.bk J05
.fl T914jW.j
.fd Specific label assignments
.fn ^wall1-^wall3, ^aprn1, ^wps1-^wps2, ^strc1, bdr1
.ei jW
.ed T914
.rd T914
.ri jW

^ bdr1
>l f28
>l f71
>l f163
>l f193

df st-is
A22 border
ds Two lines of stones running north to south, f28 and f71, joined by a threshold, f173, and  another cluster of stones, f193.

^ wall2
>l f189
>l f41
>l f185
>l f6

df w
ds This wall system is the Early Dynastic III period revetment wall, which is the prominent visible structure in J5.  It is the western extension of  J1^wall1.  This wall system has two components, identified by their constituents.  f189 is nearest to J1 and is constructed of large, uncut stones arranged in a pattern of triangles.  f41 is the component that turns toward the north at the end of f189.  It is constructed of dressed stones and could be considered to be the more decorative of the two, which are stratigraphically linked by the same stone escarpment, ^esc1.  In addition, the baqaya glacis associated with f189 can be seen in section near the wall top.
ha This grouping of features reflects our current understanding of the dates that they were built.  Last season we grouped wall, f41; escarpment, f74; and limestone blocks, f99 into specific label ^wall1, which we believed was constructed early, at an uncertain period.  Further excavation has revealed that f74 and f99 are from the Mittani period and should not have been associated with the EDIII wall, f41.
sm This specific label defines the EDIII revetment wall, which extends throughout J5.  Other Mittani components were improperly associated with the main revetment wall, f189, in specific label ^wall3.

^ wall1
>l f267
>l f284

df w
ds This group of features comprises two small, isolated components which we believe are the top of a pre-EDIII wall system atop which ^wall2 was built.  Although we have no direct evidence of the date of its construction, a wall to the east, J1^wall2, which has a similar orientation and construction, was securely dated to the Late Chalcolithic period.

^ wall3
>l f3
>l f151
>l f192

df w
ds This group of features comprises the components of the Mittani period revetment wall system, which was built during the western retrenchment after the EDIII revetment wall, ^wall5, the eastern apron, and the eastern staircase were no longer visible.

^ aprn1
>l f4
>l f186
>l f198
>l f199

df apron
ds This group of features comprises decorative stonework inside the perimeter of the Mittani revetment wall, ^wall3.  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.

^ strc2
>l f194
>l f205
>l f257
>l f266
>l f276

df stair
ds This group of features comprise an early Mittani period staircase which leads from the Early Dynastic escarpment to the top of its accompanying revetment wall.  It consists of a series of stepped, large stones, f205, f257 and f266, which were placed against the revetment wall, f41.  They were founded in part by a north-south line of watermelon-sized stones, f276.  To the north, the stepped structure abuts another square stone installation, f194.  We have not excavated enough of it to see how deep it is.  It seems to be laid atop EDIII accumulations at the elevation where nearby accumulations shift directly to Mittani.  Therefore we conclude that this specific label was built early in the  Mittani period as they began to adapt the western part of the wall system to replace eastern structures that were being covered by soil accumulations.

^ eps1
>l f245
>l f254
>l f255
>l f260
>l f277

df is
A22 erosion protection
ds The first of two water protections systems designed to keep flowing water from damaging the north part of the revetment wall, f41, and related structures during the middle part of the Mittani period.  It consisted of an east to west mudbrick wall, f245 to the east (founded on stones f266) and a mudbrick wall, f255 to the west (founded on stones, f277).  Behind the dam (to the north) there was a pocket of fist-sized river pebbles which sat atop a greenish layer of soil, f279.  There was a channel, f260, which breached the middle of the dam.

^ eps2
>l f155
>l f161
df st-is
A22 erosion protection
ds The second of two water protections systems designed to prevent erosion of the revetment wall.  In this case it protected the late Mittani addition, f3.  It was simple and consisted of several rows of stones projecting southwest from the corner where the wall turned from running east to west to running from the south to the north.