J3f38

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Labeling/Designation
category !! !! fill, dumping, collapse [Input File: !!]
definition (typological label) 2005-8-15 gM fill [Input File: P823gM.j]
summary 2012-10-07 jW Middle Mittani natural accumulation in k12( covering fill f42) which forms the bottom layer of the foundation of apron f10. [Input File: Wx07jW1.j]
best image !! !!
v11
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Description/Count
description (summary) 2005-8-15 rE Packed fill throughout k12, north of monumental wall, f11. This feature was originally classified as an accumulation as we excavated the top part of the typological column, k102. When we encountered the third millennium terrace, f50, just underneath, we realized that the accumulation, f38, may be able to yield definite information as to when it went out of use, whether or not, significant human activity occurred on it. The nature of this feature was only fully understood after we carefully examined the west baulk of k12 at the close of excavations. Although we once saw feature f38 as a living accumulation atop a thick layer of bakhia, f50, we now see that it is a thick layer of compacted fill. Furthermore, it is overlain by a higher layer of compacted fill, f34, which itself was covered by the remains of a higher layer of bakiah, f83. There are at least three colors associated with f38, which indicates that it was a compacted mass of material from several sources. Further examination of f38 as seen in the west baulk indicates that there is another distinct layer of compacted material, f90, underneath f38 and atop the bakhia, f50. The most logical explanation is that the mound was partially constructed and capped by f50, then completed later by adding more fill (f90, f38, f34) and capping it with another layer of bakhia, f83, which is poorly preserved. [Input File: Q302jW1.j]
best view 2006-4-20 jW v43 [Input File: Q420jw.j]

Recovery/Assignment
daily notes 2005-8-18 jW We are excavating carefully the this accumulation, f38, which covers the bakhia surface of the terrace, f50, directly underneath. Analysis of the sherds may give us clues as to when this part of the temple complex was in use and then abandoned or changed. [Input File: P818jW1.j]

Volumetric Localization
m#/elev @top 2005-8-15 gM m4074 [Input File: P823gM.j]
height @top 2005-8-15 gM -48 [Input File: P823gM.j]
m#/elev @bottom 2005-8-15 gM m4074 [Input File: P823gM.j]
height @bottom 2005-8-15 gM -55 [Input File: P823gM.j]

Contact Association
type of contact: latest events 2005-8-22 rE f34 (fill) covers f38 (fill) [Input File: P824gM.j]
type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2005-8-22 rE i5 (bone artifact) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P823gM1.j]
2005-8-16 gM q54 (pottery) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P823gM3.j]
2005-8-18 gM q75 (p, b) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P823gM3.j]
2005-8-20 gM q78 (pottery) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P823gM3.j]
2005-8-22 gM q81 (pottery) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P823gM3.j]
2005-8-17 gM q73 (pottery) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P823gM3.j]
2005-8-17 gM q74 (p, b) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P823gM3.j]
2005-8-23 rE q83 (pottery) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P823gM3.j]
2005-8-23 rE q86 (pottery) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P904gM3.j]
2005-8-24 gM q87 (p, b, i) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P904gM3.j]
2005-9-05 gM q125 (pottery) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P918jW1.j]
2005-9-06 gM q139 (pottery) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P918jW1.j]
2005-9-07 jW q141 (pottery) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P918jW1.j]
2005-9-07 jW q142 (pottery) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P918jW1.j]
2005-9-05 gM q125.1 (blade) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P918jW1.j]
2005-9-07 jW q142.1 (lithic artifact) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P918jW1.j]
2005-8-17 gM q73.1 (ordinary clay lump) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P823gM3.j]
2005-8-17 gM q73.2 (bead) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P823gM3.j]
2005-8-17 gM q74.1 (figurine) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P823gM3.j]
2005-8-18 gM q75.1 (jewelry item) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P823gM3.j]
2005-8-18 gM q75.2 (debitage) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P823gM3.j]
2005-8-18 gM q75.3 (clay lump (and possible tablet)) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P823gM3.j]
2005-8-20 gM q78.1 (figurine) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P823gM3.j]
2005-8-20 gM q78.2 (bead (shell)) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P823gM3.j]
2005-8-20 gM q78.3 (seal impression) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P823gM3.j]
2005-8-22 gM q81.1 (shell) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P823gM3.j]
2005-8-23 rE q83.1 (shell) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P823gM3.j]
2005-8-23 rE q83.2 (clay artifact) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P823gM3.j]
2005-8-24 gM q87.1 (bone artifact) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P904gM3.j]
2005-8-24 gM q87.2 (shell) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P904gM3.j]
2005-8-24 gM q87.3 (lithic artifact) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P904gM3.j]
2005-8-16 gM q54-p6 (pottery) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P823gM3.j]
2005-8-16 gM q54-p99 (pottery) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P823gM3.j]
2005-8-18 gM q75-p2 (pottery) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P823gM3.j]
2005-9-07 jW q141-p69 (pottery) sits in f38 (fill) [Input File: P918jW1.j]
type of contact: earliest events 2005-8-22 rE f38 (fill) covers f42 (fill) [Input File: P824gM.j]
2005-8-22 rE f38 (fill) covers f90 (accumulation D) [Input File: P824gM.j]
2005-8-22 rE f38 (fill) covers f50 (packing) [Input File: P824gM.j]
2005-8-22 rE f38 (fill) covers f70 (accumulation) [Input File: P824gM.j]
inclusions !! !! frequencies of ceramic vessels and sherds included within feature [Input File: !!]

