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Unit Book A16

The Courtyard of the Tupkish Palace (Version 2, Beta release)

A16f338

Processed on 2026-02-28

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Category !! !! surface
Best definition 2002-09-26 !! pavement, type b [Input: M926LR.j]
Summary 2007-08-05 pC Small to medium sized river cobbles liyng flat mixed with a brown matrix. Pit f216 cuts f338 and f339. [Input: R805PC.j]
Best image 2007-08-05 pC
v148a [Input: R805PC.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2002-09-26 fAB pavement, type b [Input: M926LR.j]
Description (summary) 2002-09-26 fAB stones at the bottom of f216 but not pit fill: phase 2 [Input: M926LR.j]
2002-09-26 fAB Possibly the fill of the drainage system(?) a24. Fact that it contains pebbles does not seem to suggest a closed drainage system though. [Input: MX12FAB.j]
2002-09-26 lR Small to medium sized river cobbles with rounded smoothed edges white in color that were found below the pit f216. These cobbles are mixed with a brown matrix and do not belong to the pit f216 which we initially thought. The cobbles continue to go through the pit wall and are localized in the South east side of the hole created by the pit. [Input: M926LR.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Recovery/Assignment

Roster Date Author Record
Daily notes about recovery of elements 2002-09-26 lR Yesterday we decided to continue digging f216 pit after reviewing the deeper pit f250. These pits are the only windows into the function of the baked bricks f194 that are below the stone pavement. The pit f216 showed a reddish material with some river cobbles emerging which we believed to be the end of the pit fill. We removed some of these cobbles f338 but they continued going down and a bright red material f339 was found to the west of the cobbles. Today we continued to remove some of these cobbles to see if it was still pit fill and since they continued through the pit wall seen inside they cannot be pit fill. We removed all the cobbles at the bottom until a brown soil with traces of charcoal and pottery emerged leaving f339 to the west. [Input: M926LR.j]

Volumetric Localization

Roster Date Author Record
Locus 2002-09-26 fAB k204 [Input: M926LR.j]

Contact Association

Roster Date Author Record
Type of contact: latest events 2002-09-26 lR f216 (fill) cuts f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: M926LR.j]
2007-08-20 pC f327 (pavement, type b) covers f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: R820PC.j]
2002-09-25 lR f332 (fill) covers f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: M926LR.j]
Type of contact: contemporary events/movable items 2002-09-26 !! q905.1 (blade) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 fAB q905 sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p1 (pot) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p2 (bowl) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p3 (base) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p4 (jar) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p5 (rim) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p6 (rim) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p7 (bowl) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p8 (jar) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p9 (cup) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p10 (base) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p11 (base) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p12 (jar) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p13 (jar) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p14 (base) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p15 (base) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p16 (cup) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p17 (cup) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p18 (cup) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p19 (cup) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p20 (handle) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p21 (base) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p22 (base) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p23 (base) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p24 (base) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p70 (body sherd) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p71 (body sherd) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p72 (body sherd) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p73 (body sherd) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p74 (body sherd) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
2002-09-26 !! q905-p75 (body sherd) sits in f338 (pavement, type b) [Input: MX12LR.j]
Type of contact: earliest events 2002-09-26 fAB f338 (pavement, type b) abuts f339 (layer) [Input: M926LR.j]
Ceramic typological distribution !! !! frequencies of ceramic vessels and sherds included within feature

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Stratum (to which element belongs) 2015-05-20 cJC s530AAH [Input: ZA520CJC.j]
Phase (to which element belongs) 2015-05-20 !! h4jAAH [Input: ZA520CJC.j]
Notes on time sequencing 2002-09-26 fAB presumeably ph2 not pre-palace material due to depth of packing in other areas, see also f339. [Input: MX12FAB.j]
2007-09-05 mKB This feature had mixed pottery from Phase 3 and Phase 1. A number of S and WS sherds in this feature date to Phase 1 and probably are a result of later pits dug into the stone pavement which brought up sherds from below the pavement. See also note regarding date of f315. [Input: WY01LC.j]

6. REFERENCE

Analogical Record

Roster Date Author Record
View/drawing of features

v114d
2007-08-03 pC [Input: R803PC.j]

v148
2007-08-03 pC [Input: R803PC.j]

v148a
2007-08-03 pC [Input: R803PC.j]