.bk J06 .fl U729pC .fd strata assignment MZ21 MZ2 .rd U729 .ri pC .ed U729 .ei pC ;add 0 to all strata gB!!!! s 1-J6A ds Last 10 years: tell surface and features whith no stratigraphic relevance, as section cleaning. Including features exposed for several years or cleaning of sections, backfill s 2-J6A ds Last centuries: upper layers of tell: soft natural accumulations s 3-J6A ds upper layers: soft and hard soil, natural accumulations s 4-J6A ds Mid Assyrianupper layers: soft and hard soil, natural accumulations s 6-J6A ds Mid Assyrian: upper layers: soft and hard soil, natural accumulations s 12-J6A ds Late Mittani: collapse of the upper portion of ^wall12: lot of fallen stones where found in k82 and k71 s 12a-J6A ds Late Mittani: soft and hard soil, natural accumulations with collapsed stones s 14-J6A ds Late Mittani: erosion, water channels, laminations and scattered unorganized occupation s 16-J6A ds Mid Mittani. Scattered use of area south of bin: it consists in a dump, a floor surface and a pit cut in the brickfall. brickfall is visible and blocks the access to the staircase and the J6 area is afterwards abandoned. s 16a-J6A ds Mid Mittani. Great brickfall: a large collapse of structures begins to the east of J6 and comes to the west covering all the J6 area and the plaza in front of the monumental staircase in J2: In front of monumental access are built courtain walls to keep the brickfall to the south and protect the staircase. Probably is the last attempt of saving the staircase before it is compleatly abandoned s 16b-J6A ds Mid Mittani. A thick layer of ash is found in all J6. Evidently a fire was just before the brickfall s 17-J6A ds building and use of bin a7: the bin occurres just before the fire and the brickfall. In this time period there are mud brick buildings located just east of the temple terrace (source of the later brickfall). These structures are possibly connected also to the bin a7. It is not clear the function of this small half mond structure but probably related to some ritual activity, while the temple terrace (located just few meters to the west with its monumental staircase fully in use) is still used. s 17a-J6A ds Early Mittani. Accumulations under bin. The glacis of the previois phase is covered in this subphase by a layer of accumulations. s 18-J6A ds Early Mittani. Floors on top of ^glacis1 s 18a-J6A ds Early Mittani. Reorganization of space East of wall f129: a series of glacis are layed in J6. Accumulations were also covering ^wall6, but to remember the function of the wall new stones to remember the function of boundary of the wall. the staircase is covered for the first lower half s 18b-J6A ds Early Mittani. A second layer of compacted and hard mud, which we labeled ^glacis2 was found under ^glacis1 s 18c-J6A ds Early Mittani. At least 3 large hollow pits were found east of the staircase, located under the glacis. The function is not clear, while they are not real pits, but more hollows, quite shallow and extended in dimentions. They were filled with ashy soil, carbon, pottery. s 18d-J6A ds Early Mittani. Pit cut of several hollows s 19-J6A ds Early Mittani. A thick layer of accumulation covers the area, which is not ababndoned, while a series of floors are still layd in front of staircase s 50-J6A ds Late Akkadian. A thick band of reddish earth mixed with bricks is layd east of flanking staircase ^wall6 and south of revetment ^wall12. A series of floors layed in front of staircase s 50a-J6A ds Late Akkadian. Several floors layd in front of staircase s 51-J6A ds Late Akkadian. Second accumulations south of screen wall f227 s 51a-J6A ds Late Akkadian. First accumulations south of screen wall f227 s 51b-J6A ds Late Akkadian. Dump of badly fired pottery directly north and on top of wall f227. The dump should come from a kilin next to this area s 63-J6A ds Mid of the EDIII. A screen wall f227 is built parrallel to the revetment wall s 65-J6A ds EDIII. Major construction and remodeling of the temple mound complex during the Early Dynastic Period. It is during this time that the revetment wall and monumental staircase were built. s 66-J6A ds EDIII: the assignment to this period is only given by the fact that the mudbrick structure f324 is located under the main construction phase of the temple terrace and above s660-J6A. To this phase is assigned only a mudbrick wall f324 under the staircase and staircase wall in J2 and J6: same as mudbrick glacis covering the terrace? s 68-J6A ds Transition EDII-EDIII: to this phase there is not enough pottery analyzed coming from the following features: the assignment to this period is only given by the fact that is before the major construction phase of the temple terrace (s650-J6A). A series of hard and compact surfaces located under the eastern staircase wall: they have all a marked slope toward south-east. While they are located under the staircase wall and therefore also under the staircase, they could be the temple mound surface. While they are intentionally laied (the characteristics are not of natural accumulations), they are labeled glacis: they were laied possibly every year, thus renewing the mound surface. To this surfaces could be associated other glacis in J2 under the staircase (dated to EDII) and in J3 behind the revetment wall.