| Description (summary) |
2026-03-04 |
pC |
a mudbrick structure with a marked north-south slope covers the eastern part of the Temple Terrace (units B6, B7, J2), beginning southeast of Temple BA and ending at ^apr1. The glacis was excavated in the 2 m wide trench in unit B6 and reached a length of about 27 m. In the southern portion, were it is at its widest, it is retained to the east from ^wl1 and to the west by ^apr1. Under the upper steps of ^apr1, where some stones are missing, mudbricks of the glacis can be seen (J2f72). This indicates that the glacis was built before the steps. The height of the glacis can be estimated being at least 5 bricks or 0.50m. This height was recorded in the west section of trench of unit B6. ^gl1 is built from red and gray mudbricks of 0.50x0.50m, 0.25x0.25m in dimensions, but several half and quarter of bricks are also used. The bricks are randomly set in lines, which in the northern portion are with north-south direction and the rows are ordered. In the southern part the bricks are laid not in such ordered lines. A Step of about 30cm in height is located 2 m north of the last step of ^apr1. From here to the steps the mudbrick are not ordered and the material consists of brocken bricks and eroded bricks. This material was recorded during the excavation of J2 as J2f74. Here was described as being a reddish bricky or bakaya layer (see aspecially J2v57). [Input: ZK304pC.j] |