J3f50

File: /MZ/A/J03/D/I//MZ/A/J03/D/F/0050.HTM
Processed on 3-13-2021
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Labeling/Designation
equals other label 2008-2-02 jW f109 [Input File: S202jW.J]
category !! !! buildup [Input File: !!]
definition (typological label) 2005-8-17 gM packing [Input File: P823gM.j]
summary 2012-10-07 jW Layer of baqaya that forms the glacis of the temple mound and that protects the revetment wall f11 from erosion. [Input File: Wx07jW1.j]
best image !! !!
v152
[Input File: !!]

Description/Count
description (summary) 2005-8-20 rE A surface, of unknown depth, of "bakhia", the local virgin soil which consists of reddish clay with white inclusions extending from k102 south into k12. It gives every indication of being the third millennium surface of the temple mound that extended from the monumental wall, f11, up to the BA temple. [Input File: Q302jW1.j]
best view 2006-4-20 jW v17a [Input File: Q420jw.j]

Recovery/Assignment
daily notes 2005-8-18 jW We are carfully exposing this surface south and down to the north face of wall, f11, to which we expect it abuts. [Input File: P818jW1.j]
2005-8-24 jW Photographed, v17, under difficult conditions of sunlight and shadow, the terrace and its relationship with the temple monumental wall, f11, and the apron, f10. [Input File: P824jW2.j]

Volumetric Localization
relays (applicable to elements) 2005-8-18 rE 194 (41040 49377 - 9124 / Relay location: NE corner) [Input File: P824GM1R.J]
2005-8-24 rE 235 (40705 49130 - 9022 / Relay location: sketch point 6=m4175) [Input File: P828GM1R.J]
2005-8-24 rE 236 (40784 48951 - 9028 / Relay location: sketch point 7=m4173) [Input File: P828GM1R.J]
2005-8-24 rE 237 (40969 49019 - 9053 / Relay location: sketch point 8=m4174) [Input File: P828GM1R.J]
2005-8-27 rE 230 (41155 49408 - 9160 / Relay location: sketch point 1) [Input File: P828GM-R.J]
2005-8-27 rE 231 (40842 49313 - 9160 / Relay location: sketch point 2) [Input File: P828GM-R.J]
2005-8-27 rE 232 (40816 49277 - 9160 / Relay location: sketch point 3) [Input File: P828GM-R.J]
2005-8-27 rE 233 (40774 49220 - 9160 / Relay location: sketch point 4) [Input File: P828GM-R.J]
2005-8-27 rE 234 (40789 49177 - 9160 / Relay location: sketch point 5) [Input File: P828GM-R.J]
2005-8-27 rE 238 (41021 49007 - 9160 / Relay location: sketch point 9) [Input File: P828GM-R.J]
2005-8-27 rE 239 (41028 48970 - 9160 / Relay location: sketch point 10) [Input File: P828GM-R.J]
2005-8-27 rE 240 (40969 48939 - 9160 / Relay location: sketch point 11) [Input File: P828GM-R.J]
2005-8-27 rE 241 (40969 48923 - 9160 / Relay location: sketch point 12) [Input File: P828GM-R.J]
2005-8-27 rE 242 (41264 49041 - 9160 / Relay location: sketch point 13) [Input File: P828GM-R.J]
m#/elev @top 2005-8-17 gM m4073 [Input File: P823gM.j]
height @top 2005-8-17 gM 50 [Input File: P823gM.j]
h-eye @top 2005-8-17 gM 164 [Input File: P823gM.j]
m#/elev @bottom 2005-8-17 gM 9041 [Input File: P823gM.j]

Contact Association
type of contact: latest events 2005-8-22 rE f38 (fill) covers f50 (packing) [Input File: P824gM.j]
2005-8-22 rE f42 (fill) covers f50 (packing) [Input File: P824gM.j]
2005-9-18 rE f90 (accumulation D) covers f50 (packing) [Input File: Q301jW.j]
type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2005-8-24 gM q89 (pottery) sits in f50 (packing) [Input File: P904gM3.j]
2005-9-08 jW q145 (items--pottery) sits in f50 (packing) [Input File: P918jW1.j]
2005-9-08 jW q145.1 (soil) sits in f50 (packing) [Input File: P918jW1.j]
type of contact: earliest events 2005-8-22 rE f50 (packing) covers f57 (fill) [Input File: P824gM.j]

