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Unit Book J5

The Mittani Staircase - Version 1a

J5f161

Processed on 2024-11-03

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Included in other label 2009-09-14 jW a710 (stone installation) [Input: T914JW.j]
2022-09-21 jW a24 (stone installation) [Input: ZG821jW2.j]
Category !! !! installation
Best definition 2008-08-20 dL stone installation [Input: S914LH.j]
Summary 2012-12-16 jW Line of large stones in k22 that abut wall f3 and run E-W from where f3 turns to the east. [Input: WZ16JW.j]
Best image 2008-09-22 lH
v135 [Input: S922LH.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2008-08-20 jW A line of medium-sized boulders running north to south and originating at the southwest corner of revetment wall, f3. Although the function is unknown, it is possible that they in combination with stones, f155, form an buttress to the revetment wall. [Input: S820JW.j]
2009-07-22 jW A high-founded cluster of stones held together by mud mortar that projects southwest from a sharp corner of the late Mittani revetment wall, f3. In conjunction with stone installation, f155, it may have served to divert running water away from f3 to prevent the corner from eroding and collapse. There is evidence (sand-filled channels cut into harder accumulations near the revetment wall) that this was a problem of long standing. [Input: T722JW.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2008-08-20 dL k22 [Input: S914LH.j]
2009-07-23 sE k105 [Input: T830SE1.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2008-09-09 hb r969 (42438 45979 - 8975 / Relay location: sk43 # 104) [Input: S909JW1.R]
2008-09-09 hb r970 (42379 45976 - 8972 / Relay location: sk43 # 105) [Input: S909JW1.R]
2008-09-09 hb r971 (42325 45935 - 8967 / Relay location: sk43 # 106) [Input: S909JW1.R]
2008-09-09 hb r972 (42325 45908 - 8968 / Relay location: sk43 # 107) [Input: S909JW1.R]
2008-09-09 hb r973 (42434 45956 - 8982 / Relay location: sk43 # 108) [Input: S909JW1.R]
2008-09-09 hb r974 (42391 45915 - 8975 / Relay location: sk43 # 109) [Input: S909JW1.R]
2008-09-09 hb r975 (42420 45886 - 8983 / Relay location: sk43 # 110) [Input: S909JW1.R]
2008-09-09 hb r976 (42369 45862 - 8970 / Relay location: sk43 # 111) [Input: S909JW1.R]
2008-09-09 hb r977 (42369 45854 - 8972 / Relay location: sk43 # 112) [Input: S909JW1.R]
2008-09-09 hb r978 (42400 45849 - 8978 / Relay location: sk43 # 113) [Input: S909JW1.R]
2008-09-09 hb r979 (42434 45853 - 8983 / Relay location: sk43 # 114) [Input: S909JW1.R]
M#/elev @top 2008-08-20 dL 8983 [Input: S914LH.j]
M#/elev @bottom 2008-08-20 dL 8970 [Input: S914LH.j]
2009-07-23 sE m6035 [Input: T830SE1.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2008-09-12 lH f155 (stone installation) abuts f161 (stone installation) [Input: S915LH.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2008-09-12 lH f161 (stone installation) rests on f208 (volumetric material) [Input: S915LH.j]
2008-09-12 lH f161 (stone installation) abuts f3 (wall) [Input: S915LH.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2012-10-16 jW s161J5B [Input: WX16JW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2012-10-16 !! h7jJ5B [Input: WX16JW.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2008-08-20 dL lithic [Input: S914LH.j]
Color 2008-08-20 dL light gray [Input: S914LH.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features
v98
2008-08-24 jW [Input: S824LH1.j]

v98a
2008-08-24 jW [Input: S824LH1.j]

v130a
2008-09-22 jW [Input: S922JW.j]

v135
2008-09-22 jW [Input: S922JW.j]

p6
2009-03-30 jW [Input: T330JW1.j]

v146
2009-07-19 sE [Input: T728SE1.j]

v147a
2009-07-19 sE [Input: T728SE1.j]

v148
2009-07-20 jN [Input: T728SE1.j]

v148a
2009-07-20 jN [Input: T728SE1.j]

v156
2009-07-23 sE [Input: T729SE.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Removed (feature), discarded/missing (item) 2009-07-23 sE T723 [Input: T830SE1.j]