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Unit Book J5

The Mittani Staircase - Version 1a

J5f125

Processed on 2024-11-03

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! surface
Best definition 2008-08-10 sNP floor, type d [Input: S914LH.j]
Summary 2012-12-16 jW Soil floor in k14 to the east of threshold f123 and a part of the temple access route. [Input: WZ16JW.j]
Best image 2008-09-22 lH
v70 [Input: S922LH.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2008-08-09 jW This is a layer of red soil with numerous limestone nodules scattered uniformly throughout. It is located in the NE corner of k14, at about the same elevation as the stone installation, f123. It may be part of an access pathway from staircase, f21, to the BA temple. [Input: S809JW.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Argument 2008-08-18 dL This feature sits in the E zone of k14 and has a triangular shape, delimited at SW by f123 (row of stones that goes NW to SE), at NW by f108 (row of stones that goes W to E, continuation of f14) and by the eastern baulk at E. All the feature is full or red material, that concentrates under the zone that was surrounded by f119. The red soil doesn't seem to go under, over or around the stones of f123. This material is composed of thin red and brown powder, small pebbles and gypsum inclusions. The feature is not a complete layer of red soil, instead it's full of red spots scattered in a pale brown context, as if it was a kind of brick pavement; not all the spots are at the same elevation. [Input: S824DL3.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2008-08-10 sNP k14 [Input: S914LH.j]
M#/elev @top 2008-08-10 sNP m4971 [Input: S914LH.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2008-09-12 lH f123 (stone installation) abuts f125 (floor, type d) [Input: S915LH.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2008-09-12 lH f125 (floor, type d) abuts f123 (stone installation) [Input: S915LH.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2012-10-16 jW s148J5B [Input: WX16JW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2012-10-16 !! h7mJ5B [Input: WX16JW.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2008-08-10 sNP soil [Input: S914LH.j]
Color 2008-08-10 sNP red [Input: S914LH.j]
Color number (Munsell) 2008-08-10 sNP 7.5 YR 5/6 [Input: S914LH.j]
Hardness, compaction 2008-08-10 sNP 3.5 [Input: S914LH.j]
Texture, surface finish 2008-08-10 sNP powdery [Input: S914LH.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v70
2008-08-11 lH [Input: S811LH.j]

v70a
2008-08-11 lH [Input: S811LH.j]

v83b
2008-08-14 jW [Input: S823JW.j]

v127
2008-09-22 jW [Input: S922JW.j]

v127a
2008-09-22 jW [Input: S922JW.j]