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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID A7J79:068
(Legacy ID: _id) 9343e9ecb9b4c36e1fc8b3a9d84484fb
(Legacy ID: _rev) 16-b1cb3b8f19b943895a807cd52abff9a3
Square 7J79
Code 068
Designation Earth layer; tumble; part of destruction debris
Field A
Locus type Earth
Area A
Start season 2008
End season 2010
Start date 2008-07-01
Bottom separation Arbitrary
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Arbitrary
Updated at 2011-05-10
Stratigraphy remarks Later than Walls 24, 31 & 35
Reason Arbitrary
End date 2010-07-15
Supervisor S. Brown; S. Stewart
Function Part of destruction debris in EIR1 House C
Architecture 0
State Approved
Balk East
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Early Iron 1
L. Sh. Scan: A7J79068-2008EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7J79068-2008EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7J79068-2008PotteryFront
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 5/4
Texture Loam-Silt loam
Hardness Somewhat loose
Compression Degree 1 Very
Compression Description 1 Loose
Wetness Degree Somewhat
Wetness Description Moist
Structure Random
Soil Distribution Random
Glass (Count) 0
Tesserae (Count) 0
Tabun Fragment (Count) 0
Brick Fragment (Count) 9
Roof Tile (Count) 0
Worked Stone (Count) 0
Burnt Stone (Count) 0
Architectural Number (Count) 0
Architectural Distribution Random
Length 3.51999998
Width 1.07000005
Lower Depth 0.419999987
Upper Depth 0.600000024
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks Coherent brick frags extended S from Wall 24 as if it tumbled from above; flat lying pottery; the surface seems close; lots of brick frags, ash, & nari
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus A-7J79-068 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field A/Square 7J79". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/9343e9ec-b9b4-c36e-1fc8-b3a9d84484fb> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k24t71m27

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