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Unit Book J2

The Temple Staircase (Version 1a)

J2 aggregates – Sequential

Processed on 2025-04-08


J2a1

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Best definition 2007-07-18 !! pit-a [Input: S206PC2.j]
Best image 2007-07-18 pC
v13 [Input: S206PC2.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2007-07-18 pC pit-a [Input: S206PC2.j]
Description (summary) 2007-07-18 pC a1 corresponds to a pit cut(f54) filled with pebbles (f55) located in k33 [Input: S206PC2.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2007-07-18 pC k33 [Input: S206PC2.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Function

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on function 2007-07-18 pC the fill consists in pebbles. Unclear function [Input: S206PC2.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of aggregate

v13
2004-07-18 mH [Input: R708SC.j]

v13a
2004-07-18 mH [Input: R708SC.j]
v522
2011-01-04 cJC [Input: T921CJC.j]

J2a2

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! installation
Best definition 2007-07-18 !! tannur [Input: S206PC2.j]
Best image 2007-07-18 pC
v2a [Input: S206PC2.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2007-07-18 pC tannur [Input: S206PC2.j]
Description (summary) 2007-07-18 pC a2 corresponds to a tannur f9 and its fill f10, with the working floor f12 [Input: S206PC2.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2007-07-18 pC k14 [Input: S206PC2.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Function

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on function 2007-07-18 pC f9 is a tannur used for cooking and floor f12 had formed due to higher foot traffic around the tannur when it was used [Input: S206PC2.j]

J2a3

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! installation
Best definition 2007-07-18 !! tannur [Input: S206PC2.j]
Best image 2007-07-18 pC
v31 [Input: S206PC2.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2007-07-18 pC tannur [Input: S206PC2.j]
Description (summary) 2007-07-18 pC a3 corresponds to a tannur (f72) and the soil contained in it (f73) containing some bones, pottery and ash. f67 is the layer related to the tannur [Input: S206PC2.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2007-07-18 pC k84 [Input: S206PC2.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Function

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on function 2007-07-18 pC a tannur for cooking: inside was found some ashes [Input: S206PC2.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of aggregate

v31
2004-08-08 aP [Input: R708SC.j]

J2a4

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! installation
Best definition 2007-07-18 !! tannur [Input: S206PC2.j]
Best image 2007-07-18 pC
v72 [Input: S206PC2.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2007-07-18 pC tannur [Input: S206PC2.j]
Description (summary) 2007-07-18 pC a4 corresponds to a tannur (f85) and the soil contained in it (f86) located in k2 [Input: S206PC2.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2007-07-18 pC k2 [Input: S206PC2.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Function

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on function 2007-07-18 pC tannur used for cooking [Input: S206PC2.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of aggregate

v72
2004-08-11 aP [Input: R708SC.j]

J2a5

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Included in other label 2010-12-03 cJC ^use3 (use area) [Input: T914CJC.j]
Category !! !! installation
Best definition 2007-07-18 !! installation [Input: S206PC2.j]
Best image 2007-07-18 pC
v26a [Input: S206PC2.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2007-07-18 pC installation [Input: S206PC2.j]
Description (summary) 2007-07-18 pC The stone formations or stone groupings f27, f24, f26 in k4, k5 and k14, in front of the apron, probably belong to the same period, being also at the same elevation (ca @9160). The soil just immediately above or surrounding the stones in k4 is f22, in k5 it is f16 and in k14 it is f15. [Input: S206PC2.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2007-07-18 pC k4
k5
k14 [Input: S206PC2.j]

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
Nature of association 2007-07-18 pC this area is the result of human activity, when probably was not anymore used as a sacral area at the end of the Mittani time, being the monumental access almost covered by natural accumulations. [Input: S206PC2.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Function

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on function 2007-07-18 pC While these stones do not seem to form a coherent structure, they clearly are the result of human activity. They are located underneath and mixed with soil deposition that seems like natural accumulation. [Input: S206PC2.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of aggregate

v26a
2004-07-18 pC [Input: S128PC.j]

J2a6

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Equals other label 2010-12-03 cJC ^use1 (use area) [Input: T914CJC.j]
Category !! !! installation
Best definition 2007-07-18 !! installation [Input: S206PC2.j]
Best image 2007-07-18 pC
v100b [Input: S206PC2.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2007-07-18 pC installation [Input: S206PC2.j]
Description (summary) 2007-07-18 pC a cluster of elements that indicate a period of use of the area in front of apron f131 and wall f128, belonging to transitional phase between mittani and khabur: it includes stone walls f144 and f232, f224, f288, layers f150, a red and ashy accumulation in front of f131, f200 wich is the same as f150, and features f171 and f174, abutting wall f128. all this accumulations are similar and are found at the same elevation (f171 and f174 at 88.98, f150 and f200 at 88.68, walls f144 and f224 at 89.26) Probably also stone f145 belongs to the same time of use. [Input: S206PC2.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2007-07-18 pC k4
k13
k14
k101 [Input: S206PC2.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Function

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on function 2007-07-18 pC intense use area in front of apron and wall f128: the ashy layers indicate that there were burning activities and the walls parralel to apron and wall f128 were probably built to bound the area in front of the apron and frame accumulations South of them. Possibly bounds the sacral area, which in the third millennium was larger, i.e the plaza. [Input: S206PC2.j]

J2a7

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Equals other label 2009-08-17 cJC ^mnacs (Accessway) [Input: T914CJC.j]
Category !! !! installation
Best definition 2007-07-18 !! structure [Input: S206PC2.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2007-07-18 pC structure [Input: S206PC2.j]
Description (summary) 2007-07-18 pC the monumental stone acces to the temple BA which is composed by the apron f131, the staircase f130, the walls east f129 and west f127 that enclose the stepped structure f130, f131. [Input: S206PC2.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2007-07-18 pC k2
k3
k4
k12
k13
k100 [Input: S206PC2.j]

