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Unit Book J6

The Northeastern End of the Temple Terrace and the Betili (Version 1a)

J6^wall6

Processed on 2025-01-15

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Includes other label 2008-09-01 pC f100 (isolated stone)
f129 (wall)
f130 (wall)
f177 (isolated stone) [Input: U717PC2.J]
Best definition 2009-02-12 !! w [Input: U717PC2.J]
Best image 2008-09-01 pC
v57a [Input: U717PC2.J]
2009-07-17 pC
v242 [Input: U717PC2.J]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2009-02-12 pC w [Input: U717PC2.J]
Description (summary) 2008-09-01 pC The Third Millennium wall running North-South, located East of the staircase. Its southern end is wall f130, which comes out to the west for 30cm and its stones are set in east-west direction, whereas stones of f129 are layed in North-South direction: it has the function of a boundary between the area where is the monumental staircase and the East, were there are other buildings (only hypothetic, not excavated). On the top of the wall there is a layer of earth and probably of ^glacis1 on which rests on top of ^wall5, which is a later building phase of the same wall. [Input: U717PC2.J]
2008-09-01 pC The wall has been damaged in ancient times, while it has several cracks. One possible explanation is that on top of this wall was layed too much whight (^wall5 and ^wall3) [Input: U717PC2.J]
2009-07-17 pC Stone wall with north east, south-west orientation 12 meters long and two stones thick. Build to the east of the monumental staircase. The wall has two well cut stones faces. The wall is larger at the base. The masonry at the southern part of the wall is more regular and the stones smoother. At the southern face two oblique obelisks are laid against it and the wall at the west side is buttressed. At the northern end the wall is built on top of a mud brick wall ^wall13 belonging to a previous phase. The upper row consists in large undressed boulders resting on top of a thick mud layer. [Input: U717PC2.J]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Argument 2008-09-01 pC The back part of the wall was not exposed due to safe reasons (removing the earth in both sides would create a collapse or damage of the wall) [Input: U717PC2.J]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on time sequencing 2008-09-01 pC It is structurally connected to the staircase and because is bounded with it and the staircase is contemporary to the apron and the revetment wall, we can say that this wall belongs to the same construction phase. [Input: U717PC2.J]
2009-02-12 pC While we did not uncovered the wall till the bottom, we cannot be sure of its date. We can be sure it is more ancient than h33, while ^glacis3 abuts it. For the fact that is bounded to staircase J2f130 we think that is at least h23 (ED III). Another reason is the similarity of construction way to staircase J2f130 [Input: U717PC2.J]

4. TYPOLOGY

Measurements

Roster Date Author Record
Height 2009-07-17 pC 180 [Input: U717PC2.J]
2009-07-17 pC 285 [Input: U717PC2.J]
Length 2009-07-17 pC 1200 [Input: U717PC2.J]
Width 1 or diameter of rim 2009-07-17 pC 120 [Input: U717PC2.J]
Width 3 or diameter of base 2009-07-17 pC 150 [Input: U717PC2.J]

Manufacturing

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on manufacturing 2009-07-17 pC flanking wall for staircase [Input: U717PC2.J]