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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID A7K40:011
(Legacy ID: _id) cc1ca2b949c6ebd8d4bce27eb4e9dba8
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-2a4499442d99995b93d62db0d209069a
Square 7K40
Code 011
Designation Poss exposure surface
Field A
Locus type Earth
Area A
Start season 1984
End season 1984
Start date 1984-07-17
Bottom separation Clear
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Clear
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Covering a layer with stones and hard clayish material (L 12); the top of the fill E of L 10, while L 9 covers both L 10 & 11
Reason Harder earth
End date 1984-07-18
Supervisor A. Lazaro
Function Poss exposure surface; prob not a floor because of rubble in W part (L 10)
Architecture 0
State Approved
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus True
Age (period) Late Iron 2/Persian
Drawn balks North
L. Sh. Scan: A7K40011-1984EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7K40011-1984EarthBack
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 5/4
Texture Clay
Hardness Hard
Compression Degree 1 Somewhat
Compression Description 1 Firm
Wetness Degree Somewhat
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 2.5
Width 2.0
Lower Depth 0.129999995
Upper Depth 0.0799999982
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks Clayish, containing little white spots (diameter ca 1 mm) and orange spots (ca 0.5-1cm diameter); the orange spots are characteristic of L 12 & 13
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus A-7K40-011 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-e27eb4e9dba8> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k29w0wh39

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