J5f21

1. OVERVIEW

Roster	Date	Author	Record
Included in other label	2008-09-02	jW	a718 (staircase) [Input: S902JW.j]
	2009-09-17	jW	a715 (mixed features) [Input: T917JW.j]
	2022-08-21	jW	a29 (mixed features) [Input: ZG821jW.j]
	2022-09-22	jW	a32 (staircase) [Input: ZG822W.j]
Category	!!	!!	installation
Best definition	2008-07-17	lH	stone installation [Input: S914LH.j]
Summary	2012-12-16	jW	Staircase of dressed stones in k24, part of the middle-Mittani westward extension. [Input: WZ16JW.j]
Best image	2008-07-25	jW	v29 [Input: S725JW1.j]
	2008-09-22	lH	v118 [Input: S922LH.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster	Date	Author	Record
Description (summary)	2008-07-18	lH	A line of dressed stones that goes in south-north direcion in the southeastern quadrant of k24. It showed after removing the compact natural accumulation, f12 which covered it before. [Input: S718LH.j]
	2008-07-29	jW	This feature, originally identified as a stone installation in k24 and now more appropriately called a staircase in both k24 and k34, descends in at least 6 steps from west to east, towards the palace. At least three accumulations abut it from top to bottom; Midddle Assyrian floor accumulation, f42; Mittani natural floor, f45, and Mittani laminations, f63. When we exposed the top of the last step at elevation 9090 (same elevation as the top stones in the revetment wall, f3, to the southeast), we found that it was abutted by a dense, clean, highly compacted accumulation, f72. Furthermore the stones of the northern border, turned south at this step. A probe with a sheesh to the west of the sixth step, through f72, did not strike any additional step stones. [Input: S729JW.j]
	2008-08-02	jW	We sank a sheesh between the stones of the bottom step of staircase, f21. It hit a stone below. As similar actions to the east of the lowest stone did not hit stones below, the lowest step either marks: 1. the top of a wall or 2. A large transitional step between building phases (similar to the large bottom step of the staircase in J2, which marks a transition between Akkadian and Early Dynastic construction. [Input: S802JW.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster	Date	Author	Record
Strategy (projected or implemented)	2008-07-29	jW	mKB, fAB, and jW met on site to discuss the short term strategy to deal with this finding. We decided to photograph the situation as it exists, then excavate floor f45 and laminations, f63 in the north half of k34 to the level of the sixth step of f12 and the top of f72. When this is done, we will meet on S730 to revise our overall strategy. [Input: S729JW.j]
Argument	2008-07-25	jW	After locus k24 was excavated to the level of the soil, f52, which surrounded stone installations f14 and f21, we saw better the relationship between them. It seemed as if the line of irregularly cut stones which formed f14 was a northern border of part of a more substantial structure formed of dressed large stones, f21. When we probed to the west of the line of stones which formed f21 with a sheesh, we found a second line of stones about 20cm below it. After removing the accumulation atop this row, we probed and found a third row about 20cm below the second. This row was against the east side of the east baulk of k34. From this evidence we hypothesize that f21 is a staircase, descending to the west, of unknown length and depth. [Input: S725JW2.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster	Date	Author	Record
Locus	2008-07-17	lH	k24 [Input: S914LH.j]
Relays (applicable to elements)	2008-08-02	bWP	r401 (43376 46305 - 9164 / Relay location: point 1) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r402 (43398 46307 - 9163 / Relay location: point 2) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r403 (43408 46267 - 9168 / Relay location: point 3) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r404 (43390 46258 - 9168 / Relay location: point 4) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r405 (43422 46307 - 9164 / Relay location: point 5) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r406 (43451 46317 - 9162 / Relay location: point 6) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r407 (43469 46304 - 9164 / Relay location: point 7) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r408 (43472 46286 - 9160 / Relay location: point 8) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r409 (43422 46269 - 9157 / Relay location: point 9) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r410 (43416 46292 - 9164 / Relay location: point 10) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r411 (43468 46323 - 9163 / Relay location: point 11) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r412 (43517 46347 - 9161 / Relay location: point 12) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r413 (43534 46304 - 9164 / Relay location: point 13) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r414 (43477 46291 - 9163 / Relay location: point 14) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r415 (43481 46359 - 9161 / Relay location: point 15) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r416 (43539 46402 - 9157 / Relay location: point 16) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r417 (43549 46373 - 9154 / Relay location: point 17) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r418 (43412 46255 - 9148 / Relay location: point 18) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r419 (43421 46217 - 9145 / Relay location: point 19) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r420 (43408 46207 - 9148 / Relay location: point 20) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r421 (43425 46243 - 9146 / Relay location: point 21) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r422 (43472 46270 - 9146 / Relay location: point 22) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r423 (43492 46237 - 9150 / Relay location: point 23) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r424 (43432 46222 - 9147 / Relay location: point 24) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r425 (43488 46268 - 9154 / Relay location: point 25) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r426 (43543 46297 - 9151 / Relay location: point 26) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r427 (43557 46264 - 9151 / Relay location: point 27) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r428 (43493 46246 - 9153 / Relay location: point 28) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r429 (43570 46297 - 9150 / Relay location: point 29) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r430 (43601 46306 - 9153 / Relay location: point 30) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r431 (43623 46283 - 9153 / Relay location: point 31) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r432 (43568 46266 - 9153 / Relay location: point 32) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r433 (43624 46297 - 9152 / Relay location: point 33) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r434 (43637 46318 - 9155 / Relay location: point 34) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r435 (43664 46325 - 9156 / Relay location: point 35) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r436 (43668 46288 - 9157 / Relay location: point 36) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r437 (43637 46279 - 9151 / Relay location: point 37) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r438 (43412 46195 - 9130 / Relay location: point 38) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r439 (43464 46185 - 9132 / Relay location: point 39) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r440 (43421 46171 - 9136 / Relay location: point 40) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r441 (43526 46230 - 9131 / Relay location: point 41) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r442 (43534 46206 - 9129 / Relay location: point 42) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r443 (43476 46186 - 9132 / Relay location: point 43) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r444 (43604 46241 - 9133 / Relay location: point 44) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r445 (43599 46224 - 9134 / Relay location: point 45) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r446 (43542 46208 - 9131 / Relay location: point 46) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r447 (43587 46259 - 9134 / Relay location: point 47) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r448 (43620 46267 - 9134 / Relay location: point 48) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r449 (43612 46240 - 9133 / Relay location: point 49) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r450 (43688 46284 - 9131 / Relay location: point 50) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r451 (43696 46272 - 9133 / Relay location: point 51) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r452 (43668 46236 - 9134 / Relay location: point 52) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r453 (43622 46230 - 9135 / Relay location: point 53) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r454 (43441 46117 - 9111 / Relay location: point 54) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r455 (43504 46176 - 9110 / Relay location: point 55) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r456 (43519 46143 - 9111 / Relay location: point 56) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r457 (43525 46178 - 9110 / Relay location: point 57) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r458 (43561 46200 - 9111 / Relay location: point 58) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r459 (43585 46188 - 9115 / Relay location: point 59) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r460 (43593 46167 - 9113 / Relay location: point 60) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r461 (43524 46146 - 9111 / Relay location: point 61) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r462 (43591 46207 - 9118 / Relay location: point 62) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r463 (43666 46194 - 9114 / Relay location: point 63) [Input: S802DL.R]
	2008-08-02	bWP	r464 (43601 46169 - 9110 / Relay location: point 64) [Input: S802DL.R]
2008-08-02	bWP	r465 (43670 46201 - 9119 / Relay location: point 65) [Input: S802DL.R]
2008-08-02	bWP	r466 (43717 46248 - 9117 / Relay location: point 66) [Input: S802DL.R]
2008-08-02	bWP	r467 (43738 46221 - 9119 / Relay location: point 67) [Input: S802DL.R]
2008-08-02	bWP	r468 (43695 46198 - 9123 / Relay location: point 68) [Input: S802DL.R]
2008-08-02	bWP	r469 (43458 46077 - 9085 / Relay location: point 69) [Input: S802DL.R]
2008-08-02	bWP	r470 (43474 46121 - 9089 / Relay location: point 70) [Input: S802DL.R]
2008-08-02	bWP	r471 (43463 46067 - 9085 / Relay location: point 71) [Input: S802DL.R]
2008-08-02	bWP	r472 (43519 46116 - 9093 / Relay location: point 72) [Input: S802DL.R]
2008-08-02	bWP	r473 (43521 46083 - 9088 / Relay location: point 73) [Input: S802DL.R]
2008-08-02	bWP	r474 (43547 46091 - 9089 / Relay location: point 74) [Input: S802DL.R]
2008-08-02	bWP	r475 (43606 46159 - 9093 / Relay location: point 75) [Input: S802DL.R]
2008-08-02	bWP	r476 (43626 46125 - 9091 / Relay location: point 76) [Input: S802DL.R]
2008-08-02	bWP	r477 (43633 46166 - 9091 / Relay location: point 77) [Input: S802DL.R]
2008-08-02	bWP	r478 (43693 46149 - 9097 / Relay location: point 78) [Input: S802DL.R]
2008-08-02	bWP	r479 (43645 46131 - 9094 / Relay location: point 79) [Input: S802DL.R]
2008-09-13	hB	r1149 (43615 46377 - 9155 / Relay location: sk44 # 284) [Input: S913jW1.R]
2008-09-13	hB	r1150 (43295 46264 - 9162 / Relay location: sk44 # 285) [Input: S913jW1.R]
2008-09-13	hB	r1151 (43308 46227 - 9160 / Relay location: sk44 # 286) [Input: S913jW1.R]
2008-09-13	hB	r1152 (43663 46324 - 9155 / Relay location: sk44 # 287) [Input: S913jW1.R]
2008-09-13	hB	r1153 (43684 46289 - 9152 / Relay location: sk44 # 288) [Input: S913jW1.R]
2008-09-13	hB	r1154 (43330 46177 - 9153 / Relay location: sk44 # 289) [Input: S913jW1.R]
2008-09-13	hB	r1155 (43335 46138 - 9130 / Relay location: sk44 # 290) [Input: S913jW1.R]
2008-09-13	hB	r1156 (43696 46256 - 9126 / Relay location: sk44 # 291) [Input: S913jW1.R]
2008-09-13	hB	r1157 (43744 46216 - 9117 / Relay location: sk44 # 292) [Input: S913jW1.R]
2008-09-13	hB	r1158 (43365 46091 - 9111 / Relay location: sk44 # 293) [Input: S913jW1.R]
2008-09-13	hB	r1159 (43386 46037 - 9075 / Relay location: sk44 # 294) [Input: S913jW1.R]
2008-09-13	hB	r1160 (43722 46149 - 9093 / Relay location: sk44 # 295) [Input: S913jW1.R]
2008-09-13	hB	r1161 (43598 46416 - 9159 / Relay location: sk44 # 296) [Input: S913jW1.R]
2008-09-13	hB	r1162 (43482 46378 - 9158 / Relay location: sk44 # 297) [Input: S913jW1.R]
2008-09-13	hB	r1163 (43491 46344 - 9159 / Relay location: sk44 # 298) [Input: S913jW1.R]
2009-08-25	aAJ	r1548 (43387 46033 - 9064 / Relay location: SW corner) [Input: T825jW.r]
M#/elev @top	2008-07-17	lH	m4667 [Input: S914LH.j]

