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J4 in isolation
J4 covers what can be considered a small area, enclosing the western boundery of wall J2f219. J4 does not have many structures and shows minimal use of the area.
Chronologically, J4 contains two stratighraphical phases, an Imperial Akkadian phase covered directly by Mitani deposition, to which belong the building and use phases of the area.
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J4 within the broader setting
The better understanding of the J4 findings came from viewing J4 in a larger frame, first within the light of the excavations in J6, and then as a par of the entire temple area in general.
The findings from J4 corraborate the understaning of the area east of the monumental staircase J2f130, as a service quarter where the area was kept clean and empty throughout the use phases of the monumental access ,before the shift of the access to a smaller one found in unit J5.
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