Deposition
evidence 2005-8-18 jW A surface, of unknown depth, of "bakhia", the local virgin soil which consists of reddish clay with white inclusions extending from k102 south into k12. It gives every indication of being the third millennium surface of the temple mound that extended from the monumental wall, f11, up to the BA temple. [Input File: P818jW1.j]
notes on deposition 2005-8-18 jW Because the temple mound is so far above the level of the surrounding ground, this bakhia must have been dug elsewhere and carried up to the temple mound for application on a prepared surface. [Input File: P818jW1.j]
2005-8-24 jW gB and jW discussed the relationship between the terrace, f50, which we hypothesize was built during the Early Dynastic IIIb period, and the monumental wall, f11. Since the terrace and the wall appear to join at least 50cm under the extant wall top, jW believed that the top stones of the wall, which matched the apron, f10, represented a late (Mitanni) addition to an earlier EDIIIb phase of the wall. gB, based on evidence from earlier excavations in unit B6, thought it more likely that the wall we see was the original one and that the terrace, f50, was covered with a surface of brick, which melted and washed away. The top of the brick surface would have been at the same elevation as the wall top. A flat surface running E-W that interrupts the N-S slope one meter N of the wall may be the foundation for one of several concentric rings of stone or bricks that highlighted the rise of the mound. [Input File: P824jW2.j]

Time Sequencing
stratum (to which element belongs) 2012-9-09 jW s650aJ3B [Input File: W909jW.j]
stratigraphic reasons of assignment 2005-8-22 gM Beneath fills f38, f42, and f90 and above fill f57. [Input File: P822gM.j]
2012-10-07 jW Baqaya layer sloping down from north to south that forms the glacis that meets the top of the EDIII revetment wall. [Input File: Wx07jW.j]
typological reasons for assignment 2012-10-07 jW Only a small segment of this feature was excavated, yielding a small number of sherds which have not been fully analyzed. [Input File: Wx07jW.j]
other reasons, reservations, qualifications 2005-8-22 gM Abuts wall f11 and is a part of the original temple mound. Stop point for excavations in k12 for season MZ18. [Input File: P822gM.j]
2012-10-07 jW This impervious layer of baqaya formed the surface of the temple mound above (north) of the revetment wall. It served both as a decoration and as a protective surface to direct precipitation water over the wall top, thus preventing erosion and weakening of the stone structure. It must have been an integral part of the EDIII remodeling of the temple mound. [Input File: Wx07jW.j]
phase (to which element belongs) 2012-9-09 jW h3mJ3B [Input File: W909jW.j]
strata (included within phase) 2012-10-07 jW s650aJ3B [Input File: Wx07jW.j]
notes on time sequencing 2005-9-15 mKB Date of the feature probably Late Chalcolithic but this is not entirely certain. [Input File: P915mKB3.j]

Descriptive
color 2005-8-17 gM light reddish brown [Input File: P823gM.j]
color number (Munsell) 2005-8-17 gM 5YR 6/4 [Input File: P823gM.j]
notes on typology 2005-9-15 mKB 2 bowl rims and 1 jar rim date to Late Chalcolithic but one sherd near the base has an uncertain date. [Input File: P915mKB3.j]

Analogical Record
view/drawing of features

v17
2005-8-25 / rE / [Input File:P904gM5.j]

v17a
2005-8-25 / rE / [Input File:P904gM5.j]

v17b
2005-8-25 / rE / [Input File:P904gM5.j]

v17c
2005-8-25 / rE / [Input File:P904gM5.j]

v19
2005-8-27 / jW / [Input File:P904gM5.j]

v19a
2005-8-27 / jW / [Input File:P904gM5.j]

v35
2005-9-13 / jW / [Input File:P918jw2.j]

v35a
2005-9-13 / jW / [Input File:P918jw2.j]

v35b
2005-9-13 / jW / [Input File:P918jw2.j]

v38
2005-9-13 / jW / [Input File:P918jw2.j]

v38a
2005-9-13 / jW / [Input File:P918jw2.j]

v41
2005-9-15 / jW / [Input File:P918jw2.j]

v44
2005-9-17 / jW / [Input File:P918jw2.j]

w6
2006-2-12 / jW / [Input File:Q212jW.j]

v166f
2007-7-30 / jW / [Input File:R730jW.j]

v166
2007-7-30 / jW / [Input File:R730jW.j]

v166c
2007-7-30 / jW / [Input File:R730jW.j]

v56
2006-8-16 / eDB / [Input File:Rx31jW.j]

v56d
2006-8-16 / eDB / [Input File:Rx31jW.j]

v80
2006-8-26 / eDB / [Input File:Rx31jW.j]

v72
2006-8-22 / eDB / [Input File:Rx31jW.j]

v86
2006-8-26 / eDB / [Input File:Rx31jW.j]

v91
2006-8-29 / rE / [Input File:Rx31jW.j]

v152
2006-9-16 / jW / [Input File:Rx31jW.j]

v159
2007-7-07 / jW / [Input File:Rx31jW.j]

v159a
2007-7-07 / jW / [Input File:Rx31jW.j]

v158
2007-7-07 / jW / [Input File:Rx31jW.j]