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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Locus ID F6L98:016
(Legacy ID: _id) ff2f10bfc4c5c5d634044ef58b03ce64
(Legacy ID: _rev) 16-e32356f9b807ec973ba1331f4dd87286
Square 6L98
Code 016
Designation Stone-lined pit
Field F
Locus type Earth
Area F
Start season 1987
End season 1987
Start date 1987-07-13
Bottom separation Average
Created at 2010-07-05
Top separation Clear
Updated at 2010-07-31
Stratigraphy remarks Filled by L 13; sealed against by 13 & 15 so earlier than they these
Reason Pebbly debris; rocks & consolidated earth around it
End date 1987-07-21
Supervisor D. Herr
Function Stone-lined pit
Architecture 0
State Approved
Top plan 13
Stratigraphic relations
Clean locus False
Age (period) Persian
Drawn balks West
L. Sh. Scan: F6L98016-1987InstallationBack
L. Sh. Scan: F6L98016-1987InstallationFront
L. Sh. Scan: F6L98016-1987InstallationSuppData1Front
L. Sh. Scan: F6L98016-1987InstallationSuppData2Front
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Munsell # 10YR 7/3
Texture Loam-Silt loam
Hardness Somewhat hard
Compression Degree 1 Very
Compression Description 1 Firm
Wetness Degree Somewhat
Wetness Description Moist
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 1.75
Width 0.0700000003
Lower Depth 0.300000012
Upper Depth 0.0
Direction 0.0
Slope 0.0
Earth Remarks Clay-like ridge under the stones; found only on the S side of Wall 4; on the N side of 4, it was much more solid rock & there is no clay ridge
Suggested Citation

Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr. (2024) "Locus F-6L98-016 from Asia/Jordan/Tall al-Umayri/Field F/Square 6L98". In Madaba Plains Project-`Umayri. Douglas R Clark, Larry G Herr (Ed). Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/ff2f10bf-c4c5-c5d6-3404-4ef58b03ce64> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2r502s47

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