https://urkesh.org/MZ/A/J02/D/F/0335.htm
← Previous: J2f334
Next: J2f336 →

Unit Book J2

The Temple Staircase (Version 1a)

J2f335

Processed on 2025-04-08

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Equals other label 2009-07-29 cJC f336 (accumulation) [Input: T729CJC.j]
2009-08-20 cJC f352 (lens) [Input: T820CJC.j]
2009-08-22 cJC f289 (accumulation D) [Input: T822CJC.j]
Category !! !! fill, dumping, collapse
Best definition 2009-07-21 cJC brickfall [Input: T822CJC2.j]
Summary 2009-08-27 cJC Accumulation of reddish soil with some white accumulations. It is bricky in consistency and comes apart in chunks. Although orginally f335 was intended to refer to the accumulation abutting the wall f334 in the west, through a recording problem it instead became the accumulation under the wall. This accumulation was directly under the wall f346, with the stones of f349 embedded in it. It abuts the wall f127 in the east. It probably formed a foundation for the stone wall f346. [Input: T827CJC2.j]
Best image 2009-09-01 cJC
v153 [Input: T901CJC.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Labeling

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on labeling 2009-08-22 cJC We excavated f335 as the materials under the wall f334 but in previous years it had been left as a baulk which was refered to as f289 which, when excavated, eventually was separated into 3 features f335, f336 and f349. [Input: T822CJC.j]

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Description (summary) 2009-07-21 cJC This accumulation abuts f334 in the east. It contains bricky material, including articulated brick pieces. This may be part of the overall brickfall area that was noted in the whole J2 area. The material was very chunky and broke apart in fist-sized pieces. f335 was exposed for several years so it was eroded and crumbly. [Input: T721CJC.j]
2009-08-20 cJC Accumulation under the wall f334. It comes apart in large chunks, including a bricky material. It is relatively thick and may form a base or foundation for the wall (f334). Inside f335, at the bottom we found some stones, confined only to the area immediately under the wall which we labeled f349. With the bricky material of f335 and the stones of f349 it is very likely that these were placed to form a foundation for the larger stones of f334. [Input: T820CJC.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Daily notes about recovery of elements 2009-07-27 cJC Today we continued excavating this feature after several days of not working in this area. Some smaller stones were uncovered. Their relationship to the wall (f334) that covered f335 is unclear. [Input: T727CJC.j]
Procedures 2009-07-29 cJC This feature was accidentally confused with f336 in the field. The result of this confusion is that f336 pottery was collected using feature number f335. This is not a major problem as both f336 and f335 are accumulations associated with the wall f334. Originally f335 was just the material from inside the wall. Unfortunately because of the mix up f335 is now both the material from inside the wall as well as from immediately underneath (which should have been f336). [Input: T729CJC.j]
Harmonization 2009-09-02 cJC When we first began excavations we assigned the whole J2 area (except k13 and k100) to k54 because we did not have squares strung yet. Now that we have the squares this feature can be assigned to k14. [Input: T830CJC.j]
Problems in recording 2009-08-20 cJC f336 was not really used so all types of contact now refer to f335 as the accumulation under the wall, not as it was originally intended as the inclusion inside of the wall. [Input: T820CJC.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2009-07-21 cJC k54 [Input: T822CJC2.j]
2009-09-02 cJC k14 [Input: T830CJC.j]
Relays (applicable to elements) 2009-07-21 cJC r1023 (39461 50054 - 8947 / Relay location: #####) [Input: T728CJCR.j]
2009-07-21 cJC r1023 (39461 50054 - 8947) [Input: T728CJCR.j]
M#/elev @top 2009-07-21 cJC 8947 [Input: T822CJC2.j]
M#/elev @bottom 2009-07-21 cJC 8807 [Input: T822CJC2.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2009-07-21 cJC f334 (wall) abuts f335 (brickfall) [Input: T721CJC.j]
2009-08-20 cJC f334 (wall) covers f335 (brickfall) [Input: T820CJC.j]
2009-08-04 cJC f349 (isolated stone) sits in f335 (brickfall) [Input: T804CJC3.j]
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2009-07-21 !! q830.1 (blade) sits in f335 (brickfall) [Input: T729CJC3.j]
2009-07-27 !! q844.1 (figurine) sits in f335 (brickfall) [Input: T729CJC3.j]
2009-07-27 !! q844.2 (sh) sits in f335 (brickfall) [Input: T729CJC3.j]
2009-07-21 cJC q830 (bones, pottery) sits in f335 (brickfall) [Input: T729CJC3.j]
2009-07-27 cJC q844 (pottery) sits in f335 (brickfall) [Input: T729CJC3.j]
2009-07-28 cJC q845 (bones, pottery) sits in f335 (brickfall) [Input: T729CJC3.j]
2009-07-28 !! q845-p1 (jar) sits in f335 (brickfall) [Input: T729CJC3.j]
2009-07-28 !! q845-p2 (i) sits in f335 (brickfall) [Input: T729CJC3.j]
2009-07-28 !! q845-p3 (jar) sits in f335 (brickfall) [Input: T729CJC3.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2009-07-21 cJC f335 (brickfall) abuts f334 (wall) [Input: T721CJC.j]
2009-08-29 cJC f335 (brickfall) overlays f319 (glacis) [Input: T829CJC.j]
2009-08-29 cJC f335 (brickfall) overlays f354 (lens) [Input: T829CJC.j]
Ceramic typological distribution !! !! frequencies of ceramic vessels and sherds included within feature

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2011-11-11 cJC s190J2B [Input: VY11CJC.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2009-09-14 !! ^ctwl1 (wall) [Input: T914CJC.j]
2011-11-11 !! h7cJ2B [Input: VY11CJC.j]
Stratigraphic reasons of assignment 2009-09-16 cJC Based on ceramics, this feature is mixed EDIII and Mitanni but the Mitanni remains are probably introduced through the construction of the wall, not originally part of this deposit. Additionally, there are very few Mitanni sherds so this feature is understood to be an EDIIIB deposit. [Input: T916CJC.j]
Other reasons, reservations, qualifications 2011-05-16 cJC Directly under the wall f334, presumably built at the same time [Input: V516CJC.j]
2011-11-21 cJC Accumulation inside and under Mittani curtain wall. [Input: VY21CJC.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster Date Author Record
Ware or Material, species 2009-07-21 cJC cl [Input: T822CJC2.j]
Color 2009-07-21 cJC red and gray [Input: T822CJC2.j]
Hardness, compaction 2009-07-21 cJC hard [Input: T822CJC2.j]
Texture, surface finish 2009-07-21 cJC chunky [Input: T822CJC2.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v147b
2009-07-19 cJC [Input: T729CJC2.j]

v152c
2009-07-21 cJC [Input: T729CJC2.j]

v153
2009-07-21 cJC [Input: T729CJC2.j]

v153a
2009-07-21 cJC [Input: T729CJC2.j]

v154c
2009-07-21 cJC [Input: T729CJC2.j]

v156
2009-07-21 cJC [Input: T729CJC2.j]

v161
2009-07-25 cJC [Input: T826CJC3.j]

v161a
2009-07-25 cJC [Input: T826CJC3.j]

v161c
2009-07-25 cJC [Input: T826CJC3.j]

v161d
2009-07-25 cJC [Input: T826CJC3.j]

Disposition

Roster Date Author Record
Removed (feature), discarded/missing (item) 2009-07-21 cJC T721 [Input: T822CJC2.j]