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Unit Book J2

The Temple Staircase (Version 1a)

J2f74

Processed on 2025-04-08

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! buildup
Best definition 2004-07-20 !! layer [Input: O802AP.j]
Summary 2008-03-06 pC this is a bricky crumbly reddish accumulation located north of apron f131. It was only exposed and there are different hypothesis of the origin of it [Input: S306PC.j]
Best image 2010-12-27 cJC
v57 [Input: U809YM.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2004-07-20 ap layer [Input: O802AP.j]
Description (summary) 2004-07-20 ap Reddish layer at the bottom of the trench in k2. This material is the same kind of packing that characterizes all structures dating to the 3rd millennium BCE. It's called "bakkaya" and we have found it also in connection with the temple and the palace. It was carried here intentionally and used as filling. Presence of white material which at a first sight seems plaster but it's actually organic material. The top elevation is m3647 + 46 - 141; the bottom is m3687 + 20 - 164. As we reached this level we stopped the excavation of the unit. [Input: O802AP.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Argument 2008-03-06 pC possibly this bricky material belongs to the melting of a mudbrick structure, like a platform. pC is of the opinion that it is the melting of the mudbrickterrace, which was excavated from the german team and was exposed in this place. Due to its long exposure, it melted. [Input: S306PC.j]
Lack of expected information 2010-08-09 yM hardness was not recorded [Input: U809YM.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2008-03-06 pC k2 [Input: S306PC.j]
Elevation 2008-03-06 pC 9223@top [Input: S306PC.j]
M#/elev @bottom 2010-12-27 cJC 9200 [Input: U809YM.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2008-03-06 pC f64 (topsoil) covers f74 (layer) [Input: S306PC.j]
2008-03-06 pC f69 (layer) covers f74 (layer) [Input: S306PC.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2011-11-11 cJC s650J2B [Input: VY11CJC.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2009-08-17 !! ^mnacs (Accessway) [Input: T914CJC.j]
2009-09-14 !! ^apr1 (apron) [Input: T914CJC.j]
2009-09-14 !! ^stair2 (staircase) [Input: T914CJC.j]
2009-09-14 !! ^wall1 (wall) [Input: T914CJC.j]
2010-11-15 !! ^wall2 (wall) [Input: T914CJC.j]
2010-11-28 !! ^fl1 [Input: T914CJC.j]
2011-11-11 !! h3mJ2B [Input: VY11CJC.j]
Stratigraphic reasons of assignment 2008-03-05 pC bricky material probably of temple terrace (was exposed by the german team and was dated Early Dynastic) [Input: S305PC.j]
Other reasons, reservations, qualifications 2011-05-16 cJC Bakaya layer associated with the construction of ^apr1, ^stair1 and ^mnacs [Input: V516CJC.j]
2011-11-21 cJC Bakaya surface associated with the construction of the temple terrace. [Input: VY21CJC.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Color 2010-08-09 yM reddish [Input: U809YM.j]
Texture, surface finish 2010-08-09 yM crumbly [Input: U809YM.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v65
2004-08-11 aP [Input: R708SC.j]

v65a
2004-08-11 aP [Input: R708SC.j]

v66
2004-08-11 aP [Input: R708SC.j]

v69
2004-08-11 aP [Input: R708SC.j]

v71
2004-08-11 aP [Input: R708SC.j]

v71a
2004-08-11 aP [Input: R708SC.j]

v50
2004-08-11 pC [Input: R708SC.j]

v51
2004-08-11 pC [Input: R708SC.j]

v52
2004-08-11 pC [Input: R708SC.j]

v52a
2004-08-11 pC [Input: R708SC.j]

v57
2004-08-11 pC [Input: R708SC.j]

v60
2004-08-11 pC [Input: R708SC.j]

v61
2004-08-11 pC [Input: R708SC.j]

v61a
2004-08-11 pC [Input: R708SC.j]

v64
2004-08-11 pC [Input: R708SC.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on disposition 2010-08-08 yM O720 [Input: U808YM.j]