Time Sequencing
stratum (to which element belongs) 2012-9-09 jW s160cJ3B [Input File: W909jW.j]
stratigraphic reasons of assignment 2005-8-22 gM Under f34 and covers f50, along with f42 and f90 [Input File: P822gM.j]
2012-10-07 jW Natural accumulation below accumulation f34. [Input File: Wx07jW.j]
typological reasons for assignment 2005-8-22 gM Late Chalcolithic sherds in matrix [Input File: P822gM.j]
2012-10-07 jW Ceramics analysis showed mixed phases from LC3 to Khabur. [Input File: Wx07jW.j]
other reasons, reservations, qualifications 2012-10-07 jW What we can say is that this feature was deposited before accumulation f34 and after accumulation f42, all of which lay above the EDIII glacis f50 and below the apron f10. As in accumulation f31, we assume the LC3 material comes from deteriorated structures higher on the mound. Therefore a middle Mittani stratum is appropriate. [Input File: Wx07jW.j]
phase (to which element belongs) 2012-9-09 jW h7jJ3B [Input File: W909jW.j]
strata (included within phase) 2012-10-07 jW s160cJ3B [Input File: Wx07jW.j]
notes on time sequencing 2005-9-18 mKB mixed between Phase 1, Phase 5 and 6 and Late Chalcolithic sherds. The number of LC sherds can probably be attributed to the fact that the earth used for the glacis was taken from LC habitation deposits and therefore filed with LC pottery. [Input File: P918mKB2.j]

Descriptive
color 2005-8-15 gM pinkish gray [Input File: P823gM.j]
color number (Munsell) 2005-8-15 gM 7.5YR 6/2 [Input File: P823gM.j]
hardness, compaction 2005-8-15 gM 4.5+ [Input File: P823gM.j]

Analogical Record
view/drawing of features

v11
2005-8-15 / rE / [Input File:P823gM5.j]

v13b
2005-8-16 / rE / [Input File:P823gM5.j]

v13c
2005-8-16 / rE / [Input File:P823gM5.j]

v12
2005-8-15 / rE / [Input File:P823gM5.j]

v13
2005-8-16 / rE / [Input File:P823gM5.j]

v13a
2005-8-16 / rE / [Input File:P823gM5.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]

w1
2006-2-12 / jW / [Input File:Q212jW.j]

w2
2006-2-12 / jW / [Input File:Q212jW.j]