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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID A7K42:008
(Legacy ID: _id) ed0e2c7d7a9736677c6ddb8333487cd3
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-ed7d939db5511324e4dc0c986ad48a7a
Square 7K42
Code 008
Designation E-W wall
Field A
Locus type Architecture
Area A
Start season 1989
End season 1989
Start date 1989-07-17
Bottom separation Very Clear
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Very Clear
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Seems that the wall was deliberately made to have 1-2 rows of stones; sealed against by EPer material so built then or before; since it is above 14, it is earlier than one phase of LIR2
Reason Rocks in line
End date 1989-08-03
Supervisor D. Herr
Function Poss a wall for a domestic room
Architecture 0
State Approved
Top plan 7
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Late Iron 2/Persian
L. Sh. Scan: A7K42008-1989ArchitectureBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7K42008-1989ArchitectureSuppDataFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7K42008-1989ArchitectureFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7K42008-1989ArchitectureSuppDataBack
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 75.0
Wall Medium Boulders 25.0
Wall Large Boulders 0.0
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 96
Semi-Hewn 0
Dressed 4.0
Ashlar 0.0
Bossed 0.0
Tool Lower Width 0.5
Tool Lower Length 0.5
Tool Upper Width 0
Sketch True
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
Course Lower 1.0
Course Upper 0.0
Course Random 0.0
Row Lower 2.0
Row Upper 0.0
Measured Length 4.46400023
Measured Lower Width 0.430000007
Measured Upper Width 0.930000007
Measured Lower Height 0.180000007
Measured Upper Height 0.379999995
Orientation 122.0
Dip 4.0
Preservation Foundation Only: Partial
Lean Direction 0.0
Lean Degrees 0.0
Remarks Patchy Surf 6 is over some of the stones of 8 and also seals against 8; one of the stones is decayed; one cowrie shell identical to that found in L 3; the wall was removed on June 22, 1992
Construction Style Boulder & Chink
Construction Style (Note) Boulder & Chink
Construction Support Free-standing
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus A-7K42-008 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field A/Square 7K42". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/ed0e2c7d-7a97-3667-7c6d-db8333487cd3> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2fb5h44x

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