Contact Association

Roster	Date	Author	Record
Type of contact: latest events	2008-07-27	lH	f14 (stone installation) abuts f21 (stone installation) [Input: S727LH.j]
	2008-07-27	lH	f20 (stone installation) abuts f21 (stone installation) [Input: S727LH.j]
	2008-08-03	lH	f69 (floor, type c) abuts f21 (stone installation) [Input: S805JW.j]
	2008-08-03	lH	f70 (floor, type b) abuts f21 (stone installation) [Input: S805JW.j]
	2008-09-12	lH	f173 (accumulation D) abuts f21 (stone installation) [Input: S915LH.j]
	2008-07-27	lH	f12 (accumulation D) overlays f21 (stone installation) [Input: S727LH.j]
	2008-08-03	lH	f67 (volumetric material) overlays f21 (stone installation) [Input: S805JW.j]
Type of contact: earliest events	2008-07-27	lH	f21 (stone installation) rests on f41 (stone installation) [Input: S727LH.j]
	2011-10-04	jW	f21 (stone installation) rests on f295 (wall) [Input: VX04JW.j]
	2008-07-27	lH	f21 (stone installation) abuts f69 (floor, type c) [Input: S727LH.j]
	2008-07-27	lH	f21 (stone installation) abuts f70 (floor, type b) [Input: S727LH.j]

