AAB (L330 – gB)
(shading
refers to palace and palace dependency; s-s = sub-stratum)
|
phase
|
Mesopotamian periodization
|
sr
|
sub-sr
|
description of
stratum
|
6
|
no occupation
|
modern
|
1
|
|
surface wash and
erosion
|
2
|
|
sod layer, top
soil
|
3
|
|
disturbed upper
layer
|
4
|
|
removal of ancient
stones; gully wash; laminations
|
5
|
|
modern burials
|
5
|
topmost settlement
|
Old Babylonian - Khabur
|
6
|
d
|
abandonment and
scattered occupation
|
c
|
collapse of houses
|
b
|
accumulation within
houses
|
a
|
structural build-up
of houses (walls and first floors)
|
|
houses
|
7
|
|
burials
|
4
|
4b
middle settlement
|
Isin-Larsa
|
8
|
c
|
higher accumulation
within houses
|
b
|
accumulation within
houses
|
a
|
structural build-up
of houses (walls and first floors)
|
|
houses
|
9
|
|
burials
|
4a
lower settlement
|
Ur III
|
10
|
b
|
accumulation within
houses
|
a
|
structural build-up
of houses
|
|
houses
|
11
|
|
burials
|
3
|
3b
continued re-use of palace
dependency
|
post-Akkadian
|
12
|
|
erosion
|
13
|
|
abandonment;
removal of stones from earlier buildings
|
14
|
b
|
accumulation within
AK walls and above destroyed areas of AF
|
a
|
wall fall and
patching of AK building (no rebuilding proper)
|
|
higher occupation
of palace dependency
|
15
|
b
|
accumulation within
AK walls and above destroyed areas of AF
|
a
|
re-use of walls
(discontinuing of earlier installations)
|
|
middle occupation
|
3a
destruction and first re-use under Tar’am-Agade
|
Naram-Sin/
Shar-kalisharri
|
16
|
b
|
AK:
continued accumulation
AF: first
accumulation above pavements (largely missing)
|
a
|
AK:
first accumulation above earlier installations
AF: destruction of
areas adjoining AK
|
|
first re-use of AK
and AF
|
2
|
construction
and occupation of Tupkish palace
|
Manishtu-shu/
Naram-Sin
|
17
|
c
|
accumulation within
AK walls and in courtyard; nothing left in AF
|
b
|
extensive packing
below first floors of AK and AF
|
a
|
building of walls in
AK and AF
|
|
construction and
first occupation of AK, AF underground structure W
|
1
|
pre-palace
|
Sargonic
|
18
|
|
accumulations in
A12
|
19
|
|
platform
(X)
unidentified
structures in A1 and A5
|