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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID B7K90:006
(Legacy ID: _id) f0d6e0a786bf6ef32281490d68718b52
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-c8f6b0788cb4508ae517d37ea247be25
Square 7K90
Code 006
Designation Cobble surface between Walls 3 & 4
Field B
Locus type Earth
Area B
Start season 1984
End season 1984
Start date 1984-07-10
Bottom separation Very Clear
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Clear
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Underlies Tumble 2; overlies hard clayey, beaten-earth Surf 13
Reason Flat-lying cobbles
End date 1984-07-13
Supervisor H. Dates
Function Stones appear to have been used as a surface between Walls 3 & 4; poss laid over a deteriorating older, beaten-earth Surf 13; both surfaces apparently damaged by Tumble 2
Architecture 0
State Approved
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Persian
L. Sh. Scan: B7K90006-1984EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: B7K90006-1984EarthFront
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Hardness Very hard
Soil Distribution Patterned
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 2.5999999
Width 0.899999976
Lower Depth 0.100000001
Upper Depth 0.119999997
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks Oversized cobbles appeared to be laid in a "walkway" between Walls 3 & 4; stone surface preserved as one course, two rows of flay-lying stones; most stones are larger than "large cobbles," but they are not "cut to fit tightly" or even necessarily meant to touch
Stratigraphic Remarks Appears to have been broken & disturbed by Tumble 2, especially in Loca 23, 28, 29
Surface Material Cobbles
Surface Material (Note) Cobbles
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2025) "Locus B-7K90-006 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field B/Square 7K90". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/f0d6e0a7-86bf-6ef3-2281-490d68718b52> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k26m3pn32

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