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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID A7K51:044
(Legacy ID: _id) d7e8eb3c51d67a05ec95255a5fff1ab0
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-5ed162f60414e4443fef0a729cbfec22
Square 7K51
Code 044
Designation Probe into destruction debris at W end of room, mud brick
Field A
Locus type Earth
Area A
Start season 1992
End season 1992
Start date 1992-07-23
Bottom separation Clear
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Average
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Encircles Tabun/Pithos 42 on the E, N, W
Reason Begin excavation of burned bricky material
End date 1992-07-24
Supervisor D. Holloway
Function Destruction layer of burned mud bricks
Architecture 0
State Approved
Top plan 37,43,44,45
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Early Iron 1
Drawn balks East
L. Sh. Scan: A7K51044-1992EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7K51044-1992EarthFront
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 2.5YR 4/6
Texture Sand-Sandy Loam
Hardness Loose
Compression Degree 1 Very
Compression Description 1 Loose
Wetness Degree Somewhat
Wetness Description Moist
Structure 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 0.0
Width 0.0
Lower Depth 0.0
Upper Depth 0.0
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks Interspersed in red soil are mud brick remains & pockets of black ash; some of the black is definitely remains of burnt bricks; in brick removed around the Tabun/Pithos 42, many complete bricks came out averaging .37 x .28 x .16; looks like destruction debris
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2025) "Locus A-7K51-044 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field A/Square 7K51". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/d7e8eb3c-51d6-7a05-ec95-255a5fff1ab0> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2611g95f

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