Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Designator	Wall
Context rating	Primary
General remarks	Locus 176 is a mudbrick wall on the eastern edge of the northern section of wall 170. No lines or bricks were visible to determine the number of rows or courses due to extreme weathering caused by exposure in the baulk of trench D8.
Strat below	176
Strat above	188
Strat abuts	170, 180, 182
Top depth center	588.1
Bottom depth center	587.63
Dimension length	1.3
Dimension width	0.25
Start date	2007-06-27
End date	2007-06-28
Color	7.5 YR 5/3 Brown
Texture	silt
Composition	Compact silt mudbrick
Tentative Date	Ubaid
Has note	Contexts excavated in trenches were recorded using the "locus system." A locus is any discrete three-dimensional entity excavated in a trench. The key to the locus system is the recognition that a locus is any one thing. Differences in soil composition or texture are therefore as important as, for example, the difference between a pit and a wall. If two entities were distinct, they were considered separate loci and were therefore assigned separate locus numbers. It should also be noted that every context excavated in a trench was given a locus number and thus the trench itself is made up completely of excavated loci.