1. OVERVIEW
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equals other label | 2008-02-02 | jW | f109 (glacis) [Input: S202JW.j] |
| Category | !! | !! | surface |
| Best definition | 2005-08-17 | gM | packing [Input: P823GM.j] |
| Summary | 2012-10-07 | jW | Layer of baqaya that forms the glacis of the temple mound and that protects the revetment wall f11 from erosion. [Input: WX07JW1.j] |
| Best image | 2006-04-20 | jW |  v17a [Input: Q420JW.j] |
2. IDENTIFICATION
Designation
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Description (summary) | 2005-08-20 | rE | A surface, of unknown depth, of "bakhia", the local virgin soil which consists of reddish clay with white inclusions extending from k102 south into k12. It gives every indication of being the third millennium surface of the temple mound that extended from the monumental wall, f11, up to the BA temple. [Input: Q302JW1.j] |
3. STRATIGRAPHY
Recovery/Assignment
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily notes about recovery of elements | 2005-08-18 | jW | We are carfully exposing this surface south and down to the north face of wall, f11, to which we expect it abuts. [Input: P818JW1.j] |
| 2005-08-24 | jW | Photographed, v17, under difficult conditions of sunlight and shadow, the terrace and its relationship with the temple monumental wall, f11, and the apron, f10. [Input: P824JW2.j] |
Volumetric Localization
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locus | 2005-08-17 | gM | k12 [Input: P823GM.j] |
| Relays (applicable to elements) | 2005-08-18 | rE | r194 (41040 49377 - 9124 / Relay location: NE corner) [Input: P824GM1R.j] |
| 2005-08-24 | rE | r235 (40705 49130 - 9022 / Relay location: sketch point 6=m4175) [Input: P828GM1R.j] | |
| 2005-08-24 | rE | r236 (40784 48951 - 9028 / Relay location: sketch point 7=m4173) [Input: P828GM1R.j] | |
| 2005-08-24 | rE | r237 (40969 49019 - 9053 / Relay location: sketch point 8=m4174) [Input: P828GM1R.j] | |
| 2005-08-27 | rE | r230 (41155 49408 - 9160 / Relay location: sketch point 1) [Input: P828GM-R.j] | |
| 2005-08-27 | rE | r231 (40842 49313 - 9160 / Relay location: sketch point 2) [Input: P828GM-R.j] | |
| 2005-08-27 | rE | r232 (40816 49277 - 9160 / Relay location: sketch point 3) [Input: P828GM-R.j] | |
| 2005-08-27 | rE | r233 (40774 49220 - 9160 / Relay location: sketch point 4) [Input: P828GM-R.j] | |
| 2005-08-27 | rE | r234 (40789 49177 - 9160 / Relay location: sketch point 5) [Input: P828GM-R.j] | |
| 2005-08-27 | rE | r238 (41021 49007 - 9160 / Relay location: sketch point 9) [Input: P828GM-R.j] | |
| 2005-08-27 | rE | r239 (41028 48970 - 9160 / Relay location: sketch point 10) [Input: P828GM-R.j] | |
| 2005-08-27 | rE | r240 (40969 48939 - 9160 / Relay location: sketch point 11) [Input: P828GM-R.j] | |
| 2005-08-27 | rE | r241 (40969 48923 - 9160 / Relay location: sketch point 12) [Input: P828GM-R.j] | |
| 2005-08-27 | rE | r242 (41264 49041 - 9160 / Relay location: sketch point 13) [Input: P828GM-R.j] | |
| M#/elev @top | 2005-08-17 | gM | 9056 [Input: P823GM.j] |
| M#/elev @bottom | 2005-08-17 | gM | 9041 [Input: P823GM.j] |
Contact Association
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type of contact: latest events | 2005-08-22 | rE | f38 (fill) covers f50 (packing) [Input: P824GM.j] |
| 2005-08-22 | rE | f42 (fill) covers f50 (packing) [Input: P824GM.j] | |
| 2005-09-18 | rE | f90 (accumulation D) covers f50 (packing) [Input: Q301JW.j] | |
| Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items | 2005-09-08 | !! | q145.1 (sample) sits in f50 (packing) [Input: P918JW1.j] |
| 2005-08-24 | gM | q89 (pottery) sits in f50 (packing) [Input: P904GM3.j] | |
| 2005-09-08 | jW | q145 (pottery) sits in f50 (packing) [Input: P918JW1.j] | |
| 2005-08-30 | HH | q89-p1 (bowl) sits in f50 (packing) [Input: J03PZE6ES.J] | |
| 2005-08-30 | HH | q89-p2 (platter or plate) sits in f50 (packing) [Input: J03PZE6ES.J] | |
| 2015-04-29 | rL | q89-p3 (jar) sits in f50 (packing) [Input: J03PZE6ES.J] | |
| 2015-04-29 | rL | q89-p4 (base) sits in f50 (packing) [Input: J03PZE6ES.J] | |
| 2005-08-30 | ibr | q89-p70 (body sherd) sits in f50 (packing) [Input: J03PZE6ES.J] | |
| 2015-04-29 | rL | q89-p71 (body sherd) sits in f50 (packing) [Input: J03PZE6ES.J] | |
