Unit Book J5

The Mittani Staircase (Version 1a)

J5 synthetic View / Stratigraphy

Phase 7cJ5B within Unit J5

James L. Walker – October 2012

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Stratigraphy

Phase 7c (Stratum 190) marks the first evidence of Mittani use of this area of the temple mound. However the transition is most unusual in that Mittani period accumulations directly overlay those of the Early Dynastic III period. Specifically, accumulation f256 contains a mix of ceramics from both periods. The accumulations above are Mittani, while the accumulations below are EDIII.

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Typology

Ceramics have been partially analyzed. Items include ubiquitous clay and lithic artifacts.

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