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The Terrace Edge, Center (Version 1a)

J3f55

Processed on 2025-09-09

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! installation
Best definition 2005-08-23 rE isolated stone [Input: P904GM.j]
Summary 2012-10-07 jW Isolated stone in k12 that may have been part of the west terminus of apron f10. [Input: WX07JW1.j]
Best image 2006-04-20 jW
v11a [Input: Q420JW.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2005-08-23 rE Large limestone block in the south half of k12, founded on several layers from top to bottom consisting of brownish soil, a layer of soil mixed with brick chunks, and a reddish layer resembling packing. Originally thought to have been floating, it may well have been part of the west end of the second millennium apron, f10. The gap between this stone and the apron may have been filled by the stones f39, f40, f48 and f88, which washed out and down to the south face of f11 just to the south. [Input: Q302JW1.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2005-08-23 rE k101 [Input: P904GM.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2005-08-23 rE r211 (40809 49039 - 9130 / Relay location: NW corner) [Input: P824GM1R.j]
2005-08-23 rE r212 (40793 49066 - 9130 / Relay location: NE corner) [Input: P824GM1R.j]
2005-08-23 rE r213 (40743 49053 - 9130 / Relay location: SE corner) [Input: P824GM1R.j]
2005-08-23 rE r214 (40758 49001 - 9130 / Relay location: SW corner) [Input: P824GM1R.j]
M#/elev @top 2005-08-23 rE 9130 [Input: P904GM.j]
M#/elev @bottom 2005-08-23 rE 9089 [Input: P904GM.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2005-08-22 rE f33 (laminations) covers f55 (isolated stone) [Input: P824GM.j]
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2005-09-18 rE f55 (isolated stone) bonds with f10 (apron) [Input: Q301JW.j]

Deposition

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on deposition 2005-08-23 jW We originally thought that this large stone was one of a number of unfounded floating stones to the north of monumental wall, f11. However, in light of the fact that the layers underneath are similar to those under the extant stones of apron, f10, immediately to the east of f55, this stone may well have been part of the apron's western end. [Input: P823JW.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2012-09-09 jW s144J3B [Input: W909JW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2012-08-26 !! f532 (apron) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-08-26 !! f549 (stone installation) [Input: W826JW.j]
2012-09-09 !! h7mJ3B [Input: W909JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f10 (apron) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f35 (isolated stone) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f36 (isolated stone) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f55 (isolated stone) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f63 (accumulation D) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f72 (stone installation) [Input: WX07JW.j]
2012-10-07 !! f75 (stone installation) [Input: WX07JW.j]
Strata (included within phase) 2012-10-07 jW s144J3B [Input: WX07JW.j]
Stratigraphic reasons of assignment 2006-04-26 jW Founded on layers similar to f10 apron [Input: Q426JW.j]
2012-10-07 jW Isolated stone that sits in accumulation f33. [Input: WX07JW.j]
Other reasons, reservations, qualifications 2006-04-26 jW May be isolated part of western end of f10 apron to monumental wall, f11. Stones f40, f48, f85, and f91 found at the south outside edge of f11 may have been companions. [Input: Q426JW.j]
2012-10-07 jW Along with stones f35 and f36, and stone installation f72 these may be the extant components of the damaged far western edge of construction related to the second apron f10. The stones roughly rest on the same early Mittani accumulations as and fall within the north and south boundaries of the apron. [Input: WX07JW.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2005-08-23 rE lithic [Input: P904GM.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

p5
2006-05-03 jW [Input: Q503JW.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Removed (feature), discarded/missing (item) 2005-08-23 jW We removed f55 with great reluctance on P823 after relaying it. It was removed in order to provide a place to excavate a test trench, k104, behind the monumental wall, f11, to see explore how the wall and the temple BA mound were constructed. [Input: P823JW.j]
2005-08-23 rE P823 [Input: P904GM.j]