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Unit Book J4

The Eastern Top of the Main Staircase (Version 1a)

J4^Glacis2

Processed on 2025-12-27

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Includes other label 2025-09-26 yM f77 (glacis)
f127 (glasis) [Input: ZJ911yM.j]
Best definition 2025-09-26 !! glacis [Input: ZJ911yM.j]
Summary 2025-09-26 yM A coating hard surface made with mud mixed and small calcite inclusions. [Input: ZJ911yM.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2025-09-26 yM glacis [Input: ZJ911yM.j]
Description (summary) 2025-09-26 yM A very hard and compact layer that follows the sloap of the Tell. f127 and f77 are the same glacis layer, that was assigned two different numbers because it was dug in two different loci k72 and k82. Once the bulk between the two loci was removed, it was clear that these two features are inn fact the same. [Input: ZJ911yM.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Strata (included within phase) 2010-02-15 sC s18MZA (Reorganization of the area east of J2) [Input: ZJ911yM.j]
Stratigraphic reasons of assignment 2010-02-15 sC Stratigraphical assignement was done based the type of contact with the revetment wall as known from J1 and J3 [Input: ZJ911yM.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Function

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on function 2025-09-26 yM This layer of hard, compacted coating of baqaya or other types of soil, functions at directing rainwater over the top of the wall, thus preventing erosions in the areas behind the wall, which could be a source of great pressure that would lead to the collapse of the wall. [Input: ZJ911yM.j]