Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Locus ID	C8L82:017
(Legacy ID: _id)	892f18ca74d6db7f8396bb32a3c7b143
(Legacy ID: _rev)	15-8a6d8f20531e48febf6e872ba2df99ff
Square	8L82
Code	017
Designation	E-W wall
Field	C
Locus type	Architecture
Area	C
Start season	1987
End season	1987
Start date	1987-07-02
Created at	2010-07-05
Updated at	2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks	Earliest phase of square
Reason	Six stones in a line
End date	1987-07-31
Supervisor	J. Battenfield
Function	Seems too small to have ever walled anything in; poss silo, bin or enclosure for grain on N terrace hillside; slight similarity to EB apsidal structure at S balk of 8L73 (U84); bottom of Wall 17 not excavated; if a silo, L 19 may yield some of its contents
Architecture	0
State	Approved
Stratigraphic relations	Over Locus C-8L82-026 (Surface) Sealed against by Locus C-8L82-019 (Earth layer) Under Locus C-8L82-006 (Earth layer)
Clean locus	False
Age (period)	Early Bronze 3

Related Locations and Objects

Over

Locus C-8L82-026

Under

Locus C-8L82-006

Sealed against by

Locus C-8L82-015

Locus C-8L82-019

Related Media

L. Sh. Scan: C8L82017-1987ArchitectureFront

L. Sh. Scan: C8L82017-1987ArchitectureBack

Related Persons

Supervised by

James Battenfield

Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Limestone Quality	None
Limestone (%)	100.0
Chert Quality	Hard
Chert (%)	20.0
Basalt (%)	0.0
Nari (%)	0.0
Mudbrick (%)	0.0
Other (%)	0.0
Wall Cobble	100.0
Wall Small Boulders	0.0
Wall Medium Boulders	0.0
Wall Large Boulders	0.0
Wall Very Large Boulders	0.0
Chink Pebble	100.0
Chink Cobble	0.0
Chink (%)	0.0
Fill Cobble	100.0
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	10
Semi-Hewn	90
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	0.0
Course Random	0.0
Row Lower	1.0
Row Upper	0.0
Measured Length	1.45000005
Measured Lower Width	0.200000003
Measured Upper Width	0.280000001
Measured Lower Height	0.25
Measured Upper Height	0.0
Orientation	285.0
Dip	2.0
Preservation	Partial Superstructure: Little
Lean Direction	278.0
Lean Degrees	5.0
Remarks	Poss robbed; very frail
Construction Style	Boulder & Chink
Construction Style (Note)	Boulder & Chink
Construction Support	Free-standing

Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Creator Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms)	Douglas R Clark info Vocabulary: Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri Larry G Herr info Vocabulary: Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri

Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2025) "Locus C-8L82-017 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field C/Square 8L82". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/892f18ca-74d6-db7f-8396-bb32a3c7b143> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2gb2j183

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Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri

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