YR 5/6
Texture	unknown
Composition	Very hard soil, some apparently burnt
Tentative Date	Ubaid
Has note	Contexts excavated in trenches were recorded using the "locus system." A locus is any discrete three-dimensional entity excavated in a trench. The key to the locus system is the recognition that a locus is any one thing. Differences in soil composition or texture are therefore as important as, for example, the difference between a pit and a wall. If two entities were distinct, they were considered separate loci and were therefore assigned separate locus numbers. It should also be noted that every context excavated in a trench was given a locus number and thus the trench itself is made up completely of excavated loci.