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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID H7K22:010
(Legacy ID: _id) 8c770f83ca04b90c9fa8dc854891dd72
(Legacy ID: _rev) 30-887dc3086482af0672e3a827bf0e1497
Square 7K22
Code 010
Designation Plaster surface
Field H
Locus type Earth
Area H
Start season 1996
End season 2004
Start date 1996-07-11
Bottom separation Average
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Very Clear
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Later than Wall 5; earlier than Pithos 8
Reason Very clear smooth plaster
End date 2004-06-30
Supervisor M. Czarnowicz
Function High quality plastered floor that must be in a large room used for special function, perhaps ritual (note the model shrine found beneath on earlier, similar surface)
Architecture 0
State Approved
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Late Iron 2/Persian
Drawn balks
L. Sh. Scan: H7K22010-1996EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: H7K22010-2004PotteryFront
L. Sh. Scan: H7K22010-2002PotteryBack
L. Sh. Scan: H7K22010-2002PotteryFront
L. Sh. Scan: H7K22010-1996EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: H7K22010-2004EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: H7K22010-2002EarthSuppDataBack
L. Sh. Scan: H7K22010-2002EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: H7K22010-2004EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: H7K22010-2002EarthBack
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 8/1
Texture Sandy clay loam-Silty clay loam
Hardness Somewhat hard
Compression Degree 1 Moderately
Compression Description 1 Firm
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 5.80000019
Width 5.5999999
Lower Depth 0.0700000003
Upper Depth 0.109999999
Direction 270.0
Slope 4.0
Earth Remarks A beautiful floor surface with very smooth plaster; color is not in Munsell; a better quality plaster over a lesser quality plaster later that was designated L 17
Surface Material Plaster
Surface Material (Note) Plaster
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus H-7K22-010 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-dc854891dd72> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k21g14b65

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