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Unit Book J2

The Temple Staircase (Version 1a)

J2 Synthetic View / Stratigraphy

Phase 3uJ2B within Unit J2

Caitlin Chaves Yates – November 2011

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Stratigraphy

Phase 3uJ2B is a period of continued accumulation in the area of the monumental access. The build-up continued mostly immediately south of the revetment wall where sloping accumulations were allowed to build-up against the base. This might have been part of the process of strengthening the revetment wall and protecting its base.

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Typology

The ceramics are primarily of EDIII types. Additionally, a seal impression (q747.1) was recovered with iconography dating to the EDIII or early Akkadian period.

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