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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID B7K81:024
(Legacy ID: _id) ed24a0676b0eb46af88496e1425bd355
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-108716f9a9f8bb62e084f7ed15d387f0
Square 7K81
Code 024
Designation Burned brick debris
Field B
Locus type Earth
Area B
Start season 1994
End season 1994
Start date 1994-06-28
Bottom separation Clear
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Very Clear
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Under foundation of Pool 6 above & S of remaining preserved courses of Wall 34, above plaster/beaten earth Surf 38
Reason Debris under Pool 6and fill of Pool 6.
End date 1994-07-20
Supervisor C. Draper
Function Burned brick debris from destruction of EIR1 roofing & walls in House B
Architecture 0
State Approved
Top plan 22
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus True
Age (period) Early Iron 1
Drawn balks
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81024-1994EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81024-1994EarthSuppDataBack
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81024-1994EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: B7K81024-1994EarthSuppDataFront
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 6/3
Texture Loam-Silty Loam
Hardness Hard
Compression Degree 1 Moderately
Compression Description 1 Crumbly
Compression Degree 2 Moderately
Compression Description 2 Firm
Wetness Degree Somewhat
Wetness Description Moist
Structure Random
Soil Distribution Random
Pottery Frequent
Flint (Count) [Note] Rare
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
Length 3.0
Width 0.25
Lower Depth 0.449999988
Upper Depth 0.0
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks Some flat-lying broken flagstones in W balk; contains burned brick, nari & plaster with traces of ash & a crumbled mortar; at least 2 thin burn layers running above & below a layer of smashed pithoi above plaster/earth Surf 38; bottoms is a thin burned layer (maybe destroyed roofing material) atop surface
Stratigraphic Remarks Upper levels may have been removed in construction of foundations of Pool 6
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus B-7K81-024 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-f884-96e1425bd355> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2f483c07

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