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The Eastern End of the Plaza and the Betili (Version 1a)

J6 Synthetic View / Stratigraphy

Phase 3nJ6B within unit J6

Patrizia Camatta – September 2011, May 2025

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Overview

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Construction

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A screen wall f227 could be built earlier than (^wall12) and ^wall6. An early EDIII dump f200 covers the wall. Only the upper course of this wall is exposed and it is unknown how deep it goes.

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Accumulations and floors

Accumulations f307, f308 cover the first courses of ^wall6.Two floors f303 and f312 are related to the use of the plaza in front of the staircase.

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Dump

A Dump of sherds and kiln waster f200 covers wall f227. This event signs the end of the use of wall f227. The pottery is dated to the Early EDIII, meaning that probably this wall was built earlier than EDIII.

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Typology

The objects found in the earlier strata are not of particular interest or are too fragentary to be mentioned here. Dump f200 was reach in ceramics. To mention is a sherd with a seal impression q318.4, and an sherd with an inscribed horse q457.1.



q318.4

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