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Unit Book J2

The Temple Staircase (Version 1a)

J2f224

Processed on 2025-04-08

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Included in other label 2010-11-15 cJC ^ctwl3 (wall) [Input: T914CJC.j]
2010-12-03 cJC ^use1 (use area) [Input: T914CJC.j]
Category !! !! installation
Best definition 2005-08-23 sC wall [Input: P913MH.j]
Summary 2008-03-06 pC stone wall with East-west orientation, perpendicular to wall f127. It consists of one irregular row of large boulders. [Input: S206PC.j]
Best image 2008-03-06 pC
v115 [Input: S206PC.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2005-08-23 sC f224 has been assigned to the wall running E-W in k14. [Input: P823SC.j]
2005-08-31 mH This is a east-west oriented stone wall abutting f127, a north-south oriented stone wall, which in turn abuts f131 and bonds with f128. f224 is located one stone north of the (current?) end of f127. The wall is quite irregular on top and its stones sit on material that seems to be brick crumble f269. At its north end, where it bonds with f128, f127 is equal in height with the apron steps (f131) next to it. As it progresses south it becomes slowly higher than the apron (f131). For the most part it is level on top. Just south of m3968 the top, however, becomes irregular. [Input: P831MH.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2005-08-23 sC k14 [Input: P913MH.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2005-08-13 sC r943 (39397 50349 - 8855 / Relay location: top) [Input: P913MH3R.j]
2005-09-01 mh r792 (39356 50335 - 8907 / Relay location: top) [Input: S320PC-R.j]
2005-09-01 mh r793 (39355 50312 - 8908 / Relay location: top) [Input: S320PC-R.j]
2005-09-01 mh r794 (39367 50284 - 8907 / Relay location: top) [Input: S320PC-R.j]
2005-09-01 mh r795 (39390 50234 - 8879 / Relay location: top) [Input: S320PC-R.j]
2005-09-01 mh r796 (39426 50348 - 8860 / Relay location: top) [Input: S320PC-R.j]
2005-09-01 mh r797 (39321 50190 - 8904 / Relay location: top) [Input: S320PC-R.j]
2005-09-01 mh r798 (39383 50315 - 8909 / Relay location: top) [Input: S320PC-R.j]
2005-09-01 mh r799 (39401 50293 - 8903 / Relay location: top) [Input: S320PC-R.j]
2005-09-01 mh r800 (39416 50247 - 8876 / Relay location: top) [Input: S320PC-R.j]
2005-09-01 mh r801 (39441 50172 - 8874 / Relay location: top) [Input: S320PC-R.j]
2005-09-01 mh r802 (39377 50180 - 8874 / Relay location: top) [Input: S320PC-R.j]
2005-09-01 mh r803 (39401 50197 - 8875 / Relay location: top) [Input: S320PC-R.j]
M#/elev @top 2005-08-23 sC 8926 [Input: P913MH.j]
Height @top 2007-07-20 sC 82 [Input: S131PC2.j]
H-eye @top 2007-07-20 sC 120 [Input: S131PC2.j]
M#/elev @bottom 2005-08-23 sC 8853 [Input: P913MH.j]
Height @bottom 2007-07-20 sC 30 [Input: S131PC2.j]
H-eye @bottom 2007-07-20 sC 120 [Input: S131PC2.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2008-03-12 pC f210 (accumulation D) abuts f224 (wall) [Input: S211PC2.j]
2008-03-12 pC f211 (accumulation D) abuts f224 (wall) [Input: S211PC2.j]
2008-03-12 pC f200 (accumulation B) covers f224 (wall) [Input: S211PC2.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2008-03-12 pC f224 (wall) rests on f269 (accumulation D) [Input: S211PC2.j]
2008-03-12 pC f224 (wall) abuts f127 (wall) [Input: S211PC2.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2011-11-11 cJC s159J2B [Input: VY11CJC.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2009-09-14 !! ^ctwl2 (wall) [Input: T914CJC.j]
2010-11-15 !! ^ctwl3 (wall) [Input: T914CJC.j]
2010-12-03 !! ^use1 (use area) [Input: T914CJC.j]
2011-11-11 !! h7jJ2B [Input: VY11CJC.j]
Stratigraphic reasons of assignment 2005-09-14 mH Abutted by Mitanni layer f197. [Input: S215PC.j]
2008-03-05 pC f224 should have been built between the building of wall f144 and wall f232 [Input: S305PC.j]
Other reasons, reservations, qualifications 2005-09-14 mH Raising of f288 [Input: S215PC.j]
2011-05-16 cJC Wall built during the brickfall phase [Input: V516CJC.j]
2011-11-21 cJC Curtain wall on top of earlier wall (f288). It is an attempt to rebuild and maintain area after brickfall has already begun to cover area. [Input: VY21CJC.j]
Notes on time sequencing 2005-08-31 mH I suspect that the stones forming f224 were taken from the top of f127. Thus f224 must be later in time than f127. f224 was not constructed to contain material dumped into the corner formed by f128 and f127 until much later than the original start of the dumping activity. The third millennium dump layers discovered in the corner of f127 and f128 slope very heavily towards the south and seem to follow a slope noticeable lower down in the wall f127. The top of f224, however, slopes from west to east whereas the material that was contained by it is approximately horizontal. Today we removed a course of stones from f224 underneath which was the crumbly material. Under this layer we have another course of stones, which is still in situ. It remains to be seen whether this part of f224 appears much earlier than the upper course. [Input: P831MH.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v100
2004-08-24 aL [Input: S204PC2.j]

v115
2004-08-29 mH [Input: S204PC2.j]

v117
2004-08-31 mH [Input: S204PC2.j]

v117a
2004-08-31 mH [Input: S204PC2.j]

v117b
2004-08-31 mH [Input: S204PC2.j]

v117c
2004-08-31 mH [Input: S204PC2.j]

v117d
2004-08-31 mH [Input: S204PC2.j]

v117e
2004-08-31 mH [Input: S204PC2.j]

p28
2009-03-30 pC [Input: T330PC.j]