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Structures
Structures The term structure gives the impression of something substantial, however this is not the case with what we term as structures in J4. What we have identified as wall are in most cases only one or two rows of stones or bricks. The only large structure that was found in J4 is ^wall1 (f10) in the northern part of J4 which might be a part of the revetment wall. This is the only 3rd millennium structure. The rest of the wall all belong to the Mittani horizon.
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Use areas
use areas There are no use areas in J4.
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Installations
nstallations are few in J4. The most notable is installation f93 (a2), which could have been used for storage,although there is no archaeological evidence to support this assumption. Other installations include 4 tannurs from the Mittani period and 2 floor surfaces laid with few sherds and pebbles but too small of a surface is preserved to label it as a pavement.
Two pits were found in J4, the fill one contained the complete skeleton of a Saluki dog i5, which suggests that it might have been a grave pit, due to the state of burial and the presence of the other bones too (frog bones).
The other type if installation in J4 is the two glacis layer. One of the layers is the same as the early Mittani ^glacis3 in J6 and the other one dates to the early Akkadian period.
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Loose materials
The majority of J4 features are loose materials. They consists of accumulation layers, brickfall and displaced or floating stones.
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