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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID B7K81:023
(Legacy ID: _id) ed24a0676b0eb46af88496e1423bf0e5
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-d799816a3751982f3f0d6fd488c5a60c
Square 7K81
Code 023
Designation Fill between stones of Pool
Field B
Locus type Earth
Area B
Start season 1994
End season 1994
Start date 1994-06-22
Bottom separation Clear
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Very Clear
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Around stones of Pool 6; above brick debris 24
Reason Excavated Pool 6
End date 1994-06-30
Supervisor C. Draper
Function Fill between stones of Pool 6
Architecture 0
State Approved
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Early Roman
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81023-1994EarthSuppDataFront
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81023-1994EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81023-1994EarthFront
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 6/2
Texture Loam-Silty Loam
Hardness Somewhat loose
Compression Degree 1 Very
Compression Description 1 Loose
Compression Degree 2 Very
Compression Description 2 Rubbly
Wetness Degree Somewhat
Wetness Description Dry
Structure Random
Soil Distribution Random
Flint (Count) [Note] Frequent
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
Architectural Distribution Random
Bones Frequent
Length 3.20000005
Width 2.0
Lower Depth 0.0
Upper Depth 0.0
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks Very loose & silty in places, very rubbly in others; row of stones oriented 288 degrees--represents founding level of Pool 6, S face only; contains rubble along N & E sides of buttressing of pool fallen into trench; compacted & pebbly under bottom of pool
Stratigraphic Remarks Pool 6 cuts into S part of brick destruction L 22
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2025) "Locus B-7K81-023 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field B/Square 7K81". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/ed24a067-6b0e-b46a-f884-96e1423bf0e5> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2xh01v94

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