Unit Book A6

The Palace Kitchen (Version 1a)
Overviews. Stratigraphy. Volumetry

Daily floor plans for loci

Amer Ahmad – August 2025

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Introduction

The most representative daily sketches were produced as regular drawings, accompanied by floor plans showing the actual excavations and the exposed features. These drawings provide a highly detailed and useful record, offering valuable insight into the archaeological process.

In Plan 1 , the kitchen walls are shown from above, where pits and graves belonging to later periods—during which the walls were reused—are being removed, as illustrated in Plan 2 and 3.

After removing the layers belonging to the Khabur period, as well as those from the Ur and Isin-Larsa periods, the structure becomes clearer, as shown in Plan 5. Gradually, one of the most important parts of the palace’s service wing—the kitchen—is identified, as seen in Plan 6 and 7

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Daily floor plans for MZ 14

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