Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Designator	Fill
Context rating	Tertiary
General remarks	Locus 178 in an Ubaid fill locus located between the extension of wall 159 and wall 170 in the removed eastern baulk. Below Locus 178 we noted what could be an outdoor surface on courtyard entrance
Strat below	176
Strat above	188
Strat abuts	170, 175, 159, 182, 186
Top depth center	587.99
Bottom depth center	587.62
Dimension length	1.7
Dimension width	0.6
Start date	2007-06-25
End date	2007-06-28
Color	10 YR 4/3 Brown
Texture	silt
Composition	with mudbrick collapse, pebbles and cobbles
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.