| Description (summary) |
2026-03-04 |
pC |
The revetment wall consists of one long wall, bounding the mound on its western and south-western sides. The upper rows have been exposed through excavation, so it is possible to follow it for a length of 54m. It starts in the west in unit J5, on top of ^wall8 and under ^wall11 and ^wall9. In this portion the wall curves slightly to the south-east for 13 m and then continues without interruption in an almost straight line with north-west, south-east orientation for a length of 41 m through units J5, J1, J3, J2 up to ^apron1. The wall is not exposed everywhere in the same way and, for half of its length, it is excavated only for its upper 1-3 courses (unit J3). In the first western half (unit J5), the wall is visible for its entire height and in unit J1, even the base is visible. In the western portion, in unit J2 it is again visible for nearly its entire height. In unit J5, the western portion of the wall is 2.30 m high. In unit J1, the stones of the first course are set directly on top of the soil and no foundation pit or particular foundations are visible. Here the wall reaches its maximum height of 3.05 m. In unit J3 it is only exposed for the upper courses. In unit J2 it is again exposed up to a height of 2.80 m, but not to the lowermost level of the base. The width of the wall is first established in unit J3, where it is 3 stones wide and measures on the upper part about 2.00 m. In this particular portion of the wall, a trench 3 m deep was excavated just behind the wall. While the outer exposed face of the wall is regular, the inner face is irregular, the stones are not aligned and there is a packing of the local virgin soil (baqaya) between the large joints of the stones and the layer of baqaya covers all the back of the wall. The upper courses of the wall are leaning to the back. ^wall in Unit J1 is slight moved toward outside, showing that behind the wall there is a pressure caused by the fill behind it. [Input: ZK304pC.j] |