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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID H7K11:041
(Legacy ID: _id) 8c770f83ca04b90c9fa8dc8548994298
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-6f7038912766ff4ad9e13d23d7b7669d
Square 7K11
Code 041
Designation Hard plaster floor of Pit 35
Field H
Locus type Earth
Area H
Start season 2004
End season 2006
Start date 2004-07-26
Bottom separation Clear
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Very Clear
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Later than Walls 4 & 36
Reason Very hard plaster layer at bottom of Pit 35
End date 2006-07-12
Supervisor J. Cormack
Function Floor of Pit 35; Poss intended to drain toward center
Architecture 0
State Approved
Top plan 44,45,48
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Late Iron 2/Persian
Drawn balks North
L. Sh. Scan: H7K11041-2004PotteryFront
L. Sh. Scan: H7K11041-2006EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: H7K11041-2006PotteryFront
L. Sh. Scan: H7K11041-2006EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: H7K11041-2004EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: H7K11041-2004EarthBack
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 2.5Y 8/2
Texture Loam-Silt loam
Hardness Hard
Compression Degree 1 Somewhat
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 1.23000002
Width 0.910000026
Lower Depth 0.0599999987
Upper Depth 0.0799999982
Direction 78.0
Slope 12.0
Earth Remarks Very hard plaster, almost cement; slope is greater SW-NE, but the whole floor slopes inward toward the center: SE-center: 10; SW-center: 8; NW-center: 7; NE-center: 8; very pure plaster, no inclusions
Surface Material Plaster
Surface Material (Note) Plaster
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus H-7K11-041 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field H/Square 7K11". 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-dc8548994298> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2cc1fb7f

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