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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID H7K32:035
(Legacy ID: _id) 8c770f83ca04b90c9fa8dc85488aa2b3
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-4f6c9c4916189207261f8b9a23133a39
Square 7K32
Code 035
Designation Mortar or plaster around stones
Field H
Locus type Earth
Area H
Start season 2000
End season 2000
Start date 2000-07-04
Bottom separation Clear
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Very Clear
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks With Wall 45
Reason Mortar around rock facing
End date 2000-07-05
Supervisor D. Holloway
Function Mortar between stones, perhaps to create a level surface on top of Wall 45 for a poss surf or threshold
Architecture 0
State Approved
Top plan 19,36
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus True
Age (period) Late Iron 1
L. Sh. Scan: H7K32035-2000EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: H7K32035-2000PotteryFront
L. Sh. Scan: H7K32035-2000EarthBack
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 2.5Y 8/6
Texture Sand-Sandy loam
Hardness Somewhat hard
Compression Degree 1 Somewhat
Compression Description 1 Firm
Wetness Degree Very
Wetness Description Dry
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 1.02999997
Width 0.899999976
Lower Depth 0.0399999991
Upper Depth 0.0
Direction 115.0
Slope 5.0
Earth Remarks Mortar/plaster seems to be used as a fill where voids existed between larger flat surfaced rocks; immediately above a wall line; this was the removal of the mortar in & around the rocks; the mortar was hard, but normal earth was very loose
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus H-7K32-035 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field H/Square 7K32". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/8c770f83-ca04-b90c-9fa8-dc85488aa2b3> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2k07hj4v

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