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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID A7J78:003
(Legacy ID: _id) aa435e0a0648a4332be2a943fd3fc6d1
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-bdaa7546b81cc5d52c1879505c8b7252
Square 7J78
Code 003
Designation N-S wall; perimeter wall
Field A
Locus type Architecture
Area A
Start season 1996
End season 1996
Start date 1996-07-08
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Very Clear
Updated at 2011-05-10
Reason Stones in a line
End date 1996-07-26
Supervisor G. Klingbeil; S. Stewart
Function Perimeter wall
Architecture 0
State Approved
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Early Iron 1
L. Sh. Scan: A7J78003-1996ArchitectureBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7J78003-1996ArchitectureFront
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Limestone Quality Hard
Limestone (%) 100.0
Chert (%) 0.0
Basalt (%) 0.0
Nari (%) 0.0
Mudbrick (%) 0.0
Other (%) 0.0
Wall Cobble 20.0
Wall Small Boulders 40.0
Wall Medium Boulders 40.0
Wall Large Boulders 0.0
Wall Very Large Boulders 0.0
Chink Pebble 0.0
Chink Cobble 0.0
Chink (%) 0.0
Fill Cobble 0.0
Fill Small Boulders 0.0
Fill Medium Boulders 0.0
Fill Large Boulders 0.0
Fill Very Large Boulders 0.0
Brick Lower Length 0.0
Brick Upper Length 0.0
Brick Lower Width 0.0
Brick Upper Width 0.0
Brick Lower Depth 0.0
Brick Upper Depth 0.0
Unhewn 100
Semi-Hewn 0
Dressed 0.0
Ashlar 0.0
Bossed 0.0
Tool Lower Width 0
Tool Lower Length 0
Tool Upper Width 0
Sketch False
Photo False
Dry Laid 100.0
Clay 0.0
Mud 0.0
Cement 0.0
Plaster 0.0
Lime 0.0
Average Thickness 0.0
Facing Unfaced
Course Lower 4.0
Course Upper 7.0
Course Random 0.0
Row Lower 3.0
Row Upper 6.0
Measured Length 5.25
Measured Lower Width 1.79999995
Measured Upper Width 2.0
Measured Lower Height 1.44000006
Measured Upper Height 2.00999999
Orientation 25.0
Dip 0.0
Preservation Partial Superstructure: Little
Lean Direction 0.0
Lean Degrees 0.0
Remarks 1.6 m dip/gap in wall ca 2.5 m off the N balk; rubble can be found in Loca 6; the W row arbitrarily ends in S balk; 7J68 Wall 14 aligns with row 2 from the W; in course 5 (from the top) ca1.5 m off the N balk, substantial plastering was present which was not in the upper courses
Construction Style Boulder & Chink
Construction Style (Note) Boulder & Chink
Construction Support Free-standing
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus A-7J78-003 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field A/Square 7J78". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/aa435e0a-0648-a433-2be2-a943fd3fc6d1> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2g45473g

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