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The Eastern End of the Plaza and the Betili (Version 1a)

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Phase 5cJ6B within unit J6

Patrizia Camatta – September 2011, June 2025

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Overview

During this phase a pit was excavated directly east of the staircase flank wall.

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Hollow pit

Hollow pit f199 cuts the two glacis ^glacis3 and ^glacis8 but leaved untouched the staircase flank wall f129. The fill consisted of different brownish and graysh soil with ash. We collected several animal bones, a large amount of pottery sherds, carbon, clay lumps tannur. It seems it was a waste pit.



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Typology

The ceramics analyzed from the pit fill is Phase 5 (old Phase 4 UrIII) Link to pottery analysis of this phase. This feature was reach in material: sealings, roofing material, tannur, kiln waste, grinding stones, baked bricks. To be mentioned are following objects:

Q-item Definition Feature
q304.7 animal figurine f192 pit fill
q333.1 bead f192 pit fill
f220 tannur f192 pit fill
q380.1 jar stopper f261 accumulation
q353.2 animal figurine f231 pit fill

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