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2026-03-04 |
pC |
Southern wall face of ^wall1 in J6. The exposed wall face consists of nine irregular courses built of predominantly medium-sized stones, with a few larger blocks. The masonry comprises both roughly parallelepipedal and unshaped, roughly rounded stones. The first visible course is represented by a single angular stone, while the second course is exposed only by another angular stone. Three stones are visible in the third course. These three lowest courses are arranged in a stepped configuration. Beneath the westernmost stone of each course is a mudbrick wall, on which the stones are founded. The following five courses are regular, with joints measuring 2–10 cm in thickness and filled with mud mortar. The western end of the wall face is partially obscured by ^wall2, which abuts the southern face of ^wall1. The wall continues behind ^wall2 and ^stair2, where it interrupts. The upper two courses are irregular, consisting of large, medium-sized, and small stones, with joints ranging from 5 to 40 cm in thickness. Several stones of the uppermost course have collapsed. Above this course, the masonry is continued by a layer of small stones, the function of which remains uncertain. The western portion of the wall face is visible for the upper 3-4 courses. The masonry is the same as to the western portion. [Input: ZK304pC.j] |