| Type of contact: earliest events | 2005-08-22 | rE | f50 (packing) covers f57 (fill) [Input: P824GM.j] |
| Ceramic typological distribution | !! | !! | frequencies of ceramic vessels and sherds included within feature |
Spatial Aggregation
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aggregate (to which element belongs) | 2007-07-17 | jW | a18 (installation) [Input: R718JW.j] |
Deposition
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evidence | 2005-08-18 | jW | A surface, of unknown depth, of "bakhia", the local virgin soil which consists of reddish clay with white inclusions extending from k102 south into k12. It gives every indication of being the third millennium surface of the temple mound that extended from the monumental wall, f11, up to the BA temple. [Input: P818JW1.j] |
| Notes on deposition | 2005-08-18 | jW | Because the temple mound is so far above the level of the surrounding ground, this bakhia must have been dug elsewhere and carried up to the temple mound for application on a prepared surface. [Input: P818JW1.j] |
| 2005-08-24 | jW | gB and jW discussed the relationship between the terrace, f50, which we hypothesize was built during the Early Dynastic IIIb period, and the monumental wall, f11. Since the terrace and the wall appear to join at least 50cm under the extant wall top, jW believed that the top stones of the wall, which matched the apron, f10, represented a late (Mitanni) addition to an earlier EDIIIb phase of the wall. gB, based on evidence from earlier excavations in unit B6, thought it more likely that the wall we see was the original one and that the terrace, f50, was covered with a surface of brick, which melted and washed away. The top of the brick surface would have been at the same elevation as the wall top. A flat surface running E-W that interrupts the N-S slope one meter N of the wall may be the foundation for one of several concentric rings of stone or bricks that highlighted the rise of the mound. [Input: P824JW2.j] |
Time Sequencing
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stratum (to which element belongs) | 2012-09-09 | jW | s650aJ3B [Input: W909JW.j] |
| Phase (to which element belongs) | 2012-08-26 | !! | f581 (layer) [Input: W826JW.j] |
| 2012-08-26 | !! | f594 (packing) [Input: W826JW.j] | |
| 2012-09-09 | !! | h3mJ3B [Input: W909JW.j] | |
| 2012-10-07 | !! | f32 (packing) [Input: WX07JW.j] | |
| 2012-10-07 | !! | f50 (packing) [Input: WX07JW.j] | |
| 2012-10-07 | !! | f109 (glacis) [Input: WX07JW.j] | |
| Strata (included within phase) | 2012-10-07 | jW | s650aJ3B [Input: WX07JW.j] |
| Stratigraphic reasons of assignment | 2005-08-22 | gM | Beneath fills f38, f42, and f90 and above fill f57. [Input: P822GM.j] |
| 2012-10-07 | jW | Baqaya layer sloping down from north to south that forms the glacis that meets the top of the EDIII revetment wall. [Input: WX07JW.j] | |
| Typological reasons for assignment | 2012-10-07 | jW | Only a small segment of this feature was excavated, yielding a small number of sherds which have not been fully analyzed. [Input: WX07JW.j] |
| Other reasons, reservations, qualifications | 2005-08-22 | gM | Abuts wall f11 and is a part of the original temple mound. Stop point for excavations in k12 for season MZ18. [Input: P822GM.j] |
| 2012-10-07 | jW | This impervious layer of baqaya formed the surface of the temple mound above (north) of the revetment wall. It served both as a decoration and as a protective surface to direct precipitation water over the wall top, thus preventing erosion and weakening of the stone structure. It must have been an integral part of the EDIII remodeling of the temple mound. [Input: WX07JW.j] | |
| Notes on time sequencing | 2005-09-15 | mKB | Date of the feature probably Late Chalcolithic but this is not entirely certain. [Input: P915MKB3.j] |
4. TYPOLOGY
Morphology
| Roster | Date | Author | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Color | 2005-08-17 | gM | light reddish brown [Input: P823GM.j] |
| Color number (Munsell) | 2005-08-17 | gM | 5YR 6/4 [Input: P823GM.j] |
| Notes on typology | 2005-09-15 | mKB | 2 bowl rims and 1 jar rim date to Late Chalcolithic but one sherd near the base has an uncertain date. [Input: P915MKB3.j] |
