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Unit Book J3

The Terrace Edge, Center (Version 1a)

J3f43

Processed on 2024-12-10

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Equals other label 2008-02-14 jW f261 (accumulation D)
f331 (accumulation C) [Input: S214JW.j]
Category !! !! buildup
Best definition 2005-08-16 gM accumulation [Input: P823GM.j]
Summary 2012-10-07 jW Natural accumulation in k101 to the south of revetment wall f11 under middle Mittani accumulation f30. [Input: WX07JW1.j]
Best image 2006-04-20 jW
v15 [Input: Q420JW.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2005-08-16 rE A very hard, ashy accumlation in the south half of k101. It abuts the south face of the temple mound wall, f11, and extends to the southern, eastern, and western limits of the locus, k12. There are some small charcoal inclusions. Because it seals the accumulations below, it has great promise of preserving the stratigraphy of the early and middle phases of the wall's construction and use. However, it is doubtful that we will be able to excavate here in the time remaining in this season, and it marks a good stopping point for MZ18. [Input: Q302JW1.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2005-08-16 gM k101 [Input: P823GM.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2005-08-16 rE r161 (40394 49118 - 8978 / Relay location: NE corner) [Input: P816RE-R.j]
2005-08-16 rE r162 (40212 49054 - 8978 / Relay location: SE corner) [Input: P816RE-R.j]
2005-08-16 rE r163 (40647 48808 - 8978 / Relay location: NW corner) [Input: P816RE-R.j]
2005-08-16 rE r164 (40344 48702 - 8978 / Relay location: SW corner) [Input: P816RE-R.j]
M#/elev @top 2005-08-16 gM m4048 [Input: P823GM.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2005-08-22 rE f30 (accumulation D) covers f43 (accumulation) [Input: P824GM.j]
2005-08-22 rE f49 (accumulation C) covers f43 (accumulation) [Input: P824GM.j]

Deposition

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on deposition 2005-08-24 jW One possibility is that it represents the residue from the destruction of one of the earlier phases of the BA temple which washed down the mound, over the wall and was deposited. We hypothsize that this surface was in place and visible when the monumental staircase and apron were built during the temple's Mitanni phase. [Input: P824JW2.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2012-09-09 jW s122dJ3B [Input: W909JW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2012-08-26 !! f577 (accumulation D) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-08-26 !! f578 (accumulation D) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-08-26 !! f584 (isolated stone) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-08-26 !! f586 (isolated stone) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-08-26 !! f587 (isolated stone) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-08-26 !! f588 (isolated stone) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-08-26 !! f589 (isolated stone) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-08-26 !! f590 (isolated stone) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-08-26 !! f593 (isolated stone) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-08-26 !! f637 (isolated stone) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-08-26 !! f638 (isolated stone) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-08-26 !! f639 (isolated stone) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-08-26 !! f640 (isolated stone) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-08-26 !! f641 (isolated stone) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-08-26 !! f642 (isolated stone) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-09-09 !! h7vJ3B [Input: W909JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f43 (accumulation) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f261 (accumulation D) [Input: WX07JW.j]
Strata (included within phase) 2012-10-07 jW s122dJ3B [Input: WX07JW.j]
Stratigraphic reasons of assignment 2005-08-22 gM Elevation about the same as equivalent Mittani surfaces in adjacent units. [Input: P822GM.j]
2012-10-07 jW Natural accumulation below accumulation f30. [Input: WX07JW.j]
Typological reasons for assignment 2012-10-07 jW No ceramics or items recovered. [Input: WX07JW.j]
Other reasons, reservations, qualifications 2005-08-22 gM Highest surface south of f11 wall that may be the result of Mittani occupation. Stop point for excavations in k11/k101 for season MZ18. [Input: P822GM.j]
2012-10-07 jW This accumulation was not excavated as it was the lowest level excavated directly south of the revetment wall f11 which it abutted. Equivalent late Mittani accumulations are to be found in adjacent loci to the east. [Input: WX07JW.j]
Notes on time sequencing 2005-08-24 jW Compared elevations of this hard-surfaced ashy feature, which abuts the south side of wall, f11, to the elevation of a similar feature in J1. The elevation of f43 is 8982, while the elevation of the J1 feature is 8971. We conclude that the surfaces are part of a continuous deposit extending along the entire region south of the S face of the monumental wall f11. [Input: P824JW2.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Color 2005-08-16 gM light gray [Input: P823GM.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2005-08-16 gM 10YR7/1 [Input: P823GM.j]
Hardness, compaction 2005-08-16 gM 4.5+ [Input: P823GM.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v15
2005-08-20 jW [Input: P823GM5.j]

v15a
2005-08-20 jW [Input: P823GM5.j]

v15b
2005-08-20 jW [Input: P823GM5.j]

v17
2005-08-25 rE [Input: P904GM5.j]

v36
2005-09-13 jW [Input: P918JW2.j]

v43
2005-09-17 jW [Input: P918JW2.j]

v44
2005-09-17 jW [Input: P918JW2.j]

w9
2006-02-12 jW [Input: Q212JW.j]

v86b
2006-08-26 eDB [Input: RX31JW.j]