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Unit Book J5

The Mittani Staircase - Version 1a

J5a19

Processed on 2024-11-03

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Includes other label 2022-09-21 jW f4 (stone installation), f186 (wall), f198 (stone installation), f199 (stone installation) [Input: ZG821jW2.j]
Typological specific label 2022-09-21 jW ^aprn1 [Input: ZG821jW2.j]
Category !! !! installation
Best definition 2022-09-21 !! apron [Input: ZG821jW2.j]
Best image 2022-09-22 jW
v122 [Input: ZG822jW1.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2022-09-21 jW apron [Input: ZG821jW2.j]
Description (summary) 2022-09-21 jW This group of features comprises decorative stonework inside the perimeter of the Mittani revetment wall, a36. It roughly corresponds to a mirror image of the apron systems in J2 and J3 found to the west of the eastern staircase. Here the stones are not so specifically arranged in rows although they are bounded to the east by a double line of large stones, f186. What we see are isolated patches of large stones, f4, f198, and f199, covered by a large, unexcavated block of soil, f5. Analysis of the ceramics found in the vicinity indicates that it was built during the Mittani period's western retrenchment. [Input: ZG821jW2.j]