Spatial Aggregation

Roster	Date	Author	Record
Aggregate (to which element belongs)	2009-04-06	jW	a6 (staircase) [Input: T406JW.j]

Time Sequencing

Roster	Date	Author	Record
Stratum (to which element belongs)	2012-10-16	jW	s148J5B [Input: WX16JW.j]
Phase (to which element belongs)	2012-10-16	!!	h7mJ5B [Input: WX16JW.j]

4. TYPOLOGY

Morphology

Roster	Date	Author	Record
Ware or Material, species	2008-07-17	lH	lithic [Input: S914LH.j]
Color	2008-07-17	lH	grey [Input: S914LH.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster	Date	Author	Record
View/drawing of features	w2 2008-07-22 sNP [Input: S819DL2.j] v37 2008-07-30 lH [Input: S730LH.j] v37a 2008-07-30 lH [Input: S730LH.j] v44 2008-08-02 lH [Input: S802LH1.j] v44a 2008-08-02 lH [Input: S802LH1.j] v44b 2008-08-02 lH [Input: S802LH1.j] v44c 2008-08-02 lH [Input: S802LH1.j] v45 2008-08-02 lH [Input: S802LH1.j] v45a 2008-08-02 lH [Input: S802LH1.j] v50 2008-08-02 lH [Input: S802LH1.j] v60 2008-08-09 lH [Input: S809LH.j] v67b 2008-08-09 lH [Input: S809LH.j] v72 2008-08-11 lH [Input: S811LH.j] v72a 2008-08-11 lH [Input: S811LH.j] v72c 2008-08-11 lH [Input: S811LH.j] v72d 2008-08-11 lH [Input: S811LH.j] v80 2008-08-14 jW [Input: S823JW.j] v80a 2008-08-14 jW [Input: S823JW.j] v80b 2008-08-14 jW [Input: S823JW.j] v83 2008-08-14 jW [Input: S823JW.j] v83d 2008-08-14 jW [Input: S823JW.j] v83e 2008-08-14 jW [Input: S823JW.j] v105 2008-08-25 lH [Input: S825LH.j] v106 2008-08-25 lH [Input: S825LH.j] v109 2008-08-28 lH [Input: S828LH.j] v118 2008-09-19 jW [Input: S919JW.j] v119 2008-09-19 jW [Input: S919JW.j] v120 2008-09-19 jW [Input: S919JW.j] v121 2008-09-19 jW [Input: S919JW.j] v129 2008-09-22 jW [Input: S922JW.j] v129a 2008-09-22 jW [Input: S922JW.j] v130 2008-09-22 jW [Input: S922JW.j] p5 2009-03-30 jW [Input: T330JW1.j] v145 2009-07-19 sE [Input: T728SE1.j] v167a 2009-08-01 sE [Input: T804SE.j] v168 2009-08-02 jN [Input: T805SE2.j] v168a 2009-08-02 jN [Input: T805SE2.j] v168b 2009-08-02 jN [Input: T805SE2.j] v168c 2009-08-02 jN [Input: T805SE2.j] v168d 2009-08-02 jN [Input: T805SE2.j] v171 2009-08-02 jN [Input: T805SE2.j] v171a 2009-08-02 jN [Input: T805SE2.j] v171b 2009-08-02 jN [Input: T805SE2.j] v173 2009-08-05 sE [Input: T810SE1.j] v176 2009-08-06 sE [Input: T810SE1.j] v176a 2009-08-06 sE [Input: T810SE1.j] v176b 2009-08-06 sE [Input: T810SE1.j] v220 2009-08-30 jN [Input: T901JN.j] v220a 2009-08-30 jN [Input: T901JN.j] v224 2010-08-12 jW [Input: U812JW.j]