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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID A7K40:005
(Legacy ID: _id) cc1ca2b949c6ebd8d4bce27eb42f5e88
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-a8906cfb9d5f9397d125a562c05102f0
Square 7K40
Code 005
Designation N-S wall
Field A
Locus type Architecture
Area A
Start season 1984
End season 2004
Start date 1984-08-03
Bottom separation Very Clear
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Clear
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Partly founded on top of L 8, 14, 15, using these loci probably as foundation; against the W-face of wall 5 small Wall 17 was built; the sediment W of Wall 5 seems to be mostly rubble (L 3 & 9,); Wall 5 continues as Wall 4a in 7K51
Reason Visible wall-line
End date 2004-07-14
Supervisor B. Adams
Function Massive wall, forming part of a room; function of room not known butr may have been part of administrative complex
Architecture 0
State Approved
Top plan Final, 8,14,21,31,32,33
Balk North
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Late Iron 2/Persian
Drawn balks
L. Sh. Scan: A7K40005-1984ArchitectureSuppDataFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7K40005-1984ArchitectureFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7K40005-2004ArchitectureSuppData1Front
L. Sh. Scan: A7K40005-2004ArchitectureBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7K40005-2004ArchitectureFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7K40005-2004ArchitectureSuppData2Back
L. Sh. Scan: A7K40005-2004PotteryBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7K40005-1984ArchitectureSuppDataBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7K40005-1984ArchitectureBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7K40005-2004PotteryFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7K40005-2004ArchitectureSuppData1Back
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Limestone Quality None
Limestone (%) 100.0
Chert (%) 0.0
Basalt (%) 0.0
Nari (%) 0.0
Mudbrick (%) 0.0
Other (%) 0.0
Wall Cobble 0.0
Wall Small Boulders 10.0
Wall Medium Boulders 40.0
Wall Large Boulders 50.0
Wall Very Large Boulders 0.0
Chink Pebble 0.0
Chink Cobble 100.0
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 0
Semi-Hewn 100
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
Tendencies heavy, monumental, care for stability.
Course Lower 2.0
Course Upper 4.0
Course Random 0.0
Row Lower 2.0
Row Upper 0.0
Measured Length 5.19999981
Measured Lower Width 1.10000002
Measured Upper Width 1.25999999
Measured Lower Height 0.460000008
Measured Upper Height 1.39999998
Orientation 20.0
Dip 0.0
Preservation Partial Superstructure: Little
Lean Direction 320.0
Lean Degrees 8.0
Top Found 912.049988
Remarks Top contained soft limestones (cobble-sized); slightly decayed; Lean measured in Loca 34 & 28 (see sketch), stones in this part seem to be tilted on one edge instead of horizontal; only the E face has been completely uncovered down to foundation level; bottom of W face not reached in U84; under NE-stubbalk the end of Wall 5 was a small part of cornerstones (uncovered in 7K50)
Construction Style Boulder & Chink
Construction Style (Note) Boulder & Chink
Construction Support Free-standing
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus A-7K40-005 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field A/Square 7K40". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/cc1ca2b9-49c6-ebd8-d4bc-e27eb42f5e88> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k24q8b73v

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