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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID B7J99:003
(Legacy ID: _id) af4effd64438ea1e3532f1025eef95c3
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-a343c8b84cec082cba4a9447b44e0d44
Square 7J99
Code 003
Designation Destruction debris in broadroom of House B
Field B
Locus type Earth
Area B
Start season 1994
End season 1994
Start date 1994-06-28
Bottom separation Very Clear
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Clear
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Later than Walls 2, 5 & 6 which make up the broadroom; few late potsherds are contamination because the destruction layer was so close to topsoil; could be bioturbation; the vast majority of almost 300 pails of pottery were clean
Reason Burned bricks appear
End date 1994-07-26
Supervisor D. Graham
Function Destruction debris in broadroom of House B
Architecture 0
State Approved
Top plan 2
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus True
Age (period) Early Iron 1
L. Sh. Scan: B7J99003-1994EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: B7J99003-1994EarthSuppData12Front
L. Sh. Scan: B7J99003-1994EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: B7J99003-1994EarthSuppData4Front
L. Sh. Scan: B7J99003-1994EarthSuppData14Back
L. Sh. Scan: B7J99003-1994EarthSuppData1Front
L. Sh. Scan: B7J99003-1994EarthSuppData5Front
L. Sh. Scan: B7J99003-1994EarthSuppData2Front
L. Sh. Scan: B7J99003-1994EarthSuppData1Back
L. Sh. Scan: B7J99003-1994EarthSuppData10Front
L. Sh. Scan: B7J99003-1994EarthSuppData3Front
L. Sh. Scan: B7J99003-1994EarthSuppData6Front
L. Sh. Scan: B7J99003-1994EarthSuppData7Front
L. Sh. Scan: B7J99003-1994EarthSuppData8Front
L. Sh. Scan: B7J99003-1994EarthSuppData13Front
L. Sh. Scan: B7J99003-1994EarthSuppData14Front
L. Sh. Scan: B7J99003-1994EarthSuppData9Front
L. Sh. Scan: B7J99003-1994EarthSuppData11Front
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 6/3
Texture Sandy Clay Loam-Silty Clay Loam
Hardness Loose
Compression Degree 1 Somewhat
Compression Description 1 Loose
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 5.0
Width 2.29999995
Lower Depth 0.0
Upper Depth 0.0
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks Roof roller found in extreme E part of E balk, measures 210 cm from S balk, standing vertical; 22 cm diameter & 70 cm height; burned human bone frags found near E balk in Loca 17: distal end of humerus; another bone frag found in Loca 16 burned human lower jaw found in Loca 34, along with other burnrd & non-burned human bone frags, poss older male; some wear noticed: jaw/teeth; there were also some cranial bone frags; two spear heads and one lance point found in Loca 17, 18; see top plan for 26 July
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus B-7J99-003 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field B/Square 7J99". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/af4effd6-4438-ea1e-3532-f1025eef95c3> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2sj1x82c

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