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Unit Book A20

The eastern sector of the Palace - Version 1a

A20f18

Processed on 2024-11-15

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Included in other label 2008-07-27 lR f27 (layer) [Input: S727LR2.j]
Category !! !! buildup
Best definition 2008-07-15 yM layer [Input: S727LR5.j]
Best image 2008-07-17 !!
v4 [Input: S803LR3.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Labeling

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on labeling 2008-08-11 lR This feature was excavated under the label f27, q83 and q156 are from f18. Relays are are under label f27. [Input: S811LR5.j]

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2008-07-15 lR Compact bricky surface present in all four opened loci in A20 (k12, k13, k2, k3). The layer is solid and hard, presumably the abandonment layer of melted Mittani mud brick structures. [Input: S715LR.j]
2008-08-11 lR A compact layer originally defined as brickmelt since the appearance resembled clay that had been melted from the rain, then baked by the sun forming a crust. We later redefined this feature after excavating it as the ancient tell surface at abandonment, with the compaction resulting from walking on the surface and natural rain and sun exposure. f27 was created to subsume all the compact brickmelt layers in A20 for ease in reference although the discrete feature numbers are still present according to loci. f18 was found in the eastern half of k12 becoming thinner towards the south. [Input: S811LR5.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Daily notes about recovery of elements 2008-07-15 lR Found this layer under f6 today, by the end of the day the feature was fully exposed in the eastern half of the locus showing a gradual sloping down to the south. [Input: S715LR.j]
2008-07-16 lR The southern area of this feature is beginning to show soft ashy soil mixed with more compact bricky material. Several small tannur pieces were found with similar matrix present to the south in k2. The relationship between f18 and this ashy material is unclear. In some places f18 was found below, sloping down but then f18 disappears. [Input: S716LR.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2008-07-15 yM k12 [Input: S727LR5.j]
M#/elev @top 2008-07-15 yM m4704 [Input: S727LR5.j]
M#/elev @bottom 2008-07-15 yM m4705 [Input: S727LR5.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2008-07-27 lR f6 (accumulation D) overlays f18 (layer) [Input: S727LR3.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2008-08-13 lR f18 (layer) covers f51 (accumulation D) [Input: S813LR.j]
2008-08-13 lR f18 (layer) covers f95 (wall) [Input: S813LR.j]
2008-07-27 lR f18 (layer) overlays f24 (accumulation C) [Input: S727LR3.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2008-09-14 lR s12bJPC (abandonment and collapse) [Input: S914LR.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Color 2008-08-11 lR light gray [Input: S811LR5.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2008-08-11 lR 10YR7/1 [Input: S811LR5.j]
Hardness, compaction 2008-08-11 lR hard [Input: S811LR5.j]
Texture, surface finish 2008-08-11 lR cl [Input: S811LR5.j]
Notes on typology 2008-08-11 lR Massive in structure, few inclusions [Input: S811LR5.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v4
2008-07-17 yM [Input: S803LR3.j]

v5
2008-07-17 yM [Input: S803LR3.j]

v5b
2008-07-17 yM [Input: S803LR3.j]

v7
2008-07-19 yM [Input: S803LR3.j]

v8
2008-07-19 yM [Input: S803LR3.j]

v10
2008-07-19 yM [Input: S803LR3.j]

v10a
2008-07-19 yM [Input: S803LR3.j]

v12
2008-07-20 yM [Input: S803LR3.j]

v13
2008-07-20 yM [Input: S803LR3.j]

v19
2008-07-21 yM [Input: S803LR3.j]

v65
2008-08-06 yM [Input: S812LC.j]

v65a
2008-08-06 yM [Input: S812LC.j]

v121
2008-08-25 yM [Input: S901LC2.j]

v121a
2008-08-25 yM [Input: S901LC2.j]

v131
2008-08-27 yM [Input: S909LC.j]

v131a
2008-08-27 yM [Input: S909LC.j]

w9
2008-09-11 lC [Input: S911LC.J]

w16
2008-09-11 lC [Input: S911LC.J]

w31
2008-09-13 lC [Input: S913LC.J]

w32
2008-09-13 lC [Input: S913LC.J]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Removed (feature), discarded/missing (item) 2008-07-15 yM S726 [Input: S727LR5.j]