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Unit Book J6

The Northeastern End of the Temple Terrace and the Betili (Version 1a)

J6 Synthetic View / Stratigraphy

Depositional data for Unit J6: disaggregation

Patrizia Camatta – September 2011

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Introduction

The main disaggregation in J6 is the large brickfall that covered the area in the mid-Mittani period.

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Brickfall

A large brickfall generated from one or several buildings east of J6, collapsed covering all J6, J7 and J2 for an extension of at least 30 m east-west and of 25 m in north-south. The brickfall is 1.50 to 2 m thick. It collapsed on top of a surface which sloped from northeast to southwest and therefore to the west (in J2 in front of the staircase) the brickfall is thicker. There is a first layer of brick melt ^bf1, where is difficult to see complete bricks, since it was exposed to water and therefore the bricks melted. The layer below ^bf2 has complete bricks, while it was not exposed to water. Several grind stones, door sockets and a lot of pottery were found in the brickfall.

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