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Unit Book J5 (Version 1a)

J5a705

Processed on 2025-08-06

1. OVERVIEW

Roster Date Author Record
Equals other label 2024-09-21 jW ^apron 1 [Input: ZI921jW1.j]
Includes other label 2009-09-14 jW f4 (stone installation)
f186 (wall)
f198 (stone installation)
f199 (stone installation) [Input: T914JW.j]
Category !! !! installation
Best definition 2025-07-19 !! stone installation [Input: Zj719jW.j]
Best image 2025-07-17 jw
t122 [Input: ZJ717jW.j]

2. IDENTIFICATION

Designation

Roster Date Author Record
Definition 2009-09-14 jW apron [Input: T914JW.j]
2025-07-19 jw stone installation [Input: Zj719jW.j]
Description (summary) 2009-09-14 jW 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. [Input: T914JW.j]
2025-07-19 jw several groups of partially excavated large stones at the same elevation that are located to the north and west of walls f189 and f3. [Input: Zj719jW.j]

3. STRATIGRAPHY

Time Sequencing

Roster Date Author Record
Other reasons, reservations, qualifications 2025-07-19 jw They were covered with Mittani deposits, but inappropriately attributed to that period. In various analyses they were also attributed to the EDIII period. As group they were assigned a specific label, ^apron 1, and also mentioned as a possible stone glacis. In conclusion, more excavation will be necessary to ascertain their function and when they may have been constructed. Their identification as a Mittani apron was premature. [Input: Zj719jW.j]