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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID H7K22:056
(Legacy ID: _id) 8c770f83ca04b90c9fa8dc8548906639
(Legacy ID: _rev) 16-9b3504471d2c00da3754828b09e1a821
Square 7K22
Code 056
Designation Very hard earth layer
Field H
Locus type Earth
Area H
Start season 2006
End season 2010
Start date 2006-07-21
Bottom separation Average
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Average
Updated at 2011-04-29
Stratigraphy remarks Earlier than Surf 33; later than Wall 63
Reason Harder
End date 2010-07-05
Supervisor J. Cormack; M. Murdoch
Function Leveling material for surface of courtyard sanctuary
Architecture 0
State Approved
Balk North
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus True
Age (period) Late Iron 1
L. Sh. Scan: H7K22056-2008PotteryBack
L. Sh. Scan: H7K22056-2008EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: H7K22056-2008EarthSuppDataBack
L. Sh. Scan: H7K22056-2006EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: H7K22056-2008EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: H7K22056-2006PotteryBack
L. Sh. Scan: H7K22056-2008PotteryFront
L. Sh. Scan: H7K22056-2006PotteryFront
L. Sh. Scan: H7K22056-2006EarthBack
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 5/3
Texture Loam-Silt loam
Hardness Hard
Compression Degree 1 Very
Compression Description 1 Friable
Wetness Degree Moderately
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 4.80000019
Width 4.61999989
Lower Depth 0.230000004
Upper Depth 0.300000012
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks Small lumps of plaster, but not concentrated; flecks of charcoal not concentrated; prob the preparation layer for cobble surf; included crushed nari
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus H-7K22-056 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field H/Square 7K22". 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-dc8548906639> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2988p770

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