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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID F7L09:005
(Legacy ID: _id) 9cfba5948e0226766a423ed392d40de3
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-0ed9bd1bfede366f46eb00a48ba84abd
Square 7L09
Code 005
Designation Ephemeral beaten-earth surface at N end of Wall 3
Field F
Locus type Earth
Area F
Start season 1987
End season 1987
Start date 1987-07-01
Bottom separation Unclear
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Average
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks With Walls 3 & 12
Reason More compact with flat lying pottery
End date 1987-07-10
Supervisor J. Fisher
Function Beaten-earth surface at N end of Wall 3
Architecture 0
State Approved
Top plan 8
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Late Iron 2/Persian
Drawn balks South
L. Sh. Scan: F7L09005-1987EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: F7L09005-1987EarthFront
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 7/3
Texture Sandy clay loam-Silty clay loam
Hardness Loose
Compression Degree 1 Moderately
Compression Description 1 Friable
Wetness Degree Moderately
Wetness Description Moist
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 3.0
Width 1.20000005
Lower Depth 0.159999996
Upper Depth 0.25
Direction 90.0
Slope 22.0
Earth Remarks Appears to seal against Wall 3 but its E & S extremities are unclear; later it was discovered that Wall 3 had two phases & the later phase was designated Wall 12 with the result that Surf 5 also sealed against Wall 12
Surface Material Beaten Earth
Surface Material (Note) Beaten Earth
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus F-7L09-005 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field F/Square 7L09". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/9cfba594-8e02-2676-6a42-3ed392d40de3> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2n01kb2c

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