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Unit Book A20

The eastern sector of the Palace - Version 1a

A20f103

Processed on 2024-11-15

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! buildup
Best definition 2008-08-10 lC layer [Input: S810LR3.j]
Best image 2008-08-10 !!
v77 [Input: S812LC.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2008-08-16 lC Ashy layer below the ash in the eastern half of k2 that we considered as f22. f103 compared to f22 has a more concentration of sherds, inclusions of charcoal, small lens of black and white ash, burnt red clay, burnt bones. Some areas are really soft while others are more compact, but with the same ashy texture. In general it looks like a very incoherent layer. [Input: S816LC.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Daily notes about recovery of elements 2008-08-10 lR Yesterday we stopped excavating f22, leaving the area at the roughly the same elevation as A18 to the immediate south. Today we spent the morning cleaning k2 to define f98. More ash was noticed on the surface of f98, assuming it was f22 that partially covered f98, we began to remove 10 cm. The area then shifted from ashy to concentrated areas of burning with larger inclusions of charcoal, white ash, black stains, pottery, and tannur fragments bounded by f98 presumably bricks or bricky mass in the north. This new feature, f103 was photographed today and 5 cm removed. [Input: S810LR2.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2008-08-10 lC k2 [Input: S810LR3.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2008-08-10 yM r234 (42075 40655 - 9323 / Relay location: NE) [Input: S810YM-R.j]
2008-08-11 yM r249 (41931 40723 - 9322 / Relay location: SE) [Input: S811SE-R.j]
2008-08-11 yM r250 (42008 40652 - 9326 / Relay location: SW) [Input: S811SE-R.j]
2008-08-11 yM r251 (42067 40704 - 9322 / Relay location: NW) [Input: S811SE-R.j]
2008-08-11 yM r252 (42055 40789 - 9330 / Relay location: NE) [Input: S811SE-R.j]
M#/elev @top 2008-08-10 lC m4846 [Input: S810LR3.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2008-08-10 yM i26 (figurine) sits in f103 (layer) [Input: S813YM.j]
2008-08-10 !! q190.1 (debitage) sits in f103 (layer) [Input: S810YM.j]
2008-08-10 lC q190 (bones, items, pottery) sits in f103 (layer) [Input: S810YM.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2008-09-14 lR s12aJPC (late Mittani occupation) [Input: S914LR.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2008-08-16 lC ash [Input: S816LC.j]
Color 2008-08-16 lC gray [Input: S816LC.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2008-08-16 lC 10YR6/1 [Input: S816LC.j]
Hardness, compaction 2008-08-16 lC very soft [Input: S816LC.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v77
2008-08-10 lC [Input: S812LC.j]

v77a
2008-08-10 lC [Input: S812LC.j]

v77b
2008-08-10 lC [Input: S812LC.j]

v143
2008-08-28 lC [Input: S909LC2.j]

v150
2008-09-06 lC [Input: S915LC.j]

v152
2008-09-06 lC [Input: S916LC.j]

v153
2008-09-06 lC [Input: S916LC.j]

v154
2008-09-06 lC [Input: S916LC.j]

w25
2008-09-13 lC [Input: S913LC.J]

w38
2008-09-13 lC [Input: S913LC.J]