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
Nature of association 2007-07-18 pC all these elements show a similar masonry and are the one in function of the other and all built the monumental access to the temple terrace and the temple [Input: S206PC2.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on time sequencing 2007-07-18 pC these structure belong to the same building phase and were used in the same time, except for the second apron f132 [Input: S206PC2.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Function

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on function 2007-07-18 pC the staircase f130 is the access to the temple terrace and its Temple, while its steps are lower, instead the steps of the apron are too high to be a staircase: is probably a monumentalization of the staircase or it could have the function of a theater, were people sit and look down a performance in the plaza. Walls f127 and f129 have the function of bounding and framing the monumental access; stone revetment wall f128 enclose the terrace to the South: it revert the terrace. f132 is the second apron and is a later building when the apron was half covered by accumulations. [Input: S206PC2.j]

J2a8

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Best definition 2007-07-18 !! pit-a [Input: S206PC2.j]
Best image 2007-07-18 pC
v113 [Input: S206PC2.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2007-07-18 pC pit-a [Input: S206PC2.j]
Description (summary) 2007-07-18 pC a8 corresponds to a circular small pit (f254) and its fill (f255) located in k23, f249 is the floor related to the pit [Input: S206PC2.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2007-07-18 pC k23 [Input: S206PC2.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Function

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on function 2007-07-18 pC is not clear the function of this pit: the pit was excavated in pebble floor f249, and filled with pebbles; it is a sign of activity in front of wall f128 [Input: S206PC2.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of aggregate

v113
2009-02-22 aL [Input: S204PC2.j]

v509
2010-12-17 cJC [Input: T921CJC.j]

J2a9

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Included in other label 2010-12-03 cJC ^use1 (use area) [Input: T914CJC.j]
Best definition 2007-07-18 !! pit-a [Input: S206PC2.j]
Best image 2007-07-18 pC
v123a [Input: S206PC2.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2007-07-18 pC pit-a [Input: S206PC2.j]
Description (summary) 2007-07-18 pC a9 corresponds to two pits (f298, f300) and their respective fill (f299, f301); both pits are located in k4 and closed to each other [Input: S206PC2.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2007-07-18 pC k4 [Input: S206PC2.j]

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
Nature of association 2007-07-18 pC since the cut o both pits was visible in the eastern portion of k4 at the same elevation, we suppose these pits were made in the same period; therefore we think they can be related and be part of the same aggregate [Input: S206PC2.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Function

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on function 2007-07-18 pC is not clear the function of those pits: inside the pit were found seeds and ash. Ritual pit? [Input: S206PC2.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of aggregate

v123
2004-09-03 mH [Input: S204PC2.j]

v520
2011-01-04 cJC [Input: T921CJC.j]

J2a10

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Best definition 2007-07-18 !! pit-a [Input: S206PC2.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2007-07-18 pC pit-a [Input: S206PC2.j]
Description (summary) 2007-07-18 pC a10 corresponds to a pit (f311) and its fill (f312) located in k4 [Input: S206PC2.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2007-07-18 pC k4 [Input: S206PC2.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Function

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on function 2007-07-18 pC probably this pit is related to a9, other two pits in the same area and elevation. are these pits ritual? [Input: S206PC2.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on analogical record 2011-01-05 cJC There is no photograph of this aggregate or its constituent components. [Input: T816CJC.j]

J2a11

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! surface
Best definition 2007-07-18 !! floor [Input: S206PC2.j]
Best image 2007-07-18 pC
v127 [Input: S206PC2.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2007-07-18 pC floor [Input: S206PC2.j]
Description (summary) 2007-07-18 mH Equal to ^pv2 [Input: S206PC2.j]
2007-07-18 pC a series of pebble floors located in front of the first three steps of staircase f130, dating to Third millennium: the pebble floors were found consecutively in only 67 cm thickness (top elevation of the first floor f215 is 86.98, the top elevation of the last floor f292 is 86.31), meaning that they were built during a short lass of time. [Input: S206PC2.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2007-07-18 pC k100
k104 [Input: S206PC2.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Function

Roster Date Author Record
Notes on function 2007-07-18 pC This series of floors indicate a continuous use of the staircase and of the area in front of it in the Third millennium. The floors probably were damaged or covered and therefore made new [Input: S206PC2.j]

J2a12

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! installation
Best definition 2009-08-16 !! pit [Input: T816CJC.j]
Best image 2009-08-16 cJC
v197b [Input: T816CJC.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2009-08-16 cJC pit [Input: T816CJC.j]
Description (summary) 2009-08-16 cJC sharp cut across the southeast corner of k100 (f382) and its fill (f383) [Input: T816CJC.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Spatial Aggregation

Roster Date Author Record
Features within aggregate 2009-08-16 !! f384 (stones)
f385 (accumulation) [Input: T816CJC.j]
2009-08-16 cJC f304 (accumulation A)
f382 (cut)
f383 (fill in primary context) [Input: T816CJC.j]
q-lots within aggregate 2009-08-16 !! q892 (bones, pottery)
q893 (bones, pottery)
q895 (bones, pottery) [Input: T816CJC.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2011-11-11 !! s660J2B [Input: VY11CJC.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2011-11-11 !! h3lJ2B [Input: VY11CJC.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of aggregate

v193
2009-08-16 cJC [Input: T827CJC.j]

v197
2009-08-17 mCT [Input: T827CJC.j]

v197a
2009-08-17 mCT [Input: T827CJC.j]

v197b
2009-08-17 mCT [Input: T827CJC.j]