Unit Book J5

The Mittani Staircase (Version 1a)

J5 synthetic View / Stratigraphy

Phase 8mJ5B within Unit J5

James L. Walker – October 2012

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Stratigraphy

The most significant factor in Phase 8m (Stratum 70) is evidence of a limited Middle Assyrian presence. Structural evidence includes two lines of stones just under the surface (f28, f71) connected by a threshold (f163).

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Typology

Several layers of accumulations above Mittani layers along the north side of the unit contain ceramics clearly datable to the Middle Assyrian period. Items are ubiquitous.

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