Introduction
The type of contact “to lean against or to rest on” is relatively rare at site A6, accounting for only about 5% of the total.
Lean on
Although unit A6 was a residential area for extended periods, instances of Lean on do not exceed 1%. These cases typically involve walls leaning against one another due to site abandonment or wall renovation, meaning that new walls were built on top of the originals, as in f195, where leans on the top of the wall f199.
Rest on
Instances of Rest on account for approximately 4%, or about 10 cases, occurring in various contexts such as burials and platforms, where elements rested on either stone or mud-brick accumulations. The best example is observed in f146 within vault a1, which consists of a line of bricks running along the north and west walls, forming a shelf inside the vault. This example illustrates how the bricks rested stably on an existing accumulation, with the upper element supported by a pre-existing layer to serve its intended function within the structure.
