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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID B7K90:009
(Legacy ID: _id) f0d6e0a786bf6ef32281490d68cff874
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-5df9ccb9ab4a911c0c482c8f15586469
Square 7K90
Code 009
Designation Debris layer W of Destruction 5
Field B
Locus type Earth
Area B
Start season 1984
End season 1984
Start date 1984-07-18
Bottom separation Average
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Average
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Overlies L 2 & Wall 10; N of broken (or robbed out) section of Wall 10
Reason Change in description
End date 1984-08-01
Supervisor H. Dates
Function Primarily tumble with some mudbrick & nari detritus; also stones--with a little soil
Architecture 0
State Approved
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Persian
L. Sh. Scan: B7K90009-1984EarthBack
L. Sh. Scan: B7K90009-1984EarthFront
L. Sh. Scan: B7K90009-1984EarthSuppDataBack
L. Sh. Scan: B7K90009-1984EarthSuppDataFront
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 2.5Y 6/4
Texture Loam-Silt loam
Hardness Loose
Compression Degree 1 Moderately
Compression Description 1 Loose
Wetness Degree Moderately
Wetness Description Dry
Structure Random
Soil Distribution Random
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 3.5
Width 1.25
Lower Depth 0.300000012
Upper Depth 0.800000012
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks Varies significantly in depth; separability unclear in some portions, quite clear in others; one very large section of mudbrick (Loca 14, 20); prob part of Destruction 5; measures 43 x 61 x 39 cm & contains at least two courses, 3 rows; mudbrick also appears in N balk, W balk (W of Wall 10); also on floor in NW corner; puzzling mixture of mudbrick, nari, & stone detritus; Munsell reading (10YR 3/3--dark brown) on soil from probe in L 9, Loca 7--W of Destruction 5
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2025) "Locus B-7K90-009 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-6ef3-2281-490d68cff874> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2z03js87

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