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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID A7K72:009
(Legacy ID: _id) fa4cec64312ecfa79f409f88441996b7
(Legacy ID: _rev) 15-0250d01941deaa26ece8c8c9d9e70b40
Square 7K72
Code 009
Designation E-W wall E of Wall 3
Field A
Locus type Architecture
Area A
Start season 1989
End season 1994
Start date 1989-07-11
Created at 2010-07-05
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks It seems to be older than all earth levels thus far associated with it; appears to have been founded contemporarily with Walls 3 & 4
Reason Stones in a line
End date 1994-06-20
Supervisor E. Swiniarska
Function Seems to be a lesser wall separating rooms to the N & S, though most of the room N is E of the square
Architecture 0
State Approved
Top plan 3
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Late Iron 2
L. Sh. Scan: A7K72009-1994ArchitectureBack
L. Sh. Scan: A7K72009-1989ArchitectureFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7K72009-1994ArchitectureFront
L. Sh. Scan: A7K72009-1989ArchitectureBack
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Limestone Quality Decayed
Limestone (%) 90.0
Chert Quality Hard
Chert (%) 10.0
Basalt (%) 0.0
Nari (%) 0.0
Mudbrick (%) 0.0
Other (%) 0.0
Wall Cobble 15.0
Wall Small Boulders 85.0
Wall Medium Boulders 0.0
Wall Large Boulders 0.0
Wall Very Large Boulders 0.0
Chink Pebble 40.0
Chink Cobble 60.0
Chink (%) 0.0
Fill Cobble 100.0
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 100
Semi-Hewn 0
Dressed 0.0
Ashlar 0.0
Bossed 0.0
Tool Lower Width 0
Tool Lower Length 0
Tool Upper Width 0
Sketch False
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
Tendencies Not as thick as 3; looks like a divider wall
Course Lower 6.0
Course Upper 7.0
Course Random 0.0
Row Lower 2.0
Row Upper 0.0
Measured Length 2.04999995
Measured Lower Width 0.800000012
Measured Upper Width 0.949999988
Measured Lower Height 1.45000005
Measured Upper Height 1.65999997
Orientation 115.0
Dip 12.0
Preservation Partial Superstructure: Most
Lean Direction 196.0
Lean Degrees 2.0
Top Found 914.099976
Remarks The dip corresponds approx to the slump in the entire square to the E especially as seen in Walls 3 & 6; most of the width of the wall is in the S balk
Construction Style Boulder & Chink
Construction Style (Note) Boulder & Chink
Construction Support Free-standing
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus A-7K72-009 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field A/Square 7K72". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/fa4cec64-312e-cfa7-9f40-9f88441996b7> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2vm4pf7k

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