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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID A7K71:024
(Legacy ID: _id) eb25be10b8d9ec7fcbad8c5047fd18d1
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-6a107c7a1e1a2235e83931c6e7eb9862
Square 7K71
Code 024
Designation N-S wall
Field A
Locus type Architecture
Area A
Start season 1987
End season 2000
Start date 1987-07-28
Bottom separation Very Clear
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Very Clear
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks When Wall 3 was constructed it robbed out the S part of Wall 24 & then the founding courses & W row was placed on top of the E row of the top course
Reason Stones in a line
End date 2000-08-01
Supervisor A. Shami
Function Poss a support wall for Wall 3
Architecture 0
State Approved
Top plan 21
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Late Iron 2
L. Sh. Scan: A7K71024-2000ArchitectureFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7K71024-1994ArchitectureFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7K71024-2000ArchitectureBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7K71024-1987ArchitectureBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7K71024-1994ArchitectureSuppDataBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7K71024-1987ArchitectureFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7K71024-2000ArchitectureSuppDataBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7K71024-1994ArchitectureBack
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Limestone Quality Hard
Limestone (%) 100.0
Chert (%) 0.0
Basalt (%) 0.0
Nari (%) 0.0
Mudbrick (%) 0.0
Other (%) 0.0
Wall Cobble 10.0
Wall Small Boulders 80.0
Wall Medium Boulders 10.0
Wall Large Boulders 0.0
Wall Very Large Boulders 0.0
Chink Pebble 10.0
Chink Cobble 90.0
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 100
Semi-Hewn 0
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 Tends to lean against Silo 11 & Wall 3
Course Lower 5.0
Course Upper 8.0
Course Random 1.0
Row Lower 2.0
Row Upper 0.0
Measured Length 6.0
Measured Lower Width 0.5
Measured Upper Width 1.0
Measured Lower Height 0.99000001
Measured Upper Height 1.41999996
Orientation 25.0
Dip 0.0
Preservation Robbed
Lean Direction 0.0
Lean Degrees 14.0
Remarks Appears to have been robbed in the S half by Wall 3 which rests on its E row; FT 33 revealed the founding courses & the drastic slope on which it was built:10 degrees
Construction Style Boulder & Chink
Construction Style (Note) Boulder & Chink
Construction Support Laid against Silo 11
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus A-7K71-024 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field A/Square 7K71". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/eb25be10-b8d9-ec7f-cbad-8c5047fd18d1> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2t444m53

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