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Unit Book J2

The Temple Staircase (Version 1a)

J2f257

Processed on 2025-04-08

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Best definition 2008-03-07 !! stone [Input: S206PC.j]
Best image 2008-03-07 pC
v139 [Input: S206PC.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2008-03-07 pC stone [Input: S206PC.j]
Description (summary) 2008-03-07 pC oblique stone in k4 in front of wall f127. Has probably the same function as f333 in k100 [Input: S206PC.j]
2010-08-08 yM its an oblique stone in k14 leaning against the end of wall f127,it seems that it was placed there as an imitation of the obelisk f100 leaning against the end of the wall f129 on the other side of the staircase f131 in J06 [Input: U808YM2.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Argument 2009-02-20 pC oblique stone is the specular stone of J6f100 and J6f177: these three stones are located to the sides of the monumental stircase and located here to symbolize the entrance to the staircase to reach the temple on the top [Input: S205PC.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2008-03-07 pC k4 [Input: S206PC.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2005-08-28 mH r806 (39608 50257 - 4146 / Relay location: top) [Input: P913MH-R.j]
2005-08-28 mH r807 (39773 49712 - 4173 / Relay location: top) [Input: P913MH-R.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2008-03-11 pC f210 (accumulation D) abuts f257 (stone) [Input: S211PC2.j]
2008-03-12 pC f286 (accumulation D) abuts f257 (stone) [Input: S211PC2.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2008-03-12 pC f257 (stone) abuts f127 (wall) [Input: S211PC2.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2011-11-11 cJC s630J2B [Input: VY11CJC.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2010-11-15 !! ^wall3 (wall) [Input: T914CJC.j]
2011-11-11 !! h3pJ2B [Input: VY11CJC.j]
Stratigraphic reasons of assignment 2008-03-05 pC f210, f286, f289, dated to second millenium abut f257: the stone was layed when wall f127 was built [Input: S305PC.j]
Typological reasons for assignment 2008-03-05 pC same as the specular stone f333; oblique stone inserted in wall f127 [Input: S305PC.j]
Other reasons, reservations, qualifications 2011-11-21 cJC Leaning stone against flanking wall f127, part of the original construction of this wall [Input: VY21CJC.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v139
2004-09-12 mH [Input: S204PC2.j]

v139b
2004-09-12 mH [Input: S204PC2.j]

v140
2004-09-13 mH [Input: S204PC2.j]

v141
2004-09-13 mH [Input: S204PC2.j]

v141a
2004-09-13 mH [Input: S204PC2.j]

v141b
2004-09-13 mH [Input: S204PC2.j]

v515
2010-12-17 cJC [Input: T921CJC.j]