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Unit Book J5

The Mittani Staircase - Version 1a

J5f199

Processed on 2024-11-03

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Included in other label 2009-09-14 jW a705 (apron) [Input: T914JW.j]
2009-09-17 jW a717 (stone installation) [Input: T917JW.j]
2022-08-21 jW a31 (stone installation) [Input: ZG821jW.j]
2022-09-21 jW a19 (apron) [Input: ZG821jW2.j]
Category !! !! installation
Best definition 2008-09-08 lH stone installation [Input: S914LH.j]
Summary 2012-12-16 jW Components of stone pavement in k12 possibly a part of a stone glacis to an early revetment wall. [Input: WZ16JW.j]
Best image 2008-09-22 lH
v131 [Input: S922LH.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2008-09-13 jW A triangular section of stone paving just to the northwest of the intersection of revetment walls, f3 and f189, and wall f186, in k12. Its function is unknown and may range from a single layer floor or decoration, to a substantial corner buttress. [Input: S913JW2.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Substantive contradictions 2009-04-03 jW In the course of a comprehensive review of features associated with Specific Labels it became apparent that the evidence suggesting that this feature was a buttress to the original revetment wall, f189, and hence belonged to Stratum 65 (Early Dynastic period), was weak. Although f199 abuts f189, it also abuts the late Mittani period wall, f3. All we see of f199 are surface stones. (We have not dug the surrounding accumulation.) They are similar to other groups of stones near both f3 (f4) and f189 (f6). Since we know so little about what comprises f199, the more conservative view is to associate it with the wall structure which encloses it, f3. Therefore the appropriate stratum of f199 should be Stratum 14c (Mittani period) in the JPC series. [Input: T403JW.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2008-09-08 lH k12 [Input: S914LH.j]
M#/elev @top 2008-09-08 lH 9039 [Input: S914LH.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: earliest events 2008-09-12 lH f199 (stone installation) abuts f186 (wall) [Input: S915LH.j]
2008-09-12 lH f199 (stone installation) abuts f189 (wall) [Input: S915LH.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2012-10-16 jW s650bJ5B [Input: WX16JW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2012-10-16 !! h3mJ5B [Input: WX16JW.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2008-09-08 lH lithic [Input: S914LH.j]
Color 2008-09-08 lH light gray [Input: S914LH.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v131
2008-09-22 jW [Input: S922JW.j]

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